Drabble: Jack in a Box

[unfeathered]

Title: Jack in a Box (drabble)
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Author: unfeathered
Character: Jack Harkness
Rating: PG-13 (don't read if you're claustrophobic)
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary: That would give it away.
Author’s Note: mad_jaks asked for 'Jack: in a box'. I'm fairly sure this isn't what she had in mind…



He wakes up in a… box?

It's dark – almost completely dark – and quiet. He's lying prostrate. There's wood inches from his face, and close beside his arms. And within reach of his shoes if he stretches his toes.

By the time his eyes have adjusted to the tiny amount of light, he already knows where he is. He's in a coffin.

The light does, however, reassure him that he's not six feet under. So do the sounds of people approaching another coffin.

Jack can't resist it. One good push and the lid jolts open.

Jack jumps to his feet. "Surprise!"

Comments

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jack! :D

*giggles*

[unfeathered]

Glad it made you giggle! :-)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

heeheehee
That's priceless - truly *beams*

And you so weren't to know that my childhood was littered with stories of a grandma I never knew playing amongst the coffins her cabinet maker father had stored in the basement...

[unfeathered]

Oh, I'm glad you like it! I was worried it was a bit... irreverent! :-)

And don't ask me where the coffin idea came from. I have no idea. It just appeared and I wrote it!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

It just appeared and I wrote it
Sometimes that happens and you just have to go with it :)

[unfeathered]

I nearly didn't go wtih it, actually. The idea of being buried alive totally freaks me out - but I got round it by having him wake up before he was buried.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

It would freak me out too but you handled it very lightly so it did just come across as funny :)

[unfeathered]

That's good! That's really good! I mean, it's hard to tell how other people are going to take it.

[becky-writing.livejournal.com]

*Falls over*

That's just great.

[unfeathered]

*Picks you up*

Thank you! :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Lol, of course he does that!

[unfeathered]

Yeah, he doesn't have much sense of propriety, does he? *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

he'd probably make another joke about 'you people and your quaint little categories' or something...

[unfeathered]

*giggle* You're probably right!

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

*Laughs* brilliant

[unfeathered]

Thank you - I'm glad I seem to have got it right! :-)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

::cracks up:: You had me worried there for a second. *g*

[unfeathered]

I had me worried for a second too! Glad the humour worked - I'm never quite sure it will! :-)