Small Wonders by Aeshna (PG)

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Fandom: TORCHWOOD
Pairing: n/a
Length: 3439 words
Author on LJ: aeshna_uk
Author's Website: none listed
Why this must be read:

This is a lovely, character-driven story about a rainy night, Jack, and Tosh. Tosh's POV is spot on:

"You missed it while you were... away?" Toshiko asked cautiously, abruptly awake. Jack liked to project an image of utter openness, a bright sheen of flirtation and flash, but she had long ago realised that it was all surface, an armoured carapace that covered something deep and dark and as frightening as it was fascinating. She liked Jack, would trust him with her life, but after four years she couldn't honestly say that she knew him. Four years and she didn't even know his real name....

"Yeah," he said quietly. "I missed the rain. Missed the feel of it, the smell of it, the taste of it.... Just not as much as I missed you guys." He smiled sadly, as if at remembered loss. "But, that's done now. I'm back here. Where I belong."

Small Wonders