573. DON'T YOU LOCK THE DOOR? (Now on IJ as well)
You Should Have Knocked
So everyone has had this moment in their life, the one where they were so impatient or absent minded they went flinging a door open when they really shouldn't have. Sometimes its not your fault, how could you know your housemate and his girlfriend were having sex on the kitchen table!? Othertimes someone was in the bathroom ( Read more... )
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There were hints that he'd been cleaning the flat all day, but apparently jamming to AC/DC was a wee bit more important at the moment...
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She half-collapsed against the door frame, clutching her sides, just laughing.
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That does not mean she's okay with being walked in on.]
OI!
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Oh! Sorry, sorry! [He quickly turned away, averting his eyes and noting that Torchwood Agent Tyler had, well, some pretty surprising feminine tendencies. Pink bows, huh? Cute!
He couldn't help trying to suppress a grin while he waited for her to give him permission to turn around.]
You wanted tae see me, Miss Tyler?
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She very nearly trips over her dress once he turns around in her haste to get dressed but...manages not to topple. Or stress her dress. Score one for dignity! By the time she calls for him to turn back around she's properly covered, if not still working on that annoying zipper all classy dresses have installed as a punishment to any woman attempting to wear them.]
I don't remember saying anything about rushing in without knocking Detective Inspector. [Grumble grumble. She's locking that door next time. Fortunately he's rubbish at kicking down doors, so that ought to stop him in the future.] I was going to say...are you still assigned to that case you had last time? [In case he can't guess, it's going on hiatus for a bit if he is.]
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He'll just be keeping the fact that she looked quite fit in her former state of undress to himself, of course. And his initial amusement was wiped off his face as soon as he'd turned around again and. Well she was rather stunning in the dress. He'll be keeping that to himself, too...]
The door was ajar, ye cannae expect me to knock ev'ry time I come when ye call. And aye, I'm still on tha' case. Why?
[Rose's struggling with the zipper poses a conundrum to the DI. Does he help her out or not? Well it couldn't hurt just to ask, his eyebrow raised.] Need a hand wi' that zipper, Tyler?
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Yep. Best he do that. That's highly inappropriate for a professional relationship, the rules specifically state he's to pretend he saw nothing.]
It's my dressing room. [Starting now, apparently. prove her wrong. She fusses with the zipper a moment longer...and of course it's stuck. Naturally. She squints at him a moment, and then shrugs.] If you've got a free one, yeah. And you're being reassigned, Torchwood needs you.
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Pretend being the key word. He's not about to forget it, however...]
I had enough trouble findin' th' door t'the room outside this one, Miss Tyler. Forgive me if I neglect to knock on the third door left ajar in such a large bedroom. Yer household staff's immensely helpful. [He rolls his eyes.
By now his arms are crossed, so he approaches her and unfolds them to reach for the zipper pull.]
Reassigned? [After a small amount of fiddling and a gentle tug, the zipper is where it belongs at her neckline. He has the courtesy (or is it boldness?) to go the extra step to latch the little stay-hook in the back as well.]
Why does Torchwood need a lowly London Metro Detective Inspector t'do their bidding? Don't ye have specialists?
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Pretending counts well enough! Keep doing it long enough, eventually it'll be true.]
Did you go storming through them into my bedroom, DI Riley? Because they do get a bit snippy about strange men charging into my private rooms. [And sometimes they're just snippy if her mum gets at them. Still, she'll count the hook thing as courtesy, since it'd be a pain to get it closed on her own anyway. Bloody zipper.] You can go back to it when we're done with you. If you want, the case can be shelved until you return...but I need a liason with the Glasgow police department. Torchwood Two isn't on the best of terms with the local law enforcement, and you're the best chance we have. [She glances over her shoulder at him, gathering up her hair into a loose bun.] You'll be compensated.
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Oh trust. He'll recall she was quite attractive in her knickers for quite some time. He's still male.]
No, they led me up here. I suggest you have a word wi' the short one wi' the facial tic if ye want any better privacy a'home. And in future, I'll keep in mind to knock if I'm sent up to yer rooms again.
[At the mention of returning to work with the Glasgow PD, Liam's expression sobers as he steps away to give Rose her immediate personal space back.]
I'm your best chance, ay? Y'understand I didnae exactly leave Glasgow on th' best of terms, aye? [Yes, this Scotsman left to work in London for a reason.]
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Provided he keep it to himself.]
And I thought that was sarcasm. Still haven't mastered that accent. [Another glance and she wanders over to pick up the jewelry on her desk. Fancy obligations are such a pain to prep for.] Have you got a warrant out for you there?
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Oh sure. Y'lucky he's not the greatest sketch artist in the world, Rose.]
[He'll let the accent comment go. And. Well, if she needs a hand with the jewelry he won't stand there like a lump and do nothing. He gives her a half grin and a snort in reply.] I wouldnae have a job 'ere if I had warrants out in Glasgow.
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...........What.]
Mm, well, you'd be surprised the sorts of people who slipped through the cracks in the aftermath of the Cybus war. [Well, that clasp on her necklace is a bit tricky, if he's got nothing better to do.] You weren't dismissed for impregnating your DCI's wife?
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