Double Drabble: Complaints
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Title: Complaints
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badly_knitted
Characters: Gwen, Owen.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 614: Nonstop at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tw100.
Spoilers: Set after End of Days, while Jack is gone.
Summary: Owen is getting on Gwen’s nerves.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Gwen gave an exasperated sigh. “Give it a rest, Owen! You’ve been complaining non-stop since we started out! I don’t know what you’ve got to moan about; you’re driving. All I get to do is sit here listening to you going on and on. Can’t you shut up for five minutes? Put the radio on, or at the very least try talking to me instead of whining about every bloody thing!”
“I’m not whining!” Owen snapped. “And excuse me for complaining, but I was dragged out of bed in the middle of the night and forced to trek to the middle of nowhere looking for God knows what!”
“Oh, like you’re the only one! I was asleep too when the Rift alarm went off!” Gwen shot back. “Someone’s got to collect whatever came through.”
“So why didn’t you go by yourself?”
“Because it’s the middle of the night and the coordinates of the Rift spike are out in the country. Two sets of eyes are better than one.”
“Don’t see why it had to be me. I hate the countryside!”
“It’s our turn; Tosh and Ianto were on duty last night.”
“If Jack ever comes back I’m gonna kill him.”
The End
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Gwen, Owen.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 614: Nonstop at
tw100.Spoilers: Set after End of Days, while Jack is gone.
Summary: Owen is getting on Gwen’s nerves.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Gwen gave an exasperated sigh. “Give it a rest, Owen! You’ve been complaining non-stop since we started out! I don’t know what you’ve got to moan about; you’re driving. All I get to do is sit here listening to you going on and on. Can’t you shut up for five minutes? Put the radio on, or at the very least try talking to me instead of whining about every bloody thing!”
“I’m not whining!” Owen snapped. “And excuse me for complaining, but I was dragged out of bed in the middle of the night and forced to trek to the middle of nowhere looking for God knows what!”
“Oh, like you’re the only one! I was asleep too when the Rift alarm went off!” Gwen shot back. “Someone’s got to collect whatever came through.”
“So why didn’t you go by yourself?”
“Because it’s the middle of the night and the coordinates of the Rift spike are out in the country. Two sets of eyes are better than one.”
“Don’t see why it had to be me. I hate the countryside!”
“It’s our turn; Tosh and Ianto were on duty last night.”
“If Jack ever comes back I’m gonna kill him.”
The End
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Date: 2020-08-09 05:57 am (UTC)Hayley: Oh, sweetie. I’m so much more than words on paper.
Aren't we all.:)
Yeah. They all did except Martha who called her Katherine. But, I don't know. I guess I'm use to calling my parents friends by a more formal name.*shrugs*
I did like how their relationship was pretty straight forward. I think their personalities meshed well. Alexis seemed more nervous when her mother Meredith came to visit.
Wow. That would make a great statistics chart.:)
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Date: 2020-08-09 09:50 am (UTC)I grew up calling my friends parents Mr and Mrs and their surname, then I had to get used to calling them by their first names as I grew up. I really liked Alexis.
I just keep a notebook with my word counts. I need it for getyourwordsout and Write Every Day so I can report my progress.
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Date: 2020-08-09 12:51 pm (UTC)I was just glad she wasn't a baddie.
It was uncle or aunty when it was a family friend. If it was my mums friends from work, I could call them by their first name.
On other shows a character like Alexis (e.g book smarts) would act too privilege. The way they kept her on the show as she grew older was utilized quite well.:)
I'm thankful for my word count. That would have been handy when I was at school.
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Date: 2020-08-09 06:49 pm (UTC)I had a lot of adopted aunts and uncles, mostly my parents' friends.
Alexis was so down to earth.
Despite saying I was cutting back on my writing, I already surpassed my getyourwordsout pledge. I guess I'm not too good at cutting back...
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Date: 2020-08-12 05:34 am (UTC)Both my parents come from large families.
CASTLE: And where are you off to?
ALEXIS: Oh, I signed up for an escort service. I have to meet a client.
CASTLE: What? A what?*startles*
ALEXIS: (laughs) I just wanted to see if you were listening. I’m going to the library to study.
CASTLE: Not cool.
She inherited her fathers sense of humour.:)
Have you exceeded your monthly check ins? Editing in general is where I have issues. Spending too much time on it to stay in the word limit. I hope you find new strategies or get advice on how to overcome your situation.
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Date: 2020-08-12 09:29 am (UTC)When it comes to sticking to word count limits, I'm reasonably good but sometimes I end up with two versions of a story, one for the challenge community and a longer one for my journal. Drabbles often have to be edited down but most of the time I don't find that particularly difficult. I've had a lot of practice.