The Doctor And Mr. Jones; Torchwood/Who, R, 1/5

Title: The Doctor And Mr. Jones (Torchwood/Who crossover)
Rating: R for some Jack/Ianto naughtiness, but not much.
Summary: The Doctor thought he was alone in the universe -- but Torchwood is about to prove him wrong.
Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto; otherwise, gen.
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: Through 2008 Christmas Special (Dr. Who), 2.03 "To The Last Man" (Torchwood).
Note: Not actually a deathfic. Promise.

greatscott7 has done a cover for The Doctor And Mr. Jones, which you can find here!

Originally Posted 2.4.08

Also available at AO3.

( 1 of 5: The Flesh And The Bones )

The Doctor And Mr. Jones; Torchwood/Who, R, 2/5

Title: The Doctor And Mr. Jones (Torchwood/Who crossover)
Rating: R for some Jack/Ianto naughtiness, but not much.
Summary: The Doctor thought he was alone in the universe -- but Torchwood is about to prove him wrong.
Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto; otherwise, gen.
Spoilers: Through 2008 Christmas Special (Dr. Who), 2.03 "To The Last Man" (Torchwood).

( 2 of 5: Easy as Sleep )

The Doctor And Mr. Jones; Torchwood/Who, R, 3/5

Title: The Doctor And Mr. Jones (Torchwood/Who crossover)
Rating: R for some Jack/Ianto naughtiness, but not much.
Summary: The Doctor thought he was alone in the universe -- but Torchwood is about to prove him wrong.
Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto; otherwise, gen.
Spoilers: Through 2008 Christmas Special (Dr. Who), 2.03 "To The Last Man" (Torchwood).

( 3 of 5: Our Doom And Pride )

The Doctor And Mr. Jones; Torchwood/Who, R, 4/5

Title: The Doctor And Mr. Jones (Torchwood/Who crossover)
Rating: R for some Jack/Ianto naughtiness, but not much.
Summary: The Doctor thought he was alone in the universe -- but Torchwood is about to prove him wrong.
Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto; otherwise, gen.
Spoilers: Through 2008 Christmas Special (Dr. Who), 2.03 "To The Last Man" (Torchwood).

( 4 of 5: A Worthy Man )

The Doctor And Mr. Jones; Torchwood/Who, R, 5/5

Title: The Doctor And Mr. Jones (Torchwood/Who crossover)
Rating: R for some Jack/Ianto naughtiness, but not much.
Summary: The Doctor thought he was alone in the universe -- but Torchwood is about to prove him wrong.
Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto; otherwise, gen.
Spoilers: Through 2008 Christmas Special (Dr. Who), 2.03 "To The Last Man" (Torchwood).

Chapter Four

( 5 of 5: Homeward Bound )

The Rules of Torchwood Three

Title: The Rules of Torchwood Three
Characters: Team
Spoilers: Through 2.13.
Rating: PG, Gen.
Warnings: None.
Author's Notes: Credit to nardo218 for the Matrix screen saver line. Also, ak_alterego has created a graphical version of this with awesome handwriting and layout. If you'd like to comment, you can do so here.

The Rules spawned a series of stories now known as the Rulesverse, centred around an OC named Nicholas who comes to work for Torchwood after Jack's disappearing act at the end of Season One. You can find them at the rulesverse tag. Their proper order is:

1. Nicholas Redux
2. The TARDIS House Rules
3. International Rules
4. The Rules of Social Conduct

They are now all available at AO3.

First posted 2.20.08

Summary:

Imagine, if you will, a raw recruit to Torchwood, stood purposefully in front of a large whiteboard in a corner of the Hub.

"Memorize them," Ianto tells him, claps him on the shoulder, and wanders off.

( THE RULES OF TORCHWOOD THREE )

( Updated for 2.13, Exit Wounds. )

The Rules Of Torchwood Three: Nicholas Redux 1 of 4

Title: The Rules Of Torchwood Three: Nicholas Redux 1 of 4
Rating: PG-13 for shenanigans and greenhouses.
Characters: Jack, Team, OMC. Canon pairings.
Summary: After Jack disappears, Torchwood hires a new tea boy -- someone to fetch and carry and take some of the burden off Ianto's shoulders. Nicholas knows his place is in the shadows, but he watches and listens as the dramas of Torchwood play out around him. And he learns all the rules.
Warnings: None.
Notes: AU for the second season, but only slightly. Spoilers through 2.12. Hopefully, if I've done this right, it will be a sketch of characters as seen through new eyes, rather than a horrifying Gary Stu. Let's cross our fingers, shall we?

