Torchwood Fic: In Our Bedroom After The War (Part 2)

[kalichan]

Title: In Our Bedroom After the War
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen, Mickey, Martha & the rest of the Doctor Who Cast.
Authors: rm & kalichan
Rating/Warning: NC-17, bdsm, d/s,
Summary: Homeward bound. Takes place during and after Doctor Who 4x13: Journey's End.
Wordcount: ~31,700 [posted in 4 parts]
Authors' Notes: This is the seventh installment of

Comments

[kahtyasofia]

'It's not about being faithful, it's about paying attention'! Yes! Yes! A choice to give the gift of being present in the moment and not capitulating to a demand!

[rm]

Oh yay! Thank you. We'rereally big on Jack's monogamy, when in action, is not coded the way most of our monogamy is culturally. I also don't think Jack thinks that everyone has to be monogamous to pay attention, I just think he knows he himself is stupidly distractable.

[kahtyasofia]

I agree! Especially about the stupidly distractable. Given Jack's background with a stable nuclear family he IS capable of monogamy. As you guys explored earlier, he's also come from a society that was just a little freer with its affections. Both good things. Jack is just not one to do something because it fits an image or a stereotype. But he most certainly would CHOOSE to be in the moment with Ianto, right now...for however short a time that will turn out to be.

[rm]

This comment is made of awesome. Thank you. Especially the rabid squirrel thing. Also, I believe that writers tend to obsess on certain themes for all sorts of different reasons, and whil Kali and I have different worldviews (or at least framing devices about them) I think living in the now is probably something we're both not great at but often wish we could be otherwise about. So yeah. There's our reason for that with TW.

[kalichan]

And he's got the attention span of a squirrel on speed.

and you, for the win! *laughs*

I really like that you don't have Martha stay permanently.

Well, that was more because we wanted to stay as non-jossed as possible - and we didn't know, at the time of writing, what exactly was in store for us in S3 re: Freema Agyeman. But honestly, I think she works best that way. Especially since I like having Jack be pretty solidly in command of Torchwood, and Rank Hath Its Privileges - and in this universe, rank is pretty well attached to how close you are to the Doctor. Sadly, Martha wins that death match with Jack. Much as I might wish it otherwise. So she's a challenging force that I think works best as a consultant who lacks permanence.

[rm]

American english is poorer for lacking the term "alcopops", isn't it?

Also, so glad you're enjoying. This story is one of the stranger beasts in the series I think, not for plot (that's later) but for the range of emotions the characters have.

[tree00faery]

Sigh. Love. Cannot describe.

On to the next chapter!