Torchwood/Doctor Who Recs

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Torchwood/ Doctor Who Crossovers

A Personal Foible by notevery

Ten/Jack

Sweet sexy story with Jack getting used to the differences between Nine and Ten. I love how playful the Doctor is in this piece. The sex scenes are hot and the change from entertaining smut to a slightly more melancholy emotional ending is well handled.

Welcome to the Tardis by szm

Jack/Ianto

Wonderful piece with Jack, Ianto and Martha as the Doctor's companions. It's a short piece but the characterisations are spot on. I really like that for Ianto travelling in the Tardis and all the wonder that inspires is completely secondary to his being with Jack. This isn't the puppy dog Ianto that is so often portrayed in fic - he knows that Jack wants to be with him and yet is painfully aware that that their relationship is eclipsed by Jack's need to travel with the Doctor. The Ianto/Martha friendship and the Tardis being protective of Ianto is also completely adorable. I would love to see more in this series.

Torchwood

Afore the Dawning of the Day by aeshna_uk

gen

Pitch black very strongly written au of Cyberwoman which has Jack finding Lisa hidden in the bowels of The Hub. I found it fascinating that the author's characterisation of Jack is much more realistic than the Jack the show has given us to date - I would hope that a leader of a Torchwood unit who has been around as long as Jack has would have the exact qualities that the Jack in this fic has. The ending is also a much more realistic ending to the episode. And yet... the characterisation of Jack in this fic and the ending isn't something that I cared for at all. In fact I found it quite bleak and disturbing.I'm clearly a total sap at heart. Powerful stuff.

Pass the Parcel by crystalshard

gen

Short lovely Jack character study detailing how his interactions with the other Torchwood team members have fundamentally changed him.

A Sort of Homecoming by troyswann

gen

Unusual piece with Jack being captured and tortured by the Time Agency. Vivid and unsettling.

Tropical Climes by giddygeek

Jack/Ianto

Gorgeous Jack/Ianto fluff written for the tw_flashfic vacation challenge. Jack and Ianto have fun on a simulated alien beach. The descriptions are vivid and the Jack/Ianto interaction is adorably fluffy without being sentimental.

For the Night is Young and Lasts Too Long by slippery_fish

Tosh/Ianto

Absolute gorgeous Tosh character study set against the backdrop of season 1. It's not a pairing I would normally read but Tosh falling in love with Ianto is depicted so beautifully and feels very real. A wonderful look at a very underused character.

In Sex or Violence by sparrowette

Listed as Owen/Jack but really more gen

Very strong angsty Owen character study.

More than Flesh and Bone by misslucyjane

Jack/Ianto

Pre-series fic with Jack meeting a seventeen year old Ianto. Teen Ianto is beautifully written - gawky, self-conscious and very raw and wonderfully easy to empathise with and Jack is sensitively drawn. The OCs (especially Ianto's brother) are also well crafted.

How to Draw at Someone Who Outdrew You by misslucyjane

Jack/Ianto

Latest in the Lovers in a Dangerous Time series . The series reaches the events of Captain Jack Harkness and break's mine and Ianto's heart in the process. Incredibly angsty as Ianto breaks up with Jack. I was impressed by how conflicted I was reading this piece. On the one hand your heart bleeds for Ianto, at him having to learn very painfully that as much as Jack seems to care for him he also forgot him instantly and gave his heart away to someone he's just met. You want Jack to be the villain of the piece because of his apparent indifference to Ianto in the episode - telling the real Captain Jack that he has noone special. But the Jack in this story is so layered that even though you want to hit him for being so clueless you're aching for him when Ianto breaks it off because he has tried to be the monogamous 21st century boyfriend that Ianto wants. Wonderfully written and deeply sad. Sniff!