Now available at AO3
( We Do Not Mess With The Rift. )

The Rules Of Torchwood Three: Nicholas Redux 2 of 4

Title: The Rules Of Torchwood Three: Nicholas Redux 2 of 4
Rating: PG-13 for shenanigans and greenhouses.
Characters: Jack, Team, OMC. Canon pairings.
Summary: After Jack disappears, Torchwood hires a new tea boy -- someone to fetch and carry and take some of the burden off Ianto's shoulders. Nicholas knows his place is in the shadows, but he watches and listens as the dramas of Torchwood play out around him. And he learns all the rules.
Notes: AU for the second season, but only slightly. Spoilers through 2.12.

( Unauthorised Police Public Call Boxes are required to give advance notice before arrival. )

The Rules Of Torchwood Three, Nicholas Redux: 3 of 4

Title: The Rules Of Torchwood Three: Nicholas Redux 3 of 4
Rating: PG-13 for shenanigans and greenhouses.
Characters: Jack, Team, OMC. Canon pairings.
Summary: After Jack disappears, Torchwood hires a new tea boy -- someone to fetch and carry and take some of the burden off Ianto's shoulders. Nicholas knows his place is in the shadows, but he watches and listens as the dramas of Torchwood play out around him. And he learns all the rules.
Notes: AU for the second season, but only slightly. Spoilers through 2.12.

( At the first sign of disembodied music of any kind... )

( Rewrite and update for season 2 finale. )

The Rules Of Torchwood Three: Nicholas Redux 4 of 4

Title: The Rules Of Torchwood Three: Nicholas Redux 4 of 4
Rating: PG-13 for shenanigans and greenhouses.
Characters: Jack, Team, OMC. Canon pairings.
Summary: After Jack disappears, Torchwood hires a new tea boy -- someone to fetch and carry and take some of the burden off Ianto's shoulders. Nicholas knows his place is in the shadows, but he watches and listens as the dramas of Torchwood play out around him. And he learns all the rules.
Notes: Spoilers through 2.13. This chapter is entirely AU and will be sidelined in favour of canon when canon returns next season. Credit for the Whenkipedia goes to fyrdrakken, who suggested the idea in the comments to the original Rules Of Torchwood Three.

First Posted 4.6.08

( Scalpels are not steak knives. Scalpels are not letter openers. )

The TARDIS House Rules; Doctor Who, PG

Title: The TARDIS House Rules (Sequel to The Rules Of Torchwood Three)
Rating: PG
Summary: Life with the Doctor is both simple and complex, but fortunately Nicholas and Donna have the Whenkipedia to guide them.
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: Through the finale of Season Four.

Now available at AO3.

First posted 6/9/2008

( The TARDIS House Rules, pt. 1/2 )

The TARDIS House Rules, 2/2

Title: The TARDIS House Rules, Part 2/2
Rating: PG
Summary: Life with the Doctor is both simple and complex, but fortunately Nicholas and Donna have the Whenkipedia to guide them.
Spoilers: Through the finale of season four.

( The TARDIS House Rules, pt. 2 )

International Rules

Title: International Rules (Sequel to The Rules of Torchwood Three and TARDIS House Rules)
Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes it's best to be a servant.
Warnings: None.
Ships/Characters: Post S2-canon, plus Nicholas (OMC).

Now available at AO3.

( We do not tug on the corners of reality... )

The Rules of Social Conduct

Title: The Rules of Social Conduct
Rating: On the strong side of PG-13.
Summary: Torchwood has many rules, sometimes contradictory, dictating the love lives of its employees. Jack's made it a personal mission to break them all.
Warnings: Some brief dubcon.
Note: Set during S2, pre-Reset, in the Rulesverse, so these are scenes that could or did occur during The Rules of Torchwood Three.
Characters: Team; canon ships; various/OMC.

Now available at AO3.

