Story index

Jun 08, 2012 18:19

To save people the hassle of hunting through the entire journal for a story they want to find, I'm listing everything here. These are in chronological order, so just scan down until you find the right one.


Torchwood

It's Just Love
Rating: PG
Characters: Jack, Gwen, Rhys, Owen, Tosh, Ianto, Lisa
Summary: A series of seven snippets focussing on the Torchwood team. Written in more-or-less chronological order. Also my first fic in the Torchwood universe.

A Time To Heal
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Short take on what might have happened after that end scene in "They Keep Killing". The stopwatch makes an appearance, although it isn't mentioned.

Said The Caterpillar
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Jack/Ninth Doctor, Ianto/Lisa, Tosh/Mary
Summary: An alien hallucinogen is loosed in the Hub, and the team have some interesting encounters. Incomplete.

Apocalypse, Nowish
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Ianto wakes up in a deserted Hub.

Apocalypse, Soonish
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Ianto stays behind for some 'filing'. Prequel to Apocalypse, Nowish.

Slow Dance
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Late at night, when everyone should have gone home, Jack plays a song.

Have You Met Miss Jones?
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Jack/Ianto, pre-Gwen/Owen
Summary: Based on a prompt and written for the Christmas challenge at tw_exchange. Why secrets and alien tech are a bad combination.

Daddy's Little Girls
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Jack runs afoul of a very interesting alien artefact. Crack, mpreg.

All Eternity
Rating: PG-13/R
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: When you have all eternity, it's unusual to be surprised.

Fragments
Rating: G
Pairing: None
Summary: One tiny fragment that could have saved the world.

Chance and Circumstance
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Jack/Jack, Jack/Nancy, Jack/Ianto
Summary: Temporal paradoxes are so easy to run into.

A Torch Across Time
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Jack
Summary: Jack takes a trip down memory lane.

Definitions of Love
Rating: PG-13 overall.
Pairings: Multiple.
Summary: Series exploring the different kinds of love experienced by the Torchwood team. Jack, Gwen and Owen covered so far. Incomplete.

All Hail, Abaddon
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: None
Summary: A time-twist of End of Days. What if the Doctor had found Jack before the Rift started to splinter?

Sleeping Beauty
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Jack finds a book that stirs up old memories. Ianto tells Jack a story.

The Cinderella Switch
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Jack and Ianto discuss 'Cinderella'. Fluffy.

Constant As The Changing Weather
Rating: R overall, for violence
Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Ianto/Lisa
Summary: An exploration of Ianto's path from starting at Torchwood One to the end of Season 1. Four-part series with epilogue.

In Need Of A Break
Rating: G
Characters: Tosh, Ianto
Prompt: "Tosh and Ianto friendship fluff."

Choc Chip Cookie Dough
Rating: PG for implications
Pairing: Implied Jack/Ianto
Prompt: "Jack and a tub of Ben and Jerry's. Flavour of your choice. Use however you wish. Bonus points for mentioning Haagen Daaz."

I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Ianto encounters an alien toxin. You may want to have some tissues ready.

You're My Universe
Rating: G
Characters: Jack
Prompt: "Ianto tries to brighten up Jack's quarters."

Pass the Parcel
Rating: PG
Characters: Jack
Summary: Each of the Torchwood employees has stripped a layer away from Jack Harkness.

Aër Marina
Rating: G
Characters: Jack
Prompt/Summary: "Sunshine." Jack helps out a lost alien.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To 1941
Rating: R
Pairings: Jack/OMC, Jack/Elli Quinn
Summary: Torchwood/Vorkosiverse crossover for tw_exchange's crossover challenge. On his way to 1941, Jack's ship has an accident and he has to make an unexpected stop.

Seize the Moment
Rating: PG
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Torchwood Three gets invited to the wedding of someone they once helped.

Stories I'll Never Write: Someone, Anyone
Rating: PG
Pairing: Ianto/Gwen
Summary: Jack's gone. Ianto and Gwen aren't finding it easy to cope.

