Torchwood (drabble): Rose

[fajrdrako]

Title: Rose
Genre: Torchwood drabble
Characters: Jack, Gwen with reference to Jack/Rose
Challenge: tw100 challenge: free for all, using #20: Doctor Who titles, #1 in a series of 13
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers. Cross-posted to my LJ and tw100.


Rose

Gwen didn't know what the music was called, but it was Glen Miller on the Hub's radio.

Jack stopped whatever he was doing. With a graceful motion, he held out his hand, smiling. "May I have this dance?"

They waltzed together there in the Hub, among alien toys, high-tech sensors and surround-sound. His hand was warm on her back.

He loved 1940s music. In his eyes was the memory of faraway magic and bittersweet loss. So Gwen whispered, "Who is it, Jack? Who are you thinking about?"

"Rose," said Jack softly, his lips brushing her hair. "Her name was Rose."

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Comments

[vervassal.livejournal.com]

Aw.


...I need a Who icon.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

There are some wonderful Doctor Who icons out there. I have a weakness for icons that show the Doctor's face. jhava just made a really nice bunch, and cheesygirl did the set with the portraits from "The Infinite Quest". That lovely one of Jack and Rose dancing at Big Ben (always a classic) is by laurab1.

[damalan.livejournal.com]

She'll haunt him forever, won't she?

Very simply and elegantly told.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

She'll haunt him forever, won't she?

I hope so.

Thanks so much for the lovely comment.

[raissad.livejournal.com]

So sweet!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I love Jack/Rose scenes.

[sunstar77.livejournal.com]

So sad.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Sad, yes... but I think it would be sadder if Jack just forgot about Rose. He remembers. He cares.

Thanks for commenting!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I've been saving these as a present for myself when I started to post my latest series, and this is worth the wait.

I love drabbles, and this does what they do best, catching the moment and the emotion of it. The tone is so gentle and melancholy without being overdone, and I love "the memory of faraway magic and bittersweet loss" *sigh* Lovely stuff.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I've been saving these as a present for myself

What a nice way to look at it. How lovely. How flattering!

when I started to post my latest series

I take it you mean "The Wandering Years 1: New York "? Hooray!

this does what they do best, catching the moment and the emotion of it.

Thank you. Yes, that's what a drabble does at its best, makes a point, grabs a moment to show us - something. Sometimes 100 words just isn't enough and it comes out spare. Sometimes it just teases. But sometimes they hit the balance, and that's wonderful.

I wanted to capture the way Jack loved and missed Rose without Gwen really understanding, and without him making a big deal of it.

Thanks so much for the kind words.

[laurab1.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's lovely :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So glad you liked it.