( The Rules of Social Conduct )

Second City Torchwood, 1/3

Title: Second City Torchwood, Part I: Episodes 1x01 - 1x07
Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: When Mayor Daley's special investigation unit, Torchwood, steals Chicago PD Officer Gwen Cooper's crime scene, she decides to find out everything she can about them. But she may get more than she bargained for when Captain Harkness -- who isn't even American! -- sends his errand boy Ian to scare her off.
Author's Notes: This universe is predicated on the idea that neither the original Torchwood nor Doctor Who exist in this universe; it is speculation about how Torchwood would be handled by an American network, albeit an American network with a reasonably intelligent producer at the helm.
Warnings: None.
Credit: A lot of the credit for this belongs to technosage, who cooked up the original concept with me. I totally stole your twins idea. :D hija_paloma and juniper200 and bluejeans07 all helped me bat ideas around as well. Thanks to aunty_marion for post-production beta.

Also available at AO3.

Come and show me another city with lifted head singing
so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.

( Second City Torchwood, Part I: 1x01 - 1x07 )

Second City Torchwood, 2/3

Title: Second City Torchwood, Part II: Episodes 1x08 - 1x14
Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: As its creators do battle with their critics, Torchwood continues to flourish. Together the Torchwood team will encounter the terrifying Lonely God known as the Doctor, find and lose travelers from the past, and encounter aliens both benign and malevolent.

Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning
as a savage pitted against the wilderness...

( Second City Torchwood, Part II: 1x08 - 1x14 )

Second City Torchwood, 3/3

Title: Second City Torchwood, Part III: Episodes 1x15 - 1x20
Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: In the final sweeping episodes of the season Jack and Tosh are flung backwards in time only to encounter the Doctor, while the rest of the team works frantically to save them -- and then to save themselves from the Rift, thrown wide and producing monsters out of their worst nightmares. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the Torchwood creative team still has many obstacles to overcome.

Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with
white teeth,
Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young
man laughs

( Second City Torchwood, Part III: 1x15 - 1x20 )

Second City Torchwood: Story Notes

Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:

Poetry by Carl Sandburg, naturally.

Hey look! laurab1 made me some awesome manips!

( Second City Torchwood: Notes and References )

Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who; Chapter 1

Title: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who (Sequel to Second City Torchwood)
Rating: PG-13 (mainly for language)
Warnings: None.
Summary: The American sci-fi drama Torchwood has been renewed for a second season. Its spinoff show, Doctor Who, is much anticipated by fans and critics alike. Managing the actors and getting scripts out on time is nothing new for executive producer Edgar van Scyoc and head writer Ellis Graveworthy, but their own relationship is evolving as well. Follow along as Torchwood defends Chicago from alien gamblers, mad scientists, tentacle monsters, and other menaces, while the Doctor visits the end of the world, a new New York, and eras of time long-past on Earth.
Credit: Sketches by Mia Lee were done by bluejeans07. Most of the manips were done by me, though often the images for the manips were taken from google. Special thanks to everyone who helped with casting for Torchwood. Also thanks to hija_paloma, who let me bounce ideas off her and made interesting observations about my manips.

Also available at AO3.

( Chapter One )

Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who; Chapter 2

Title: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13 (mainly for language)
Summary: As Torchwood's Owen Harper weakens and Tosh and Tommy improve relations with USPAT, the Doctor comes up against one of his oldest enemies. In the meantime, Ellis gives dramatic readings, Edgar gives interviews, and Mia takes every opportunity to make gentle fun. And a new cast member joins the Torchwood crew, a blues-playing Welshman who is very far from home.

( Chapter Two )

Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who; Chapter 3

Title: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13 (mainly for language)
Summary: Doctor who, gaining in its reputation as the Scariest Show on Television, brings stories of the first manned lunar landing and creatures who live in the darkness to the television, while Torchwood adapts to a team member without a body and Jack begins to face up to his past with the arrival of Captain John Hart. A Christmas Crossover brings the two shows together, and Edgar and Ellis face up to a few truths of their own.
Author's Notes: The book Ellis Graveworthy reads from is called Recycling Shakespeare, by Charles Marowitz. It was written yea these many years ago, and it is my secret belief that the internet term "wank" originated with someone who had read his works.

