FIC Torchwood (drabble) - "All I Want for Christmas..."

[fajrdrako]

Title: All I Want for Christmas...
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack/Doctor, Torchwood team
Challenge: tw100, challenge: christmasolstikwanzakah songs
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers. Cross-posted to my LJ, and tw100.


All I Want for Christmas...

"So," asked Gwen, terminally nosy, "if you could have anything you wanted for Christmas, anything at all, what would it be?"

"Sex," said Owen, the one-track mind.

"A faster computer," said Toshiko, whose computer was faster than anything yet invented.

"Peace on Earth," said Ianto, seriously.

Everyone looked at Jack. He considered. "I have everything I need. The perfect coat. My own pterodactyl. Torchwood saving the world. What more could I ask?"

"I didn't ask what you need. What do you want, Jack?"

He smiled, as if at good memories. "The right sort of doctor."

Comments

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

actually, I am not sure that doesn't fall in the category of 'need'

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I am not sure that doesn't fall in the category of 'need'

I think you're right, but I don't think Jack is likely to admit that to anyone but the Doctor.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

true

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Hmm, might be fun to write that scene.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

aww, that's just all kinds of sweet

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[order_of_chaos]

Awwwwww.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

How I love the Jack/Doctor relationship. You may have noticed.

Thanks for commenting!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Owen's reply amused me and Jack's made me go all 'aw' and made me want to hug him *bounces*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Jack's made me go all 'aw' and made me want to hug him

Me too. But then I pretty much generally always want to give Jack a hug.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

I pretty much generally always want to give Jack a hug.

Well, there is that... Let's say my desire to hug Jack increased when I read that line?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes - poor Jack! Trying so hard to cope with our world, and without the Doctor.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

And he might (might) not need the Doctor, but he wants him so, so much.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

And quite desperately. And there's nothing he can do about it except wait and hope.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Which makes his situation even sadder. Poor Jack.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

He copes well.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

He's one of those people who always get up again. Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Which is why Jack always seems so heroic, and his humour has tragic underpinnings. He's a survivor but he reminds us that surviving has a high price.

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

hee! "My own pterodactyl."

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

"My own pterodactyl."

Ianto might dispute it, since he's the one who does most of the feeding and cleanup. But Jack's the one who takes the beast for a nightly flight.

Lucky thing they can share.