Drabble: Who Made A Bit Of A Splash? – Sequel to ‘Catch Of The Day’

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Title: Who Made A Bit Of A Splash? – Sequel to Catch Of The Day’

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Ianto, Torchwood Team, OCs

Rating: G

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: Ianto’s made some new friends, but they can’t stay.

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

A/N: For the prompt ‘Who Made A Bit of a Splash in Wales Then?’, 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. This one’s another double drabble. (I’m not really happy with the last line.)

Their guests turned out to be wealthy honeymooners on a luxury cruise whose lifepod had accidentally been jettisoned during a safety drill. They’d been getting low on air and had thought themselves doomed, so were very grateful to be rescued.

Back at the Hub Owen examined them, pronouncing them healthy despite their ordeal, though rather giddy from breathing an atmosphere with higher oxygen content than their own.

Ianto could’ve told him that. The aliens were currently dancing around him, apparently their species’ way of expressing gratitude. Ianto thought it looked exhausting, but they’d been dancing for almost thirty minutes with no sign of tiring. Maybe giving them coffee hadn’t been the best idea.

Fortunately, Tosh managed to contact the spaceliner, which sent a shuttle to collect the lost passengers. They arranged to meet it on a hill outside Cardiff.

Ianto wasn’t particularly surprised when the ship’s captain insisted on performing the dance of gratitude. What did surprise him was the bag of star sapphires he was given as a reward, and being told the couple intended to name their firstborn after him.

As the shuttle departed, Jack grinned at Ianto.

“Hard to say who made the bigger splash,” he teased.

The End

Comments

[black59.livejournal.com]

good deeds should always be rewarded !!

[bk_forever]

Definitely! Ianto was somewhat embarrassed though.

Thank you!

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

I never thought it would be that!
Of course they were grateful,even though if it made Ianto embarrassed!

[bk_forever]

They were very grateful indeed, which is why they danced for so long!

Thank you!

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

Its nice to see Torchwood thanked in this way for a change.

great drabble.

[bk_forever]

Sapphires are always welcome - the dancing was a bit much though!

Thank you!

[jedi-harkness.livejournal.com]

Aww, adorable! :D

[bk_forever]

Thank you! Everything worked out in the end.

The young couple did the dance of farewell before leaving.

Thank you!

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Why didn't I comment on this installment when I read the rest of the story?

It rounds the story off nicely. The dancing sounds fun, but it was probably embarrassing for Ianto to be danced around for so long!

[bk_forever]

Everywhere he went, they were dancing around him, lol!

These aliens have very specific dances for everything from saying hello to apologising, to courtship...

Thank you!

(How are you?)

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Hello :-)
I'm alright thanks. Still here :-)
I'll email you shortly - if my computer behaves and connects to the internet. It's at bit flaky at the moment and I hate writing emails on my phone.
Talk soon :-) (or tomorrow if it's not behaving!) x

[bk_forever]

Probably tomorrow now as I'm about to crawl off to bed. I'm beat, it's been a long day but a fun Halloween =)

Hope you had a good time too!