The Torchwood Drabble Files

by badly-knitted

A collection of Torchwood drabbles that continues to grow. Thanks to everyone who's making this possible. You're greatly appreciated, so I'm reinstating an old game - the writer of every 100th review gets to request a drabble/ficlet of their choice. Still using a T rating to cover anything I might write, just to be safe.

2673. Speed Demons

Title: Speed Demons

Author: badly0knitted

Characters: Ianto, Twins.

Rating: PG

Written For: Challenge 818: Skin at torchwood100.

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: One of the twins takes a painful tumble.

Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood, or the characters.

A/N: Double drabble.

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As usual, the twins were in a hurry. Ever since they gradated from crawling to walking, they'd been trying to get everywhere as fast as they possibly could. They'd only walked for as long as it took to find their balance, and then they'd been off, first speed-toddling, and then running. It was as though they were afraid the world would be taken away before they got the chance to explore everything.

Meriel, Ianto recalled, had taken a more measured approach to life, studying the world around her one thing at a time, learning all she could about it before moving on to the next. The twins just wanted to do everything Right Now. To them, patience was a foreign concept.

Because of that, Ianto wasn't surprised when, as the two three-year-olds charged at top speed down the path leading to the play park, Gareth tripped over his own feet and fell, skinning his hands and knees. For a moment there was shocked silence, and then a wail of pain and outrage commenced.

Ianto sighed, scooping his son up and carrying him to a nearby bench to tend his wounds. "If you slowed down, you wouldn't fall over so much."

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The End