Title: Extinguish
Rating: PG
Summary: Ianto's seen his share of fire and ice. Written for the prompt '"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost' on comment-fic on LiveJournal.
Author's Note: Thanks to tw-transcripts for the Cyberwoman quotes. Also, sorry to anyone who's reading this a second time (unless you meant to, in which case, sweet). I decided it deserved to be its own story rather than a chapter of Serendipity.
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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
They are forced into the units, knowing what awaits them and unable to escape it. Each has already borne the screams of a hundred colleagues as their brains were torn out of their skulls. Electricity crackles unending, sparks fly, and something catches ablaze.
He is grateful. Burning would be merciful in comparison.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
Panting, clenching, screaming out into the silence of their apartment. He pulls her close and her hot breath is almost unbearable on his sweaty neck; still he does not let go.
But if it had to perish twice,
"On your knees! Hands above your head!"
I think I know enough of hate
"I clear up your shit. No questions asked and that's the way you like it. When did you last ask me anything about my life?"
To say that for destruction ice
"You're worse than anything locked up down there! One day, I'll have the chance to save you ... and I'll watch you suffer and die."
Is also great
"You execute her or I'll execute you both!"
And would suffice.
Bang.