jooles34: (PC Andy)
jooles34 ([personal profile] jooles34) wrote2010-07-22 09:46 am
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Absent Truth

Title: Absent Truth
Characters: PC Andy
Word count: 100
Challenge: [info]tw100 prompt: Random title generator. Title generated "Absent Truth"
Rating/Warning: PG
Spoilers: None
AN - I got six titles from the generator so decided to do a drabble for all of them, each from the POV of a different character. It's amazing what you can do on a bus journey...


He gets phonecalls in the middle of the night; sometimes gets dragged from work. He gets requests for information, requests for help, requests for silence.

He gets teased, he gets laughed at, he gets fun poked at him. But sometimes he gets defended, stood up for, protected.

He gets brushed off, included, left behind, relied upon, abandoned.

He gets beaten up, bruised, bloodied, emotionally battered. He gets picked up, thanked, anonymously recommended for bravery.

He gets explanations, stories, placated.

He gets all of this and more from Torchwood. But what he really wants, and never gets, is the absent truth.


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[identity profile] shamazipan.livejournal.com 2010-07-22 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh Andy! *huggles him*

[identity profile] aeron-lanart.livejournal.com 2010-07-22 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
So very Andy *hugs him*

[identity profile] huskyfriends.livejournal.com 2010-07-22 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that is sweet with Andy. Wonderfully done.

[identity profile] ebineez01.livejournal.com 2010-07-22 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
poor PC Andy - he's so underappreciated (Captain Andy)

[identity profile] royalladyemma.livejournal.com 2010-07-22 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. Never once have I ever given more than a quick not-really-noticing passing glance at PC Andy. Never.

This is actually kind of touching. I have to admit, I didn't read the top part with the title & word count & what not. When I started reading it, my first thought was that this is Ianto, even when I got to the end about absent truth -- I thought he was thinking about all the things that Jack holds back, no matter how much Jack actually says.

It wasn't until I scrolled back to the top to return to my home page & msgs that 'PC Andy' caught my eye. I had to go back and re-read it with him in mind, and I immediately thought of that scene in KKBB when they're at the dead body John Hart dropped off the car park. PC Andy is holding up the tape as everyone leaves and he remarks to the backs of the Torchwood team "Thank you PC Andy..." saying all the things to himself that should have been said by Torchwood.

This is really, really good, and I thank you.

[identity profile] karaokegal.livejournal.com 2010-07-22 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Very nice. I loved the snippets of Andy's mixed feelings about Torchwood (and Gwen) that we got in the course of the series. This follows from those quite well.

[personal profile] samueljames 2010-07-23 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice look at Andy and how he is both included and excluded at the same time.

[identity profile] thrace-adams.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
OH this was REALLY brilliant!!! I loved this one in particular. Great job!

[identity profile] rustydog.livejournal.com 2010-07-31 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love the way you've written this, and the way you've seen right into Andy.
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