Officers Only
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laliginFandom: Torchwood (shock horror!)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 487
Summary: John Hart was always a smooth talker...
Prompt: For the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
writerinadrawer Challenge 2.04 - MASH episode titles (plus a coin)
Officers Only
“No,” Jack said again, doing his best to ignore the pout that earned him. “Look, you’re in enough trouble already –”
“Oh, come on,” John interrupted in near disbelief. “It was one little gun…”
“It was a point fifty eight laser rifle,” Jack reminded him, “and you shot the janitor.”
John pouted again, clearly doing his best to guilt trip Jack into sticking with him on this one.
“It wasn’t my fault he got in the way,” he started, then abandoned that track when Jack folded his arms stubbornly. Instead, he said, “This is completely different, anyway.”
“It’s still breaking the rules,” Jack told him, and John growled in exasperation, bouncing on his heels and looking around at the empty corridor again.
“No one’s gonna know,” he said, then paused and added, “Besides, you want to see in there as much as I do.”
Jack avoided his eyes guiltily, and then pulled himself together and said firmly, “It’s the officers’ mess and we’re just recruits. You wanna get in there, become an officer.”
“That won’t be the same,” John whined, and Jack couldn’t help but agree. John clearly saw that written across his face, as his eyes lit up and he pursued Jack ruthlessly, saying, “Come on, it can be our secret. If you come with me we can get in and out without any trouble. I’m going anyway. And I’m not gonna tell you what it’s like in there. You’ll never know unless you come with me now…”
Jack shook his head, and said, “If we get caught –”
“We won’t,” John interjected.
“If we do,” Jack repeated, a little louder (causing John to make quick hushing gestures and look around frantically), “they’re not exactly gonna pair us up again, are they? I mean, I can’t pretend I’m a restraining influence on you if I’m helping you break into the officers’ mess just for curiosity’s sake.”
“You could say I talked you into it,” John suggested, putting on his most winningly innocent look. Jack bit his lip.
“Toss a coin for it?” John said, producing an Althrian dollar from his pocket and holding it up between two fingers. “Heads I win, tails you lose?”
“Okay,” Jack said slowly, then grabbed his hand before John could throw the coin. “Just let me see that a minute.”
“It’s genuine,” John assured him, showing him both sides and then quickly pulling back his hand and throwing the coin up in the air. He slapped it down onto the back of his hand, showed Jack the result, and said, “Tails, you lose. Let’s go.”
Jack found himself grabbed by the wrist and hauled along the corridor to the officers’ mess before he could work out quite how John had tricked him. He shook his head and kept watch while John overrode the lock control panel. One of these days, he sighed to himself, he was going to see this coming.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 487
Summary: John Hart was always a smooth talker...
Prompt: For the
writerinadrawer Challenge 2.04 - MASH episode titles (plus a coin)Officers Only
“No,” Jack said again, doing his best to ignore the pout that earned him. “Look, you’re in enough trouble already –”
“Oh, come on,” John interrupted in near disbelief. “It was one little gun…”
“It was a point fifty eight laser rifle,” Jack reminded him, “and you shot the janitor.”
John pouted again, clearly doing his best to guilt trip Jack into sticking with him on this one.
“It wasn’t my fault he got in the way,” he started, then abandoned that track when Jack folded his arms stubbornly. Instead, he said, “This is completely different, anyway.”
“It’s still breaking the rules,” Jack told him, and John growled in exasperation, bouncing on his heels and looking around at the empty corridor again.
“No one’s gonna know,” he said, then paused and added, “Besides, you want to see in there as much as I do.”
Jack avoided his eyes guiltily, and then pulled himself together and said firmly, “It’s the officers’ mess and we’re just recruits. You wanna get in there, become an officer.”
“That won’t be the same,” John whined, and Jack couldn’t help but agree. John clearly saw that written across his face, as his eyes lit up and he pursued Jack ruthlessly, saying, “Come on, it can be our secret. If you come with me we can get in and out without any trouble. I’m going anyway. And I’m not gonna tell you what it’s like in there. You’ll never know unless you come with me now…”
Jack shook his head, and said, “If we get caught –”
“We won’t,” John interjected.
“If we do,” Jack repeated, a little louder (causing John to make quick hushing gestures and look around frantically), “they’re not exactly gonna pair us up again, are they? I mean, I can’t pretend I’m a restraining influence on you if I’m helping you break into the officers’ mess just for curiosity’s sake.”
“You could say I talked you into it,” John suggested, putting on his most winningly innocent look. Jack bit his lip.
“Toss a coin for it?” John said, producing an Althrian dollar from his pocket and holding it up between two fingers. “Heads I win, tails you lose?”
“Okay,” Jack said slowly, then grabbed his hand before John could throw the coin. “Just let me see that a minute.”
“It’s genuine,” John assured him, showing him both sides and then quickly pulling back his hand and throwing the coin up in the air. He slapped it down onto the back of his hand, showed Jack the result, and said, “Tails, you lose. Let’s go.”
Jack found himself grabbed by the wrist and hauled along the corridor to the officers’ mess before he could work out quite how John had tricked him. He shook his head and kept watch while John overrode the lock control panel. One of these days, he sighed to himself, he was going to see this coming.
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Date: 2008-05-20 04:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-21 03:24 pm (UTC)Hee. Glad you like, though. It was kinda fun to write John in a mostly-harmless way. ;)