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More Than Flesh and Bone by misslucyjane (NC-17)
Fandom: TORCHWOOD
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Length: 5200 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lucyjanesparlor
Author's Website: http://misslucyjane.com
Why this must be read:
I love all of misslucyjane's writing -- she manages the rarest of feats, keeping her stories romantic in tone without drifting into the dangerous (for Torchwood) area of True Love Forever. This story in particular captures that tone perfectly, depicting an AU, pre-Fragments meeting of Jack and a younger Ianto:
The man pointed at his feet and said, "Stay right there," sternly, and ducked into the alley after them. Ianto swallowed hard and waited as he'd been told. After a few minutes he heard an odd sort of whine and saw a blue flash, and the two blokes came running out of the alley, their faces pale and their eyes wide. They ran past him without giving him a glance, and certainly no time to ask what had happened to the man in the greatcoat.
Ianto waited a moment more, and heard a shrill squawk, a fleshy sort of thump and a groan. Ianto took a deep breath and steeled himself, and went cautiously into the alley. He had nothing to use as any kind of weapon--and what had that man meant by 'it wasn't safe', anyway?--but he'd have to improvise, if it came to that.
More Than Flesh and Bone
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Length: 5200 words
Author on LJ:
lucyjanesparlorAuthor's Website: http://misslucyjane.com
Why this must be read:
I love all of misslucyjane's writing -- she manages the rarest of feats, keeping her stories romantic in tone without drifting into the dangerous (for Torchwood) area of True Love Forever. This story in particular captures that tone perfectly, depicting an AU, pre-Fragments meeting of Jack and a younger Ianto:
The man pointed at his feet and said, "Stay right there," sternly, and ducked into the alley after them. Ianto swallowed hard and waited as he'd been told. After a few minutes he heard an odd sort of whine and saw a blue flash, and the two blokes came running out of the alley, their faces pale and their eyes wide. They ran past him without giving him a glance, and certainly no time to ask what had happened to the man in the greatcoat.
Ianto waited a moment more, and heard a shrill squawk, a fleshy sort of thump and a groan. Ianto took a deep breath and steeled himself, and went cautiously into the alley. He had nothing to use as any kind of weapon--and what had that man meant by 'it wasn't safe', anyway?--but he'd have to improvise, if it came to that.
More Than Flesh and Bone