FIC: Torchwood (Drabble) - At My Most Beautiful

[fajrdrako]

Title: At My Most Beautiful
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Challenge: tw100, challenge: 100 drabble challenge, challenge: R.E.M. Titles
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Very vague spoilers for Torchwood episode 2x12, "Fragments". Cross-posted to my LJ and to tw100.


At My Most Beautiful

"I found this in the archives," said Ianto.

It was a Victorian photograph, a close-up of Jack's battered face, his skull half-crushed from what might have been a blow from a blunt object.

"Early days at Torchwood," said Jack, lightly.

"Who did that to you?"

"It doesn't matter. We became friends, later."

Ianto's eyes were bright with fury. "You had brutal friends."

Jack nodded. "I still do. They don't take my photo at my most beautiful. Terrible thing."

"Jack!"

Jack put his hand over Ianto's, and the photograph. "Let it go. They didn't know what they were doing. Forgive them."

Comments

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I like that Ianto is furious about it. And Jack. Oh Jack *huggles him*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I think Ianto has a strong protective streak where Jack is concerned. Thanks for commenting!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oh! I've been reading through the drabbles today, but this is the one that's the most warming and gutting simultaneously. Poor Ianto - and poor Jack, even if he finds it in him to forgive!

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Loved this new batch. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you for such kind words about my drabble. I like moments in which Ianto feels protective of Jack, and I'm rather fascinated by Jack's life when he was first stuck in real time on Earth.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you! More to come, I hope.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

Ah, Jack's superpower again in evidence. :-)

I love Ianto's inner tigress: do NOT fuck with Jack. Captain John knows all about it, and I pity the Doctor if Ianto ever finds out what he did to Jack. And whew, if Jack ever tells Ianto what Grey did...


You are without doubt the Queen of Drabbles, my dear.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Jack's superpower again in evidence. :-)

Yes. That's Jack for you.

I love Ianto's inner tigress: do NOT fuck with Jack.

I love that too. Is it just my imagination, or does it become more in evidence as time goes by?

Captain John knows all about it, and I pity the Doctor if Ianto ever finds out what he did to Jack.

My goodness, yes. The Oncoming Storm meets the Furious Tempest. The timelines would never be the same again.

And whew, if Jack ever tells Ianto what Grey did...

There just might be an "accident" in the morgue.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

Is it just my imagination, or does it become more in evidence as time goes by?

It's not your imagination. Ianto's last bit of rebellion against Jack was in End of Days. Once Jack arose from the dead and forgave him with a lover's kiss, that was it. Ianto has been for Jack since then. He's as protective of Jack now as he was of Lisa then.

It's part of how he demonstrates his love. It's funny, really, because it's Ianto who needs the protection, but that's just not how it works out.


There just might be an "accident" in the morgue.

Indeed. He might hesitate, because it's Jack's baby brother after all, but oh, he'd think of something.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ianto's last bit of rebellion against Jack was in End of Days.

He defied Jack in "Adrift", but that was another sort of issue - a procedural disagreement.

He's as protective of Jack now as he was of Lisa then.

And Ianto is extremely loyal. (As Jack is; it's something they have in common.)

it's Ianto who needs the protection, but that's just not how it works out.


I think it's a sign of how human Ianto is, that he wants to protect Jack. And Ianto has a very nurturing personality. I think he sees through Jack to his emotional vulnerabilities and that makes him all the more protective.

He might hesitate, because it's Jack's baby brother after all, but oh, he'd think of something.

It would be like the situation in "Cyberwoman" in reverse. Ianto couldn't bring himself to kill Lisa, or what was left of her; Jack and the Team had to do it for him. I'm sure Ianto would see the value in removing the threat posed by Grey. The difference would be that Grey was targeting Jack specifically - destroying the world was unnecessary collateral damage - while the Cyberwoman was impersonal in her ambitions. I'm sure Ianto wouldn't care much about the philosophical distinction.