I brought you here to heal you (Jack, Ianto; PG), 2/2

[etharei]

Title: I brought you here to heal you (2/2)
Author: etharei
Rating: PG
Timeline: after "Greeks Giving Gifts" (107)
Spoilers: "Cyberwoman" (104), "Countrycide" (106), "Greeks Giving Gifts" (107)
Summary: He hadn’t planned on leaving anything, but there’s a man selling flowers down the street. It suits his mood, to leave such transient tokens for all the

Comments

[etharei]

MY DARLING, I THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU.

[joonscribble]

This line?

Ianto wonders if he had died and gone to some kind of specialized hell.

Is pure awesome.

But I loved the entire thing. Really good characterizations and lovely descriptions all around!

[baba_o_reily]

Great icon.

[joonscribble]

Hee, thank you! That image of Ianto never gets old. *G*

[baba_o_reily]

Trufax.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

One quibble: surely it ought to be Londinium? I don't have an Orbis Latinae handy, but I'm pretty sure that's the usual form.

Ianto wonders if he had died and gone to some kind of specialized hell.

I can only give him so much sympathy here. :-) No, really, I can understand why he's so confused--but part two of two? No epilogue? Often a part three of two is good too!

Love the nurse. They often do get in one's business, don't they?

[etharei]

To be honest, I scrounged the name up from a tour I took around London, and as I have no grasp of Latin (and another commenter pointed out the same thing *g*) I'm sure you're right. Shall correct it forthwith.

I'm afraid I like to leave things ambiguous and open-ended, so there won't be any more to this particular fic. But, you know, please feel free to look at my other works *grins sheepishly*

Chattering/gossiping nurses are a bit of a cliche, but nicely convenient for a bit of unwanted outsider's POV :D

[baba_o_reily]

Thing is, I know people are asking for a part three, but I kind of like how this is all wrapped up neat and tidy...but not so tidy as to say everything. Sometimes its good to leave things unsaid. Like a one minute film.

... but for the better

[doctor_addicted]

I agree completely. I'm so used to getting everything spelled out to me that I sometimes forget to stop and think for just a minute. This last line ("Jack, come in") doesn't only have to be about him entering the room.
And to the wonderfully talented author etharai: thanks a lot for writing and sharing this. I will keep it somewhere safe in case I need some subject matter for musing :)

Re: ... but for the better

[etharei]

I agree also, I like leaving things ambiguous, and Torchwood is especially good at doing implicit rather than explicit. THANK YOU for catching that the last line doesn't necessarily have to be literal.

Thank you so much for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed my writing :-)

[etharei]

Thank you very much ♥ Yes, I completely agree with leaving fics a bit open and not 'tidying up' as instinct sometimes makes us want to do. Your mention of a 'one minute film' is exactly the feel I was aiming for with this fic.

[angelnimp]

I love this! Just lovely!

[etharei]

Thank you very much!