Drabble: Goodnight Sweet Ferret – Sequel to ‘Ferreting About’

[bk_forever]

Title: Goodnight Sweet Ferret – Sequel to ‘Ferreting About’

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Jack, Ianto

Rating: G

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: The ferrets have worn themselves out, it’s time for a nap..

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

A/N: For the prompt ‘Goodnight Sweet Ferret’, one of the prompts I didn’t get around to using for tw100’s challenge 288 last year. I’ve dug them out again to supplement the prompts I got from my f-list, just because there are still loads I wanted to use.

Although it was fun being a ferret, it was also tiring. After all the chasing, wresting, exploring, grooming and… other things, both ferrets were growing weary. They’d slowed from their earlier mad scampering to a more sedate pace, just ambling about, sniffing here and there, slowly wending their way back to where their adventure began.

Creeping under the sofa, they snuggled up together for a nap, licking each other sleepily.

A while later, the blue-grey ferret awoke; it licked the striped ferret’s head, then driven by an instinct it didn’t understand, moved away, curling up under the coffee table, alone.

TBC in ‘Weird Awakening’

Comments

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

He probably sensed if they wake up together they might get stuck its small under the sofa. LOL

[bk_forever]

Exactly! I think of it as one of the device's safety features, a subconscious knowledge thst you want some space prior to reverting to your natural shape. That way, they don't wake up crammed together under the sofa, lol!

Thank you!

[angelsphonebox.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I wonder what other stuff they both indulged in ;)
It sounds like a fun day being a ferret!

[bk_forever]

Anything a ferret can do, they tried, but they also did things that they would do anyway, in any form ;)

Thank you!

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

awwwww they snuggled together for a nap .....
Well Jack sometimes leaves Ianto alone in bed ....
beautiful!

[bk_forever]

Can you imagine the result if they'd resumed their human forms while they were BOTH under the sofa? They'd be stuck, squashed under there all tangled up. So Jack ferret moved to a safe distance.

Thank you!

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Hehe.
Sounds like they had fun as ferrets :-)

[bk_forever]

Ferrets are fun-loving creatures, the boys had a wonderful time being ferrets, I'm sure they'll try that again somertime!

Being a ferret is very therapeutic!

Thank you!

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

Being frisky and cute is tiring! I had to say "aw" though when Jack!ferret moved away, but I bet it would get uncomfortable with two full-sized men under that sofa.

[bk_forever]

It would, I could imagine Ianto waking up with Jack's elbow in his eye and a knee in his groin *wince*

Besides, I had to make it fit with Weird Awakenings, where Ianto woke up under the sofa and Jack under the coffee table, so I've decided it's a safety feature of the device, there's a compulsion to move far enough apart to be able to regain their natural form in relative comfort. *nods*

Thank you!

[akawho.livejournal.com]

Aww, so sweet! :)

[bk_forever]

Thank you! Sleepy ferrets are very sweet!

[mango-apple.livejournal.com]

Love it!

[bk_forever]

Thank you!

[jedi-harkness.livejournal.com]

Aww, so sweet. I love them as ferrets! <3

[bk_forever]

They do make rather adorable ferrets, don't they!

Thank you!

[missthingsplace.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww

[bk_forever]

*grins* Thank you!