FIC: Torchwood (drabble) - The Nature of Love

[fajrdrako]

Title: The Nature of Love
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Gwen
Challenge: tw100, challenge: pie
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Cross-posted to my LJ and to tw100.


The Nature of Love

"What about love?" asked Gwen. "To me, it's like a pie. Cut too many pieces, you have nothing left but crumbs. But you find it easy to love a lot of people."

"Not easy." Jack considered. "Just ... It's impossible not to feel things. Hate, lust, love. Each person gets the whole metaphorical pie. The heart holds infinite space for pies, and, er, tarts."

Gwen wanted to ask, "Do I get a whole pie from you, or just one piece?" But she couldn't.

"Love's more like a clear stream," continued Jack. "Flowing where it can."

"Poetic."

"Beautiful," said Jack. "Always."

Comments

[beathen.livejournal.com]

Like Gwen said, this is very poetic. The whole thing also makes me wonder how the conversation got started and how it evolved to this point and where it goes from here. Very nice job.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

The whole thing also makes me wonder how the conversation got started and how it evolved to this point and where it goes from here.

It would be fun to expand, wouldn't it?

I like the onscreen conversations we see between Jack and Gwen, about life and personal issues. I'd like to see more of them.

Thanks for commenting.

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Lovely. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

I like the addition of tarts to Jack's comment. Very him. *snerk*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed the tarts. Jack is... well, he's Jack. I would have liked to have gone on with the stream metaphor, but you can only say so much in 100 words and Jack's theories of love just didn't fit the word count, somehow.