REC: SUBMERSION by ICED_CHAMPAGNE

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Title: Submersion
Author: iced_champagne
Genre: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Action, Mystery, Gap-filler
Rating: R
Other/Implied Pairings: Rhys/Gwen, Ianto & Tosh friendship
Summary: When Ianto fails to show up for a date, Jack has to follow the enemy's instructions in order to find him before time runs out.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: Multi-chapter / 3 TOTAL
Word Count: ~ 14,462
Warnings: spoilers for Torchwood S1 & S2 until 2x06 "Reset," but including 2x11 "Fragments," Violence
Comment or Excerpt from fic: So much happening and so many emotions - what a ride! This is a fast-paced and plotty fic where Ianto's kidnapped by someone and surprisingly, it's not anyone from Jack's past for once. Hurt!Ianto and angry!Jack are a given, but Tosh has an important role and is on the forefront (FINALLY!). So it's a race against time to find Ianto and save him, but unfortunately, the demand is for something that Jack doesn't have anymore.

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EXCERPT:

The waterfront restaurant was the ideal place for a date, a fact that hadn’t gone unnoticed if the happy couples crowded inside were anything to go by... and he knew that they were watching him... For all of them, however, the situation was perfectly clear: Captain Jack Harkness, intergalactic Casanova, had been stood up. It certainly wasn’t the first time... but Jack had never expected Ianto to punish him, humiliate him, quite so publicly... Jack would have never called Ianto... cruel... He... pulled his greatcoat on, already striding... in the direction of Ianto’s house. He wanted answers and... he wasn’t prepared to leave Ianto alone until he had them...

Jack... hammered on Ianto’s front door... not caring that he was making a scene... until it occurred to him that Ianto’s silence was uncharacteristic... The spark of worry flared into a flame and he began to dig around in his pocket for the bunch of keys... He stepped into the hall, eyes widening in horror as he looked around.

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R/C: Chapter links at the bottom; link to "Part 1" can be acquired either by clicking on the title at the top or the link at the bottom points below*...

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Rec: Non Linear by misswinterhill

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Title: Non Linear
Author: misswinterhill
Genre: Angst, Fluff
Rating: ...It doesn't say but I'd go with PG-13/Teen
Summary: A collection of snapshots from a very long existence.
Status: Complete
Length: ~20,000 words. 5 parts split into three LJ posts
Warnings: Multiple Character Deaths,
Comment or Excerpt from fic: misswinterhill has surpassed herself. This fic is set in the Dead Like Me universe, but none of the DLM characters appear. The Doctor turns up on a number of occasions and his relationship with Jack and Ianto is beautiful.

I've read a lot of fan-fiction over the last few years but this is only the fourth to ever make me cry. It's fluffy and at times heartbreakingly sad. This is quite possibly one of the best stories I have ever read.

Excerpt: Ianto Jones died on a Monday night at exactly six thirty-seven p.m. This wouldn’t have been so remarkable if not for the fact that Ianto Jones was fated to exist for longer than almost any dead man in the known multiverse. This is his story.