Drabble: One Rock At A Time
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Title: One Rock At A Time
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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Characters: Ianto
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 253 – Moving Mountains at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif){kind=small}
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Warnings/Spoilers: None
Summary: Ianto faces a monumental task
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood – or Ianto.
Ianto stared in horrified fascination. The Torchwood Three archives were a disaster area. In fact ‘archives’ was something of a misnomer.
Paper files were stuffed untidily in dozens of metal filing cabinets, packed so tightly they might burst, while alien artefacts and rift debris had been crammed on shelves until they were full, then piled on the floor wherever there was room.
A lesser man would have despaired, but Ianto Jones was made of sterner stuff.
How do you move a mountain? One rock at a time.
He took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and set to work.
The End
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Date: 2012-09-25 06:54 pm (UTC)beautiful, J!!!!
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Date: 2012-09-25 06:58 pm (UTC)Thank you *hugs* I'm really pleased with this one. I didn't like the prompt at first, I couldn't think of anything for it until this idea popped into my head.
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Date: 2012-09-25 09:00 pm (UTC)*still in COE denial*
Definitely have to agree though! :-)
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Date: 2012-09-25 11:25 pm (UTC)Ianto HAS and will always HAVE gorgeous arms and hands!
me too, still in denial!!!!
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Date: 2012-09-25 06:59 pm (UTC)That was great. :)
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Date: 2012-09-25 07:05 pm (UTC)Thank you, I though I'd have to skip this week as the prompt didn't feel very inspiring, but I got an idea and it worked. I'm rather pleased with it as it's a step away from my usual funny, silly stuff.
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Date: 2012-09-25 07:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-25 07:58 pm (UTC)There is a lot of junk, easily enough to get buried under, but he'll be careful.
Thank you =)
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Date: 2012-09-25 08:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-09-25 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-25 09:44 pm (UTC)I didn't think I'd get anything for this prompt, but it practically wrote itself.
Thank you.
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Date: 2012-09-25 08:57 pm (UTC)There's no stopping you now is there?
Very well done. Its different from your usual stuff but it works really well :-)
Can I join Jack in watching the CCTV as Ianto works with his sleeves rolled up?
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Date: 2012-09-25 09:50 pm (UTC)I thought I'd have to give this one a miss, but I thought about the prompt while I was out, and got an idea. I'm rather pleased because it IS different from my usual style. I didn't want ALL my drabbles to be silly or funny, I wanted to try other genres and this one just sort of happened.
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Date: 2012-09-25 09:37 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-09-25 09:40 pm (UTC)Well done, J, loved it!!!
Hugs and kissitos!!!
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Date: 2012-09-25 09:57 pm (UTC)Ianto likes things organised, he would never be able to leave the archives in such a mess!
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Date: 2012-09-26 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-26 09:29 am (UTC)Thank you, Ianto will prevail!
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Date: 2012-09-26 02:48 am (UTC)great drabble
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Date: 2012-09-26 09:35 am (UTC)Yes, Ianto knows the best way to tackle such a huge task is to deal with it a bit at a time, he is undaunted and by the time he's finished everything will be in the correct place - as long as no one else tries to file things!
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Date: 2012-09-26 04:11 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-09-26 05:18 pm (UTC)K
xx
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Date: 2012-09-26 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-26 11:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-27 10:03 am (UTC)That's just the way I've always seen him. He is undaunted by seemingly impossible tasks. I wish I could be more like him!
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Date: 2012-09-27 10:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-27 10:25 am (UTC)I've always though Ianto would just get on with things that need doing, no matter how big the job seemed - he doesn't seem to be put off by things that would seem impossible to other people once he's decided something has to be done.
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Date: 2012-09-27 05:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-27 05:56 pm (UTC)It's just who Ianto is - he did whatever was necessary to get Lisa to Cardiff and take care of her, which must have seemed an insurmountable task, but when he sets his mind to doing something he does it. He couldn't save Lisa, that was impossible in the end, but everything that was needed to transport and care for her, he figured out and got it done. The archives were just another task to complete.
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Date: 2012-09-29 06:15 pm (UTC)Great drabble. I can hear Ianto sighing.
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Date: 2012-09-29 07:28 pm (UTC)Ianto knows the best way to tackle a huge job is to focus on a small area at a time. However long it takes, he'll get there!
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Date: 2012-10-13 10:18 am (UTC)Thank you =)