Double Drabble: Incomparable
Title: Incomparable
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Tosh.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 847: Normal at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto and Tosh chat over drinks.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“Do you ever wish you worked a normal job, nine to five, Monday to Friday?” Tosh asked her best friend as they sat in a booth at their favourite pub, sipping their drinks.
“Been there, done that.” Ianto smiled wryly. “Well, it wasn’t quite nine to five at Canary Wharf, more eight to six, with occasional overtime and some Saturdays, but most days it was more or less regular hours.”
“D’you miss it?”
“Honestly? No. Would I like the occasional day, weekend, or even week off? Who wouldn’t? But then I think about all the things I’d have to give up if I wanted that kind of work schedule. I don’t just mean memories,” he added. They both knew leaving Torchwood would probably mean being retconned. “I don’t even mean Jack, just… The adventure, the excitement, the unpredictability, and all the weird and wonderful things we see.”
“And the not so wonderful.”
Ianto smiled. “That too, but there are downsides to every job. Pretty sure after this, I’d be bored out of my skull in any other job. Nothing can compare. What about you?”
“I think I hated my old job without even realising it. This is so much more.”
The End
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Tosh.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 847: Normal at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto and Tosh chat over drinks.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“Do you ever wish you worked a normal job, nine to five, Monday to Friday?” Tosh asked her best friend as they sat in a booth at their favourite pub, sipping their drinks.
“Been there, done that.” Ianto smiled wryly. “Well, it wasn’t quite nine to five at Canary Wharf, more eight to six, with occasional overtime and some Saturdays, but most days it was more or less regular hours.”
“D’you miss it?”
“Honestly? No. Would I like the occasional day, weekend, or even week off? Who wouldn’t? But then I think about all the things I’d have to give up if I wanted that kind of work schedule. I don’t just mean memories,” he added. They both knew leaving Torchwood would probably mean being retconned. “I don’t even mean Jack, just… The adventure, the excitement, the unpredictability, and all the weird and wonderful things we see.”
“And the not so wonderful.”
Ianto smiled. “That too, but there are downsides to every job. Pretty sure after this, I’d be bored out of my skull in any other job. Nothing can compare. What about you?”
“I think I hated my old job without even realising it. This is so much more.”
The End