Jack/Ianto Recs

Title: It Ends Tonight
Author: anduria_trianys
Genre: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Episode Related, Gap-filler
Rating: PG
Other/Implied Pairings: N/A
Summary: Ianto considers Jack's decisions and comes to a decision of his own.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 2,143
Warnings: spoilers for Torchwood: 1x05 "Small Worlds," 2x11 "Adrift" & BBCA Captain's Blog for "Adrift," post-2x11 "Adrift"
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Aah, any fic dealing with "Adrift" makes me bawl like a baby and this fic is no different. It's angsty, it's emotional, but Ianto's conviction and protective urges, especially towards Jack, always leaves me in awe and makes me squee and huggle him tightly!

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Ianto knew... that was the choice they all faced; doing what was right, or what was easy... Jack had faced that same dilemma himself several times; in fact, he faced it every day...

“Where does it end?” he croaked...

“It never ends,” he said quietly. “... but we have to get through it... We just keep doing what we do... It never ends,” he murmured. “But it doesn’t have to be faced alone. There’s always something, or someone, there to help everyone through this – a loyal soldier...”

And that was what he would be to Jack; a loyal soldier. The turmoil that the older man faced would never end, but the loneliness he was feeling…

Ianto’s eyes hardened in determination as he whispered in Jack’s ear: “It ends tonight.”

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Title: Blind Date
Author: candesgirl
Genre: Romance, Fluff, Humor, Drama, Mystery, Undercover
Rating: PG
Other/Implied Pairings: slight OMC/Ianto
Summary: It’s Ianto’s first solo field assignment. Jack is not best pleased.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 7,200
Warnings: set directly post-Torchwood 2x01 "KKBB"
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Well, nothing more amusing than a jealous and possessive Jack and I do so love watching him stumble! XD

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The thing about working for Torchwood was that there was not the time to take a couple of weeks out to reconnect with your team, make them understand why you left them, or get them to believe you weren’t leaving them again.

You would be lucky to even have time to think about taking your favourite of them on the date you had spent the last six months hanging from a set of shackles and fantasising about (however lacklustre it had sounded when you actually had chance to propose the idea).

Aliens looking to mess with the Earth’s infrastructure had no respect for romance, it seemed to Jack.

Jack was not entirely correct.

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Title: Death Be Not Proud
Author: teachwriteslash
Genre: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Rating: PG
Other/Implied Pairings: Rhys/Gwen
Summary: Gwen takes matters into her own hands when pride comes between Jack and Ianto.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-Shot
Word Count: ~ 2,039
Warnings: Post-Torchwood 2x13 “Exit Wounds,” Characters deaths
Comment or Excerpt from fic: ... Tea-chan's making me LIKE Gwen... *twitch* Anyway, it's nice to see, for once, a fight between Janto that doesn't deal with either of them cheating on each other or anything along those lines! ^^

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Gwen had a blistering headache. She’d even given it a name – Janto for Jack and Ianto. For almost a week, her teammates had been fighting and alternating between bitter sniping, screaming matches, and frosty silences. Once more, as both men had indicated in several exchanges, they were not having sex (Gwen was pretty sure that was Ianto’s idea...). The lack of any physical release for their emotions was making them extra cranky with everyone... Gwen had tried gentle prodding, snooping in the CCTV footage, and even veiled threats to discover the source of the fight, but she’d come up empty. “Damn stubborn male pride,” she thought. Since Tosh and Owen, they were all each other had. She was not about to let them self-destruct over a lover’s quarrel.

Now that she was alone in the Hub for a bit, she had time to do something... Quickly, she accessed a program on her computer that Tosh had installed for her months ago and smiled.

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Title: This I Give You
Author: ice_feather
Genre: AU, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Drama
Rating: PG
Other/Implied Pairings: Ianto/OC, Gwen/Rhys
Summary: I’m going to need you to do something for me now,” Jack asked as he pulled away, and brought a hand up to rest against Ianto’s cheek. “Don’t die. Not until you’re a little old man, married to a little old woman, with children and grandchildren and a long, full life behind you…”
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-Shot
Word Count: 1,417
Warnings: probably sometime Post-Torchwood 2x13 "Exit Wounds," RetCon
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Talk about heartbreaking! I don't want to spoil the fic but read at your own caution...

*crying her eyes out as she hands-out the tissue*

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“I’m going to need you to do something for me now,” Jack asked as he... brought a hand up to rest against Ianto’s cheek. “Don’t die. Not until you’re a little old man, married to a little old woman, with children and grandchildren and a long, full life behind you…”

Ianto wondered what was going on, and chuckled at the absurdity of it. “I don’t think Torchwood -”

“You don’t need to worry about Torchwood anymore. I want you safe, and I should have done this a long time ago. I would have, but I’ve always been so very selfish.”

