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jooles34 ([personal profile] jooles34) wrote2010-09-09 09:05 pm

Moment - A pair of drabbles

Title: Moment
Fandon: Torchwood
Challenge
[info]tw100 prompts: gilt and guilt
Characters/Pairings: Tosh and Owen
Rating/Warning: PG
Spoilers: Set directly after Adam, but no spoilers. 
Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Torchwood 



It was beautiful; a moment so perfect that Tosh’s heart enveloped it as her eyes would feast on a work of art.

The look in his eyes, pouring deep into hers. The way his hand stilled as he passed the card to her, their fingers so close, yet not quite touching. The way he smiled; a smile she hadn’t seen before; a smile just for her. The way he paused, freezing that perfect moment in time.

But it wasn’t what he said. It was what he didn’t say that poured gold onto that perfect moment.

He only denied the apology.

 

 

As he exited the Hub Owen tried to work out why he had done it.

A simple thing; a spur of the moment decision. Smirking, laughing and mocking had suddenly given way to something he hadn’t expected.

But he hadn’t stopped talking; never stop talking. But keeping talking didn’t stop him not saying things. Didn’t stop him not saying what he should have said.

He’d seen the look in Tosh’s eyes. Seen the spark of realisation, the swell of hope.

The guilt gnawed at him already. What he didn’t say would be shattered by what he knew he’d never do.


[identity profile] karaokegal.livejournal.com 2010-09-09 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwwww! Poor Tosh, and a great self-aware Owen. Nice use of the prompt.

[identity profile] emyrldlady.livejournal.com 2010-09-09 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor proud Owen, unwilling to open his heart.

[identity profile] aviv-b.livejournal.com 2010-09-10 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely! I would have never thought to use that prompt with Owen - and it worked so perfectly.

[identity profile] rustydog.livejournal.com 2010-09-10 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, beautiful swell and crash back to reality there! Very nice.

[identity profile] owensheart.livejournal.com 2010-09-10 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my word, so beautifull and so very sad. I always thought that Owen needed to open his eyes to tash and he could have been realy happy.

[identity profile] ebineez01.livejournal.com 2010-09-10 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
great ending. nice story

[identity profile] wiredblowfish.livejournal.com 2010-09-11 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Well done!

[identity profile] huskyfriends.livejournal.com 2010-10-05 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautifully well done my dear, so romantic and so real.