FIC: Torchwood (drabble) - Memory of Love

[fajrdrako]

Title: Memories of Love
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack/Ianto, Jack/others
Challenge: tw100, challenge: forgotten
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Minor spoilers for Torchwood and Doctor Who. Cross-posted to my LJ and to tw100.


Memories of Love

Ianto slept, his head in Jack's lap, Jack's hand against his cheek. Jack watched him, mellow from lovemaking.

He'd had lovers before - those he had loved, and those who had loved him. Estelle, Jack, John, executioners, acrobats, Rose, the Doctor... His first love, when they were both so young. Occasionally he had a keepsake: a photo, a cufflink, even a hand - the thought made him smile again. That didn't matter. Memories of love were what mattered. Every one of them precious.

He stroked Ianto's hair softly.

"As long as I live," he whispered, "you will not be forgotten."

Comments

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

! You took that image right out of my head! I swear to you I was amusing myself during my morning commute with "what gesture of love would I most like to see in S3", and I decided on something very similar. (Snuggled up on Ianto's couch, Ianto asleep with his head on Jack's chest, Jack petting Ianto's hair, with only the flickering blue light of the long-ignored tv.)


I hope that Ianto's sleeping brain somehow heard Jack's whisper.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

! You took that image right out of my head!

Ah, so I have you to thank for it! Much obliged. Didn't realize I was picking up an arcane fannish psychic connection - !

I was amusing myself during my morning commute with "what gesture of love would I most like to see in S3", and I decided on something very similar.

Nice exercise. Hmm. For some reason I really, really love it when Jack touches Ianto's face.

I hope that Ianto's sleeping brain somehow heard Jack's whisper.


That should cause some nice dreams - a contrast to nightmares about Lisa, cannibals, Sleepers and people destroyed by the Rift.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

For some reason I really, really love it when Jack touches Ianto's face.

Because it's extremely intimate without being sexual. Think about it: who in your life has permission to touch your face? Moms get to, lovers get to.

But when does Jack touch Ianto's face? You mean in fic? Or did I miss something?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

it's extremely intimate without being sexual.

Yes. Not that I have any problem with the sexual, of course, but with Jack and Ianto, I want to see intimacy.

But when does Jack touch Ianto's face?

I don't think he does. I wish! No, I just meant conceptually. I was thinking he might have touched Ianto's face in "Adam", when he kissed him on the forehead, but no, he didn't. He touched him on the neck - which he does also in "End of Days" and "To the Last Man".

I'd like to see it.

Meanwhile, we can put it in fic.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention the Adam thing, he did caress Ianto's jawline, with his thumb just under Ianto's lips. So it's border territory, but I'll call "face".

I thought there was a perfect moment for that in "Journey's End", when Ianto collapses into his kitchen chair. Instead of brooding alone in the corner, Jack could have made himself a useful boyfriend by kneeling at Ianto's feet and holding his hands or petting his face or something.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

he did caress Ianto's jawline, with his thumb just under Ianto's lips. So it's border territory, but I'll call "face".

Well, then - I think I was half-remembering that. I'll just have to watch it again, won't I?

Instead of brooding alone in the corner, Jack could have made himself a useful boyfriend by kneeling at Ianto's feet and holding his hands or petting his face or something.

I wish he had. Or even if they'd just been sitting together... Something to indicate that they were in this together, not just suffering silently. Frankly, I wanted to see Ianto comfort Jack at that point. After what he's been through, facing Daleks must be devastating for him. And even if Ianto didn't know that, it was the moment I would have liked to have seen them take comfort in each other. If Rhys had been in the room, I'm sure Gwen would have turned to him.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwww.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

[grin] *Hug* glad you liked it!

[louiex.livejournal.com]

Mmm... I do love a nice cuddle on screen plzkthx?. That was really, really sweet.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I do love a nice cuddle

Me too.

on screen...?

Oh, I wish, I wish.

Thank you for the lovely comment.

[rabecka.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely image and last line.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Perfection.

If I try to say more, I'll cry.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Awww. Saying that is saying more than enough, and thank you. I can't imagine a nicer comment.

I did think you might enjoy and appreciate the subtext of this one more than some.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Awww. Saying that is saying more than enough, and thank you. I can't imagine a nicer comment.

Well... couldn't really say anything more! thank you. I am pleased that you took my comment in full context [g] -- that is, knowing me.

I did think you might enjoy and appreciate the subtext of this one more than some.

Ummm. Yes. You do know me. You're makin' me smile all over again....

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Very dear. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Happy smile - thank you!