Torchwood Recs
Attrition by lazuli_kat
Jack/Ianto Ianto/OMC
Jack returns after the events of End of Days to discover that Ianto is happily in a relationship with another man.
OK so if you're in the Torchwood fandom the chances that you haven't read this are very slim as it is one of the best stories to be produced in the fandom in a long while and certainly one of very few novel length stories. This is a very strong story with great characterisation across the board. Gwen and Owen who are rarely served well by Torchwood fanfic writers come across as real life complex flesh and blood people here. Crucially this version of Torchwood Three is very much a team so you really do care about all of them. I almost didn't read this initially as I'm not fond of Jack or Ianto paired with an OMC but Bryn is a well rounded likeable character (if perhaps a little too reminiscent of Rhys) whose presence doesn't de-rail the story. The Jack/Ianto relationship is wonderfully portrayed - it's complex and painful and raw.
Reading it as a work in progress was an often frustrating experience (despite apparently having been completely written before it was posted it was posted in twice weekly chapters presumably to maximise impact) as some of the chapters are extremely short and the pacing around the midsection slows a little with the on again/off again/on again nature of the Jack/Ianto relationship beginning to grate slightly, but these problems evaporate when reading it in one go.
I'm also not convinced about the ending which skips forward in time missing out a significant event and which jars slightly with the rest of the piece (so much of the story was focused on getting Jack to live again and to start building a home with Ianto at Ianto's place and on the need for Jack to respect Ianto as a full member of Torchwood Three that an ending which removes them both from the Hub doesn't quite work) but overall this is a great story.
Cura Deum Di Sint by zabbers
Jack/Ianto
Unusual Jack/Ianto hurt-comfort fic with a powerful ending.
Timeless by nixa_jane
Jack/Ianto
Interesting piece of Jack back story with a great temporal anomaly story.
Jack/Ianto Ianto/OMC
Jack returns after the events of End of Days to discover that Ianto is happily in a relationship with another man.
OK so if you're in the Torchwood fandom the chances that you haven't read this are very slim as it is one of the best stories to be produced in the fandom in a long while and certainly one of very few novel length stories. This is a very strong story with great characterisation across the board. Gwen and Owen who are rarely served well by Torchwood fanfic writers come across as real life complex flesh and blood people here. Crucially this version of Torchwood Three is very much a team so you really do care about all of them. I almost didn't read this initially as I'm not fond of Jack or Ianto paired with an OMC but Bryn is a well rounded likeable character (if perhaps a little too reminiscent of Rhys) whose presence doesn't de-rail the story. The Jack/Ianto relationship is wonderfully portrayed - it's complex and painful and raw.
Reading it as a work in progress was an often frustrating experience (despite apparently having been completely written before it was posted it was posted in twice weekly chapters presumably to maximise impact) as some of the chapters are extremely short and the pacing around the midsection slows a little with the on again/off again/on again nature of the Jack/Ianto relationship beginning to grate slightly, but these problems evaporate when reading it in one go.
I'm also not convinced about the ending which skips forward in time missing out a significant event and which jars slightly with the rest of the piece (so much of the story was focused on getting Jack to live again and to start building a home with Ianto at Ianto's place and on the need for Jack to respect Ianto as a full member of Torchwood Three that an ending which removes them both from the Hub doesn't quite work) but overall this is a great story.
Cura Deum Di Sint by zabbers
Jack/Ianto
Unusual Jack/Ianto hurt-comfort fic with a powerful ending.
Timeless by nixa_jane
Jack/Ianto
Interesting piece of Jack back story with a great temporal anomaly story.