happy hour/multi-pup post

[likesthecoat]

Ianto steps inside the bar for his regular shift and immediately pauses.

Everything feels like it's...one inch to the left.

Weird.

"Did I miss something, darlin'?" he says to the bar as he takes off his jacket and hangs it up, and Bar has an air of Oh, honey, wait until I tell you.

Or it's possible she's just a big slab of wood. It's hard to tell sometimes, even though Ianto considers himself to be pretty fluent in Bar by now.

Tonight's Specials
Tell the bartender why the bar feels different and your first drink (ANYTHING WE'VE GOT IN THE STORES) is on me.

COFFEE
ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT

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Stuart Dakin is leaving for Oxford soon. His family and friends think he's calm and prepared about it, and for the most part he is.

He's also aware that he's going from a minor school in a small city to one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and he's not going to be the cleverest student there. It's best, he figures, to get used to that now rather than have some sort of breakdown later when he's got essays to do and lectures to attend. It'll just get in the way.

(He is also hoping to meet up with Pos. His boyfriend is good for his ego. It's lovely to have someone who thinks you're amazing even when you, however temporarily, don't.)

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Peter Burke is a pragmatic person. He doesn't believe in magic, aliens, fairies or unicorns. He does believe in a well-tailored suit and an honest day's work.

Which is why, when he steps through the door he's still carrying on the conversation he was having on his way in. "I'm telling you, Neal, no matter what your instinct says it's worth it to wait for the warrant. We don't want to endanger the chances of--"

He stutters to a stop.

Narration is sure no one will blame him if the first thing that goes through his mind is Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.

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[threeandoh]

"Like Wonderland? 'We're all mad here'?"

[hadyougoing]

"Uh."

A smile.

"Yeah. That works. Except I don't think being on drugs helps you understand it, or I would've started a long time ago."

[threeandoh]

"Yeah, not an option for me," says Peter dryly.

Oh, hell. "Are we stuck here? I have a life at home--I have a wife and a job and a dog."

And a Neal, whatever classification he falls under.

[hadyougoing]

Lucky you, Ava opts not to say.

"Check the way you came in," she suggests.

"If you see a door, and it opens back where you came from, then you're fine. Not stuck."

[threeandoh]

Peter looks, and nearly sags with relief. "There's a door. God, if I had to explain to my wife that I got stuck at the end of the universe--she's pretty forgiving but I don't think anyone's that forgiving."

[hadyougoing]

"Well it's not exactly your fault," Ava says.

"But fair enough. So, welcome to Milliways."

[threeandoh]

"It's still not something I'd enjoy explaining."

Thanks," he says, even more dryly.

[hadyougoing]

She laughs a little.

"The first drink's free? I mean, assuming you don't wanna go right back home."