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Prompt #240: Discuss an individual who scared you


Title: Rogue's Gallery
Author: [livejournal.com profile] fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Character: Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Captain Jack Harkness
Challenge: [livejournal.com profile] theatrical_muse: Prompt #240: - Discuss an individual who scared you
Rating: G
Words: 308
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Cross-posted to torchwoodgwen and theatrical_muse.


Rogue's Gallery

Gwen sat on Jack's desk, as she liked to do after a long day. "Of all the people you've ever met, who frightens you most?"

He thought. "The Master."

"Master of what?"

"Nothing, any more." He grinned. "Not since his cremation."

"So why'd he scare you?"

"Because... he made someone I admire love him. I couldn't stop him. Couldn't do anything about it." He shrugged. "It's history now, but it gives me cold sweats to remember. What about you? Who do you fear most?"

"Ianto. If I annoy him, he might withhold coffee."

"Point."

"Did I hear my name?" Ianto came in with the striped mug, and put it on Jack's desk.

"We were just saying how terrifying you are."

Ianto smiled modestly. "I do my best."

Jack sipped. "Of everyone we've come across, who has scared you most?"

"Grey, because he came closest to hurting you."

"Mmm. Who else?"

"Bilis, because he disappeared. And we never understood why he did what he did."

"And?"

"Beth, because she proved that anyone can be a Sleeper. Anyone - however innocent they seem. Man, woman, child... alien. Anyone."

"Even you," murmured Gwen.

"Even me," agreed Ianto, with a smile. "Then there was the Ghostmaker, because I never understood how he could take souls and use them. And Carys - using sex to kill."

"What about Death?" asked Jack.

Ianto shrugged. "Not so much, any more. Owen defeated him. He seems a little sad, really. Gwen?"

"I can give Death a run for his money," said Gwen. "I've escaped Death often enough. What I'm afraid of? The Rift. It's so big, so impersonal, some sort of angry god who can disrupt our lives on a whim and won't listen to reason."

"Just like the man who reads the evening weather report," agreed Ianto.



Date: 2008-07-25 10:51 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] elebridith
Wonderful! How they try to lighten up when the discussion gets too intense - like the Ianto/coffee remark - yeah, I could totally hear/see them having a conversation like this! And Ianto's last line cracked me up!
So - Ianto's not as scared of Adam as he is of the ones he mentioned? Interesting. He's more afraid of someone who hurts others than someone who gave him terrifying false memories... yup, I've seen "Adam" in the meantime... comments to follow!

Date: 2008-07-25 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raissad.livejournal.com
Great job. :)

Date: 2008-07-25 03:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] beccaelizabeth
punchline :)

Date: 2008-07-25 05:08 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
OWEN? HAVE I MET HIM???

Date: 2008-07-26 04:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] walkingowl.livejournal.com
What a great last line. So Ianto. Well done!

All of it... well done. Delightful.

Date: 2008-07-28 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laurab1.livejournal.com
I like that, especially Gwen's dismissal of Death.

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