::swooning:: Not that I'm not looking forward to reading your HP stuff again, but this is just beautiful! Lovely imagery. Lovely silk ties. And this?
Jack taking the softly, softly approach would normally be enough to send Ianto into peals of laughter at the incongruence, were he not so aware that that is exactly what he needs; at least, for a little while.
Thank you! Yes, my Yule Balls and Best Mates fics will get posted here in a couple of days, and you can dive into them, if you haven't already. :)
Jack being, if not tender, then certainly sensitive to Ianto's grief is something that I like to see if someone writes a fic that fills the gap between Cyberwoman and The Keep Killing Suzie. I'm all for comfort sex, angry sex, etc, etc, but I haven't found that many stories yet where Jack just backs off that aren't overly fluffy and caring. I like the idea of him being sensitive to Ianto's loss and giving him space to grieve. After all, if anyone knows what it's like to lose someone they love, it's Jack.
Oh, so delicious! I haven't read much Torchwood stuff recently, but I'm very glad I did. This is perfect.
Cries in the shower more times than he bothers to count, because it’s the only place he dares. If he lets himself cry anywhere else, he knows he won’t stop.
Thank you! It's my first time exploring this fandom as a writer, and it was a lot of fun. I haven't written in about two months, so it was nice to sit down with an open Word document again and just see where my idea would lead me.
The crying in the shower makes a lot of sense, to me, for someone as tightly wound as Ianto. It's a 'safe' space. He's only in there for a small amount of time a day, for a specific purpose, and the running water conveniently hides the evidence. He steps out of the shower, dresses, and dons the mask again. It's a highly regimented form of coping, and someone who's been through as much as he has in such a short space of time would need something like that or he'd be a wibbling mess, and probably wouldn't have had the strength, composure and determination to regroup after Canary Wharf, let alone after Lisa's death.
I will comment further down as feedback, but I wanted to add that this is a brilliant psychological explanation- and is very understandable to anyone who has to wear a mask, whether it be a 'work/customer-fcoused facade', or dealing with family who can not cope with grief, or prehaps someone who tends to have panic-attacks as freakouts. Your explanation is fantastic :-)
Thank you! I've worked in customer service, but I've also dealt with panic attacks, and both comparisons are very valid ones. Ianto has had horrible, unimaginable mental trauma in a very short space of time, at at a young age. He's only in his mid-twenties, and yet he's had to deal with more than most people do in a lifetime. He couldn't function without some form of compartmentalisation.
Thank you so much! I do tend toward the sadder side of things when I write, and Ianto and Jack both have so much potential, both on their own and as a pairing.
I liked the idea that he would have rushed, fully expecting them to appear out of nowhere and catch him, and then have to wait for so long for them to arrive.
The belts clanking was something I worked in after the major portion of the fic was written. I had the visual in my head; that of hasty, mostly clothed sex, Ianto with all his layers save his trousers intact, but it took me a while to come up with the right wording.
Thank you for reading! I don't know if/when I'll write more. I love to write, but I like to have a good feel for the characters, and I'm not completely confident with Torchwood characters yet. It's a relatively new fandom, for me.
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Jack taking the softly, softly approach would normally be enough to send Ianto into peals of laughter at the incongruence, were he not so aware that that is exactly what he needs; at least, for a little while.
Is pure gold.
::happy happy sigh::
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Jack being, if not tender, then certainly sensitive to Ianto's grief is something that I like to see if someone writes a fic that fills the gap between Cyberwoman and The Keep Killing Suzie. I'm all for comfort sex, angry sex, etc, etc, but I haven't found that many stories yet where Jack just backs off that aren't overly fluffy and caring. I like the idea of him being sensitive to Ianto's loss and giving him space to grieve. After all, if anyone knows what it's like to lose someone they love, it's Jack.
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Cries in the shower more times than he bothers to count, because it’s the only place he dares. If he lets himself cry anywhere else, he knows he won’t stop.
*melts into a sad puddle of goo*
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The crying in the shower makes a lot of sense, to me, for someone as tightly wound as Ianto. It's a 'safe' space. He's only in there for a small amount of time a day, for a specific purpose, and the running water conveniently hides the evidence. He steps out of the shower, dresses, and dons the mask again. It's a highly regimented form of coping, and someone who's been through as much as he has in such a short space of time would need something like that or he'd be a wibbling mess, and probably wouldn't have had the strength, composure and determination to regroup after Canary Wharf, let alone after Lisa's death.
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This is wonderful, and fills in a story I really wanted to know.
Hope you write more TW fiction!
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The belts clanking was something I worked in after the major portion of the fic was written. I had the visual in my head; that of hasty, mostly clothed sex, Ianto with all his layers save his trousers intact, but it took me a while to come up with the right wording.
Thank you for reading! I don't know if/when I'll write more. I love to write, but I like to have a good feel for the characters, and I'm not completely confident with Torchwood characters yet. It's a relatively new fandom, for me.
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Thank you, love! Hope your new year is a fabulous one!
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