REC: WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS BY SMALLWALDO

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Title: When the Bough Breaks
Author: smallwaldo
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG-13
Summary: What if The Year That Never Was never was, but the wild goose hunt in the Himalayas was.  And what if Jack were to come home to find that there's a much bigger issue to deal with than the fact that he left?
Status: Complete
Length: 3 chapters
Warnings: Some medical stuff
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This is one of the earliest Jack/Ianto fics I read and it’s still one of my favourites. I love that it deals with the trip to the Himalayas and shows Jack taking care of Ianto for once. I also love Jack’s desperate need to get his team back in the same room again. 

Series: Lovers in a Dangerous Time by misslucyjane

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Title:  Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Author: misslucyjane
Genre: Series, Romance, Drama, Angst
Rating: PG-NC17
Summary: This is a series of oneshots where Jack and Ianto become lovers, and how their feelings change to something deeper throughout Season One.
Status: Complete?
Length: 7 Parts, ~32800
Warnings: Spoilers and Sex?
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This is a series which consists of 7 different oneshots. The first part/oneshot, Lovers in a Dangerous Time, has already been recced here by ivegotthemusic. I really loved how Ianto's feelings for Jack change through the whole series, until he realizes that what they're doing is just not sex, but something deeper. The other parts of the series are:

Everything Looks Perfect From Far Away
Rating: PG
Category: First Date, Romance
Summary: "We're not lovers. We're an experiment in interoffice politics." Set sometime between "Greeks Bearing Gifts" and "They Keep Killing Suzie"

The Twenty-First Century Dating Ritual
Rating: NC17
Category: Romance
Summary: Jack and Ianto explore the twenty-first century dating ritual. It involves reality tv, language lessons, alien pears , the five celebrities list and the merits of a Klingon dictionary. Set between "Greeks Bearing Gifts" and "They Keep Killing Suzie."

The Hint of a Spark
Rating: NC17
Category: Angst
Summary: "I would die for you. And I don't even know who you are." Spoilers through "Out of Time"

How to Shoot at Someone Who Outdrew You
Rating: NC17
Category: Angst, Romance
Summary: "It seems to me when you most want to be alone is when you least ought to be."  Spoilers through "Captain Jack Harkness"

Somewhere Only We Know
Rating: R-rated
Category: Angst, violence, Doctor Who crossover, torture
Summary: Jack finds a way to keep sane. Spoilers for The Last of the Time Lords
and

The Density of Water, the Weight of Air, which is my favorite one!
Rating: R-rated
Category: Romance, Angst, Post-LOTL
Summary: Some things are inevitable, like sunrises, like Jack. Post "The Last of the Time Lords", Pre-series 2 Torchwood.

Rec: How to Succeed At Exhibitionism without Really Trying

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Title: How to Succeed At Exhibitionism without Really Trying
Author: sparky77
Rating: R
Summary: Ianto took satisfaction in the little victories with Jack for the same reason that a person falling off a cliff takes satisfaction in grabbing hold of a tree branch on their way down.
Status: Oneshot
Comment or Excerpt from fic:
It was easier to focus on small, solvable problems like how to get Jack to be quiet (sex), how to get Jack to give a straight answer (promises of sex), how to get Jack to quit groping you when you’re trying to file fragile and dangerous alien artifacts (threats of lack of sex).

But everything in this fic is so wonderfully snarky, and lovely, and just perfect.

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Title: ouvretesyeux: Open Your Eyes - a Jack/Ianto AU Storyline
Author: maverick0324 and athousanderrors
Genre: series, AU, drama, romance, angst
Rating: PG to NC-17
Summary: Set from 1936 right up to the present day, it follows a rather different Jack and Ianto, from their time at St Boswell's School for Boys, through their service in World War Two right up to their dotage in Cardiff, with every trial and tribulation in between.
Status: WiP
Length: 35 chapters, plus 2 extra about other characters. There have also been drabbles and AU stories written about it by other authors. You can find the list of everything here.
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Oh my God, where do I start? The world needs more AU fic like this. The era it's set in has been well-researched by the authors, the OCs feel like canon, and the story is just beautiful. I could gush all day. XD

At 35 chapters, it can seem a bit daunting, but once you get into it (and you will, promise), it's hard to get out. I read them all straight through in one sitting, and impatiently await the next chapter (hint to the writers if they're reading this... >_>)

Preview: He broke the kiss, blushing still, lips parted as he gasped, eyes closed. “This is wrong.” He breathed, brows knitted in confusion. “I shouldn’t…” He opened his eyes, looking at Jack. Giving in, he dragged Jack closer with a hand at the back of his neck, kissing him hungrily.

Now he knew why things had been so awkward. Why had missed Jack’s presence so much. It wasn’t just the company, it was the secret smiles, the comforting pressure of a strong body against his side, soft laughter in his ear as they lay on the roof.

And this…he didn’t know how he could miss this, he’d never had it. But oh, somehow he had.