FIC Torchwood (drabble) - Champagne

[fajrdrako]

Title: Champagne
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack/Ianto
Challenge: tw100, challenge: celebration
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who series 3, "The Last of the Time Lords". Cross-posted to my LJ and to tw100.


Champagne

Ianto woke in Jack's bed. Jack held his silver tray, a bottle of champagne, and two crystal glasses. "We're celebrating."

"We are? I'm not dressed for it."

Jack's eyes sparkled as he poured. "Love you naked."

Ianto blushed. "You don't drink champagne."

"This morning, I do."

"Why?"

"A year ago today, I destroyed the TARDIS. Don't ask."

It was more than he had ever said about his time away from Torchwood. "A year ago? Impossible," said Ianto.

"Forget linear time," said Jack. "It wasn't real time. Don't think about it. Drink - to freedom!"

"Freedom," said Ianto, as they kissed.

Comments

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I heard Jack's voice.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful comment. Thank you.

[gypsylady.livejournal.com]

So, nu? Are you going to tell the story behind this?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

If I get a chance, I'd like to expand it. It's basically the idea that Jack hasn't forgotten the events of the Year that Never Was... and his timeline is bent compared to Ianto's. It presupposes that there's a full year in Jack's personal timeline between his release from the Valiant and the events of "Exit Wounds" - a supposition for which I have no proof at all.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

You know, I love it when Fic!Ianto blushes. :-) TV!Ianto never does, and I think he should, the minx.

Did I... miss... uh... Jack destroyed the TARDIS? I feel like an idiot.

Mmmmm, champagne kisses are just about the best kind.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I love it when Fic!Ianto blushes. :-) TV!Ianto never does, and I think he should, the minx.

I love it when Ianto blushes, too. As I read it: Ianto has no shame (which makes him a good partner for Jack) and is seldom embarrassed, but any sign of attention, love or lust from Jack makes him flush like mad.

Jack destroyed the TARDIS (sort of) at the end of "The Last of the Time Lords". So it (along with history) could be repaired by the Doctor.

champagne kisses are just about the best kind.

Ianto would agree.

[imisspadfoot21.livejournal.com]

Awww! This is lovely!

Now I want some champange.

Thank you!!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

This is lovely!

Thank you.

Now I want some champagne.

Treat yourself - celebrate Jack's freedom!

[(Anonymous)]

This was such gentle fun. I love how used to each other you made them (effortlessly, it looked, but I know that takes work -- happy work).

I love characters who can move through time. There is always that thing of we create our own reality and there is always the ... shoot, I'm gonna go with a sociological concept here, but it's a logical one, so it shouldn't make you too nauseated... phenomenological aspect of every event having as many true realities/interpretations as there are people who were there to experience it. And then memory comes in. And then... well, gee, it gets fun then, is what.

I like how you said all that in dialoge and suggestion. Yay. This was delightful.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

You say the nicest things!

And yes, I liked the 'phenomenological' aspects to this - that Jack's timeline and Ianto's timeline don't match each other, but that doesn't bother Jack in the least. (And it merely perplexes Ianto a little.)

[of-too-minds.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Sounds like something Jack would do.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm sure Jack gets a certain satisfaction in commemorating events with a loving naked romp involving champagne.