( Chapter Three )

Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who; Chapter 4

Title: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13 (mainly for language)
Summary: Torchwood and Doctor Who team up for a three-week crossover series with Dalek invasions, long-lost family, space battles, and plenty of Doctor Who mythology. Meanwhile, Edgar and Ellis attempt to maintain some semblance of a personal life.

( Chapter Four )

Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who; Chapter 5

Title: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13 (mainly for language)
Summary: Gareth David-Lloyd joins the Doctor Who cast as Ross Jenkins, helping the Doctor rescue displaced hospitals and meeting William Shakespeare while Torchwood battles alien "werewolves" and confronts victims of the Rift. Meanwhile, Edgar van Scyoc shows off his new tattoo -- and Edgar and Ellis must make some hard decisions when their relationship is threatened by the press.

( Chapter Five )

Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who; Chapter 6

Title: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13 (mainly for language)
Summary: With the Torchwood and Doctor Who seasons drawing to a close, we find Torchwood crossing dimensions and picking up stray physicists, while the Doctor, Rose, and Ross battle fire monsters in ancient Pompeii. Tosh has some new information to consider after meeting an alternate-universe Owen, and Professor Arthur Yana may be more than he appears...

( Chapter Six )

Edgar Van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who; Chapter 7

Title: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13 (mainly for language)
Summary: Torchwood is prepared to confront the man who was Professor Arthur Yana, now revealed to be a Time Lord bent on dominating Earth as his first step towards the stars. They have never needed the Doctor's help more than they do now, but the Doctor is in hiding as a human, with only Ross and Rose to protect him from a race of ruthless hunters. Behind the scenes, Edgar and Ellis receive a very surprising visitor, and Edgar makes a decision about his relationship with his head writer.

( Chapter Seven )

In Another Life; Ch 1 of 7, PG-13.

Title: In Another Life
Summary: An all-too-human Doctor begins to build a life with Rose Tyler, but old ghosts -- both real and imagined -- still haunt him. And there's only so much human life you can live without a name...
Rating: PG-13.
Warnings: Some discussion of PTSD; extreme gore in later chapters.
Notes: Completed fic, should be posted fairly rapidly over the course of the week -- I'm just getting the later parts beta'd. Primarily Doctor Who, but also incorporating some Torchwood without any extensive knowledge of Torchwood required. Who spoilers through Journey's End; no significant Torchwood spoilers.
Thanks to: mcgonagalls_cat and spiderine for betas. Any remaining rough edges are my fault for not listening to them. :D

Originally Posted 8.19.08

Now available at AO3.

( In Another Life, 1/7 )

In Another Life, Ch 2 of 7; PG-13

In this chapter, there's a visual I couldn't quite capture. When you come across it you'll see why I used this image; that is a genuine Armani blazer-jacket. I thought I might as well make a nice "book cover" for the fic as long as I was showing it off, which is fifty thousand words long and therefore almost the length of a novel.

( In Another Life 2/7 )

In Another Life, Ch 3 of 7; PG-13.

Thanks to: spiderine and mcgonagalls_cat for betas.
Credits: Quotes in this fic come from "Whose Body" and "The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club" by Dorothy Sayers.

( In Another Life, 3/7 )

In Another Life, Ch 4 of 7; PG-13.

Thanks to: mcgonagalls_cat and spiderine for betas; any remaining rough edges are my fault for not listening to them.

( In Another Life, 4/7 )

In Another Life, Ch 5 of 7; PG-13.

Thanks to: mcgonagalls_cat and spiderine for betas. Any remaining rough edges are my fault.

( In Another Life, 5/7 )

In Another Life, Ch 6 of 7; PG-13.

Thanks to: mcgonagalls_cat and spiderine for betas; any remaining rough edges are my fault.

( In Another Life, 6/7 )

In Another Life, Ch 7 of 7; PG-13.

Thanks to: spiderine and mcgonagalls_cat for betas. Any remaining rough edges are my fault.

( In Another Life, 7/7 )

In Another Life: Story Notes

( In Another Life: Post-Story Notes )

The Theory of Two Centres 1/8

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Rating: R for eventual sex; also violence.
Summary: Ianto Jones woke up in a bed that wasn't his, in a flat that wasn't his, wearing clothing that definitely wasn't his.
Warnings: Another one I'm not sure how to warn for. There are themes of memory control, definitely, but they're mainly voluntary; this touches heavily on the episode Adam, for context.
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

Originally posted on 10.20.08

Also available at AO3.

