Ficlet: October In Cardiff

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Title: October In Cardiff

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Ianto, Jack

Rating: G

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: It’s a typical Cardiff Autumn night.

Word Count: 377

Written For: juliet316’s prompt ‘Torchwood, author's choice, October in Cardiff,’ at fic_promptly.

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

October in Cardiff, Autumn is just getting properly underway. The leaves on the trees are turning glorious shades of red, orange and yellow. Morning brings mists, making everything hazy, and of course, because this is Wales, there’s the perennial rain. Whatever the season in Cardiff, rain is one thing you can always count on.

Days are often nippy, nights are getting cold, some mornings the ground and the leaves are touched with frost and it’s beautiful. Spider webs are decorated with diamond drops of moisture; sensibly, the spiders themselves are nowhere in sight.

This early in the morning, when the sun has yet to even peep above the horizon, breath steams in the air, clearly visible in the darkness. It’s just after five in the morning; Jack and Ianto haven’t gone to bed yet. They’re breathing hard, puffing like bellows, but they’re certainly not cold. They’ve been out all night, chasing a three-legged creature through Cardiff’s streets and they’ve finally cornered it behind a shoe shop on the edge of Splott. For some reason, that strikes Ianto as hilariously funny and he fights to hold back his laughter as they close in on the exhausted creature.

Ianto tosses his coat over it, picks it up, squirming and wriggling, but it settles down when it realises it’s not being harmed. The walk back to the SUV is peaceful and Ianto’s pretty sure their visitor has fallen asleep in his arms, worn out and cosy in his coat. He shivers slightly as the sweat cools on his back and next thing he knows, Jack’s greatcoat is being draped around his shoulders, still warm from Jack’s body heat, making him smile.

They don’t have far to walk, thankfully, having come almost full circle. Soon they’ll be heading back to the Hub to settle their visitor in the cells before heading to bed for a couple of hours’ well deserved sleep. He’s tired, but it’s a good kind of tired, the kind you feel after a job well done. Bed and sleep will both be welcome, but even so, it’s been a good night.

October in Cardiff, after the tourists have left and before the cold of winter sets in. Ianto thinks this might be his very favourite time of year.

The End

Comments

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

Aw, lovely. I do like autumn :)

[bk_forever]

I'm not so fond. It can be pretty, but it's getting colder and winter is just around the corner. I prefer Spring.

Thank you!

[akawho.livejournal.com]

Love the colors of autumn, the allergies not so much.

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful description! you might convince me about this season, that is not one of my favourite ones.

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

No, I'm a winter girl. Coat and scarves, cool mornings and cloudy skies. Love it!

Admittedly, winters here are not as harsh as the UK, and we don't get snow except on the ranges very occasionally. I just hate the hot sticky summers and feeling like I need a shower every time I go outside. Everyone else thinks I'm mad (they're probably right, but just for other reasons). I was just born on the wrong side of the planet!

[bk_forever]

Summer in Britain is mostly coolish and wet with occasional hot days. I don't like weather that's too hot so I can understand your preference for the cooler months especially if it doesn't get as cold in winter where you are. I often have to wear a hat and gloves indoors in winter even with the heating on. The house is heated by a coal fire that runs my central heating, not the most efficient thing ever, and the double glazing just makes it colder indoors during the summer instead of warmer in winter. I just lit the fire this morning. Took me over an hour, and now it'll have to be cleaned out twice a day until I let it out sometime in May.

[bk_forever]

It's the cold that gets to me!

Thank you!

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

Glad it wasnt a dangerous creature this time.

Great drabble.

P.S. I received my charm today and I LOVE IT!! Thank u!!

[bk_forever]

They're seldom dangerous when I'm the writer, lol!

Thank you!

YAY! You're the first to get yours, glad you like it, and you're welcome!

[bk_forever]

I'm not fond of autumn either, it's too cold for me, but it can be pretty in good weather!

Thank you!

[black59.livejournal.com]

beautiful description of autumn.
Why Ianto kidding ??? is it due to the shoe store and the beast 3 legs?

I like all the seasons because each to its charm.
But I prefer the spring revival with all its flowers, the days get longer, the sun. I love summer for heat: I love to settle down on a hot lounger.
Autumn is for colors and chamignons.
and a lovely cold winter day, dry and sunny it is also very pleasant. It's also very pretty when the frost settles on the trees.

But then my preference is the sun and long clear days!

thank you for thinking that it gave me.
:-)

[bk_forever]

Ianto was probably thinking about how hard it would be for something with three legs to buy shoes, lol!

I prefer spring too, with days getting warmer.

Thank you!