FIC: [Torchwood] Ghost Kiss (drabble)

[fajrdrako]

Title: Ghost Kiss
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Gwen, Rhys, Suzie
For tw100 Challenge #5: Suzie Costello
Rating: PG
Spoilers: for Everything Changes and They Keep Killing...


Ghost Kiss

Gwen woke, confused. She was in bed, Rhys asleep beside her. She felt the pressure of lips leaving hers, awakening her with a ghostly kiss. Whose?

Weightless, the image sat on the edge of the bed, glowing, coming into focus. Suzie Costello. Gwen felt no fear of a phantom, and Suzie's sad, beautiful eyes were not angry.

"I loved you," said Suzie.

"You bloody well tried to kill me! Twice!"

"You belong with me. Not them."

"Get out of here!" Gwen hissed. Suzie began to fade.

Rhys rolled over, half-waking. "Huh?" he mumbled. "Someone there?"

"Nobody at all," said Gwen.


cross-posted to the tw100 site

Comments

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I like this.
I so like the idea of doing more with Suzie as a character! She's not someone that's easily hampered by being dead.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

She's not someone that's easily hampered by being dead.

As Ianto mentioned - thinking it was a good idea to put a lock on her drawer!

Actually I find that the approach to death in both Doctor Who and Torchwood is quite fascinating, which several aspects:

- the notion that there is no afterlife
- the notion that "life is just nature's way of keeping meat fresh", that life and death can be fluid, physical immortality can be acquired (as with Jack), new bodies can be formed (as with the Doctor), going to the realm of faerie (as with Jasmine), and so on
- the notion that spirits can return
- the notion that physical/psychic stimulus can return someone from the dead (i.e., the glove)

I'm probably forgetting other angles - my point being that death is not presented in a formulaic or predictable way. Which I think is great!

And yes, it makes sense (to me) that we would have unquiet ghosts around. Which reminds me of a fan-idea about Gwen, that she might be a reincarnation of Gwyneth, with her sensitivity to ghosts. I'm not sure what I actually think of that but I like the idea of a connection.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's an interesting universe with such mutable and porous boundaries. It appeals to me greatly.

I also like to think that perhaps at some point it could be necessary to get Suzie out of the drawer again: if the life-draining connection to Gwen has been broken, but she's still 'wakeable'... ;-D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

an interesting universe with such mutable and porous boundaries. It appeals to me greatly.

Me too. It's so refreshing to have it outside the limits of conventional thinking, even when it plays on traditions.

I also like to think that perhaps at some point it could be necessary to get Suzie out of the drawer again

Since I really like Indira Varma, I'd like to see her redeemed - sane, herself, and back in the story. Not likely, but a nice thought!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

It's so refreshing to have it outside the limits of conventional thinking, even when it plays on traditions.

Yes!

Since I really like Indira Varma, I'd like to see her redeemed - sane, herself, and back in the story. Not likely, but a nice thought!

Same here! I think she's beautiful, and a great actress!
(And I can't help but think it would really annoy Owen for Suzie to return!)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Annoying Owen would be fun.

Seeing more of Indira Varma would be even more fun.

I don't imagine it's worth chasing down copies of "Three Pounds" though. (Ponders.) Probably not.

[femme-slash-fan.livejournal.com]

I think I'd like either a T/S moment or a G/S moment and NICE STORY!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Suzie just has so much potential. Glad you liked this!

[femme-slash-fan.livejournal.com]

She sure does and I totally do!