janto_recs | Entries tagged with category: ianto-centric

xbeax.livejournal.com

Title: Time Enough
Author: veronicaluv
Genre: Drama, Episode-Based, Romance, Ianto-centric
Rating: NC-17
Summary: This is Ianto's journey.
Status: Complete
Length: LONG!! ~66,100 words
Warnings: Language, Violence, Non-graphic sex
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This one took me a while to read because it's sooo long but it's so enjoyable! It takes place after the Lisa Incident, and goes on throughout the two seasons til the end of Season Two, picking up missing scenes from episodes. :D I love fics where we see how and why Ianto changes from the guy he was in the first episode of Season one to the strong, confident, kick-ass Ianto from Season Two. :) The last scene made me cry because of Tosh and Owen. :( Definitely worth reading!!!
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Returning to Torchwood after she'd died hadn't been a choice. He'd merely yielded to the inevitability of his situation. He could no more outrun the consequences of his actions than he could change the phases of the moon, and when he'd shown up for work that day, he'd had very clear expectations. At the very least, he assumed he'd be retconned and removed from Torchwood Three completely. That was his best hope; in truth, he'd expected indefinite imprisonment in a UNIT facility or exile. He had no reason to believe that anyone at Torchwood would speak for him, nor would he expect them to ever trust him again.

xbeax.livejournal.com

Title: Potentiality (Or: How I Learned To Loathe The Quantum Bomb)
Author:

bjewelled
Genre: Drama, Action, Ianto-centric, more General than anything but with Jack/Ianto undertones :D
Rating: PG13?
Summary: Somewhere between “Countrycide” and “Captain Jack Harkness”, Ianto Jones went from hardly knowing how to hold a gun to be willing and able to use it. How did he get there, and what did he have to sacrifice in the process?
Status: Complete
Length: 8 Chapters, ~45,000 words
Warnings: Jack/Owen implied (subtle), Ianto/other
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Wow, this fic is awesome, there are no other words for it. Excellent Ianto-centric fic that deal with Ianto wanting to be more useful and wanting to learn more from Jack, and Jack giving in and sending Ianto for training. But then there are more stuff happening that I won't get into since they're like, part of the plot. :D But yea, this is more of a General fic, but it has Jack/Ianto subtext and and Ianto was so awesome in this and the writer did such an awesome job that I just had to rec it. :D
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They'd barely spoken since that day, which made it all the more surreal that Jack found himself turning towards Ianto after he stopped the car, and asked, “Will you be alright?” and Ianto responded,

“Sure.” He sounded tired, and so very soulsick. “Not the first time someone's threatened to cut me up after all. Admittedly, though, the fact that they were cannibals was a little bit different.”

Jack froze, hands clenched on the steering wheel. He made no move to touch Ianto, knowing it wouldn't be appreciated, and for a second, forgot to breathe. “Canary Wharf?”

He half expected Ianto to not answer, to get out of the car and go into his house without looking back, but after a moment, Ianto sighed, and leaned his head backwards on the headrest, looking towards the felted roof. “Yes,” he said, simply.

ladymist.livejournal.com

Title: Mr. Right Next Door
Author:

pasteldreamer
Genre: Alternate Universe
Rating: PG-13
Summary:Written for the Torchwood Harlequin Challenge. Captain Jack Harkness has been assigned to monitor Ianto Jones's every move. But as relationships begin to complicate, he will soon find that the dark world of espionage has no time for that of love.

Status: Complete
Length: 8 chapters
Warnings: An AU based on Torchwood Series One. Cryptic spoilers especially for Episode 4 and Doctor Who Series 3. None whatsoever for Torchwood Series Two.

Comment or Excerpt from fic: I'm linking it to part 8 because the links for the rest of the parts are only accessible from there.

His pulse throbbed violently and he could hear crazed laughing inside his head, wheezing that this was what it had all finally come down to. He was going mad. The cackle raged inside, throwing itself at the walls of his head until it became palpable.

Ianto opened his mouth in surprise. Someone really was laughing.

And it wasn’t him.

It was Jack.

ladymist.livejournal.com

Title: Companion's Companion II – The further adventures of Ianto Jones

Author:

ximeria
Genre: Alternate Universe, Humor
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Ianto should have known that things were too good to be true.
Status: Complete
Length: Long oneshot: about 17,700 words
Warnings: Nothing except AU
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Is divided into two parts, link to second part is at bottom of first.