Stories I'll Never Write: Bad Witch
Rating: PG
Characters: Suzie, Granny Weatherwax
Summary: Torchwood/Discworld crossover. Granny Weatherwax has a conversation with Suzie about the dangers of 'cackling'.

Stories I'll Never Write: Catch
Rating: G
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Summary: AU. Jack and Ianto are trapeze artists in a travelling circus.

Never Doing That Again
Rating: PG
Characters: Hugh, Marion, Hywel, Jack, Ianto
Summary: A short, crackified take on the Wandering Years, which is a series written by jadesfire2808. Jack is Ianto's 'mother'.

Suspicious Minds
Rating: R
Pairings: Ianto/Lisa, Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Gwen/Owen, Tosh/Mary, Jack/Doctor
Summary: Suspicion is never far from the surface when someone's trying to keep a secret.

Sanctuary
Rating: PG
Characters: Torchwood ensemble, the Doctor
Summary: Those who seek sanctuary sometimes find it. Or does it find them?

White City
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Song format. He's built a shield around himself. Someone wants to break through.

All's Fair
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Jack, Jack/Nancy
Summary: They say that all's fair in love and war, and maybe this was a little of both.

Love and Monsters
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Ianto, Jack, Lisa
Summary: In Ianto's nightmares, Lisa still lives.

To Cut A Long Story Short
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Ensemble
Summary: Twenty-two very different drabbles that focus on the Torchwood Three team.

Siren Song
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Something's coming to Torchwood, and the Weevils are getting scared. Torchwood Three should remember that rats desert a sinking ship.

To World's End
Rating: G
Characters: Jack
Summary: Can you run to the end of the world?

Close Your Eyes
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Ianto misses the sky.

Break
Rating: R for violence, language and sexual situations.
Characters: Jack/Ianto, Ianto, Tosh, Owen, various OCs.
Summary: Jack goes missing. Can Torchwood find him and bring him back before he breaks?

Four Men in a Bar
Rating: PG
Characters: Ianto, Ianto, Ianto and Ianto
Summary: Pure crack. What do fic characters do off-duty?

Begin the Beguine
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: In the end, they all say goodbye.

Impractical Magic
Rating: G
Characters: Jack, Gwen, Tenth Doctor
Summary: tw_exchange prompt #56: Rather than saying 'as if', Jack did activate the Ghost Machine in the Hub. From jadesfire2808

Nor All Who Wander Lost
Rating: PG
Characters: Jack, with guest characters from the Wandering Years.
Summary: Eight snippets from Jack's past and future, tracking Jack's attachment to one particular family and how much they mean to him.

User Friendly
Rating: G
Characters: Torchwood team
Summary: There's a sock-stealing something on the loose. Mild crack.

Shadow-Lover
Rating: PG
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Summary: Jack Harkness relives his deaths in his dreams, but someone stops the nightmares.

Five-A-Side
Rating: G
Characters: Torchwood team
Summary: It happens every year, and now it's Torchwood Three's turn to play.

The Only Sound
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Jack/Ianto, Tosh, Owen, Gwen
Synopsis: Jack comes back to Torchwood, but the year that never was has affected him more deeply than he's let anyone see yet.

Rapunzel - Or Not?
Rating: G
Characters: Ianto, Gwen, Jack, Tosh, Owen
Synopsis: What do you get when you put the Torchwood characters into a fairy tale? A very cracky story, that's what.

The Old Silk Hat
Rating: PG
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Owen
Summary: A warm seasonal story from Torchwood's point of view. Sometimes things aren't always as they seem.

Blue Roses
Rating: G
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Gwen
Synopsis: Not everything that slips through the rift is dangerous.

You and the Night and the Music
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Synopsis: When Jack picks a particular restaurant for his date with Ianto, it doesn't take Ianto long to figure out why. Pure fluff.

