FIC: Torchwood (drabble) - Tantalus

[fajrdrako]

Title: Tantalus
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Suzie/Owen
For tw100 Challenge #5: Suzie Costello
Words: 100
Rating: PG
Spoilers: for Everything Changes and They Keep Killing... Cross-posted to the tw100 site.


Tantalus

Sex with Suzie was a hard-edged game somewhere between pleasure and punishment. The first time they did it she asked, "Is that all you've got?" Making it a contest between adversaries.

She was as eager as Owen was, but refused to admit it. During the workday, or out on fieldwork, he'd say, "Now!" and they'd find a private place and a moment - or sometimes fail to find either, living for an hour or afternoon or a day in urgent mutual need.

"I only shag you," she told him, "because I can't have Jack."

"Me too," he said, with a blistering smile.

Comments

[vervassal.livejournal.com]

Love it! You appear to have double-posted. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oops, thanks for pointing that out. (How'd I do that?)

Delighted that you enjoyed it.

[vervassal.livejournal.com]

It seems very true to the feel of the show. I like. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That's one of the nicest things you could say.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Excellent!
I like the punch-line!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

So pleased that you did!

I was playing on the ambiguities of Suzie as we've seen her - I find it difficult to guess whether she was always self-absorbed and manipulative (not to mention dishonest), or if she was a decent person who became twisted by use of the glove, as Jack seems to believe.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

As in most difficult situations, I trust Jack!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, trusting Jack sounds like a good rule of thumb. The Doctor trusted Jack (after their initial meeting), so I can do no less!

[firko.livejournal.com]

Very true of these two characters - I can really see them being combative rather than loving.
And I love the punchline!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I thought it might explain (or illustrate) Owen's approach to sex with Gwen - more than a little on the defensive, though still clearly enjoying it.