Ianto had gone through four mental stages within the past ten minutes. The first one had been confusion, the second panic, the third had been the cold feeling of crystal clarity and finally? Resignation.

itoshii-chan.livejournal.com

Title: Half the Battle
Author:

ivy03
Genre: Angst, Dark, Horror
Rating: NC-17
Other/Implied Pairings: Jack/Gwen, Jack/OCs, Rhys/Gwen
Summary: There are truths you just can't live with. Ianto knows that better than anyone.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: 6,000
Warnings: spoilers until and Post-Torchwood 2x09 "Something Borrowed," mentioned TW 2x11 "Adrift," Drugs (RetCon), Het.
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Okay, so I was searching for Janto fics to read from different places and what do you know?! All I find are angsty fics that either end in death, someone leaving the other or someone cheating on the other... *twitch* So I decide that it's enough searching for today and come here to rec and what do I find?! The first fic that I wanna rec happens to a Jack cheating on Ianto fic! >_________<

*twitches in utter annoyance*

So, this is one screwed-up story, just heartbreakingly painful...

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EXCERPT:

Ianto... could feel something cold settling in his stomach and he didn't like it.

Owen jumped off the side of the table and came round to look him squarely in the face. "Quick, Ianto, what happened last night?... Do you remember leaving the Hub?"

Now that Ianto focused on it, no he didn't... Why couldn't he remember driving home? He shook his head.

... "Shit." Owen said again, then launched himself toward the medical bay.

"Wait," Ianto said following him. "What's going on?"

"I have a fairly good guess." Owen called over his shoulder.

Ianto had a guess, too, but it didn't make any sense. "Retcon?..." That sense of dread was descending over him, like he was standing over a precipice... and was just about to realize how far a drop it was. "That's not possible..."

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itoshii-chan.livejournal.com

Title: Revelation
Author:

finksgirl
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: PG
Other/Implied Pairings: past Ianto/Lisa
Summary: An idea about Ianto’s belief system. Definitely a character study of the way Ianto’s life could be from when he was younger until just before the series 2 premiere.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: ~ 1,435
Warnings: spoilers for Torchwood season 1 and 2x12 "Fragments," Post TW-1x13 "End of Days," but pre-season 2
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Oh this is such a gorgeous, gorgeous fic; I was tearing my eyes out. It's all from Ianto's POV, just his thoughts and feelings. I guess I can't really say it's a romantic piece either, but it's beautiful none-the-less.

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EXCERPT:

He was a dreamer, a drifter, a thinker and a lover... A man without a name and a hidden agenda. He said he was from Torchwood and, at the time, the young man had no idea just what effect that would have on his life. Looking back, that one phone call truly defined his life. He wouldn’t have left Newport, wouldn’t have gotten a career, met Lisa, lost Lisa, found Jack. Jack. That was one anomaly even Ianto wouldn’t have expected...

He missed those earlier days... Truthfully, he just missed Jack. His Jack...

His Jack wasn’t perfect, wasn’t a hero and wasn’t Lisa but that was alright because he was just him and that was okay with him.

... He decided to light a candle after all. He may not believe in religion or a higher power but he does believe in Jack and for now that’s enough.

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taynna.livejournal.com

Title: Proof of Your Existence
Author: sarcasticchick
Genre: action/general/slight-angst
Rating: nc-17
Summary: "Can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you, when neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is?"
Status: Complete, may or may not become a series
Length: 24,595 words
Warnings: some violence (nothing too graphic), sex (a bit more graphic than the violence), pre-Reset

Comment: I love this fic. It’s an interesting and fun read with good characterization and a truly original story idea.

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visionshadows.livejournal.com

Title: Pavlov's Bell
Author:

smirnoffmule
Genre:Slight Angst, Smut
Rating:NC-17
Summary: Training a pterodactyl isn't so easy for Ianto. Neither is caring for Lisa.
Status: Complete
Warnings: None
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This fic is set before Cyberwoman and sometime after Ianto joins, bringing Myfanway along with him. It's a look at Ianto's mind and what he will and won't focus on. It's an outsiders look at Jack and his seeming obliviousness. It's also a really hot, awkward first time. Sometimes those are the best.