Allergic to Teenagers, Sluts and Small Dogs
Rating: PG
Characters: Team Torchwood
Summary: A few minutes in the life of a very different Team Torchwood. AU, deliberately OOC, complete crack.

Echoes of Never
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Gwen
Summary: That was the year that never was, and only Jack remembers it. This is now, and Jack needs his team to be there for him.

Heaven in Hell's Demesne
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: Sometimes, all it takes to call you back from a nightmare is a familiar voice.

Where the Road Ends
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Summary: You can dance, but you never know where the road will end.

The Life You'll Never Have
Rating: PG
Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Jack/OC, Owen/OC, Owen/Tosh, Ianto/Lisa, Gwen/Rhys
Summary: A piece of alien tech causes the Torchwood team to dream of the lives that they could have had.

Nexus
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen, Nikki Bevan
Summary: That was what happened during the Jonah Bevan case. What if different choices had been made?

Never Waste Your Pity on the Snow
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Jack/Ianto, Tosh, Gwen, Owen
Summary: There's an alien loose in the mountains. It's dark, it's cold, and it's starting to snow.

Between the Sky and Heaven
Rating: R
Pairings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Owen, Tosh, Suzie, John Hart, Gray. Implied Jack/John.
Warnings: Character death, some violence, mild language.
Summary: When Flight Lieutenant Jack Harkness arrived at Torch Gun, he had no idea of the danger and excitement waiting for him. AU fic, based on the Top Gun prompt from reel_torchwood


Torchwood drabbles

Two Lives
Characters: Suzie
Rating: PG overall
Summary: A set of nine drabbles about Suzie and the Glove. Best read in order.

Apocalypse, Nowish (Drabble)
Characters: Ianto, Jack
Rating: PG
Summary: Ianto wakes in a ruined and deserted Hub.

Organic
Characters: Gwen, Tosh
Rating: G
Summary: It's Christmas, and Gwen's computer is acting oddly.

My People
Characters: None
Rating: G
Summary: They'd ended the threat to her people.

The BFG
Characters: Tosh, Gwen
Rating: G
Summary: Tosh investigates an annoying piece of alien tech.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Characters: Gwen, Jack
Rating: G
Summary: Exactly how does the lift get from the Tourist Information Office to near the water tower?

Bullseye
Characters: Owen
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Owen needs to use the shooting range.

The Golden Fleece
Characters: Tosh
Rating: G
Summary: Not everything that falls through the Rift is junk.

All Hail, Abaddon
Characters: Jack
Rating: G
Summary: What if Jack had found the Doctor before Abaddon was released?

One Eye in Shadow
Characters: Jack
Rating: G
Summary: Jack sits alone in the Hub.

Old and Wise
Characters: Any of the Torchwood team, barring Jack
Rating: G
Summary: Near death, one of the Torchwood team talks to someone

Aequus Nox, Aequus Lux
Characters: Jack
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Jack tracks down a monster.

Tea with Mother
Characters: Jack
Rating: PG
Summary: Torchwood/Avengers crossover. Jack visits Torchwood Four.

Story's End
Characters: Gwen, Jack
Rating: PG
Summary: A door closes; a story ends.

5:15 The Angels Have Gone
Characters: Ianto
Rating: G
Summary: Some statues are far more than they seem.

Hotel California
Characters: Gwen, Ianto
Rating: PG
Summary: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave . . .


Doctor Who

Beneath His Feet
Rating: G
Characters: The Doctor, the TARDIS
Summary: He falls through space, and she is the steady ground.

The Chocolate Planet
Rating: G
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Martha
Summary: Martha runs out of chocolate, so the Doctor makes a side trip.

Oranges and Lemons
Rating: PG-13
Characters: The Toclafane, the Master, Lucy Saxon. Mention of Torchwood Three.
Summary: The Master is the saviour of the Toclafane, and they obey him because it's fun.

