DW Drabble: Swordpoint
Title: Swordpoint
Author: nancybrown
Rating: PG
Spoilers: DW, "A Good Man Goes to War"
Characters: Vastra/Jenny
Summary: It starts with knives.
Jenny's knives can protect her from any man who tries to take her few possessions or her virtue. Time are hard, her family is gone, and she must find work. She'll gladly go into service if only she can secure a position.
She's followed one night, her footsteps dogged until she's trapped. Her knives will fend off one man, not five at once. Her sudden saviour in the alley hides her face but not her sword, and dispatches the other four.
The hood slips, showing emerald green.
Jenny doesn't run. "Can you teach me how to do that?"
Vastra smiles.
Author: nancybrown
Rating: PG
Spoilers: DW, "A Good Man Goes to War"
Characters: Vastra/Jenny
Summary: It starts with knives.
Jenny's knives can protect her from any man who tries to take her few possessions or her virtue. Time are hard, her family is gone, and she must find work. She'll gladly go into service if only she can secure a position.
She's followed one night, her footsteps dogged until she's trapped. Her knives will fend off one man, not five at once. Her sudden saviour in the alley hides her face but not her sword, and dispatches the other four.
The hood slips, showing emerald green.
Jenny doesn't run. "Can you teach me how to do that?"
Vastra smiles.