Torchwood Fic: Wounded, 1/1 PG-13

[sunstar77]

Title: Wounded
Pairing: Gwen/Owen
Rating: PG-13
Summary: After the events of Combat, Gwen and Owen have a little talk.
Spoilers: Up to and including "Combat".
Author's Notes: Thanks to my wonderful beta lon_dubh.
Disclaimer: Don't own any of them.

Comments

[mardahin]

I adore this, because it captures the love/hate element of their relationship, and the subsequent external relationships, so well. It would be so much easier, all of it, if they didn't actually care about each other in this mess. If they only cared about the others, and what they had really was only a part-time shag. Great job!

[sunstar77]

Thank you very much for your kind words. I really love the Gwen/Owen relationship and I think part of that love is all the external stuff that should, but doesn't, keep them apart.

BTW, I love your icon.

[mardahin]

Gwen/Owen was one of the initial dynamics that I just adored in Torchwood, partially because it's such a trainwreck - you know it's going to blow up in your face, but you also can't look away. The affection and sense of responsibility that comes with working in life or death situations, and the desperate need for understanding that comes seeing what they see, just has so much potential. Granted, it has to be handled carefully, but it's still just fascinating.

[/over analysis]

RE: the icon - Thanks! I made it when I started working on what I now jokingly call the Torchwood Monster - I've got a Gwen/Owen fic that's somehow grown to 11,000 words, and will probably be close to 20,000 all told (it's two parts, and part one is somewhere around 8,500 while part two is still an outline and clocking in at 3,000). And there might be a sequel.
*Has no self control*

[sunstar77]

I've got a Gwen/Owen fic that's somehow grown to 11,000 words, and will probably be close to 20,000 all told (it's two parts, and part one is somewhere around 8,500 while part two is still an outline and clocking in at 3,000). And there might be a sequel.
*Has no self control*

I think it's just this pairing. It just takes on a life of its own sometimes. More than once, it felt like Owen and Gwen were simply doing what they wanted, to hell with my plot. :-)

[mardahin]

That is entirely possible. They do seem a touch strong willed, don't they?

Yeah, the monster (and its sequel, which I am apparently not getting out of writing and has been code-named "The Diane Project" (don't ask)) has just exploded from one, tiny, ill-considered joke about "Aliens Made Them Do It" and Stargate Fic clichés. And then what was going to be a minor, minor, one-scene long gag has turned into the fuel for the entire second half of the fic.

12,000 words and counting. And I think the sequel's going to be really truly terrifying when I get around to it. Tonight, I have to write my flashfic entry before giddygeek kicks my ass. I've met her in RL before, and I know she could totally do it if so inspired.

And honestly? Half of my problem is that I really don't have any self-control. I take these little ideas or off-hand comments and run with them, leading to massive universes that attempt to eat my soul. It's happened 3 times and counting in SGA fandom. I hadn't really expected it to happen in Torchwood. *Headdesk* I think

[sunstar77]

lol

[mardahin]

Such is the life of a fic-writer, sadly.

[sunstar77]

I completely understand. And this icon's really cool too. :-)

[mardahin]

LOL.

14,000 words and counting. I'm a dead woman. Especially given that the 3-piece sequel set (a duology & a single piece) has started taking conceptual form. So dead. Especially since this all needs to be finished before S2 starts airing, so that I publish at least the heavy ground-work before canon throws my theories out the window, which I have a strong suspicion it's going to.