( Chapter One )

The Theory of Two Centres 2/8

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Summary: There are things you and Jack don't talk about, but he'd probably really like it if you helped him on with his coat. It's something you used to do.
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Two )

The Theory of Two Centres 3/8

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Summary: "And I miss it so fucking much," Jack said brokenly. "And I have for so long -- "
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Three )

The Theory of Two Centres 4/8

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Rating: R
Summary: A week ago in realtime he'd been wearing business suits. Now he was wearing Jack's t-shirt.
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Four )

The Theory of Two Centres 5/8

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Summary: Well, there was the comforting thought that perhaps he hadn't been mad before and was now going mad, because Ianto Jones had always been good at taking two bad situations and combining them.
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Five )

The Theory of Two Centres 6/8

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Summary: "Water pistols," Ianto observed. "We're going to save the world using water pistols."
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Six )

The Theory of Two Centres 7/8 - PRANK CHAPTER

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Summary: This is the JOKE chapter that I used in a Hallowe'en prank. It is NOT THE REAL CHAPTER SEVEN.
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Seven )

The Theory of Two Centres 7/8 (The real one!)

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Summary: A scholar who carries a gun. Yes, I understand. It's very hard to be both. To want to know, and to know that you can't know, that sometimes the cost of knowing is too high.
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Seven )

The Theory of Two Centres 8/8

Title: The Theory of Two Centres
Pairings: Canon. Set post-S2.
Summary: Ianto Jones woke up in a bed that wasn't his, in a flat that wasn't his, with a headache he definitely didn't remember deserving.
Notes: Thanks to la_rainette, adina_atl, and spiderine for advice on fighting, firearms, italics, titles, eggs, and grammar. All are important!

( Chapter Eight )

The Theory of Two Centres: Post Story Notes

( The Theory Of Two Centres: Post Story Notes )

Torchwood Season Zero: Introduction & Pilot

Originally posted at livejournal community tw_season_zero on 01.01.2009. Past comments may be found there.

Also available at AO3.

Torchwood: Outside the government, beyond the police. A secret organisation, fighting for the future on behalf of the human race. Torchwood One: The London headquarter office, destroyed by an alien attack. Torchwood Two: A listening post in Glasgow. Torchwood Three: Cardiff, under the command of Captain Jack Harkness. Torchwood Four: Disappeared. The twenty-first century is when it all changes. Are you ready? TORCHWOOD: PRESEASON

( The Story Behind The Story )

( Further Reading: A Recslist )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.01: Lost Causes )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

Torchwood Season Zero: Episodes 2-4 (Monsters Arc)

( Episode Summary, 0.02: Monster of the Week )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.03: Plague )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.04: Till Death Do Us Part )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

Torchwood Season Zero: Episodes 5 - 7 (Ianto Arc)

( Episode Summary, 0.05: Jones Ianto Jones )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.06: Fiddler In The North )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.07: We Eat What We Kill )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

Torchwood Season Zero: Episodes 8 - 10 (Risks and Rewards Arc)

( Episode Summary, 0.08: The Making of Toshiko )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

( Fan Reactions )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.09: Sex Sells )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.10: Recovery )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

Torchwood Season Zero: Episodes 11 - 13 (History Arc)

( Episode Summary, 0.11: Touching Four )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.12: Lockdown )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

---

( Episode Summary, 0.13: Know Then Thyself )

( Memorable Episode Quotes )

( BBC Website Extras )

( Captain's Blog )

WIAD Fanfics: Rounds 1-6 Archival Post

This is the archival post for rounds 1-6 of the writerinadrawer challenge. With special thanks to:

thefannishwaldo for running this and being a fantastic hardworking mod
51stcenturyfox for blowing BETA SPARKLES all over every entry
And all who read and voted, both for your praise and for your criticism.

Originally posted 9.30.09

Also available at AO3.

Title: I Went To The Animal Fair
Rating: G
Summary: Torchwood contemplates the capture of an escaped zoo animal.
Warning: None.
Theme: Drabble; added element, zoo animal.
Word Count: 100 Exactly
Score: 12 (-1, +13). Won the round.

