Torchwood (drabble): Aliens of London

[fajrdrako]

Title: Aliens of London
Genre: Torchwood drabble
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Jack, other
Challenge: tw100 challenge: free for all, using #20: Doctor Who titles, #4 in a series of 13
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers, unless you're under the impression Captain Jack Harkness is celibate. Cross-posted to my LJ and tw100.


Aliens of London

He resembled any beautiful clubber: spiky hair, leather-clad dancer's grace. He caught Jack's eye. Jack's returning stare held curiosity and invitation.

The boy approached him. "Where you from?"

"Cardiff."

"Liar. You're from the future."

"And the past. You're a Chula, right? Class 3 warrior - maybe class 2. Maladrosian clan?"

Brown eyes narrowed appreciatively. "Close. Tavalan. I have a tattoo to prove it. Wanna see?"

"You here with your swordmates?"

"In an invisible ship. I don't need to go back yet. You're alone?"

Jack had stolen a ship from a Maladrosian once; she was gorgeous. "Until two minutes ago. Let's dance."


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Comments

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Nice work.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you - so glad you liked it.

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Ok, that's hot. Heh. You're so good at that.

Further challenge, me to you: give the next chapter!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ok, that's hot. Heh.

I'm delighted that you noticed. And commented. Big smile.

You're so good at that.

Thank you!

Further challenge, me to you: give the next chapter!

Hmm. Nice idea.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Lovely and cute. I'm glad I stopped by to read in a fandom I never read in before.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Lovely and cute.

Thank you so much!

I'm glad I stopped by to read in a fandom I never read in before.

I'm delighted you did, because (as I'm sure you've noticed with your own stories) there's always a special gratification in getting a favourable comment from someone who isn't in the fandom you're writing in - who isn't, so to speak, biased by their prior knowledge and expectqations of it.

This drabble is (mostly) based on hints from the episode of Doctor Who where we first meet Jack in London, when he's using his stolen (and sometimes invisible) Chula space ship, tethered up to Big Ben. The line "she was gorgeous" is stolen directly from that episode, and is the only hint as to what the Chula might look like - I took it as indication that they are probably humanlike in appearance. That, and the fact that the ship's main chair, sleeping area, controls, and so on, fit humans perfectly. The rest I made up.

Except that this same episode (whic is called "The Doctor Dances") uses 'dance' as a metaphor for sex rather frequently.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

Gotta love obvious code-words for sex :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, and it worked really well in context.

[damalan.livejournal.com]

This made me smile, the way that it plays to Jack's ego. Of course he can recognise aliens in human form, and of course he wants to party with them!:-)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

This made me smile, the way that it plays to Jack's ego.

Of course it does - and he can show off a little, with his knowledge of Chula culture, which may not go much beyond what he says here, but he's good at faking it. If I'd had more than 100 words I would have explained that in quessing "class 2 or 3" warrior Jack was being outrageously flattering, knowing full well that someone that young would probably be a class 5 or 6, but flattered to be upgraded in rank. (Like wrongly guessing a person's age!) And that it's also flattering to be mistaken for a Maladrosian, because they are aristocratic and good looking.

The whole point being, Jack + cute eager alien = party time.

[damalan.livejournal.com]

Oh Jack, you old flatterer you! Still it does get him a lot of places! With a lot of people! :-)

Maybe you need to write the extended Director's Cut version of this story, including 'what happened next'! ;-)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Still it does get him a lot of places! With a lot of people!

Yup. You know the saying - ? "Flattery only works with three kinds of people: men, women and children." And most other species I've met, including my budgie.

Maybe you need to write the extended Director's Cut version of this story, including 'what happened next'!

That would be fun.

[medelle.livejournal.com]

What? Jack's not celibate?! I thought he was damn near a priest! ;)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, admittedly, given what we see in Torchwood up until "They Keep Killing Suzie", we don't get as much of Jack doing his thing as we should be entitled to. A few kisses, fondling Gwen a little in the gun room - heck, for all we see, he might as well be celibate.

But then we get the stopwatch scene, and 1941!Jack, and the kiss for Ianto when Jack comes back from the dead, and I have a certain rule of thumb: if Jack enjoys sex in the past, and in the future, then it's my duty as a fan writer to make sure he enjoys it in the present too.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

"I have a tattoo to prove it. Wanna see?"
And now that I've stopped sniggering, I feel able to comment :) Much fun. Like everyone above, I'd love to have the next chapter in this, but flirty!Jack is always my favourite kind, no matter how little we see of him. :D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I probably will write more about this, because I like the idea - Jack and his cute Chula boy-toy warrior. Yes, flirty Jack can be such fun.

[laurab1.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jack ;) Nice.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

thanks for commenting - this one was particularly fun to write.