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Current Mood: tired

frenzied.livejournal.com

Title: Collective Noun: Pride
Author:

misswinterhill
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Ianto contemplates the collective noun for Torchwood.
Status: One-shot
Length: ~4,000 words
Warnings: lots of angst and sadness. /post-exit wounds.
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This is a fabulous fic, written for the Pride challenge on

lovingthecoat. It's desperately sad and hurty in spots, and amusing in others. Well worth a read!

itoshii-chan.livejournal.com

Title: Frozen Dreams
Author:

saiyan_bride
Genre: Angst, Dark
Rating: R
Other/Implied Pairings: implied Doctor/Jack
Summary: The Captain had been his everything. Something Ianto’s all too aware of. Without him, Ianto begins to question himself, question his life, question his lust, while that everything rapidly begins to tumble down...
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot
Word Count: 3,274
Warnings: Post-Torchwood 1x13 "End of Days" and spoilers for 1x04 "Countrycide," 1x05 "Small Worlds," & 1x13 "End of Days," (Emotional) Torture, Sexual references
Comment or Excerpt from fic: O.H. M.Y. G.O.D.!! That is one disturbing, emotionally torturing!Ianto fic! The descriptions are most gorgeous and the pain is oh so vividly felt. Ianto's slow descent into madness is stemmed by the apparitions of Jack he keeps seeing, hearing... feeling...

It's so heartbreakingly painful to see it and it reduced me to tears.

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EXCERPT:

He’d spent the better part of the past two weeks mooching around his office... But it gave Ianto the chance to explore the building’s intimate places like he’d never done before... wandering... pining, and discovering.

... he’d found out that there was a state between the hub sustaining itself and Lockdown. Like right now...

Ianto stared at the tendrils of feathering sapphire floating around... Blue light pulsating... Warbles of great aquamarine. Cold Northern Lights.

Ianto felt submerged beneath something greater than himself. Like a dot of sand trapped inside a pearl, rolling in the vast stomach of the ocean. His hand went out to touch a single thick ripple. Its slow undulations faded over his fingers, it fluttered and writhed, the air making love to his hand.

The hub seemed alive tonight.

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itoshii-chan.livejournal.com

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Title: The Windhovers'verse
Author:

sarcasticchick
Genre: AU, Cross-over, Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Mystery
Rating: R
Other/Implied Pairings: Rhys/Gwen, implied: Doctor/Jack(?), past Ianto/Lisa
Status: Work In Progress
Length: Multi-chaptered Series
Warnings: general spoilers for Torchwood Seasons 1 & 2, set between Torchwood 2x10 "From Out of the Rain" and 2x12 "Fragments"
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This story is Ianto-centric and delves into Ianto's familial background. Gotta say, it's one of the most interesting ones I've ever read! Starts-off action packed and it just gets interesting by the second! One more on my list to keep a look-out for! ^____^ Can't wait for more!
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Title: The Windhovers: The Beginning
Summary: "A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgement based upon it." - Bertrand Russell
Word Count: ~ 57,579 / 10 TOTAL

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Title: The Windhovers: The Fledgling
Summary: "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." - Galileo Galilei
Status: Work In Progress
Word Count: TBC / 4 TOTAL

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itoshii-chan.livejournal.com

Title: A Serpent's Egg
Author:

sorcha_gaia
Genre: AUish, Angst, Drama, Dark, Horror, Hurt/Comfort, Gap-filler, Episode Related
Rating: NC-17
Other/Implied Pairings: non-con Gray/Ianto, implied: Jack/Gwen, Rhys/Gwen, Jack/OCs, implied past: Ianto/Lisa, Jack/John
Summary: Grey's in the Hub and he has an agenda.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shot, two-parter
Word Count: ~ 6,331
Warnings: general spoilers for Torchwood, especially 2x13 "Exit Wounds," Dark, Horror, Non-Con, Characters deaths, graphic: Violence, Torture,
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This fic takes place during "Exit Wounds," particularly from the point of John's arrival into the hub that had him at Ianto's gunpoint. This is a much darker take on the actual episode since it delves into Gray's psychotic nature and shows just how far and deep he's consumed by the darkness and insanity. The fic is modified a bit to allow these changes, hence the slight AU-ness. Also, BEAR IN MIND THE WARNINGS SINCE THEY'RE QUITE GRAPHICALLY DESCRIPTIVE AND AS SUCH, REALLY NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

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EXCERPT:

A young man came... ambling down the cell corridor... His clothes were grey and padded... Ianto could see the resemblance between Grey and Jack... There was a brutal scar on... his face and neck... his blue eyes... steely...