( I Went To The Animal Fair )

Title: Show Me Your Schematics
Rating: PG
Summary: Jack bribes a young mechanic into helping him with a problem with his Spitfire.
Notes: I regret, with this one, the low wordcount. I wanted to tell a much more complete story instead of what seems like just a scene; the idea was to show Jack introducing someone to the wonders of the universe, as an exploration of how long he has spent at this kind of thing.
Warning: None.
Theme: Favor. One of our characters needs a favor from someone; added element, a city foreign to your character.
Word count: Limited To 400
Score: 3 (-1, +4).

( Show Me Your Schematics )

Title: Keep Calm And Carry On
Rating: PG
Summary: The Torchwood archives are covered in signs, but at first Ianto doesn't understand why.
Theme: Signage; added element, a hand gesture, sign or signal.
Warning: Involuntary (well, accidental) drug use.
Words: Limited to 500
Score: 5 (+5). Won the round.

( Keep Calm and Carry On )

Title: I Know The Voices Dying
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Jack decides a paradox might be a way to solve his little immortality problem, and at the moment he doesn't care who he takes with him.
Warning: None.
Notes: This is a little more disjointed than I would have liked; I wanted him to have more time to discuss paradoxes with Elisia, and I wanted his thought process to paint a more complete picture for the audience of a totally broken man, someone who has turned so far inwards that there's no discernable difference between him and a sociopath. I Know The Voices Dying is a line from TS Eliot's Prufrock.
Theme: School and lessons; added element, a common school supply
Words: Less than 500
Score: -2 (-4, +2)

( I Know The Voices Dying )

Title: The Water's Fine
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Ianto takes a leap of faith.
Warning: None.
Notes: I have to admit that I kind of stole the 'something on my face' line from a fic I'd been beta-reading, without meaning to. SORRY FOXY.
Theme: Unexpected Side Effect; added element, advice from your mother
Word Count: Less than 700.
Score: 4 (-1, +5). Won the round.

( The Water's Fine )

Title: In Loco Parentis
Rating: PG
Summary: Jack is retconned back to childhood, and Ianto does what he has to in order to fix it.
Notes: This was the subject of some hot comment action. The biggest problem people had with it was the idea that Retcon Doesn't Work That Way, but my more pressing concern was how flat it was. The wordcount bit me on the ass again in this; I wanted to go into much more detail about Jack's feelings and reactions, and about the team reacting to Ianto's initiative-taking. C'est la vie.
Theme: Amnesia; added element, a television show.
Word Count: Less than 700
Score: 3 (-7, +10)

( In Loco Parentis )

WIAD Round 7: Four Uniforms

Title: Four Uniforms Jack Harkness Wore (And One He Never Did)
Rating: PG
Summary: Jack has worn any number of uniforms, but some he won't wear.
Notes: Written for round 7 of writerinadrawer. Thanks to 51stcenturyfox for beta sparkles. This story was especially popular among some of my friends, and I am still teased by Claire that nothing I write will ever compare to Uniforms. :D
Warning: None.
Theme: 4 + 1; added element, colours of the rainbow. This was also an optional round.
Word Count: Less than 1000

Also available at AO3.

( Four Uniforms )

WIAD Round 8: Tuesday The 17th

Title: Tuesday the 17th
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Ianto and Jack begin to reach an understanding in the aftermath of Cyberwoman.
Notes: Written for round 8 of writerinadrawer. Thanks to 51stcenturyfox for beta sparkles.
Warnings: Canonical character death (Lisa).
Theme: Use a title from Psych, the TV show; added element, one fruit and one vegetable
Word Count: Less than 1000
Score: 2 (+3, -1)

Also available at AO3.

( Tuesday the 17th )

WIAD Round 9: We Have No Protocol For This

Title: We Have No Protocol For This
Rating: PG-13
Summary: What, you thought bodyswap machines would be fun sex toys?
Notes: Written for round 9 of writerinadrawer. Thanks to 51stcenturyfox for beta sparkles. I'd been writing really sort of dark fic, and I thought I'd do something light and bantery for a change. This resulted in my second ever negative score. Oops? :D
Warnings: Well, obviously there's some issues around bodyswap, but I think I treated them with sensitivity.
Theme: Bodyswap; added element, a piece of candy.
Word Count: Less than 1200
Score: -1 (+1, -2)

Also available at AO3.

