Whistle While You Work

[donutsweeper]

Title: Whistle While You Work
Pairing/Warning/Rating: Jack/Ianto, many things usually warned for implied or a crack warning, rated R
Word Count: 100
Summary:  Ianto's life took an unexpected turn after quitting Torchwood.
Author's Note: Written for the tw100 challenge: Life After Torchwood, but blame for it rests solely on mad_jaks shoulders.  Now with a prequel! 

Ianto whistled happily as he puttered about, preparing the morning coffee.  This wasn’t the sort of future he’d planned, but after three years he’d grown to love it.

Are you sure you want to do this?  You’ll find leaving Torchwood is easy.  Jack had told him.  It’s leaving me that’s hard.

Ianto hadn’t realized the threat, or the promise, behind those words when he’d handed in his resignation.  But the next day they’d become evident.  He’d woken up with his memories, but without his clothes.  He’d earned a collar since then, and extensions for his chains.  Life couldn’t be better.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and if we get too sane we turn into corporate manages that think taking nonexistent tickets is a smart thing to do.

I also think sane=boring=unimaginative.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I think your analysis is correct. I like to think I'm very imaginative...

I'm totally abusing ellipses today.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I always do. My betas keep trying to make me stop that

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

But they're so fun!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I nearly drove jadesfire2808 nuts on my big SGA/TW story with them. Since then I've tried to replace some with a - to show someone getting cut off

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I should probably consider using something like that.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I still use my.... a lot, but I figure as long as it's only every so often it's okay

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yeah, changing it up a bit is always a good thing.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I've also noted I tend to overuse similar phrases. I always try to reread things and make sure someone isn't grinning happily 17 times or something like that

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I do that, too, though usually in my academic essays. TAs really don't like when they have to read the same phrase over and over in one essay.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it's a frustrating thing to realize you've done, isn't it?

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I only notice it later, usually if I'm rereading it in a different format, like after it's posted to LJ or if I've printed it out to read

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I usually notice a lot more easily if I've printed the thing.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I'm too cheap to print things at home, but I'll do it at work sometimes so anything long I've written just to check

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't even have a print at home. I just print stuff from the school library.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I have a printer, but it's perpetually broken or out of ink or randomly not working. I like using the work one, if they're sucking my soul at least I'm going to sneak some free copies and prints out of it

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Ink is far too expensive. Having a work printer to sneak stuff out on is always a good thing.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

absolutely!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

And copier...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

that too!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Heh. My mind, of course, went to TW just now.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Dare I ask why?

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Jack and the copy machine in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh YES! *facepalm* how could I forget that! I'm not the biggest J/I fan, but that whole office scene was adorable