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janto_recsTitle: Shades of Ianto
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sarcasticchick
Genre: Series/Romance/Adventure/AU
Rating: R
Summary: Ianto is much more than just a teaboy.
Status: Complete
Length: Um wow, very long? 24 chapters
Warnings: None that I can think of. Except for a few OC's but they're not Mary Sues so yea. :D
Comment or Excerpt from fic: What to say about this fic? I do have a weakness for long Ianto-centered fics and this one really impressed me. And we also get to see Ianto's family and Ianto has telepathic abilities! This one is divided in 3 parts so far, First part is the Prologue which has 7 chapters, then Series 1 which has 8 chapters, and Series 2 which so far has 9 chapters. I really love this one since deals with Ianto's time when arriving at Torchwood 3 and meeting Jack for the first time, etc. I really don't want to spoil it for people who haven't read it yet, but trust me, it really is a treat. ^^
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Author:
sarcasticchick Genre: Series/Romance/Adventure/AU
Rating: R
Summary: Ianto is much more than just a teaboy.
Status: Complete
Length: Um wow, very long? 24 chapters
Warnings: None that I can think of. Except for a few OC's but they're not Mary Sues so yea. :D
Comment or Excerpt from fic: What to say about this fic? I do have a weakness for long Ianto-centered fics and this one really impressed me. And we also get to see Ianto's family and Ianto has telepathic abilities! This one is divided in 3 parts so far, First part is the Prologue which has 7 chapters, then Series 1 which has 8 chapters, and Series 2 which so far has 9 chapters. I really love this one since deals with Ianto's time when arriving at Torchwood 3 and meeting Jack for the first time, etc. I really don't want to spoil it for people who haven't read it yet, but trust me, it really is a treat. ^^
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He looked good for his age, Ianto decided, whatever that might be. "I'm here for an interview, actually. Would you kindly inform Captain Harkness that his 9 o'clock is here?" Ianto smiled his polite smile, the one used around family when they questioned when he was going to settle down and marry, have children, move back to the family home to maintain the small general store that also acted as library and coffee house.
The man looked at his wrist as if time was remotely connected to Ianto's job opportunity. The word had come down from on-high; Torchwood Three had no option -- he would work for the Cardiff branch. "It's after 10," Jack's artificial smile spoke volumes of his unwelcome. One less determined might have conceded and left with what dignity they had, forgetting the job and finding employment elsewhere only to be retconned and blissfully ignorant the following morning. Ianto privately wondered if that were possible and just how much retcon it would take for him to forget a lifetime of the unexplained.
However, Ianto had Lisa. He hadn't come this far only to be frightened away by an arrogant, elitist bastard in period military who believed he chose his team. He worked for Torchwood -- no one would work for that branch unless Ms. White approved it. That begged the question why this Captain Harkness was employed and remained so to this day despite the disfavor found among the Secretary and her colleagues. Ianto could see why she disliked Jack, though. He was contrary to everything she preferred -- order, hierarchy, authority, control. Ianto might have liked him for the rebellion, if Jack hadn't just made him wait for an hour and ten minutes. "Perhaps next time I’ll have a herald announce my presence, sir."
Jack's answering grin was real this time, or at least more real than it had been, artificial and distrusting in the same instant. Ianto didn’t need to be trusted, and he didn’t need Jack’s trust. He didn't need friends, healthy work relationships, attention, any of those things that were supposed to make life worthwhile. He needed Lisa and the life she represented -- his own and what once was before everything was lost to pride and pain. With this job, he would have it. Anywhere else and the use of alien technology would alert Torchwood to her existence; Ianto couldn't risk testing their skill. No, only here in Cardiff did he have the necessary equipment, power supply, and secrecy to make this work.
“So Ianto Jones has a bite.”
The man looked at his wrist as if time was remotely connected to Ianto's job opportunity. The word had come down from on-high; Torchwood Three had no option -- he would work for the Cardiff branch. "It's after 10," Jack's artificial smile spoke volumes of his unwelcome. One less determined might have conceded and left with what dignity they had, forgetting the job and finding employment elsewhere only to be retconned and blissfully ignorant the following morning. Ianto privately wondered if that were possible and just how much retcon it would take for him to forget a lifetime of the unexplained.
However, Ianto had Lisa. He hadn't come this far only to be frightened away by an arrogant, elitist bastard in period military who believed he chose his team. He worked for Torchwood -- no one would work for that branch unless Ms. White approved it. That begged the question why this Captain Harkness was employed and remained so to this day despite the disfavor found among the Secretary and her colleagues. Ianto could see why she disliked Jack, though. He was contrary to everything she preferred -- order, hierarchy, authority, control. Ianto might have liked him for the rebellion, if Jack hadn't just made him wait for an hour and ten minutes. "Perhaps next time I’ll have a herald announce my presence, sir."
Jack's answering grin was real this time, or at least more real than it had been, artificial and distrusting in the same instant. Ianto didn’t need to be trusted, and he didn’t need Jack’s trust. He didn't need friends, healthy work relationships, attention, any of those things that were supposed to make life worthwhile. He needed Lisa and the life she represented -- his own and what once was before everything was lost to pride and pain. With this job, he would have it. Anywhere else and the use of alien technology would alert Torchwood to her existence; Ianto couldn't risk testing their skill. No, only here in Cardiff did he have the necessary equipment, power supply, and secrecy to make this work.
“So Ianto Jones has a bite.”