Torchwood -- Before His Time

Title: Before His Time
redismycolour Challenge: Day Twenty-Eight
Date Written: 1/30/09
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 500
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Martha/Tom
Spoilers: Torchwood 02, Lost Souls and Almost Perfect
Warnings: Mentions of character death
Author Notes: I seriously love this prompt. The Deviant Strain is one of my favorite tie-in novels and I had a blast with this quote.


I used to think I was scared of death. Or by facing death – by combat and action and the uncertainty of the battlefield. Not any more. No, now what scares me is the possibility that I live to grow old. I might wake up one day tired and wasted and unable to even open a beer. I might need crutches and a hearing aid and help getting dressed. When and if I get to that point, it'll be my memories that'll keep me going. The fact that I've lived through so much, survived so much, to get there. Do you want to get old? Do you want to end up with only your memories to make up for the loss of your faculties?
--- Jack Harkness, The Deviant Strain by Justin Richards


( Before His Time )

Torchwood -- Hang On To Hope

Title: Hang On To Hope
redismycolour Challenge: Day Twenty-Nine
Date Written: 1/31/09
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 600
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, the Doctor
Spoilers: Doctor Who 03, latest Christmas Special
Warnings: Mentions of character death
Author Notes: Sequel to yesterday's Before His Time and to space_monkey52, who wanted a sequel.


Hazy Shades of Winter
Simon and Garfunkel


( Hang On To Hope )

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Sorry. I'm sure plenty of people know.

Torchwood -- Rites of Passage

Title: Rites of Passage
redismycolour Challenge: Day Thirty
Date Written: 1/31/09
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 200
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Team Torchwood, plus a little Jack/Ianto
Spoilers: Doctor Who 03
Warnings: None
Author Notes: When you start talking about teams climbing mountains, I think of Saxon sending off Handsome Jack's friends to the Himalayas.


"Snow began to fall, and so did the temperature. This, however, did
not bother the Company much, except when they had to bare their
backsides to pass hraka in some nook among the cliffs, wiping with
snow that was happily newly-fallen and soft, not composed of hard
sharp grains. Nor were they troubled much by the rising wind, which
made the snow swirl."

The Fellowship of the Ring, Book ii, Chapter 3
J. R. R. Tolkien


( Rites of Passage )