Children of Utopia
Rating: PG-13
Characters: The Doctor, Jack, Martha, the Master
Synopsis: In a universe where the Doctor made a different decision, this is what happened.

In the Shadow of the Forest
Rating: PG
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose, Jack
Synopsis: In a quiet forest, Jack sees a glimpse of his future.


Original

You'd Be Surprised
Rating: PG
Characters: Adam
Summary: A little bridge piece. Adam's grown since Jack left him on Haven.


Babylon 5

Stories I'll Never Write: The Unchanging Dance
Rating: G
Characters: Kosh
Summary: Pure crack. Kosh hits the nightclubs for a crazy night of dancing.


Star Trek
Things Left Behind
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Chekov/Sulu
Summary: Prompt fill. Chekov and Sulu met in another lifetime. While on shore leave, they accidentally have those memories triggered.

Things Left Behind: Epilogue
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Chekov/Sulu, Spock/Uhura
Summary: When the Enterprise has to return to Spacedock for repairs, Sulu and Chekov get the chance to research their former selves.

Gravity
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Chekov/Sulu
Summary: On an apparently peaceful diplomatic mission, the Enterprise is attacked and Sulu has to make some difficult decisions.

The Uninvited
Rating: PG
Pairing: Chekov/Sulu
Summary: When Sulu and Chekov get lost in an alien city, they find themselves in a very special bar . . .

Minor Key
Rating: R
Pairing: Chekov/Sulu
Summary: Sulu's been gone a long time.

Gleams That Untravell’d World
Rating: PG
Pairing: Chekov/Sulu, Chekov/OFC
Summary: Lethov has a dream of one day walking among the stars. Or is it a memory?


Due South
The Northwest Passage
Rating: G
Characters/Pairing: Fraser, RayK, OMC. Hints of Fraser/Kowalski
Summary: A young man, lost in the snow in the far north, encounters two men who help him out.


Tron/Tron:Legacy
Yesterday's Legacy
Characters: Sam, Alan, Tron
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mild computer violence.
Summary: Sam has returned to the Grid and is trying to fix things. One day, a very familiar program is brought to him, and he'll need someone else's help to repair him.

Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Characters: The DJs, Flynn, Clu, Tron
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Where did the DJs come from, anyway? And what exactly are they?

Didn't Plan It This Way
Pairing: Kevin/Alan
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: The occasional swearword. Otherwise, see the rating.
Summary: When Lora leaves Alan, Kevin finds him on his doorstep . . . and then finds out that there's a lot he doesn't know about Alan.


The Way of Words
This section is not a fandom. However, I occasionally write about things that might be useful to writers, so I'm collecting them here.

Crystalshard's guide to homophones and their uses. (Grammar issues.)
Summary: The difference between words that sound the same.

Crystalshard's Illustrated Anglo-American Reference Guide
Summary: Think you know what certain words mean? Think again! Includes a brief explanation of the UK school system.
Warnings: Not children-friendly or work-safe due to pictures of semi-naked people in underwear.


Fanvids

Hotel Torchwood
Series: Torchwood
Music: Hotel California, by the Eagles
Pairings: Hints at Gwen/Owen and Jack/Ianto, but otherwise gen.
Summary: Welcome to Hotel Torchwood. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave . . .

I Will Survive
Series: Torchwood
Music: I Will Survive, by Donna Summer/Gloria Gaynor
Pairings: Jack/John, Jack/Ianto
Summary: If Jack and John had a song . . . it wouldn’t be this one either! Pure crack.

The Price of Commanding
Series: Torchwood
Music: The Price of Command, by Mercedes Lackey
Characters: Jack, Team Torchwood
Summary: Jack Harkness has had more than a hundred years in which to learn the price of command. Angst, violence, spoilers for Children of Earth.

Sharp Dressed Man
Series: White Collar
Music: Sharp Dressed Man, by ZZ Top
Characters: Neal, various cameos
Summary: Neal Caffrey is a sharp dressed man, and he knows it.

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