Grey... moved... to stand in front of Ianto. “Ianto Jones. Loyal, pretty Ianto Jones. Eye Candy, John calls you... John told me all about each and every one of you!... gave me everything I needed to know to take Jack’s life apart... told me about Owen Harper, the cynical doctor... about Toshiko Sato, the delicate technical genius... Lovely PC Gwen Cooper, so heartbreakingly in love with Jack... And you, Ianto Jones, the faithful office fuck... You really are so very, very pretty.” Twiddling with his own wrist device, Ianto’s cell door suddenly popped open. “Come out, pretty office fuck,” Grey said, crooking a finger.

“Come in and get me,” Ianto snapped, unbuttoning his coat and tensing his muscles.

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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*. You can also view the next part by clicking on the link at the end of the current part...

Part 1 | Part 2

xbeax.livejournal.com

Title: Jack Harkness is Not Boring in Bed
Author:

maverick0324
Genre: Smut, Humor
Rating: NC17
Summary: In the aftermath of Hurricane Fuck Up Ianto's Life, Ianto tries to parcel out exactly what is going on in his life.
Status: Complete
Length: Oneshot, ~6,157
Warnings: None
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Ianto's insight amuses me. Fantastic fic, really. Words don't do it justice. :3 I laughed at Ianto's POV then I drooled over the sex bit. Sexy and yet amusing, that's what it is. :D
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The hardest part, of course, was reconciling his dreams and fantasies with his life. Prior to When Ianto's Life Decided To Just Fuck Off In It's Own Direction (as Ianto liked to call the rather horrible demise of his beloved Lisa), Ianto just explained it away as the byproduct of stress of caring for a half cyborg-half woman, keeping her hidden, and remaining in constant contact with Jack. Anyone of those surely would result in problem's at home, of a sort, or you know, having fantasies about the Boss that Ianto doubted would be even in his Aunt Bedilia's favorite bodice ripper (much to his horror).

Some of his fantasies had even gone so far as to add in words of compassion and longing that seemed to be misquoted out of some Austenian novel, complete with Ianto ending up sobbing in Jack's arms or else swooning into them upon Jack's declaration of undying devotion. None of which Ianto had allowed to exist.

visionshadows.livejournal.com

Title: Loose Ends, or Four Things Ianto Did after Cardiff was Saved
Author: Lisera
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Ianto handles things. A letter, an understanding , a promise, a question.
Status: One shot, complete, 2680 words
Comments/Excerpts from fic: "Exit Wounds" has spawned so many fics about the first few days. And yes, this is another one.

Lisera winds a gentle tale told with descriptions and stuttered words, half-started sentences, and Ianto's steady presence as he walks through the first few days after "Exit Wounds". This Ianto grieves, it's not bottled up and hidden, but he still takes care of Gwen and Jack, helping them through the moments that unsettle them all.

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Current Mood: tired

xbeax.livejournal.com

Title: If Not Now, When
Author:

onehundredmoons
Genre: Romance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: Hard-R
Summary: The first time Ianto allows himself to realize that he and Jack have something between them, he is acutely aware of only the simplest matters.
Status: Complete
Length: Oneshot
Warnings: None
Comment or Excerpt from fic: Because I love fics where Jack takes care of a hurting!Ianto and viceversa. :)

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"I'm still back here, you know," he croaks at Jack, who is busying himself with something in the front. "I don't think I can drive home by myself."

Jack clucks softly, saying "I didn't forget about you. I need to be here in the morning though, since I told the others to take the day off."

Ianto tries to frown, but his face is too swollen in odd places for it to have the proper effect. "I still need to get home."

"You'll stay here, where I can keep an eye on you." Jack pauses a moment. "I can't take back the beating they gave you, but I can damned well make sure you don't slip into a coma from that concussion you've got. Thick skull or not, Ianto Jones, I don't want an argument."

xbeax.livejournal.com

This is a rec by

itoshii_chan reposted here because of the massive size of the rec.

