Rec: Collateral by silversolitaire
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janto_recsTitle: Collateral
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silversolitaire
Genre: Romance, Angst, Drama, Mystery
Rating: NC17
Summary: After returning from his travels with the Doctor, Jack discovers that not all things are the way he left them. Used to having no problems with change, he finds that this time it's not so easy to change things back in his favor.
Status: Complete
Length: 11 Chapters, ~76,169
Warnings: OMC/Ianto
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Another one of those fics where Jack comes back and Ianto is dating someone else. Ahh, the angst. :3 And this one does have an awesome plot to boot~!
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Author:
silversolitaireGenre: Romance, Angst, Drama, Mystery
Rating: NC17
Summary: After returning from his travels with the Doctor, Jack discovers that not all things are the way he left them. Used to having no problems with change, he finds that this time it's not so easy to change things back in his favor.
Status: Complete
Length: 11 Chapters, ~76,169
Warnings: OMC/Ianto
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Another one of those fics where Jack comes back and Ianto is dating someone else. Ahh, the angst. :3 And this one does have an awesome plot to boot~!
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Jack watched Gwen chatter into her mobile excitedly and felt his heart warm. It was good to be home. He looked around the room while he waited for Gwen to finish her call. Owen was shoveling Chinese food into his mouth, looking somewhat grumpy but otherwise compliant. Apart from the arrangement of charts and papers pinned to the boards across the room, not much had changed. Everything was just as he had left it. Only one person was missing.
"Where's Ianto?" he asked casually once Gwen closed her cell. "I could use a good coffee," he added quickly to give his question a justification. He noticed the quick glance Gwen and Owen exchanged before answering and his stomach cramped for a moment.
"He's out for lunch," Gwen then said and Jack relaxed.
"You think he'll be happy to see me?" he asked casually, giving voice to a question that had been troubling him for a couple of weeks now. Eventually, he had reached the conclusion that he should count himself lucky if he wasn't shot on sight. Gwen's hesitant, gap-toothed smile confirmed his suspicion.
"Jack… you've been gone for a while," she said carefully. "It was hard for everyone, but especially Ianto. Maybe it would have been easier if you had told us…"
Jack felt the familiar feeling of guilt rise up in his throat like bile, but he forced it down. "I had my reasons," he replied stiffly.
"I know, Jack," Gwen hurried to say. "I'm just saying it would have made it easier, most likely, and maybe then Ianto wouldn't…" She stopped and took a sip from her drink quickly.
"Where's Ianto?" he asked casually once Gwen closed her cell. "I could use a good coffee," he added quickly to give his question a justification. He noticed the quick glance Gwen and Owen exchanged before answering and his stomach cramped for a moment.
"He's out for lunch," Gwen then said and Jack relaxed.
"You think he'll be happy to see me?" he asked casually, giving voice to a question that had been troubling him for a couple of weeks now. Eventually, he had reached the conclusion that he should count himself lucky if he wasn't shot on sight. Gwen's hesitant, gap-toothed smile confirmed his suspicion.
"Jack… you've been gone for a while," she said carefully. "It was hard for everyone, but especially Ianto. Maybe it would have been easier if you had told us…"
Jack felt the familiar feeling of guilt rise up in his throat like bile, but he forced it down. "I had my reasons," he replied stiffly.
"I know, Jack," Gwen hurried to say. "I'm just saying it would have made it easier, most likely, and maybe then Ianto wouldn't…" She stopped and took a sip from her drink quickly.