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bk_forever) wrote2014-12-02 04:58 pm
- drabble,
- fic,
- fic: g,
- fluff,
- gwen,
- humour,
- ianto,
- ianto jones,
- jack,
- jack harkness,
- jack/ianto,
- nosy,
- nosy-verse,
- other character/s,
- rhys,
- sequel,
- torchwood fic
Drabble: Adventures In Kitten Sitting - Sequel to ‘A Playmate For Nosy’
Title: Adventures In Kitten Sitting - Sequel to ‘A Playmate For Nosy’
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Nosy, Tribble, Gwen & Rhys.
Rating: G
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto, Jack & Nosy are kitty-sitting.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: A final instalment to Tribble’s story. It’s another quintuple drabble.
Jack and Ianto were kitten sitting while Gwen and Rhys were away on holiday. It would be their last chance to go away as a couple before their baby was due in a few months, so they’d wanted to make the most of it.
Tribble wasn’t really a kitten any more; she was about a year old and had calmed down quite a bit, thanks to her twice-weekly play-dates with Nosy, which burned off a lot of her excess energy. She’d grown into a sleek, elegant and very affectionate cat who was always curious about whatever her humans were doing.
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As with a lot of curious cats, that got her into a few predicaments but so far she’d managed to avoid any really serious accidents, mostly due to Gwen and Rhys’ constant vigilance.
Ianto was starting to understand why Rhys had warned him to double-check all appliances for unexpected cat before switching them on. He’d just removed her from the tumble drier for the second time and the night before, Jack had only just managed to grab her before she tried to get in the oven, presumably to see what was cooking.
Affectionate though she was, she wasn’t very bright.
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Jack and Ianto had moved out of the Hub a few weeks earlier. Their new apartment had once been the upper floors of the warehouse which housed the Fluff Gymnasium, as they’d taken to calling Nosy’s play area.
During construction, they’d made sure to include an underground garage, so Nosy could go home with them every night. It had its own room, with access to the gym via a spiral staircase, so it could play down there whenever it wanted, and because Nosy was considered relatively sensible, Tribble was allowed to play down there too, under the Fluff’s watchful eye.
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However, while everyone was at the Hub during the day, the cat had to be restricted to a couple of rooms, for her safety and everyone else’s peace of mind. She was always eager to greet them on their return from work, rubbing around Jack and Ianto’s legs and head butting Nosy, purring loudly.
The two unlikely friends played happily together while dinner was prepared, and every night, after their meal, Tribble would set about her self-appointed task of trying to wash Nosy. It was amusing to watch one small, grey cat valiantly licking away at the long, fluffy alien.
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Despite the long-suffering looks it threw at its humans, Nosy was very tolerant of Tribble’s attentions, lying still while it was enthusiastically groomed until the small cat gave up and fell asleep, draped over the Fluff like a grey fur stole.
So things went throughout the two weeks their houseguest remained with them.
When Gwen and Rhys got home, they immediately went to collect their pet; they’d both missed her.
“Hope she’s not been any trouble,” said Rhys.
“No more than expected,” Ianto replied wryly, making Gwen laugh.
As Tribble was carried away, Nosy sighed with relief. Peace at last!
The End
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But maybe she intrinsically liked all that attention and grooming ...
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As much as Nosy likes Tribble, there can be too much of a good thing!
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It would take Tribble weeks to complete the job!
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great story.
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Thank you!
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Poor Nosy. But it must have been worth getting a few damp patches to get such a lovely energetic playmate :-)
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Thank you!
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A perfect series in Torchwood's pet life :D
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Thank you!
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We have a carer in the morning to help mum wash and dress, one in the evening to do her eye-drops, the rest of the time it's me alone. I have a lot of health problems myself and I have the fire to keep going (it runs all our heating), which takes two to two and a half hours a day. Then there's washing the dishes, doing the laundry and everything else. I have limited energy, I never get enough sleep and now half the time mum's carers are coming an hour earlier so I have to get up an hour earlier too. That means I lose an hour of sleep each time. Usually I get up at 8 and finally get to have breakfast around 10.30, sometimes as late as 11. I seldom get to bed until midnight and it's usually later. Not fun. We're supposed to be re-assessed to see what extra help can be offered but honestly, I doubt they can offer anything that would actually help and not add to my workload. I'm dreading Christmas. I'll have to cook a full Christmas dinner for mum even though most of it will be stuff I can't eat, then I'll have about 4 times as many dishes to wash and dry. That's how it was last year. She'll expect me to put up decorations too. What fun.
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I hope you get more help; as the main caregiver, you'll burn out if you don't! I hope you can cut back on some of that Christmas dinner cooking unless you have help and that decorations won't have to be extensive but I do know how you feel.
All the more reason, too, to appreciate your writings when you do post!
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fan_flashworks is great, 10 days per challenge is good, 7 days is never enough for the longer pieces. I just hope i can make progress with the chapter tonight.
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Made progress on the chapter this evening, I like what I'm getting now and I wrote just over 1000 words. I have three more days for this challenge, so I'll see what I can add tomorrow. I might do a bit about where Jack is and what he's doing.
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Heading out to see my son so I won't get online til tomorrow night. YOu take care of yourself :D Don't let Jack stress you:D
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Thank you!