REC: MAXIMA ENIM. PATIENTIA VIRTUS (PATIENCE IS THE GREATEST VIRTUE) by MELLYJ

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Title: Maxima Enim. Patientia Virtus (Patience is the greatest virtue)
Author: mellyj
Genre: Angst, Romance, General
Rating: PG-13
Other/Implied Pairings: N/A
Summary: A trip to Barclays Bank goes dreadfully wrong for Ianto.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 1,374
Warnings: spoilers upto Torchwood 2x04 "Meat," sometime Post-TW 2x04 "Meat"
Comment or Excerpt from fic: You know... I SWEAR I thought I recced this fic... *pouts**sighs*

Anyway, a routine day to the bank turns into a nightmare for Ianto when he becomes one of the victims of a bank raid. As the Torchwood team waits impatiently for the news about their Tea-boy, Jack decides that being held at gun-point twice in a month is just too much.

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EXCERPT:

All Jack knows is that Ianto left at 2.45 pm to go to the bank and that bank is Barclays. In a rare moment of memory lapse he forgot to pay his credit card bill and Ianto isn’t one to pay any unnecessary charges or interest, and as he said, it’s a chance for him to stretch his legs and enjoy the sunshine.

Then, at 3pm Jack took the type of call that he’d rehearsed for with all his team members, but when it’s someone you’ve shared your innermost secrets, a cold sweat trickled down his back.

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REC: SAINTS PRESERVE US by LOUIEX

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Title: Saints Preserve Us
Author: louiex
Genre: Cross-over, Action, Angst, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Other/Implied Pairings: minute implications of Rhys/Gwen
Summary: When Jack leaves to help the Doctor, it is up to Ianto and Gwen to protect what's left of Torchwood as well as themselves. But without Jack, will they be able to survive or will Jack come back to a destroyed Torchwood?
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: 2,187
Warnings: Post-Doctor Who 4x12 "The Stolen Earth"
Comment or Excerpt from fic: You know... I SWEAR I thought I recced this fic, too... *twitches in annoyance*

Anyway, I was at the edge of my seat the whole time I was reading this fic! It's so wonderfully brilliant and I just LOVE the author for reminding us that there is ANOTHER member in the Torchwood 3 team, someone that gets forgotten sometimes and the fact that the member wasn't even mentioned in Doctor Who episodes 4x12 and 4x13 pissed me off quite a bit!

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EXCERPT:

Ianto placed a shaking hand against his brow and steadied his breath as the taste of ozone struck his tongue. Now gone with one of the largest weapons -that always used to make Jack smile that slow, long grin of pride- in their arsenal, the captain left them as sitting ducks with Daleks as the hunters.

The loud clang from upstairs made him jump and Gwen shuffled closer to him. There was no mistaking what it was and how perfect it was timed, roaring out its 'exterminate' even through the walls.

The thought of a Dalek riding the lift down to meet them was however almost painfully hysterical. Ianto managed to hold back the ill-timed laughter and saved the thought for later. Surely he'd have the time to tell Jack and they could both have a chuckle before a proper shag just to feel his heart race to remind him that he was still alive.

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REC: HIS PART TO PLAY by KALYW

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Title: His Part to Play
Author: kalyw
Genre: Cross-over, Angst
Rating: G
Other/Implied Pairings: N/A
Summary: Jack didn’t know. Jack couldn’t know.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: 700
Warnings: spoilers for Doctor Who 4x12 "The Stolen Earth"
Comment or Excerpt from fic: I remember reading this fic right after watching TSE and I was crying the whole time, mainly because at that time, I didn't know how it was going to end, so... *sniffles*

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EXCERPT:

It should hurt, Ianto thinks, this last betrayal... but it doesn’t. This time, unlike those before, it’s bigger than him, bigger than both of them...

Jack doesn’t know about the immediate threat. Jack can’t know. Ianto will make sure of it.

... And... A quick glance toward the computer station, and Ianto knows he won’t be here when Jack returns.

Ianto wishes they had more time together... But time is the very thing of which they have none left... Staring at Jack, trying to memorize his face, Ianto forces a small smile and hopes it looks sincere. He can barely breathe for the inescapable doom pressing in on them, but he is the loyal soldier, and this is his final part to play. For Jack.

And when Ianto forces out reassurance he doesn’t believe, hope he doesn’t feel as his voice breaks, saying “We’ll be fine,” what he really means is, “Goodbye.”

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REC: COMING HOME by ANDROMEDA05

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Title: Coming Home
Author: andromeda05
Genre: Cross-over, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Rating: PG
Other/Implied Pairings: Rhys/Gwen
Summary: Everyone was happy, everyone had seen their families-everyone except Jack, who sat in the corner feeling forgotten.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 1,790
Warnings: spoilers for Doctor Who 4x13 "Journey's End" and post-Journey's End, mentioned Characters deaths
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Another fic based on "Journey's End." When I first read it, I was so sad and happy and I remember thinking that as a simple wish, I just wanted the actual episode to end exactly like this...

... then I was hit with a healthy dose of reality-check! -_____-;;

BUT! I eagerly await the smutty aftermath! Whenever it may come, that is! *cheeky grin*

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EXCERPT:

Jack half listened as he sat by the entrance to the hallway, he felt tired, lonely and truly terrified. Everyone else had seen their families... Jack was the only one remaining in limbo-forgotten as always.

... He’d sworn he was coming back, his promise sounding excited but sincere. But what was he coming back to? More death, Jack didn’t think he could handle anymore...

Jack spent almost two hundred years trying never to get attached. He walked away before he got too involved.... He’d sworn never again-never say never. Everyone thought he was incapable of monogamy, but that was not an issue. His issue was the gaping holes left in his soul after their passing... It didn’t matter the size though, they were all too big. His body could regenerate and last forever, but his soul-his soul died every time someone he cared for died. He was already half gone. A Ianto-sized hole would mean the end of Jack for sure.

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REC: VENGEFUL GOD by LINDSEY_GRISSOM

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Title: Vengeful God
Author: lindsey_grissom
Genre: Cross-over, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Dark
Rating: PG-13
Other/Implied Pairings: Rhys/Gwen
Summary: First Suzie. Then Owen, Tosh. Now Gwen, Ianto...oh god, Ianto...
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 924
Warnings: references to & spoilers for: Torchwood 1x01 "Everything Changes," 1x08 "They Keep Killing Suzie," 2x13 "Exit Wounds," Doctor Who 4x12 "The Stolen Planet," and through 4x13 "Journey's End," mentioned Characters deaths, implied Violence
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This is another fic based on TSE, but it is so much darker then the ones I recced before. It's Jack-centric, mostly his feelings when the feed from Torchwood goes blank and he realizes that his soldiers sent him away from the destruction and what he's willing to become now after to avenge the death of his family, especially Ianto and Gwen.

It's very chilling and we see a side of Jack that we've probably never seen before.

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EXCERPT:

They’re gone. He staggers back from the screen. Stumbles. Falls. They’re all gone.

... First Suzie. Then Owen, Tosh. Now Gwen, Ianto…oh god, Ianto...

They knew... knows they heard the alert he didn’t. Knows they sent him away when he should have been there. Those smiles as he left, those sad, sad smiles. And his promise; what does it matter now? He told them; they better be okay, and they knew they wouldn’t be... They sent him away, his brave little soldiers. Not soldiers, family. And now they’re gone, he saw the screens go black. Heard the word, the command, the guns that couldn’t do a thing. Heard Gwen screaming, and his Ianto so stoic, so brave.

... there’s a thousand other people they should save. Not Gwen. Not Ianto.

He feels it shatter. Break. Crumble and fail...

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