Second installment is in, people! For those just tuning in, this is a second chapter to my previous fic, "A Wink In The Dark", which is posted a few entries down. WOuldn't you know it, this thing is evolving into a horror-mystery fic! I've never really written mystery before, so here's hoping I don't arse it up too badly, eh? And don't worry, there's still slash :P There will be more chapters to come after this one, too. I'm tentatively giving a title for these chapters to dwell under, and that tentative title is "Hush." HOORAY!

Thanks to all ye seven who gave me the prompts for this part. Again, they were hecka random, but that made it all the more fun and challenging ^_^

FIC: "Hush" - chapter 2: A Nod In The Rain
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Mystery/Horror/Romance
Additional pairings: Only T/K in this chapter.
Warning: Swearing (and lots of it!), strife, and some violence. Also, smoking and drug use. Also, this ended up being longer than I meant it to be O_O So, yes. Warning to for length.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: I borrowed a line from the Golden Girls (well dang, never did THAT before! @_@). Also, Pietro is quite right about two things: Firstly, bamboo stuff is beautiful, good for the planet and well worth checking out. Secondly, the story about the plastic is true. Just google "south pacific gyre" if you're curious. Now, that is a horror story in and of itself O_O




( Bamboo )
( Turtle )
( Duck )
( Drag )
( Cover )
( Rain )

This is a witnessed suck earlier this afternoon while I was at the library.

I was at the checkout desk, helping one of my students get a library card. A thin, older guy is sitting on the edge of the desk, waiting for his daughter to get her library card from another librarian.

Librarian: (to me) So, we're closed tomorrow for Veteran's Day.
Man: *jumping into our conversation* What?! You're closed?!
Librarian: Yessir. To commemorate our veterans.
Man: You know what it is? Y'all are just LAZY.
Librarian: It's a national holiday.
Man: No, y'all just don't wanna work. Americans are so damn lazy! Taking so many damn holidays! They don't do it anywhere else in the world, especially Europe!
Librarian: *exchanging glances with me*  Erm, in France they're entitled to six paid weeks of vacation per year, sir.
Man: ... ... They should do it like in Japan! They have the best work ethic--double shifts, go in early every day, leave work late everyday, they never see their families!


...considering that Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, I don't know if that's a resounding endorsement.

And, considering that I'd seen this man earlier with his daughter (who looked to be about 9), haranguing her for forgetting what her address zip code was, and going on at her about stupid the library was for requiring a parental ID to get a card with unlimited borrowing privileges,  I....feel very sorry for the daughter.


(I don't think the librarian was doing a zorro? because she was really very polite throughout the entire thing and was just attempting to get back to our business.)

Title: Unfinished Business
Characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1000 for the original, 1305 for the revision.
Prompt: Unexpected side effect, advice from your mother.
Summary: This was my last entry for writerinadrawer before getting voted out.  I'm only now finding time to post it to my LJ, and I've revised it based on feedback from the voting.  Both versions are included.  I can't give much of a summary here without being spoilery to Day 4 of CoE.  So let's just say, Day 4 ends differently than it did in the series.  How does Jack respond to that?  And how does Ianto respond to Jack?
Spoilers: CoE Day 4
Beta: Provided by both amand_r and lionessvalenti .

Long-time lurker, third-time poster.

This actually happened to me quite a few years ago, but I was having a conversation with someone today and was reminded of this absurd incident.

( Video store suck )

tl;dr - Woman cannot figure out the alphabet, does not compute unavailability of the the movie "Sounder," hates corporate America and ME personally, and apparently has early onset Alzheimer's or something affecting her memory.

I work at an east coast grocery store. It's name deals with a large type of bird. This happened a while ago, and I just thought about it now.


I was working on express, when this old lady comes into my line.

