yamx: An Eye for an Eye (Eleven/Jack) [PG-13] (SUMMER HOLIDAYS PROMPT 1)

[wojelah]

Author: yamx
Pairing: Jack/Eleven
Rating: PG-13 (strong language)
Spoilers/warnings: N/A
Summary: A simple little shopping trip-what could possibly go wrong?
A/N: Stand-alone, unconnected to my series. Thanks to canaana for betaing.
Prompt 1: 1, Paper, Governor General Four, The Theft of Myrkos

Comments

[sahiya]

Wonderful fic! I loved the timey-wimeyness of this, and you used both the Doctor's and Jack's POV's to great effect (and you got their voices perfect, but I'd expect nothing else from you). I especially liked the Doctor's thoughts upon meeting young!Jack. They were so very in-character, I thought.

[yamx]

Thank you!

The meeting between Eleven and young!Jack was, of course, the key scene when writing this. I'm glad you liked it.

[ext_1198415]

"What's your name?" Loved the line I wonder what Jack said and if he asked the Doctor his? Great story I could see them and hear their voices this would have been a fun episode!

[yamx]

Thanks! I was worried about the last line--I wasn't sure if it'd work for other people as well as it worked in my head. But my beta loved it, and now you, so that males me feel better. :)

In my mind, Jack laughs at the question and points out that he's been using Jack Harkness for centuries, longer than any "real" name he may have head. But then he tells the Doctor both the name his parents called him and the false name he enlisted under.

But I left it open on purpose so people could decide for themselves. :)

[joking]

I've seen a lot of interpretations of Jack's past, but none that put him so young in the Time Agency. It adds poignancy to the trope of the Doctor encountering Jack during his Time Agency days - Jack's grief about Gray and his home are so fresh, and the Doctor knows just what that's like.

Overall, this was an original take on the prompt you were given. I wouldn't have thought of making Jack guilty of the Theft of Myrkos!

[yamx]

My headcanon is that Jack's life with his mother as...very difficult. I might write a fic about that one day.

Anyway, he wanted to get away as soon as he could, so he lied about his age and enlisted at 16 (claiming he was 18--he's a tall lad, after all). That worked only because so many records where lost during the bombings that he could claim a new name and birthdate and say his records were lost on Boeshane. In this fic, he's been in the TA for about three years and was therefore considered ready for his first (low-priority) solo mission.

I'm glad you liked my take on the prompt. I was quite proud of how I managed to work in all the elements. :) And hey, Jack was canonically a professional criminal for a while, so he seemed like the natural culprit! ;)

[scifiangel]

Wonderful fic! Loved the young Jack.

[yamx]

Thank you very much! :)

[eloriekam]

That turned out much better for Jack than I thought it would, after reading the title and finding out he was the thief!

I laughed at the bit about the birthmark. Of course he'd think a banana was involved.

Nice fic, and I'm glad the Doctor (hopefully) learned Jack's name shortly after the fade to black. :)

[yamx]

Hee, yeah, I had to have things end on a good note. :)

Hey, the birthmark totally DID look like a monkey eating a banana, I swear! And I'm the author, so I must know. *g*

See my comment above re: my headcanon about what came after. :)