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Fic: Through Time And Space: Chapter 9 - Crossed Wires

May 25, 2015 21:48

Title: Through Time And Space: Chapter 9 - Crossed Wires

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Ianto, OFC, OMC, Jack

Rating: PG-13

Word Count: 2746

Spoilers: CoE, House of the Dead

Summary: Ianto finds more obstacles thrown in his path as what at first seemed like the fairly straightforward task of catching up with Jack is beset by one minor disaster after another.

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fic, fix-it, jack/ianto, fic: series, jack harkness, fic: pg-13, ianto jones, torchwood fic, other character/s, fan_flashworks

Comments 14

breannarose1 May 25 2015, 23:58:11 UTC

no no no no no.
just. No.
So close & yet.
Oh, Jack, you have no idea what you just did. :(

what heartbreaking chapter.
It will be ok in the end though, right?

...
wasn't he going to use the name Desmond Llewellyn?!?!

badly_knitted May 26 2015, 10:57:54 UTC

Poor Jack, he really just wants to avoid the Doctor, but if Ianto had used his own name, Jack would have thought someone was playing a cruel joke and still would have hidden.

Yes, it will be okay in the end, Ianto just needs to have a few adventures to boost his confidence out in space first and Jack needs to pick himself up and start putting himself together so Ianto doesn't have to do ALL the work. They'll both be stronger in the long run.

Yes, he is, but that's in a later chapter, which is written. Des is an alias he uses around the less respectable people he comes across in his search for Jack.

Thank you!

owensheart May 26 2015, 10:53:47 UTC

Oh poor Jack he missed his chance, Perhaps If Ianto had used his own name, Jack may have met him but then again that might have made him angrier if he thought it was the Doctor.

great chapter.

badly_knitted May 26 2015, 11:02:36 UTC

It's doubtful Jack would have believed even if Ianto had used his own name, he might have thought it a cruel joke and still avoided meeting the person. Jack'd not in a good place right now, but he will get better, to a certain extent, before Ianto finds him again.

Thank you!

excentric397 May 27 2015, 20:58:27 UTC

How many chapters do you have planned? I really want to read this, but my policy is to wait til it's done. I've started too many abandoned multi-chapter fics to ever just jump in and start reading again. Not that you'd do that, but I really hate to be in the middle of something great and it just...ends.

badly_knitted May 27 2015, 22:02:59 UTC

I'm currently writing Chapter 17, so I'm thinking at the moment 22 to 25, depending on how many chapters it takes me to get through the part I'm writing now. Trouble is, the prompts I'm using only come out every 10 days and they're not always suitable, plus I took a break from writing it when mum passed away and I only started writing again a month or so ago. I will get there, I'm just not a fast writer and even what I think are going to be short chapters end up much longer. Chapter 17 is currently 2449 words and not finished, and I've only got two more days to get it done o_O

The main problem is that it's NOT planned out, I take inspiration from the prompts, so it's taken some unexpected twists and turns, but I like the way the story is developing and I hope that when you do get to read it, you'll enjoy it!

excentric397 May 28 2015, 23:38:14 UTC

I know I will enjoy it. Also, long chapters are not a bad thing, to my way of thinking. :) Looking forward to the reading.

badly_knitted May 29 2015, 10:10:33 UTC

Chapter 17 was supposed to be short! Now it's over 4000 words long, it's not finished, and I have to post it today! *wibbles*

I'd better get writing, just can't seem to find the end of this chapter, dammit!

Have to admit though, I'm enjoying Ianto tremendously in this chapter. *grins* He's so much fun to write!

reddevilpoes May 27 2015, 21:41:56 UTC

AAAARRRGGGHHHH. Poor Ianto, poor Jack...I'm off to bed for a good cry

badly_knitted May 27 2015, 22:10:54 UTC

*hugs* Sorry! I had to do it, Ianto needs to have some solo adventures before finding Jack, and Jack needs time to grieve for all he's lost so that he can be happy when he finds Ianto. They will be together eventually, I promise.

Thank you!

akawho June 2 2015, 20:29:54 UTC

ACKK!! Ianto made a big mistake thinking that Jack would want to see the Doctor so soon.

badly_knitted June 2 2015, 22:04:45 UTC

He did, though I can't fault his reasoning, he knows the Doctor is a close friend of Jack's, or at least believes that from what Jack has said about him. Finding Jack again got just a little bit harder now he's been sent off on s wild goose chase. If he only knew how close he'd been...

Thank you!