Jack/Ianto Recs

Title: Vizzini's Rule
Author: buttononthetop
Genre: AU, Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Smut, Action, Episode Related, Gap-filler, Missing Scene
Rating: NC-17
Other/Implied Pairings: Ianto/Lisa, Mary/Tosh, Owen/Gwen, Rhys/Gwen, brief Ianto/OMC
Summary: When a job went wrong, go back to the beginning.
Status: Work In Progress
Length: Multi-chapter / ?? TOTAL (62)
Word Count: TBC
Warnings: general spoilers for Torchwood S1, including 2x11 "Adrift," 2x12 "Fragments," Doctor Who S2 finale "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday," Character Death
Comment or Excerpt from fic: I can't believe I forgot to rec this fic! U.U Anyways, this is the author's take on TW S1 and (hopefully) eventually S2! It mostly follows canon events, but the author modifies it enough to be AU, especially the beginning chapters... and it's a BRILLIANT fic and long as hell! *_____*

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EXCERPT:

When a job went wrong, go back to the beginning.

Good advice, Ianto had always thought. And no job had ever gone as wrong as completely and as spectacularly as Torchwood. How many last days at a job were filled with destruction, tears and blood? But how to go back to the beginning, he had wondered. Torchwood was gone, burned, might as well salt the earth and walk away.

But Ianto hadn’t been able to let go for the simplest and most dangerous of reasons – love. Lisa was still alive and he had sworn to save her... He woke with tears... again. Lying there, unable to summon the strength... he let his mind wander. What to do, where to go, who to trust, how to find help… And then Vizzini’s rule crept into his mind. Go back to the beginning…Torchwood…the beginning… And Ianto knew what he had to do.

Torchwood. That meant Torchwood Three. That meant Cardiff…and Captain Jack Harkness.

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Title: Torchwood Gap Stories
Author: christine_twfan
Genre: AUish, Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Smut, Gap-fillers, Episode Related
Rating: NC-17
Other/Implied Pairings: Ianto/Lisa, Rhys/Gwen, Jack/Gwen (implied), implied past: Jack/Estelle (vague), Jack/John (brief)
Status: COMPLETE
Length: Multi-chapter
Word Count: ~ 47,779
Warnings: general spoilers for Torchwood season 1 from 1x04 "Cyberwoman" on and Torchwood S2, Character death
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Title: Coffee Confessions
Summary: The progression of Jack and Ianto's relationship from anger to lust, and finally to something more.
Word Count: ~ 23,968 / 14 TOTAL
Comment or Excerpt from fic: This is the author's take on the back-stage happenings of Jack and Ianto's relationship. I absolutely LOVE this story because like many of you, I very much dislike the fact that much of Janto relationship happens off-screen. They show it in fast-forward; a kiss under the pretense of CPR, then *BHAM!* proposition for sex, then *BHAM!*, then an actual kiss, then *BHAM!* date, etc. I mean, I can understand that they can't show everything because of time constraints and whatnot, but that doesn't stop me from being annoyed. Anyway, this is all that in slow-motion. The slow burn of heat and anticipation is enough to drive anyone crazy! But I love it, anyway! ^______^

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Title: Journey to Jack
Summary: After Captain John Hart leaves and the team have to avoid themselves, Ianto tries to come to terms with Jack's return.
Word Count: ~ 23,811 / 14 Interlude TOTAL
Comment or Excerpt from fic: These are TW S2 gap stories using BBC's Captain's Blog, very much similar the the S1 ones named "Coffee Confessions" recced HERE. It starts with Post-KKBB and goes from there!

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EXCERPT:

Jack was back.

He’d barely had time to think about what that meant, let alone how he felt considering everything that had happened. The damned blowfish taunting him, his hands shaking so badly he wouldn’t have hit the wall with his bullet, much less the alien. Captain John Hart and his bloody diamond. God, the goose chase alone was enough to frustrate Ianto, but the attacks on the team. His team, his friends. Ianto drew in a deep breath to try and calm his rising anger.

Jack was back.

And Ianto hadn’t a clue what that meant yet.

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