somersbygirl:
That alien octopus in Outbreak reminded me of this book.
It sounds strange to me that Ianto used the term “boyfriend”. Sweet, yes, but not typical Ianto-like manner.
You know, if you eat really fresh octopus, tentacles still move in your mouth :-)
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Ianto parked the unmarked white van as close to the police tent as possible, grabbed a toolbox off the passenger seat and a white cotton face-mask from the glovebox. He hopped out of the van, only too aware that every net curtain within spitting distance was twitching as the locals ignored their usual afternoon telly for a slice of voyeurism closer to home. It must be like having Jeremy Kyle on all day. ‘My boy in pavement scandal – lie detector special.’ God, but he hated the suburbs…
He ducked down and entered the police tent.
'Hello, campers,’ he said, putting down his toolbox. He cracked it open and pulled out a medium-sized chrome flask. 'Who’s for coffee, then?’
'You read my mind,’ Jack smiled and gave Ianto a wink.
'If the first thing that pops into your head when you see me is “hope that sexy devil put the kettle on before he left”, then I can honestly say I don’t know you half as well as I thought.’
'OK, it was the second thing that popped into my head.’
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—Torchwood novel - The House That Jack Built (Guy Adams)
"‘There’s no end to the glamour of life in Torchwood,’ he told the cat. 'It’s just like James Bond except more…really, really crap.’"
"Ianto’s the priority. Everything else can wait."
—Jack Harkness in
The House That Jack Built (via
ajlenova)
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‘Problem?’ asked Jack as he joined them on the pavement.
Ianto grabbed him and gave him a stifling hug. 'Not that I was worried or anything,’ he muttered self-consciously as he let him go.
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—Torchwood novel - The House That Jack Built (Guy Adams)
"Jack walked carefully between the tables. A group of spotty-looking mods eyed him from the corner. One of them, working hard at looking more than his meagre years, peered from behind the turned-up collar of his Fred Perry shirt and started tapping his fingers on the formica in an attempt to intimidate. It did nothing of the sort; as a man who had once helped Keith Moon get a Cadillac into a hotel swimming pool, Jack would need a little more sign of the young man’s credentials before he felt even vaguely daunted."
—Torchwood novel - The House That Jack Built (Guy Adams)
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‘That’s enough now,’ Jack said, stepping out of the bath, taking her hand and rubbing it gently between his own. 'The blood’s gone.’
Julia felt tears in her eyes, and she bit her lip. She was determined not to give in to that any more. 'It might be commonplace to you,’ she muttered, 'but I don’t normally go around shoving tools in people’s mouths.’
There was an awkward pause at that and then, despite herself, she burst into hysterics. 'I’m sorry,’ she said. 'That came out so wrong… I wasn’t having a pop about you being, you know…’
'He prefers the term “omnisexual”,’ said Ianto, stepping into the room. 'It’s the polite way of saying he’ll sleep with anything – men, women… cephalopods. I must be the only boyfriend that’s ever had to get jealous in a fishmongers.’
'Don’t knock the sensual embrace of the tentacle,’ Jack replied with a wink.
'Oh God…’ Ianto replied. 'I could have died happy had I never heard you say that.
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—Torchwood novel - The House That Jack Built (Guy Adams)
