“What did you two do today?”
Gwen sat on the edge of the bed, running a brush through her hair as she watched Rhys wrench at the tie around his neck. The muted light of the bedside lamp spilled over the sheets, lulling the room into a sleepy darkness.
“We went out. Ended up having lunch on Mermaid Quay; the weather's been improvin' a bit, hasn't it?”
“You should have seen my backlog today,” Rhys replied, as if she had asked. “Bloody mess, all of it. Did you have a good time?”
( Nothing crawled out from the sewers and the bay didn't fall into the sea, so it could have been worse. )
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Cut for length and slight spoilers for Children of Earth
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Muse: Gwen Cooper, Torchwood
Prompt: #324 - If you, as a child, could see yourself now, what do you think you would say?
Verse: Open Future Verse
Word Count: 983
Gwen sat on the edge of the bed, running a brush through her hair as she watched Rhys wrench at the tie around his neck. The muted light of the bedside lamp spilled over the sheets, lulling the room into a sleepy darkness.
“We went out. Ended up having lunch on Mermaid Quay; the weather's been improvin' a bit, hasn't it?”
“You should have seen my backlog today,” Rhys replied, as if she had asked. “Bloody mess, all of it. Did you have a good time?”
( Nothing crawled out from the sewers and the bay didn't fall into the sea, so it could have been worse. )
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Cut for length and slight spoilers for Children of Earth
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Muse: Gwen Cooper, Torchwood
Prompt: #324 - If you, as a child, could see yourself now, what do you think you would say?
Verse: Open Future Verse
Word Count: 983