Remembrance
Set during the middle part of Boom Town. Inspired by the scene in Everything Changes(TW S1 Episode 1)when Jack is watching the conversation between Gwen and Suzie from the "invisible lift".
Title: Remembrance
Author:
janna_hawkins
Summary: The temptation is so great. To reach out, to let them know that he is here.
Characters: Captain Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Doctor Who except my psychic paper, sonic screwdriver and sonic pen :)
AN: Hey look! I actually wrote Torchwood! For danaems *hugs*
He stands by the fountain. Silently watching the water fall, completely invisible to the younger man next to him.
The sound of a door opening makes him turn and smile wistfully at the figure that appears.
The blonde girl comes toward him and the other man, kids around with the younger as he watches.
The temptation is so great. To reach out, to let them know that he is here. But he can't. Better yet another heartbreak for him than a universe shattering paradox.
Or so that's what he'd like to think. In truth he's too afraid. Afraid that if he reveals himself he will change the future. Their future. A future where he might not even be here. A future where things are horribly different.
No. Better to let events play out as they were supposed to.
He glances up at the blue box as the younger pair leave. Salutes the occupants silently. Even though he knows they can't see him, he knows that at least one of them is looking outside. He'd caught him the first time, watching the others leave.
He sighs and engages the mechanism that will lower him back into his secret base. Time to evacuate his team before the earthquake that he knows will occur.
The time is drawing closer. Only a few more years and he can meet his Doctor again.
Only a few more years of dying and being unwillingly reborn.
Only a few more years of losing people he cares about while he goes on.
Maybe then he can learn what's been done to him, why he can't die.
In the meantime, he'll keep watching. After all, the twenty-first century is when everything changes. And he's got to be ready.
Title: Remembrance
Author:
janna_hawkins
Summary: The temptation is so great. To reach out, to let them know that he is here.
Characters: Captain Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Doctor Who except my psychic paper, sonic screwdriver and sonic pen :)
AN: Hey look! I actually wrote Torchwood! For danaems *hugs*
He stands by the fountain. Silently watching the water fall, completely invisible to the younger man next to him.
The sound of a door opening makes him turn and smile wistfully at the figure that appears.
The blonde girl comes toward him and the other man, kids around with the younger as he watches.
The temptation is so great. To reach out, to let them know that he is here. But he can't. Better yet another heartbreak for him than a universe shattering paradox.
Or so that's what he'd like to think. In truth he's too afraid. Afraid that if he reveals himself he will change the future. Their future. A future where he might not even be here. A future where things are horribly different.
No. Better to let events play out as they were supposed to.
He glances up at the blue box as the younger pair leave. Salutes the occupants silently. Even though he knows they can't see him, he knows that at least one of them is looking outside. He'd caught him the first time, watching the others leave.
He sighs and engages the mechanism that will lower him back into his secret base. Time to evacuate his team before the earthquake that he knows will occur.
The time is drawing closer. Only a few more years and he can meet his Doctor again.
Only a few more years of dying and being unwillingly reborn.
Only a few more years of losing people he cares about while he goes on.
Maybe then he can learn what's been done to him, why he can't die.
In the meantime, he'll keep watching. After all, the twenty-first century is when everything changes. And he's got to be ready.