I ring up her items, and then I get to a Tupperware container of scallops which our seafood section puts scallops into. As I go to put it into the bag, she asks me if I can open it for her because it is hard for her to open as she has arthritis. I open it, and it put the lid back on loosely for her. I ask her if that is ok, and she says just to hand it to her. I hand it to her and she goes to open it, and takes a scallop and eats it. These scallops aren't cooked so I was kinda just like..... what??? She was like "Lol, I'm going to die from doing this hahaha." I was lolol uhhhh.... ?? I just keep ringing her up, and she tries to talk to me about good seafood restaurants around here. She then goes on her way, and me and my co worker are just like LOL wut. o_0

"Omega Virus" by gryvon
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto
RATING: AO
SUMMARY: A zombie plague breaks out in Cardiff, and it's up to Torchwood to stop it with the Doctor's help.

Has just been added to Torchwood Slash and is listed on the new stories page, and the Jack/ianto page.

Torchwood Slash's Chirstmas wish page.

It's like a tour of Saint Petersburg meets Meet The Parents, with some soft-core thrown in. Only . . . you know . . . not as visually stunning, funny, or hot.

But one thing it does have that those other three things don't is ::mumblemumblemumble::


Homecoming
Author: _beetle_
Fandom: ST:XI
Rating: NC-17
Type: One-shot (unless prompted for more)
Notes/Warnings: Takes place after the mission, post-movie by five years.
Summary: Hikaru Sulu's never really had a home or family, and doesn't know how to be comfortable in either. Originally started as a ficlet for the slashthedrabble prompt, “left”, but it grew.


Homecoming

Title: M.I.A. (The Rule-Breaker Remix)
Rating: G
Word Count: 440
Summary: A remix for visiblemarket's delightful Rules and Regulations.

That poor kid.

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Title: Test Drive
Rating: G
Word Count: 276
Summary: "Plaude, mattress shopping" for englishmuffin2.
A/N: I don't think I've ever done dialogue-only Plaude.

You've done this before, haven't you.

Familiarity Breeds Contempt---Interlude One
Author-- alex_annn
Characters-Torchwood team, Cthulhu, Jack the Ripper, PC Andy, a certain writer, OC
Pairing-Jack/Ianto
Rating-NC-17 for this chapter
Setting-Early season two
Beta--my brilliant husband
Story begins HERE
Summary-What does Cuthulu have in common with Jack the Ripper? What could lead Ianto to shoot an innocent bystander? What secrets from Jack's past have come back to haunt him? Torchwood needs to find out before Cardiff is torn apart.

Author's Note-This story came about because of some wonderful friends of mine in my Doctor Who fanclub. They met up generated scenarios based on 8 prompts. It was my job to weave them into a cohesive story. So here it is, my first Torchwood serial. I will post every other day real life willing. 

( Interlude One )

I don't think I've ever posted about this story. I was just reminded of it while talking to a coworker about crazy people.

It's around 6 o'clock, when I used to host down under. I seat a couple in the dining room and go back to my hostess stand. Literally a minute later the couple STORMS out the door, growling to themselves. They were so outraged, but we were like "WTF??? O__o" Server S comes up to the stand, in complete shock. "S, what's up with them?? :O"

"They left because their server was black."
"......................... whut?"

They came back twenty minutes later to sit in the bar area but they had a short meal. Since 4 of 5 workers were black. :/ It was really hard to not kick these people.

Title: Unspoken
Pairings: Jack/Ianto.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None, really. Set somewhere between Exit Wounds & Children of Earth.
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood. Anything you recognise is the property of the BBC.
Summary: Jack needs to know that Ianto's alive.
Author's Notes: Wee ficlet that attacked me (439 words). Thanks to the ever wonderful jemzamia for the beta. And for the title. I love you in English, bb.

( Jack doesn’t need words now, he just needs to know Ianto’s alive and here with him. He needs skin on skin and breathless sighs. He needs to touch and to feel and to be entirely in control... )

Title: In a Thousand years 8/10.
Pairing: Jack/Doctor and Jack/Ianto-Dai
Warnings: Set after COE. This chapter some spoilers.
Rating: PG?
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Mr Davies and the BBC.

This will make more sense if you've read from the first part of this fic: link here

This chapter here