( To Taste Your Beating Heart )

Started this today but not from the beginning, which is weird for me because I never do that.  Just started writing a scene which is in my head at the moment ( Read more... )

It was going to be an easy win, hitting the red into the left pocket leaving me with only the eight ball left.  It would be the first time that I would win a game of pool. I had played before in the past but ended up flirting with my opponents. This time he would kill me if I did.

“Alright Harkness, your shot,” Emmett Huntington said with a smile ( Read more... )

For five years, Nick Carter was in charge of the investigation into the disappearance of Torchwood four. The story was puzzling, five young people and their leader had somehow vanished with their base. It haunted his dreams since he would have been one of them.

Every month he had to report to Captain Jack Harkness, the mysterious man from Torchwood ( Read more... )

Jack never really understood the need for April Fools’ Day. It puzzled him, especially the question about why it ended at twelve o’clock. It amused him though when other people were fooled by pranks, reminding him of his con man days.

Ianto was great at playing pranks on people. No one ever suspected the quiet office boy of placing salt into their ( Read more... )

Ianto got out of the car and went up the drive towards Torchwood House. Right now he wanted to be alone after a strange day. Jack’s suggestion of a hotel room had failed to convince him to stay. He wondered why Jack had punched that former con man.

The young man seemed harmless, recruited to Torchwood because he knew how to keep secrets. Didn’t ( Read more... )

Jack knew he would be here tonight, dressed in a fancy dressed costume complete with a mask. Well that was what he thought at least. Tonight he knew that he had to stay away since Peter was undercover. It wasn’t his fault that he once slept with the host.

He spotted a lovely lady walking out on the balcony. He followed hoping for a flirt and ( Read more... )

The first time Tosh fired a gun it missed the target completely, leaving a hole in the wall. Nerves had stuck, causing her to tremble sightly. Jack assured her that it was ok and to try again but this time he pressed up close to her.

A mixture of lemons and cinnamon hit her nostrils as he instructed her on what to do. Pleasant sensations ran down ( Read more... )

Ianto smiled as Jack put on the ice skates. It had been awhile since he had done this. Last time had been with Lisa and he had fallen on the ice which caused her to laugh so hard that she too had fallen. This time though he was absolutely terrified inside.

“Right I’m ready,” Jack proclaimed, “are you alright, Ianto?”

“Yes, ready as you are sir.”

Jack ( Read more... )

For two weeks Jack watched Peter re-adjust to the routine, briefing and training other team members. At night Jack would hold him close while the tears fell. Peter’s disappearance had been a shock to him. Now that he was back Jack could feel tension between them.

“Why are you crying?” Jack asked one night and wiped away a tear.

“Just the shock of ( Read more... )