Title: Lynchpin
Author:

hel_bee
Genre: AU, Romance, Slight Angst, Humor, Smut
Rating: NC-17
Other/Implied Pairings: implied GwenxRhys, implied past: Ianto/Lisa, OMC/Ianto
Summary: Torchwood Four want their lynchpin back. Just what has that got to do with Ianto Jones?
Status: COMPLETE
Length: Multi-chapter, part One of a series / 7 TOTAL
Word Count: ~ 12,000
Warnings: Mention of 1x04 "Cyberwoman", Post 2x09 "Something Borrowed," but Pre-Season 2 finale
Comment or Excerpt from fic: I just love this fic! I'm not gonna say much incase I spoil the story (but I really wanna add the particular tag... *hands twitching*), but this AU look at Ianto's past brings so many surprises that it kept me guessing until the very last chapter! And of course, a trying-not-to-be-jealous-but-is-anyway!J

ack is always so funny! XD

It's unfortunate that it's finished because I was wishing the author would make the fic longer and go more in-depth... *pouts* Regardless, I hope the author's planning a sequel! ^^
Sequels: Constant, Mythology

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itoshii-chan.livejournal.com

Title: Body Parts (A Dabble Series)
Author:

buttononthetop
Genre: Fluff, Romance, General, Humor, PWP, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Smut
Rating: G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17
Other/Implied Pairings: N/A
Summary: 10 drabbles on different parts of Jack and Ianto.
Status: COMPLETE
Length: One-shots, part of "Body Parts" Dabble series / 10 TOTAL
Word Count: 100
Warnings: Smut (in some), Smut~ty (in others), Fluff (in most), Angsty (in one)... XD
Comment or Excerpt from fic: I have absolutely nothing to say other than to squeal like a banshee, grin like an utter moron, and drool shamelessly... *cheeky grin*

The drabbles are posted in chronological order, but they don't have to be read as such.
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xbeax.livejournal.com

Title: Random Clocks
Author:

clarity_lore
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.

astuta.livejournal.com

Title: I Have Measured Out My Life in Coffee Spoons
Author:

skellerbvvt
Genre: Angst
Rating: R
Summary: Torchwood is an emotional Wasteland and they're all just vultures waiting for the kill.
Status: Complete
Length: One-shot
Word Count: 3614
Warnings: Spoilers for Fragments and Season 1.
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This fic it's amazing. It's from Jack's point of view from the moment Ianto starts working at Torchwood. He is obsessed with him, slightly possessive and completely frustrated with Ianto's refusal to sleep with him. It has the best and most amazing characterization that I have read so far of Ianto in that period of time. Another must read. Really.

lemmiki.livejournal.com

Title: "On the Way to the Harbor-657 Miles"

Author:slippery_fish

Genre: Angst, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Summary: 'Shipwrecks and harbors.'

Status: Complete

Lenght: One-shot

Warnings: Ianto/Lisa, Ianto/Tosh (Friendship)

Comment or excerpt from fic: I'm actually surprised this hasn't been recced yet. It's one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever read and it's so perfect all around. It has a tone of melancholy through out and it did make me want to cry on several occasions, Ianto is just so broken in this, and the paragraphed versions, the snippets, make it more real. Following his life from the day that Lisa died until the end of the first season is heart breaking and beautiful. This is a MUST read for anyone and everyone. Nothing but praise for this.

ETA: Changed tags to be a bit more accurate. (Sorry for being a total noob about tags. D: )

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Entries tagged with category: ianto-centric

Rec: Time Enough by veronicaluv

Rec: Potentiality (Or: How I Learned To Loathe The Quantum Bomb) by bjewelled

Rec: Mr. Right Next Door by Pasteldreamer

Rec: Companion's Companion II by Ximeria

REC: HALF THE BATTLE by IVY03

REC: REVELATION by FINKSGIRL

Proof of Your Existence by Sarcasticchick

Rec: Pavlov's Bell

REC: Collective Noun: Pride

REC: FROZEN DREAMS by SAIYAN_BRIDE

REC: THE WINDHOVERS'VERSE by SARCASTICCHICK

REC: A SERPENT'S EGG by SORCHA_GAIA

Rec: Jack Harkness is not boring in bed by maverick0324

Loose Ends by Lisera

Rec: If Not Now, When by onehundredmoons

Rec: Series: Lynchpin by hel_bee (recced by itoshii_chan)

REC: BODY PARTS (A DABBLE SERIES) by BUTTONONTHETOP

Rec: Random Clocks by clarity_lore

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Rec: "On the Way to the Harbor-657 Miles" by slippery_fish (Hecate)

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