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19 September 2007 @ 16:52
Drabble: Temptation  
A little something I came up with today on the way to work.

Title: Temptation (drabble)
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Author: [info]unfeathered
Character: Jack Harkness
Genre: Gen
Spoilers: Last of the Time Lords
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: There are some things that need to be remembered.


The retcon’s sitting there on his desk, looking seductive and oh so tempting. But Jack needs to remember.

He needs to remember there’s a man called the Master who apparently has a very nasty tendency to come back from the dead.

He needs to remember how good it feels to be back with his team after that year on the Valiant; how lucky he is to have them.

And he needs to remember the Doctor, because it might be another hundred and forty years before he sees him again and until then the memories, however painful, are all he has.
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DarthHelloKitty: DW Ten with Master[info]darthhellokitty on 19th September 2007 16:03 (UTC)
Awwwwwwwww...

I imagine anyone would be tempted to retcon that year away. And I sure wouldn't count the Master out, funeral pyre or no funeral pyre.
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 17:03 (UTC)
Wow, you lot are quick! - I post just before I leave work, get home an hour later and I already have five comments on this!!!

I imagine anyone would be tempted to retcon that year away.

It hadn't occurred to me till today, but - hell, yeah!

And I sure wouldn't count the Master out, funeral pyre or no funeral pyre.

Definitely not. And I'm sure Jack's been doing his research on the Master :-)
jadesfire2808: *sob* - jack arms folded[info]jadesfire2808 on 19th September 2007 16:11 (UTC)
Oh my yes. Definitely. I can just imagine how tempting it would be, and how much he would/wouldn't want it.

And the ending? ouch. Love it. *mems*
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 17:05 (UTC)
Thank you :-)

This actually came about because of you mentioning retcon in your spider drabble - I tend to forget about it but it made me think what else Jack might use it for...

Good thing our hero's made of stern stuff :-)
_medley_: capt jack by danvers[info]_medley_ on 19th September 2007 16:31 (UTC)
Oh, Jack. I'll just go along with what everyone else has said, and say that I can certainly see the temptation, and I can certainly see all of the reasons why he wouldn't. I love all of his reasons why he needs to remember.
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 17:06 (UTC)
Thank you! :-)

I can just imagine him sitting there at his desk, night after night, not reconning himself...
travels_in_time: TW--Jack upset[info]travels_in_time on 19th September 2007 16:32 (UTC)
Everybody else already said what I would have said, so, yeah. It rings very true. And the last paragraph, wah!
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 17:08 (UTC)
Thank you :-)

And yep, Jack misses his Doctor :-(
donutsweeper[info]donutsweeper on 19th September 2007 16:43 (UTC)
awww, angsty Jack... my favorite!
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 17:08 (UTC)
Thank you!

Jack does angst so well... :-)
donutsweeper[info]donutsweeper on 19th September 2007 17:16 (UTC)
and it's not remotely as if we have a tendency to whump the poor dear just to bring it out in him...
travels_in_time: TW--Jack--give the man a hand[info]travels_in_time on 19th September 2007 17:41 (UTC)
*snort* Not at all.

*hides whumped!Jack under desk*
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 17:43 (UTC)
I did not whump him! (well, not this time)

RTD did that.

I'm just dealing with the after-effects! *g*
travels_in_time: TW--Jack--give the man a hand[info]travels_in_time on 19th September 2007 17:48 (UTC)
Jack--pre-whumped for your convenience!

(I just love that word. Whump whump whump. Ahem.)

I was referring more to the tendency of fic writers to whump him, or at least to explore the areas where you'd reasonably expect him to have problems after what RTD did to him.

I have a couple of things in mind (not coming out at the moment, unfortunately) which ignore parts of canon but whump him in different ways. Wonder what psychological twist makes that happen. You always hurt the ones you love.
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 20:45 (UTC)
Jack--pre-whumped for your convenience!

LOL - great definition of Jack!

I was referring more to the tendency of fic writers to whump him, or at least to explore the areas where you'd reasonably expect him to have problems after what RTD did to him.

I know you were :-)

You always hurt the ones you love.

And we adore Jack Harkness *g*
donutsweeper[info]donutsweeper on 19th September 2007 18:29 (UTC)
Whump Jack? Us? Never!
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 19th September 2007 20:46 (UTC)
No, of course not. We wouldn't do that. *g*
I'm a walking doodle: Cyberman[info]mad_jaks on 10th October 2007 15:44 (UTC)
the Master who apparently has a very nasty tendency to come back from the dead

Boy does he ever. I do so like the way your brain works *g*
unfeathered: Jack S2 promo[info]unfeathered on 10th October 2007 22:08 (UTC)
Thank you!

And you just know we'll be seeing more of the Master at some point - and the Doctor and Jack know it too... *g*
I'm a walking doodle: Jack[info]mad_jaks on 11th October 2007 06:50 (UTC)
*hums softly for the intro* "

sings: "I wonder who's kissing him now? I wonder who's body he's in...?"

*runs*
unfeathered: Jack Lick Here[info]unfeathered on 11th October 2007 07:09 (UTC)
*snigger*