While its great Christmas brings a Doctor Who special each year, there's never a Torchwood one. So I thought I would write a Torchwood story for Christmas. I hope you enjoy it.
Torchwood
The Ghosts Of Christmas Past
By
Dawn M Duval
Chapter One
Owen had never really liked Christmas because of the memories of too many bad Christmases in his youth. Of course there had been good Christmases with Katie but he didn't like to think of them either as the memories where too painful. But this year he was rather looking forward to Christmas, he'd been given a second chance in life and love, which was why he was now staring in the jeweller's window. The snow was falling, but it wasn't laying it was melting as it hit the ground. Owen's breath steamed up the window, he wiped it away and continued looking. What to get? What would she like? The rings looked nice but a ring could be misconstrued and he wasn't ready for that. Earrings, did she even have pieced ears? He thought for a moment and remembered her losing one once, so he guessed she did.
Gwen and Ianto were hanging tinsel from the walkways while Toshiko draped some carefully around her computer.
"So what do you think Owen's going to get you?" Gwen asked.
"I have no idea," Toshiko replied
"Have you dropped any hints?"
"I'm not sure he'd have got them."
"That's true, after all he is a man."
"Oi!" Ianto objected
"Oh you're not included in that, you're special."
"I'm not quite sure how to take that."
Owen left the jeweller's with his new acquisition safely in his pocket and feeling quite pleased with himself, certain that Toshiko would love it. Owen was so wrapped up in his own thoughts that he nearly didn't notice the man who looked completely out of place. His clothes where Victorian and he was looking rather confused by his surroundings.
"Oi mate!" Owen called over.
The man looked petrified and ran away, Owen followed him.
"I only wanted to help," Owen called after him but he kept running.
The man turned the corner and so too did Owen, but the man was nowhere to be seen, he'd disappeared.
