TORCHWOOD: The Quality of Mercy in Torchwood
Title: The Quality of Mercy in Torchwood
Characters/Pairing: Jack and Toshiko
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Life in Torchwood is never safe, but it's better than the alternative.
Notes: Look, I really can write drabbles! Honestly! Written for who_topia, originally posted at Jack's journal (impossible_thng). This scene from "Fragments" totally squicks me half the time. So obviously the thing to do is poke at it.
Disclaimer: Torchwood and all characters belong to the BBC. I am not affiliated with the BBC, and am not making any money from this.
"Oh, baby, you're good."
He's saving her from a lifetime of concrete walls and solitude. He's giving her a life, sunlight and books and tech and friends. Working for Torchwood would be better than this. If it kills her in a few years' time, it's still mercy.
She's scared. She's desperate, already broken - being here long enough would do that to anyone. He could say anything, and she'd still come, because it's a way out of here.
He should warn her anyway. Give her a chance...
"It's going to be dangerous. Think you can bear a little danger?"
Characters/Pairing: Jack and Toshiko
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Life in Torchwood is never safe, but it's better than the alternative.
Notes: Look, I really can write drabbles! Honestly! Written for who_topia, originally posted at Jack's journal (impossible_thng). This scene from "Fragments" totally squicks me half the time. So obviously the thing to do is poke at it.
Disclaimer: Torchwood and all characters belong to the BBC. I am not affiliated with the BBC, and am not making any money from this.
"Oh, baby, you're good."
He's saving her from a lifetime of concrete walls and solitude. He's giving her a life, sunlight and books and tech and friends. Working for Torchwood would be better than this. If it kills her in a few years' time, it's still mercy.
She's scared. She's desperate, already broken - being here long enough would do that to anyone. He could say anything, and she'd still come, because it's a way out of here.
He should warn her anyway. Give her a chance...
"It's going to be dangerous. Think you can bear a little danger?"