Months ago, Quiet Time requested an Observation that had to do with mistletoe. I was struck by inspiration rather quickly but I decided to save it for Christmas. Here it is! Enjoy!


Observations of a Sprig of Mistletoe by the darkness revealed

Report written by: Dr. Owen Harper

Observed: Christmas Eve

Specimens: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato

Report commences:

So, Christmas. 'Tis the season to be jolly, tra la la, ho ho ho, all that crap. The only thing I like about Christmas is the mistletoe. And the presents. But especially the mistletoe. I mean, who would turn down a free kiss?

The thing is, now I have to decide who I want my kiss from. Not the Captain, that's for sure. The Teaboy is also out. Gwen would be nice but she's kind of married, so that would be a bit awkward. I guess that leaves…Tosh.

Hey, that's not so bad. I could do worse. She is kind of pretty.

Right, so now I have to get my kiss. It's time to track her down and catch her under the mistletoe.

There she is! She's heading over to the Teaboy, sneaky girl. She's probably getting a coffee or something. I'd better hurry up or I'll lose her.

Dang it. I was so close to Tosh! How could I have ended up under the mistletoe with the Teaboy? At least he looked just as embarrassed as I felt. I think we would've gotten away without kissing if the Captain hadn't seen us and forced us to.

Well, that was embarrassing. I'm off to wash my mouth and find Tosh again.

Found her! She's going over to the kitchen to rinse out her mug. I'm off!

Well, that wasn't so bad. I bumped into Gwen, and we just so happened to be right under the sprig of mistletoe. She gave me a light peck, nothing special. I still need my special Christmas kiss, though!

Just looked up and spotted Tosh over by the Captain's office, chatting to the Teaboy. Sneaky bastard, that Captain. He put up mistletoe everywhere outside his office. Oh, wait, the Teaboy's leaving! Now's my chance. I can't fail this time!

OH MY FREAKING GOD. What have I done to deserve this? As soon as I reached Tosh, she walked away and the Captain came out. And guess where we were standing? That's right; under one of the hundreds of sprigs of mistletoe the Captain had hung everywhere!

You don't want to know what happened next. Let me just say that the Captain is a very….um…enthusiastic kisser.

I need a coffee. So badly.

Well, what do you know? I just so happened to bump into Tosh on my way to the Teaboy. So there we were, smack dab under that mistletoe, and she smiled and leaned in and…

Well, let's just say that I never knew Tosh could kiss so well.

Mission accomplished!


So there you go. I hope you enjoyed it!

I just wanted to let you all know that I'm currently working on another Torchwood story. I started it way back in July and it's still not finished! I'm actually rather proud of it (which is quite unusual for me) and hopefully I'll finish it within the next few months or so. So keep an eye out for any new TW stories by me!

I currently have zero ideas for Observations, so feel free to send in any requests or ideas! It's much appreciated!

Personally, I don't celebrate Christmas (I already had my eight days of Chanukah) but I'd like to wish each and every one of you a very merry Christmas!

Reviews are love!