Rec: Random Clocks by clarity_lore
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Genre: Romance, Angst
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Although Random Shoes was a bit hit and miss, I do like the idea of a stranger getting a glimpse into the Torchwood world and getting a different perspective. So meet Joe, a pretty average guy with a boring life, who finds himself the target of a vicious alien with a grudge and a handsome American Captain on the rebound...
Status: Complete
Length: Oneshot. ~8,102
Warnings: Pairings: Jack/Joe *wink*
Comment or Excerpt from fic: :3 I'm surprised this hasn't been recced before. At first I was weary of reading something with another pairing, but while I was reading the story, I began to figure out what was happening and who Joe was, it totally caught me by surprise. Loved how Jack sometimes slipped and "Joe" was all confused. xD Happy ending too!
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‘Hi,’ I said, unable to think of anything else when I realised how beautiful that smile was. I probably sounded like a lovesick teenage girl just there in that one word.
‘Hi.’ He brushed an errant lock of hair back from my forehead. It felt strangely intimate considering the fact that I had no idea who the hell he was. But I just chalked it up to him being American and of a level of attractiveness that probably meant he was able to do that all the time with people swooning too hard to protest.
‘Thank you,’ I croaked.
‘You’re welcome.’ The grin was fading away into a look of deep concern. I was both touched and a little alarmed. That was when I noticed his odd dress sense; aside from a few bits of technology here and there, he looked like he’d stepped right out of a postcard from the wartime era.