A Quiet Thing (1/1)

[jlrpuck_fic]

Title: A Quiet Thing (1/1)
Rating: K
Characters: Rose Tyler, Peter Carlisle
Disclaimer: Characters from Blackpool and Doctor Who are the property of BBC, are are used with the greatest of love and respect; no profit is intended from the writing or sharing of this story.
Summary: Rose finds Peter after a long night at work.
Notes: Inspired by swankkat.

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[jvgymnast]

It had been a week since she’d had more than a half-hour with her husband; and it appeared that he’d not even have a weekend day off from the case.
Is it usualy for him to have to work every day until he solves a case? Or does PEter choose to go after the case that doggedly?

if someone was going to go to the trouble to break in, she had serious doubts that the first place they’d go would be the en-suite
*snort* Probably true. Unless it's an especially incontinent burglar. Or the security system scared him that much.

It appeared Peter was home, after all-and that he’d stripped as he crossed the room.
*whistles* Peter strip tease!

She noted he needed to shave again
Mmm... scruff.

It was, fortunately, clear of anything at the moment,
Courtesy of the Peter strip tease. Shame she wasn't awake to see it.

Rose smiled as it occurred to her that Peter was rather like a cat at that moment, tilting his head so she would stroke a different part of his hair, and she had a brief image of Peter purring.That's actually quite a good image. He can

[principia]

He's starting to sound like a semi-comatose patient here, with all the hand-squeezing. Is it just the tiredness, or is it something deeper?

I'd be willing to bet he's getting a bit hypothermic; also, if he was already fully asleep, that'd make him sluggish as well. Not to mention coming down off an adrenalin rush.

Doesn't she need to go to work?

No: "It had been a week since she’d had more than a half-hour with her husband; and it appeared that he’d not even have a weekend day off from the case."

[jlrpuck_fic]

Is it usualy for him to have to work every day until he solves a case? Or does PEter choose to go after the case that doggedly?

The needs of the case dictate much of Peter’s schedule-but I think it’s Peter (and Elias’s) desire for justice on this one that have made them work so doggedly.

Unless it's an especially incontinent burglar. Or the security system scared him that much.

BWAH!

Courtesy of the Peter strip tease. Shame she wasn't awake to see it.

True that. But I think she’s seen it more than a few times ;)

He's starting to sound like a semi-comatose patient here, with all the hand-squeezing. Is it just the tiredness, or is it something deeper?

It’s the exhaustion, and nothing more. Peter’s been getting a couple of hours sleep a night, maximum, for a week, and now that the case is solved he can finally indulge in his body’s demands for a proper, deep, sleep.

Does Peter often find himself in physical altercations. I mean, I know he's a police officer, but he looks like a good strond wind might blow him away at times. I

[principia]

Peter looks like he’d be a lightweight, too-but remember, he swims far more often than I’ve ever written in the stories, and he learned how to take care of himself growing up in Paisley.

I would think simply hitting Peter hurts a hell of a lot more than people would anticipate being the case. The man's pure bone and muscle.

Plus, he has Elias to back him up, and Elias knows all *sorts* of sneaky tricks.

I know these are Ten, but I totally picture this series of faces the first time Elias does something really cool:

[jlrpuck_fic]

I love soaking in a nice hot tub after a long day, risk of falling asleep be darned. Peter, though, has quite a habit of it, I think--which is both good and bad. It drives Rose a little crazy, that he will often doze off in there, but it also means that she's been able to surprise him most pleasantly on more than one occasion.

[principia]

It drives Rose a little crazy, that he will often doze off in there, but it also means that she's been able to surprise him most pleasantly on more than one occasion.

The next thing Torchwood needs to work on, besides a safer tub surface, is something that'll keep the same body of water at a safe fixed temperature without all the recirculation (and noise) that's involved in a jacuzzi.

