Fic: I’ll Make It Up To You - Meme fill for iantojjackh

[badly_knitted]

Title: I’ll Make It Up To You

Author: badly_knitted

Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto

Rating: G

Word Count: 609

Summary: Jack keeps his promise to make up to Ianto for running off with the Doctor.

Spoilers/Warnings: Nada.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood or any of the characters. Which is sad.

A/N: For iantojjackh who wanted ‘Second Chance, timestamp: 1 month later. Wanna see if

Comments

[owensheart]

This was a really lovely story.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!

I'm trying to get back into writing longer pieces. I won't stop drabbling, but I need to stretch my writing muscles a bit before they seize up completely, lol!

[excentric397]

This was really nice. Yay to longer stories, too. Drabbles are okay, but sometimes it seems most of what's posted are drabbles, and I really like long, long stories. AU's are a special favorite and there have been some really great ones. Looking forward to longer ones from you. Thank you.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you. Sad to say, even my long fics aren't very long, I suck at writing involved plots. Sometimes I can manage a few thousand words, but most at the moment will probably be less than 2000. My muse is gradually waking from a long sleep, but is still a bit sluggish and real life keeps throwing a spanner in the works. At least the drabbles have kept me writing regularly, which is a good thing. When I stop completely I find it very hard to get going again.

Still, who knows what might happen? I have a few ideas for short pieces and a couple of sequels to existing stories in the works. I might even expand on some of my drabbles. I just need time to get some writing done, but that's in short supply at the moment. I hardly even have time to read short fics, never mind write them. I really hate the way life keeps getting in the way of fandom, lol!

Glad you liked this little snippet though.

[excentric397]

At least you CAN write. I can only read. I could not come up with a plot, let alone all the dialogue and descriptions and everything else that makes a good story for serious money. But short or long, I will read it. Reading, it's what's for dinner. It's a good thing. It's FUNdamental. And every other cliche you can come up with. I love to read, and I love my Kindle. :)

[badly_knitted]

To live is to read - I'd waste away without it!

I never planned on writing, but somehow it happened anyway =S

Sometimes it doesn't even feel like I'm the one doing the writing. The characters take over and all I can do is try to keep up. I enjoy it, but the whole writing process baffles me. I wish I was better at plots and original characters, but I know my limits and what I'm best at so I mostly stick to that - fluff and silliness.

This fic's the first of three that were requested by various people for a meme thingy I took part in here:

http://badly-knitted.livejournal.com/106701.html

Requests are still welcome if you're interested.

[excentric397]

Saved your master list for later. Should have said, also, I love Action Figure Theatre and the Nosy Verse. I just never connected that it was all you. Hey, I've been very ill for quite a long time, and since I'm better, I've really realized how poorly my brain was working all that time. I have not lost my ability to come up with excuses, however. :)

[badly_knitted]

Well, I'm glad you're feeling better and that your brain is thinking better again! I know how that is. I have huge gaps in my memory because of past illnesses and medications.

Hopefully, when I get the time, I'll be able to do more action figure theatre - I have some ideas, but I don't have all the props I need yet and setting up the scenes is quite time consuming. If you enjoy action figure action though, are you familiar with the amazing dieastra ? She's the one who got me started and she does it all brilliantly. Even did a dramatisation of one of my drabbles =)

I CAN promise there will be some more Nosy-Verse fics soon, a couple of little one-shots at least.

[excentric397]

Thanks for pointing me to diestra. Did a quick scan and saved it to do a thorough look later. Great pictures.

You're the only other person I've come across who has mentioned memory gaps due to illness and meds. I have blocks of time (like weeks here and there) that just ceased to exist for me, and I completely forgot a severe reaction I had to Tramadol until I was at my doctor's and a friend went with me and mentioned it. I still don't have an actual memory of it, but I know it happened because my friend remembered it. Weird. Tramadol was fun. I had hallucinations. That I DO remember. One example: conversation with three women, who when I blinked, suddenly were no longer there. I remember thinking to myself (cliche follows), "Well, that can't be good." Why, yes. We do live in the Twilight Zone. Isn't it fun?

[badly_knitted]

Kind of depends on your definition of fun, doesn't it?

I completely missed my niece's first few years. I've seen photos, but I don't remember her from that time at all. I remember buying a soft toy for her before she was born, then nothing until she was about 6.

I'm thankful nothing I've been prescribed has caused hallucinations. Still, I hope it was an interesting conversation before the women disappeared.

Doctors have managed to get me addicted to tranquilizers not once but twice, which has also left me with agoraphobia and panic attacks. All for nothing of course, since I was wrongly diagnosed in the first place. *shrugs* Sometimes you end up just having to make the best of what you're stuck with.

[excentric397]

I was apparently misdiagnosed as well. Have kind of lost my faith in modern medicine. One day at a time, right? Works for lots of life issues. Hope all goes well for you.

[badly_knitted]

One day at a time is the best way. I'm stuck the way I am now, probably permanently, because no one seems to care much about trying to figure out what's wrong with me and find a treatment that works. I hope you have better luck. I've lost faith in doctors too, but I still take a whole bunch of pills because at least they help control some of my problems.

[excentric397]

Don't mean to turn this into a massive correspondence, but just wanted to say that in December I developed massive, completely debilitating pain, and was not functional enough to take the numerous pills they had me on, including anti-depressants I'd been on for years. After being off everything for some time, I realized that, except for that pain, I was much better in general. Not even any non-pain related depression. Have not gone back on things, either, and am doing better than I have in years. Thanks for nothing, doctors I've seen over those years.

[badly_knitted]

That can sometimes be the case. My pills all help certain symptoms and I'm a lot worse without them, unfortunately so not taking them isn't an option. I'm glad that you've improved since stopping taking your pills. Hope your finding ways to manage the pain, being in constant pain is no fun at all.

[excentric397]

That pain is finally gone, thank goodness, and I just have the normal pain from arthritis. Interestingly enough (well, to me) is that the other pain I've had for years is also gone. The one I've been treated for with all the meds that never helped. Prednisone for the horrible pain fixed all the other pain as well, which is how they realized I had been misdiagnosed. Prednisone would not effect the pain I had if my diagnosis had been correct. Serendipity? Is that the word? Discovering one thing in the course of doing something else. I would never have known I don't have fibromyalgia, if I hadn't gotten pleurisy. Now, nobody knows what actually IS wrong with me. Oh, The reason I wasn't going for massive correspondence is more time spent replying to my numerous and wordy replies means less time for writing that fic. Please imagine the big smile on my face, as I am meaning this to be sort of humorous. I believe I have some Asperger's and am well-known amongst my friends for being more Sheldon than Leonard...or Penny.

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[badly_knitted]

LOL!

Well, I'm glad the worst pain is gone, though arthritis can be pretty damned uncomfortable, as I well know. I seem to have it in most of the joints I've got. You really know how many joints the human body has when they hurt don't you. I even have arthritic toes! It's not too severe most of the time though and I take Omega 3 oil capsules which are supposed to help, though I mainly take them because they make my frequent migraines less severe.

Well that makes two of us. No on knows what's wrong with me either.

Got to try to get some writing done tomorrow - much too tired to concentrate tonight anyway. Besides, it's getting on towards midnight so I'll be heading to bed soon. Just finishing up with my emails and finishing a few chores before bed, unless I nod off over the computer first, lol!