Waiting

[teleen_fiction]

Title:  Waiting
Author: Teleen (teleen_fiction )
Fandom: Torchwood/Numbers
Pairing: Jack Harkness/Colby Granger
Rating: PG-13
Size: ~200 words
Warnings: Character death, mentions of past character death.
Summary: The waiting was the hardest part.
A/N: Written for azure_chaos for his help in giving my some time-saving tips in cross-posting The Perfect Storm.  His prompt is under the spoiler cut: Jack/Colby Granger? Dommie Jack, prompt...hmm Learning to deal with immortality (I'm a big believer that Colby has super powers and that he could potentially be immortal ;) ). It came out a bit darker than I expected, though, :).
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Waiting

The waiting was the hardest part. Ianto had mentioned that to him once, months before his death, but Jack hadn’t understood it then.

Watching his boy’s body lying so still on a morgue slab, Jack understood it now.

Colby Granger was gorgeous while he slept, not so much in death. In death, he was still and Jack’s boy was rarely still for any length of time. Oh, he could be still, when following orders, which he did with beautifully military precision, but he was rarely still unless ordered to be.

Jack hated waiting, hated knowing the fear that Colby would have when he awoke. He was helping him to deal with it by always being there when he came back, the way that Ianto had always tried to be there for him.

It was the least he could do to repay the trust that Colby gave him every day. When he’d taken Jack’s collar he’d agreed to trust him to look after him and Jack did everything he could to earn that trust every day from the time they woke until the moment that Jack wrapped him in close to sleep.

But especially on days like this.

Don came and went without saying a word to Jack. Colby’s boss knew better than to disturb them until Jack’s boy was back and breathing, until Jack had had some time to help Colby to understand that the pain of being sucked back into this world from the other would pass and that he wasn’t alone, would never be alone again.

The waiting was the hardest part.

Comments

[azure-chaos.livejournal.com]

Guh - ouch...wow, poor Jack and... ow. I really liked it. It's not at all what I'd imagined but that's the great thing about prompts. It really hit a real good emotional spot. Dark but not too dark and with a strong feeling of hope and the love & devotion that goes with the responsibility of being Jack and being Colby's dom. I also like that you had Don drift in and out of the background, y'know he wouldn't be able to stay away but he'd also know not to interfere once he knew what was going on. I'm still, just...'Guh'.

I just love Jack's determination that Colby not wake up alone, too. Very Jack.

Thanks again, hon :)

Nate

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, :).

[lorientad.livejournal.com]

wow, i really like it. thank you for writing it.

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading, :).

[ladygray99]

Interesting. Now I want to know how Colby became like Jack.

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know if I'll ever write that bit, heh.

Thanks for reading! :)

[frakkin-addict.livejournal.com]

(Heehee, I had to Google Colby Granger.)

This was gorgeously written and heartbreaking. I really enjoyed it. :D

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad, :). It's funny, I'm a bit Numb3rs fan, but it never occurred to me that there was slash, *facepalm*, :).

Thanks for reading!

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

love the way Jack is appreciating Ianto's care for him whilst he was dead... great fic

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)