A New Dawn 28

[ohinyan]

Part:  28/?
Rating: 18+
Warnings: Mentions of previous torture and rape
Genre: Angst, AU
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Owen, Tosh, Gwen
Summary: AU. The Torchwood team discover the truth about what happened on the Valiant and search for Jack. A dark fic.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
AN:

Hidden Behind Our Appearances now has fanart! I'm so pleased.

Comments

[domiantorules]

Awesome, as always. I love that you let us see the therapist's emotions in regard to what Jack is telling her. I always thought that in the show, they gave Jack far too little credit for his forgiveness to them. He forgave them for killing him and endangering the world without them even having to ask, while they made him apologize and wait out their anger just for leaving without telling them -- after he waited 140 YEARS for just that purpose.

I should mention, I am reading your other story, but I probably won't comment on it. It is really too dark for me, especially since you indicated that it won't have a happy ending. I get too deeply into stories, it is why I can't watch horror movies. But you are a great writer, and I don't want you to think we don't appreciate your efforts. And please, if you write any more fics with no happy ending, do continue to warn us up front. I need to brace myself for things like that.

[ohinyan]

First, I apologise for being so slow in answering comments, and updating A New Dawn. I've been back from holiday for two weeks, and only now got a moment to do it. Little domestic crises, (cavity wall insulation going wrong, kitchen ceiling falling down and still the insurers haven't fixed it, having to empty the loft to have it insulated (which took days and days)) combined with work picking up, and doing my taxes just took up all my time.

On the plus side the taxman owes me money!!

I am working on the next chapter though, as of today.

Anyhow, I'm glad you liked the latest therapy session. Listing everything the team had done, did make me wonder why on Earth Jack didn't just up and leave Torchwood after Abaddon. He would have been far better off without them. Of course then we wouldn't have had a Series 2.

Thank you for reading the other story. I know that it will be too dark for a lot of people. Chapter 2 was the darkest part of it. There was a time when I wouldn't have been able to read Lacrimis, never mind write it.

[maya22744]

I'm happy to see that Jack is finally making visible progress, and that he finally admitted that there might be some future for him and Ianto, even if it would take some time - Ianto definitely has a lot to make up for. I also liked how you explained Jack's capability of forgiving in a very plausible way.
Looking forward for more!

[ohinyan]

I had to come up with something to explain why Jack had forgiven them. They really didn't deserve it. Jack really should have washed his hands of them before the YTNW.

[bluelilacs]

I agree with everything domiantorules said, including the second paragraph. The Master always gave me the creeps and to see him get his claws into Jack after what the Doctor did to him is a bit more than I can stand to see done to anyone.

I like that you have Charlotte reacting to what she's hearing. I can't even begin to imagine how any therapist does what they do, having to listen to all of the anguish and pain people go through in order to find a way to help them. It makes her seem so much more real and human. I also like that you have her holding on, granted with difficulty, to her professionalism and not letting her feelings show to the rest of the team. I think for my part, I'd have to go home and rage, scream, break and throw things just to vent my

[bluelilacs]

(Sorry. The computer evidently didn't like me hitting that key right then and decided to post my comment before it was done.)

...as I was saying, I'd have to go home and vent all of my frustration and anger on Jack's behalf, since he's in no fit state to do it himself, for fear of being tipped over the edge and not being able to recover. He still has some serious guilt issues to deal with along with the betrayals suffered from others. It's really amazing he's still functioning at all.

I'm very eager to see the capture of Oduya and Stamford. As for new team members, I think Owen should consider Peterson, as he's proven himself to be honorable and trustworthy, and may not be in such a good place with Unit when this all hits the fan.

[domiantorules]

Bluelilacs, I agree that Peterson is honorable and trustworthy, but I can't see them asking him to work in the hub along with Jack. Like it or not, he is a reminder of a terrible time in Jack's life, and I think he will have enough trouble working with the rest of Torchwood; adding one of his former guards from the Unit prison would be too much. Perhaps he could be their liaison with Unit. That would give him their protection against Unit reprisals, but would leave him stationed with Unit, not at the hub.

[bluelilacs]

You may be right that Peterson would be a better choice for liaison between the two organizations. I guess my thinking was that he was the only one from Unit who actually did something to help Jack instead of hurting him, and without him stealing the DVDs and getting them to Owen, Jack would still be in a very dangerous situation

[bloodredroses1]

I can't remember if you had Charlotte put forth the offer to counsel the rest of the team or not but I hope so & that you take advantage of that if so.

The reason - because it seems to me as time goes on that Ianto at least will need to talk to someone about his tangled emotions/thoughts. In spite of the fact, like Jack, he is a typical man who would rather stay mute about the whole thing. I think that usually he'd talk to Tosh but in this case that would be more or less impossible. Also it might be interesting to see Charlotte's reaction to the tangled, conflicted mess that was Jack & Ianto's relationship. Why you ask? Because your OCs become so real that it makes me want to know more about what THEY are thinking & feeling about things. And I can see this (counseling Ianto) as adding an extra dimension by getting into his head. Of course this is just me hoping & speculating.

Thanks for continuing to write this & I can't wait for the next update.

[ohinyan]

I think I did have her say something like that early on. Though in a way that could have been seen as a joke. I am considering some of the others talking to her though. They certainly could do with it, especially Ianto.

Charlotte is probably not feeling as benign to the other team members now as she initially did though, after finding out their behaviour towards Jack.

Thanks for commenting, I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to respond, and such a long time to start working on the next chapter. I am working on it now.

[hab318princess]

and now she has 2 days to stew on that... amazing chapter

[ohinyan]

Thank you. It is inexplicable that Jack didn't leave Torchwood right then. But RTD wanted a series 2,a s did we all, so Jack had to be very forgiving.