Torchwood (drabble): Aliens of London

[fajrdrako]

Title: Aliens of London
Genre: Torchwood drabble
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Jack, other
Challenge: tw100 challenge: free for all, using #20: Doctor Who titles, #4 in a series of 13
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers, unless you're under the impression Captain Jack Harkness is celibate. Cross-posted to my LJ and tw100.


Aliens of London

He resembled any beautiful clubber: spiky hair, leather-clad dancer's grace. He caught Jack's eye. Jack's returning stare held curiosity and invitation.

The boy approached him. "Where you from?"

"Cardiff."

"Liar. You're from the future."

"And the past. You're a Chula, right? Class 3 warrior - maybe class 2. Maladrosian clan?"

Brown eyes narrowed appreciatively. "Close. Tavalan. I have a tattoo to prove it. Wanna see?"

"You here with your swordmates?"

"In an invisible ship. I don't need to go back yet. You're alone?"

Jack had stolen a ship from a Maladrosian once; she was gorgeous. "Until two minutes ago. Let's dance."


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Comments

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Lovely and cute. I'm glad I stopped by to read in a fandom I never read in before.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Lovely and cute.

Thank you so much!

I'm glad I stopped by to read in a fandom I never read in before.

I'm delighted you did, because (as I'm sure you've noticed with your own stories) there's always a special gratification in getting a favourable comment from someone who isn't in the fandom you're writing in - who isn't, so to speak, biased by their prior knowledge and expectqations of it.

This drabble is (mostly) based on hints from the episode of Doctor Who where we first meet Jack in London, when he's using his stolen (and sometimes invisible) Chula space ship, tethered up to Big Ben. The line "she was gorgeous" is stolen directly from that episode, and is the only hint as to what the Chula might look like - I took it as indication that they are probably humanlike in appearance. That, and the fact that the ship's main chair, sleeping area, controls, and so on, fit humans perfectly. The rest I made up.

Except that this same episode (whic is called "The Doctor Dances") uses 'dance' as a metaphor for sex rather frequently.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Gotta love obvious code-words for sex :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, and it worked really well in context.