( We Have No Protocol For This )

WIAD Round 10: The Harp Of My Country Survives

Title: The Harp Of My Country Survives
Rating: PG
Summary: Gwen catches Jack and Ianto in a private moment, long after both of them have left. Post-CoE.
Notes: Written for round 10 of writerinadrawer. Thanks to 51stcenturyfox for beta sparkles. Frankly I didn't think I had it in me to write this kind of story, this exploration of the grief Gwen must have experienced and the way she might recover Torchwood as a part of that process. But, well, here it is.
Theme: Photograph (find or take a photo your character has in their possession); added element, a song title.
Word Count: Less than 1500
Score: 10 (+11, -1). Won the round.
Warning: Extensive discussion of canonical character death and grieving.

Also available at AO3.

( The Harp Of My Country Survives )

WIAD Final Round: Writ In Water

Title: Writ In Water
Rating: PG-13
Summary: "Time isn't an archive, with neat little files and labels. It's just this...heap of things that happened. You pull something off the bottom, you knock some things over. That's why we live with our messes."
Notes: Written for the final round of writerinadrawer. Thanks to 51stcenturyfox for beta sparkles.
Theme: Getting clean; added element, a board game.
Word Count: Less than 4500
Score: 1 (+12, -11). Won the round and, thus, the game.
Warnings: Technically involves a suicide.

Originally posted 10.06.09

Also available at AO3.

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
-- Gravestone epitaph of John Keats

( Writ In Water )

I Were The Heavens; Torchwood, PG

Title: I Were The Heavens
Rating: PG for language
Summary: A sixteen-year-old boy from Boeshane is going to win the war. The Time Agency has a vested interest in children like him -- and so does the Admiral of the Fleet.
Warning: Portrayal of PTSD and child-soldierhood.

First Posted 01.06.09
Revised 03.26.10

Now available on AO3.

( I Were The Heavens )

Your Face Is Turned, 1/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned (Sequel to I Were The Heavens)
Part: 1 of 9
Rating: R (more sex than you can shake a dick -- a stick! I mean a stick! More sex than you can shake a stick at.)
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.
Beta Credit: I owe thaddeusfavour for actually getting me to do something with this and cruentum for cheering me on in the process. I also owe 51stcenturyfox, gypsylady, neifile7, and spiderine for their excellent beta work and commentary. All of the Ask!Kids helped, really, setting me straight and keeping me going. HAVE SOME BRRVIDA, GUYS. IT'S PROTEIN.
Notes: If Levy and Kraf sound familiar as names, it's because you've been reading Ender's Game; this story is influenced, necessarily I think, by that book, and an homage seemed appropriate. As much as I might disagree with Orson Scott Card's politics, it's hard to deny the impact of Ender's Game on this genre of story.
Warnings: Extensive discussion and portrayal of PTSD.

durayan did a brilliant portrait of Lo Boeshane which, if you enjoy the story, you should definitely check out!

First Posted 3.26.2010 - 4.2.2010

Now available on AO3!

Star of my life, to the stars your face is turned;
Would I were the heavens, looking back at you with ten thousand eyes.
-- Plato

( Chapter One )

Your Face Is Turned, 2/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 2 of 9
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.
Beta Credit: I owe thaddeusfavour for actually getting me to do something with this and cruentum for cheering me on in the process. I also owe 51stcenturyfox, gypsylady, neifile7, and spiderine for their excellent beta work and commentary. All of the Ask!Kids helped, really, setting me straight and keeping me going.

( Chapter Two )

Your Face Is Turned, 3/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 3 of 9
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.

( Chapter Three )

Your Face Is Turned, 4/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 4 of 9
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.

( Chapter Four )

Your Face Is Turned, 5a/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 5 of 9 (part A)
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.
Note: So, Chapter Five turned out to be too long to post, and yet too short to be a "real" chapter if I split it in half. Therefore I split the chapter into Part A and Part B. Part B to follow; it's linked at the bottom of part A.

