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AN UNEXPECTED HEMIPARASITE

Summary: Is it a nefarious invasion…or just a normal day at the Hub?

Characters: whole team (Tosh, Gwen, Owen, Ianto, Jack, and a Myfawny cameo), with a bit of Jack/Ianto

Words: 1,600

Rating: G

Notes: Written for Torchwood Fest (for which specific prompt will quickly become clear) and for the suggestion of “the conclusion of a year into a hopeful New Year.”

Read on AO3, or here below:

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( An Unexpected Hemiparasite )

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Summary: Five Torchwood members, five language-related anecdotes. Or, Jack Harkness gets to know his team, one foreign language at a time.

Characters: Hail, hail, the gang’s all here! Meaning: Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Tosh and Owen.

Words: 5x100

Rating: G

Notes: For challenge #342 at tw100, “foreign language.”

Auuugh, sorry, I borrowed a bit of Sam Starbuck’s headcanon yet again, for Jack’s section.

Story also at AO3!

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( Foreign Languages (five drabbles) )

VERY 21ST CENTURY

Summary: “I’ve been wanting to ask you a question,” Ianto says. “But I’ve decided against it. You’d only tell me how very 21st century I am.”

Characters/Pairing: Jack/Ianto

Words: ca. 1,600

Rating: PG

Notes: Finally, my first foray into Torchwood fic! …And yes, I know I discovered this show about a decade too late to actively participate in the fandom. Sigh.

Set shortly after “Something Borrowed” (2x09).

In case you’re not familiar with Torchwood and want to read this story anyway, I’ll try to summarise the background... The Torchwood team protect the Earth from alien threats (or attempt to do so) from a not-so-secret base called the Hub, in Cardiff. They’re led by Captain Jack Harkness: omnisexual, immortal time traveller originally from the 51st century, renowned for flirting with anything that moves. Over the course of the show, Jack develops an increasingly serious relationship with teaboy-turned-field-operative Ianto Jones, but also has an intense (though unconsummated) attraction/affection with Gwen Cooper…even when Gwen marries her long-term, long-suffering boyfriend. Yes, Torchwood’s sexual politics are complicated.

Oh, and they have a pet pterodactyl.

My headcanon of Ianto and Jack’s relationship is probably one part canon, two parts copperbadge’s stunningly good stories. I suggest reading all of them!

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( Very 21st Century )

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