[jlrpuck_fic]

The next thing Torchwood needs to work on, besides a safer tub surface, is something that'll keep the same body of water at a safe fixed temperature

What's to say they're not working on it at the time of this story? ;)

[kneazle]

Awwww... it's always nice and a surprise to see Peter and Rose in their quieter moments, when it's not all about sex (although that's nice too!), but about them together and how -- if you excuse the cliche -- they complete each other. :)

Brilliant job, as usual!

[jlrpuck_fic]

it's always nice and a surprise to see Peter and Rose in their quieter moments, when it's not all about sex

Thank you. It's always nice to take a sort of break from the sex, and write more character-driven pieces. :)

[roxyk630]

*happy sigh*

(more on this later- me likey the fluffers)

[jlrpuck_fic]

*hugs*

[xebgoc]

Rose woke suddenly, disoriented, wondering what it was that had pulled her from deep sleep

I now exactly how you feel, Rose... it happens to me at about 3:30 every morning. Still haven't figured out what it is that wakes me.

He’d been pushing himself hard on his latest case-the murder of a young orphan--and the lack of anyone in the neighbourhood seeming to care only fuelled Peter and Elias’s determination to find out who’d deemed the lad a liability.

Superhero!Peter&Elias! defending the defenseless, finding justice for the victims. That's why we love them so :) well, one of the reasons...

It appeared Peter was home, after all-and that he’d stripped as he crossed the room.

brain just 'sploded.

She heard a soft sigh, and the equally soft lapping of water, and she gently pushed the door open.so she slept through the sound of the tub being filled with water ? that's amazing... of all the sounds that would wake me (and I sleep like the dead - my comments about waking at 3:30 lately notwithstanding, I slept through fire alarms in

[jlrpuck_fic]

Still haven't figured out what it is that wakes me.

Have you checked the bathtub? ;)

brain just 'sploded.

So you wouldn’t want me to describe how he snuck into the room, already pulling his jumper off; how he toed off his shoes as he unbuttoned his shirt. How he slipped out of his trousers and pants over by the wardrobe, then walked towards the bed, discarding his shirt…and how he paused, briefly, at the bed to place a kiss over Rose’s cheek before moving to the en-suite?

Ok.

so she slept through the sound of the tub being filled with water ?

She did. Peter closed the door behind him, and then filled the tub. And once it was done, he cracked open the door to try to get a bit of a light breeze in the loo.

I see how you slipped that in there... expecting us not to notice ;)

This *is* the super-duper Torchwood Tub, which is far more comfortable than your bog-standard bath tub. So of course they’ve both used it at the same time. :)

I adore the image of Rose just massaging Peter's head and neck while he dozes in the water. It

[principia]

…and how he paused, briefly, at the bed to place a kiss over Rose’s cheek before moving to the en-suite?

And then spent not a little time contemplating his wife while having his soak? XD

This *is* the super-duper Torchwood Tub, which is far more comfortable than your bog-standard bath tub. So of course they’ve both used it at the same time. :)

The first thing I picture when I think of them taking a bath together is still Rose giving Peter Ferris-Bueller-in-the-shower hair.

But he still doesn’t quite get why *other* people find him so damned sexy.

And that lasts beyond him getting mercilessly flirted with by colleagues of both genders at the Met?

And then the perp recognized Peter, and was like “No way am I getting nicked by the boytoy of Rose Bloody Tyler”...

One imagines that upon finding out he got the crap kicked out of him by said boytoy, his cellmates will provide humiliations galore.

[jlrpuck_fic]

And then spent not a little time contemplating his wife while having his soak? XD

Indeed. Only he was a bit *too* tired to properly contemplate her.

The first thing I picture when I think of them taking a bath together is still Rose giving Peter Ferris-Bueller-in-the-shower hair.

Peter: Ro-ose, what are ye doing?
Rose: Shhh. Just let me play.

And that lasts beyond him getting mercilessly flirted with by colleagues of both genders at the Met?

It does. Peter's got a lovely little ego, but it doesn't extend to his physical attributes--in large part because his physical attributes were so solidly used as a weapon against him when he was younger.

his cellmates will provide humiliations galore.

That's a very safe statement, yes.