Drabble: Shelter

[badly_knitted]

Title: Shelter

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Jack

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 316 - Reverse Fandom - How I Met Your Mother at tw100

Spoilers: Adrift.

Summary: It doesn’t look like much, but in Jack’s opinion, it’s ideal.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

A/N: Title used was ‘Shelter Island’

Comments

[bluelilacs]

Perfect use of the prompt. Well done.

I dare anyone who knows anything about Jack Harkness to say he's lost his humanity. Yes, I'm looking at you, Gwen Cooper.

[badly_knitted]

Exactly! He has more humanity and compassion than anyone, he does the right things for the right reasons, but sometimes he has to do terrible things for the greater good and that weighs on him unbearably. I don't know how Gwen can NOT SEE what such things cost Jack.

Thank you!

[maldeluxx]

So simple yet deep, loved it :)

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! =)

Jack must have hasd to hunt for a suitable place to set up the sanctuary, the isolated island must have been a godsend.

[timelordshines]

Aww, lovely.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! That prompt just jumped out at me =)

[asia27]

It's little glimpses of things like this that make it so appalling what happened to Jack in CoE (the blowup); he may have been alien and from the future, but he was far more human and compassionate than anyone in that farce of a government could ever call themselves. Jack could have used a better 'bedside manner' in dealing with the local LEOs but even that is excusable, considering what Torchwood dealt with but this just beats out even that. Its just too bad that no one really knew what Jack was really like when he did things like this.

This goes with your LIbrary drabble... :D

[badly_knitted]

He did his best to help those he could and to protect those who nothing much could be done for. That's why he set up Flat Holm to give them a place of safety where they could be cared for.

I have a theory about why Jack behaves the way he does with the police. It's a distraction technique. If the cops are annoyed with Jack, they're more likely to go away and leave Torchwood to it. If they go away, they're less likely to see things they shouldn't or get hurt. Being nice isn't always the best approach.

[black59]

good.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you!