Waiting

Jun. 27th, 2010 08:38 pm
Title:  Waiting
Author: Teleen ([livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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, :).
Cross-posted to , , , .

Waiting )



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.

Most of my posted fic is Doctor Who, Torchwood or Torchwood/Doctor Who crossovers.

Bedroom Games- Ianto works hard to keep his Captain both interested and on his toes.
Party Favor - All Ages - A trip to a junk shop leads to something unexpected.
A Good Idea - Teen - What else do Jack and Ianto get up to when they're alone in the hub?
A Bad Idea - All Ages - Some fetishes should be kept to yourself.
A Better Idea - All Ages - Who wants to be dignified anyway?
Snowman - All Ages - Jack and Ianto build a snowman.
Chocolate -Teen  Ianto enjoys Jack.
Taste The Rainbow! - All Ages - Taste the rainbow!
Stopwatch - Adult - Jack/Ianto - Ianto finds more than just the obvious uses for his stopwatch. Note: this was added to the Bedroom Games series on 5/1/2013 because I truly felt it fit here.  It's the only one of the series with warnings and while there's nothing explicit, those warnings should be heeded.
Writing - All Ages, Jack/Ianto - Jack was writing on him again. (Another story that wasn't originally a part of the series, but which has been added effective 12/3/13.)
The Best Idea - Teen - Jack and Ianto share a moment of post-coital bliss.

Doctor Who/Torchwood Crossovers
Cheating - All Ages Gen, Jack/Nine - The Doctor's never been one to play by the rules.
The Promise - Teen - Slash, Jack/Doctor (Nine, Ten, Eleven) - The Doctor makes Jack a promise, but being the Doctor, takes his time keeping it.

Prompt Me, Please Fics:  Short fiction written for this challenge, :). (They also may be found using this tag.)
Trees - All Ages, Jack/Eleven - Jack and Eleven, sitting in a tree...
One Day - All Ages, but a bit dark, :), Jack Harkness - The man who would one day be known as Jack Harkness wanted to see the Universe...
Writing - All Ages, Jack/Ianto - Jack was writing on him again.
Violence - All Ages, Jack, Ianto, Ten - The Doctor's nose was bleeding.
Beautiful - Teen, Jack/Ianto - "You're beautiful like this."
Acceptance - All Ages, Jack/Rose/Nine - Living with a Time Lord is difficult sometimes.
Soap - All Ages, Jack/Ten - "This never would have happened if you'd ducked when I told you to!"
Labels - All Ages, Jack/Ianto - Jack was Jack.
Woven - Teen, Jack/Nine - Jack's seen a lot of different anatomy in his time...
Blame - All Ages, Jack/Ten - "Are you all right?"
Stars - All Ages, Jack/Tosh - "What do you see, when you look up at them?"
Sick - All Ages, Jack/Ten - Something's wrong with the Doctor...
Suggestions - All Ages, Jack/Ianto, BDSM - Ianto liked to offer suggestions.
The World - All Ages, Jack/Eleven - Jack's had many worlds over the years...
Broken Glass - All Ages - Jack/Ianto - There were days when Ianto felt as though he'd swallowed broken glass.
Dreaming - All Ages - Jack/Tosh (gen) - Tosh was dreaming again.
Stentorian - All Ages - Jack/Ianto - Ianto had a word of the day calendar.
Remembrance - All Ages - Jack/Donna (gen) - He watched her sometimes, but she never knew he was there.
Allergies - All Ages - Jack/Tosh - Jack was sneezing.
Cake - All Ages - Jack/Ianto/Eleven - No one knew when his birthday was...
Loser - Teen - Jack/Ianto - He was born a loser...
Bowties Are Cool! - Teen - Jack/Eleven - Bowties are cool!
Delirium - All Ages - Ten/Ianto, gen - Traveling with the Doctor was it's own special form of insanity...
Con Men - Teen - Crossover with White Collar - Jack/Neal Caffrey - Jack was in the bar for twenty minutes before he realized that the kid was trying to run a con on him.
Guilt - All Ages - Jack/Tosh, gen - Jack's feeling guilty.
Stopwatch - Adult - Jack/Ianto - Ianto finds more than just the obvious uses for his stopwatch.
The Coat - All Ages - Jack/Ianto - The coat was doing well, all things considered.

Other fics from miscellaneous prompts:
Saying Hello - Doctor Who, Nine/Jack, All Ages - Jack annoys Nine and has to face the consequences.
Tosh's Revenge - (gen, All Ages) - Jack has to deal with Tosh after an incident.
Waiting: Teen, Jack Harkness/Colby Granger (Crossover with Numb3rs.) - The waiting was the hardest part.
Jack - All Ages, Ianto/Eleven - "Do you ever miss him?"
First Kiss - All Ages - Jack/Ianto - Jack and Ianto have a conversation.
Coda - All Ages - Jack/Rose (gen) - Two people meet in a cemetery.
Yule - All Ages - Jack/Ianto - "So what's it like where you come from?"

Photographs - Eleven/River, all ages - The Doctor shows River some old photographs.

My Support Stacie Doctor Who and Torchwood Drabbles
Support Stacie Drabbles
Rain - All Ages - Jack/Ianto - Ianto Jones hated the rain.
Cold - All ages - Jack/Nine/Rose - The TARDIS was never cold.
Longing - All Ages - Jack/Nine/Rose - Watching them together was always bittersweet.
Wet - All Ages - Jack/Nine - "I could kill you for this."

For the darker side - Adult:  (Also found at The Angst Archive.)

Legacy of the Bad Wolf - Jack/Ianto, Jack/Ten friendship. Post COE Torchwood/Doctor Who crossover fix.   The Tenth Doctor finds Jack after the events of COE.  Read and heed the warnings, please.  PDF available, just PM me your e-mail address & I'll send it to you, :).

The Perfect Storm - Jack/Ianto/Tosh.  A dark, AU look at how the life of Captain Jack Harkness might have been different if he had decided to care on that cold night in 1965.  Please read and heed the WARNINGS!

All of my Doctor Who/Torchwood fics may also be found here. (Outside link to "A Teaspoon and an Open Mind.")

Other: Missing Scene From "Regrets" - Teen, Warehouse 13 gen discipline fic

ETA 5/1/2013 - I am slowly uploading all of my stories to AO3.

Non-fiction: Rants - My non-fiction 'Rants' on various subjects (some are friends-locked, my apologies.)  My various "rant" tags contain those that I haven't yet added to memories.

Meta - My 'meta' tag for various fandom-related topics, :).

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