( Chapter Five A )

Your Face Is Turned, 5b/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 5 of 9 (part B)
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.
Note: So, Chapter Five turned out to be too long to post, and yet too short to be a "real" chapter if I split it in half. Therefore I split the chapter into Part A and Part B.

( Chapter Five B )

Your Face Is Turned, 6/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 6 of 9
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.

( Chapter Six )

Your Face Is Turned, 7/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 7 of 9
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.

( Chapter Seven )

Your Face Is Turned, 8/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 8 of 9
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.

( Chapter Eight )

Your Face Is Turned, 9/9

Title: Your Face Is Turned
Part: 9 of 9
Rating: R
Summary: Lo Boeshane has a promising career ahead of him as he enters his first year of Fleet Officer Training, but the war is still with him and life at Quantico Station can be difficult. Meanwhile, Ianto Jones is just trying to figure out why the Doctor kidnapped him to the fifty-first century and why Jack abandoned him at a school for the Fleet's military elite. He suspects it may have something to do with Lo, but his attempts to help the troubled young veteran may damage his own timestream beyond repair.

( Chapter Nine )

Condition of Release, 1/5

Title: Condition of Release
Part: 1 of 5
Rating: PG-13; R in the final chapter
Summary: Jack has studied the Cybermen for forty years, and he's damned if he'll let one take any of his people away from him without a fight.
Beta Credit: 51stcenturyfox, misswinterhill, neifile7, and spiderine are winnars! :D
Notes: This was inspired by Tomb Of The Cybermen and The Invasion, two Classic Who episodes which indicate that Cybermen have the power to control human minds. The mythology of the Cybermen is complicated and contradictory, but a remarkable constant remains their desire, their need, for a human collaborator to ready the way for them.
Warnings: I'm not sure how to warn for this one. There are strong themes and portrayals of mind control, including some dubcon (though of an interpersonal rather than explicitly sexual nature). If you are triggered by dubious consent or nonsexual external control, I would suggest having a trusted friend review this before reading.

First Posted 4.5.2010 - 4.9.2010

Also available at AO3.

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( Chapter One )

Condition of Release, 2/5

Title: Condition of Release
Part: 2 of 5
Rating: PG-13; R in the final chapter
Summary: Jack has studied the Cybermen for forty years, and he's damned if he'll let one take any of his people away from him without a fight.
Beta Credit: 51stcenturyfox, misswinterhill, neifile7, and spiderine are winnars! :D

( Chapter Two )

Condition of Release, 3/5

Title: Condition of Release
Part: 3 of 5
Rating: PG-13; R in the final chapter
Summary: Jack has studied the Cybermen for forty years, and he's damned if he'll let one take any of his people away from him without a fight.
Beta Credit: 51stcenturyfox, misswinterhill, neifile7, and spiderine are winnars! :D
NOTE: The "Employee Statement" in this chapter was not written by me. It is taken from the BBC extras, archived at the Ianto's Desktop comm. To whom, I may add, I owe a debt of gratitude for their excellent historical timeline of the TW/DW universe.

( Chapter Three )

Condition of Release, 4/5

Title: Condition of Release
Part: 4 of 5
Rating: PG-13; R in the final chapter
Summary: Jack has studied the Cybermen for forty years, and he's damned if he'll let one take any of his people away from him without a fight.
Beta Credit: 51stcenturyfox, misswinterhill, neifile7, and spiderine are winnars! :D

( Chapter Four )

Condition of Release, 5/5

Title: Condition of Release
Part: 5 of 5
Rating: PG-13; R in the final chapter
Summary: Jack has studied the Cybermen for forty years, and he's damned if he'll let one take any of his people away from him without a fight.
Beta Credit: 51stcenturyfox, misswinterhill, neifile7, and spiderine are winnars! :D

( Chapter Five )

Condition of Release: Author's Notes

While posting Condition Of Release, I had some requests to discuss the Classic Who canon that I drew on in this story. I also wanted to talk a little bit about the mytharc of the Cybermen, so if you'd like the full impact of my nattering you can read on, but if you scroll to the bottom you can find a plain set of links to articles about the canonical sources I used.

( Author's Notes on Condition of Release. )

( Links to episode info and summaries. )