Ianto felt every single cell go rigid as he remembered the Hub and the glass of water Jack had insisted he drink.

“No. Jack, tell me you didn’t.”

Jack’s only response was to kiss him again, but briefer, and full of apology and regret.

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Title: Homecoming AU'Verse
Author: merucha
Genre: AU, Cross-over, Angst, Drama, Romance, Mystery, Action, Gap-filler, Episode Related
Rating: PG / PG-13 / R / NC-17
Other/Implied Pairings: Rhys/Gwen, Tom/Martha, implied (past or otherwise): Ianto/Lisa, Ianto/OFC (Isabella), Ianto/OCs, Jack/John, Jack/OCs, Jack/Andy, (one-sided) Andy/Gwen, Andy/OC, John/Tosh/Ianto
Status: Work In Progress
Length: One-shots & Multi-chaptered Series
Word Count: TBC
Warnings: general spoilers for Torchwood S1 & S2, post: Torchwood 2x13 "Exit Wounds," Doctor Who 4x13 "Journey's End" (reference to Donna's situation), Welsh & Egyptian legends, Smut, Characters deaths, Threesome, Violence, implied Torture
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Oh I have no words to say about this 'verse and do it justice! It's an absolutely wonderful series that weaves fantasy and reality so flawlessly together to produce this brilliance! *starry-eyed* It has something for everyone - a John-centric story ("A Very Private War") for fans of John or a story for PC Andy fans which is fully Andy-centric ("The Mermaid of Mermaid Quay") or if you're a Janto freak like me, then you can just read the whole thing! ^___~ *LOL* The fics are recced in chronological order in accordance to time line (ex. "Memories of War, Memories of Love" is the epilogue of "A Very Private War," but occurs after "The Joining.") So, read the fics in the order they're recced below! ^^
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Title: A Very Private War
Rating: R
Summary: John Hart is pulled back in time to fight a war he does not remember…
Length: Multi-chapter / 7 TOTAL
Word Count: ~ 10,596

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Title: The Mermaid of Mermaid Quay
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Inspector Andy Davidson is on the trail of a killer who might not be human…
Length: Multi-chapter / 6 TOTAL
Word Count: ~ 9,392

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Title: Homecoming
Rating: PG
Summary: After being let go, unretconned, Ianto and Jack meet again. But after being distant for 15 years, will Ianto find the home he's left behind, but now yearns for?
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 1,622

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Title: The Eye of Neith
Rating: R
Summary: Torchwood’s past and Ianto’s future collide when Ianto’s former lover arrives in Cardiff asking for help…
Length: Multi-chapter / 10 TOTAL
Word Count: ~ 18,455

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Title: The Siege of Annwfn
Rating: NC-17
Summary: The only things that stand between our Universe and disaster are Torchwood Three and Ianto’s growing powers…
Length: Multi-chapter / 10 TOTAL
Word Count: ~ 17,580

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Title: The Joining
Rating: NC-17
Summary: It was the Joining... Sometimes, under the right circumstances, the walls between a TARDIS and his One can be breached.
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 1,777

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Title: Memories of War, Memories of Love
Rating: PG
Summary: Jack discovers John Hart’s secrets…
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 1,454

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Title: The Hour of the Wolf
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Something is happening in St. Catherine’s Glen, and whatever it is will change the Cooper-Williams family forever…
Length: Multi-chapter / 10 TOTAL
Word Count: TBC / ~ 4,358 (3 chps.)

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Title: Invincible Summer
Rating: R
Summary: The Year That Never Was comes back to haunt Tish Jones and it’s up to John and Andy to help her exorcise the ghost.
Length: Multi-chapter / 6 TOTAL
Word Count: TBC

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Title: Memory and Time
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Something is trying to mess with Jack’s time line…
Length: Multi-chapter / ?? TOTAL
Word Count: TBC

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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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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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Title: Invincible Summer
Author: smallwaldo
Genre: Fluff, PWP, General
Rating: PG
Other/Implied Pairings: N/A
Summary: Even Ianto isn't aware of how badly he needs a break.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 793
Warnings: N/A
Comment or Excerpt from fic: I'm in a fluffy mood and this is fluffy! It's one of those days and Jack takes Ianto on a break.

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“Here,” Jack said, holding out some money to the kids. “Go get whatever you want.”

Ianto giggled. “You just gave a nine year old and a four year old twenty pounds to get ice cream... You know, moments like these remind me exactly why we bust our arses saving this place. A couple of sweet kids, a nice day… ice cream… Sometimes it seems like it’s not worth it, you know? Then you get reminders like this.”

Jack just kissed the top of Ianto’s head and said nothing. Ianto had gotten exactly the message he’d been trying to send.

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