Fic Recs!

In my current state of Torchwood glee, have some Whoniverse recs.

First, two post-S3 Martha fics:

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Beginning After The End
by builtofsorrow
G, Martha Jones; appearances by Jack Harkness, Tish Jones, the Doctor, and various others.

Martha got used to silence while she was saving the world.

She's lying on the bed in her childhood room, staring up at the ceiling, and she smirks at that thought and its arrogance, and the smirk turns into spasms of laughter in spite of the fact that it isn't really that amusing.

Oh, oh! This is one of the best post-Last of the Time Lords Martha fics I've had the pleasure of reading. Perfect characterisation, lots of little moments to make you laugh then break your heart, and really gorgeous writing. Bonus, it also comes with a very wonderful fanmix!

Valentine's Day, This Year
by koshiroyuu
PG-13, Martha
How do you hold a memorial for people who don't even remember they died?

This still reduces me to incoherency, it's stunning and so bittersweet.

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And now, some more light-hearted Torchwood fic:

Valentine's Day 2008
by inthesestones
NC-17 (though I'd say more of an R), Jack/Ianto

Subject: RE: Come with me...

I think we need a lesson on subject titles. Specifically which ones are appropriate and which ones are certainly not. Gwen is here with me. How should I answer the question she just asked? The question being, "Ianto, oh light of my life. Why for art thou bright red and crossing thy legs in a most unbecoming fashion?"

inthesestones is a fantastic project anyway, a mixed-media treasure trove, but this bit was really lovely.

Wish You Were Here (And I Wasn’t)
by paperclipbitch
NC-17 (ish), Owen/Ianto
The team are forced on another countryside camping trip.

All right, I admit it, paperclipbitch has completely sold me on this pairing. :P This story is hilarious, Torchwood team!crack at its very best, complete with sex aliens and all. Snarky and well-characterised and hilarious.

Flail!

So, as some of you have presumably already seen, buckle_berry hosted a Valentine's Day cardathon, whereby participants made in-universe Valentine's cards and sent them to each other via post.

I am going to assume that this is the reason for the delightful thing that appeared in my inbox last night! I thought it would be snail mail, but considering the pairing email would of course make all kinds of sense. :D It was all wonderfully formatted as well, which alas I have not the know-how to reproduce accurately, but it went something like this:



TORCHWOOD Internal Memorandum
To: All
From: Ianto Jones

Date: 14/02/2008

Re: Care and feeding of pterodactyl
Could whomever keeps moving the feeding trough to the left of the mail centre, please cease and desist? I have had to rescue the daily papers twice this week, and the basket of biscuits (sent to us by that nice woman we rescued from the Weevil last month) has been decimated. And not by Owen, for once. Need I remind you all that shortbread is not on the list of recommended dietary requirements for pterodactyl?

( the rest of the messages (vague spoilers for the beginning of S2) )

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ETA: EEEEEE!!! morebliss is possibly the greatest person ever, because in fact the above was an additional gift, as she thought the card she'd sent me in the post was going to be late! Which it was, it came today straight from Myfanwe's clutches and now I definitely feel like a couple of snippets of the Torchwood universe have floated through the Rift over to me, or something.

I wish to goodness I could find my camera to take photos and show the beauty, but here is my best approximation of the card, though I fear I cannot fully capture the AWESOME.

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morebliss, thank you so, so much, this is fantastic and I really appreciate the effort that went into it!