Ficlet: Night Is For The Dead

[bk_forever]

Title: Night Is For The Dead

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Owen

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: Anything after Reset.

Summary: Owen’s not having much fun with his un-life.

Word Count: 266

Written For: juliet316’s prompt ‘Torchwood, author's choice, the night is for the dead or the soulless,’ at fic_promptly.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.

Night, they say, is for the dead or the soulless; Owen thinks that these days, he probably qualifies on both counts. His heart no longer beats, he doesn’t need to breathe, can’t eat or drink, can’t even feel. He’s a walking corpse, still aware, but not much else. He’s not sure what he’s good for now.

Jack doesn’t like him going out in the field much because if he gets damaged, he won’t heal. That’s another normal activity taken away from him. It wasn’t that he particularly liked fieldwork, and he certainly can’t get the old adrenaline buzz from it that he used to, but now that he doesn’t get to do it often, he misses it. The old adage is true; you never appreciate what you’ve got until it’s gone.

Days drag when the rest of the team are out and about, chasing Weevils or whatever else has fallen through the Rift. There’s only so much work to be done that isn’t mind-numbingly tedious and with no one to annoy, he gets bored quickly.

But nights are the worst. He can’t sleep, and watching TV all night long got old fast. So did playing online computer games. He’d used to think it would be heaven to stay up all night without feeling tired, but in truth, it’s just lonely.

By day, he can distract himself enough that life, such as it is, still feels worthwhile. But when he’s alone at night and he’s run out of things he feels like doing, he can’t help wondering…

Maybe he’d be better off if he could just die.

The End

Comments

[akawho.livejournal.com]

Poor Owen...

[bk_forever]

Yeah, he's not in a good place right now, he needs to find a way to cope with his condition.

Thank you!

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Oh my. You've captured Owen's dilemma very well! What a terrible state to be in.

[bk_forever]

Thank you! Your icon fits perfectly =)

Owen's adrift, he doesn't fit into the normal routines of life anymore, he's got to find other ways of connecting to the living world he's no longer a part of.

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

This was incredibley sad, Owen was my fave characters in Torchwood and I really hated what the did to him.

great work

[bk_forever]

Thank you.

Owen did get put through the mill with the whole zombification. In most of my fics, I prefer to keep him alive and not zombified, but the prompt just fit zombie Owen so well I had to write this, just to explore what his existence would be like after his untimely first death. It really wasn't a happy half-life.

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

Poor owen, it must have been a nightmare trying to find a good balance or any positive sid eof life to go on living .....

[bk_forever]

It really must have. As much as I wish I didn't have to sleep so I'd have more time to get things done, it would get awfully lonely.

Thank you!

[maldeluxx.livejournal.com]

Lonely *and* bored... yeah, it's kind of hard to find things to do when you're like Owen. :(

[bk_forever]

All Owen's favourite activities are impossible for him now, he'll have to find some new hobbies.

Thank you!

(Greg Sanders love! ♥ I wrote a Nick/Greg ficlet a few weeks ago!)

[maldeluxx.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) He is my favorite CSI character <3

[bk_forever]

Mine too =D