Long Awaited Return
Title: Long Awaited Return
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: None really, could possibly be described as Jack/Hub...
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Spoilers: End of S3 of Dr Who
Summary: Jack returns after too long away
Author's Note: Written for day three of redismycolour. Once again it refused to stick with 100 words, and is a triple drabble again
Long Awaited Return
Stepping through the door of the office, Jack ran a hand over the smooth surface of the information desk, noting that it was still clean and tidy as he reached under it to press the secret door release.
The cog door rolled back, as it had always done, when he turned the key, allowing him access to the Hub floor.
It took only a few minutes to realise that he was alone, that the team were out on a call - the team including Ianto, apparently.
A part of him was dismayed, but an equal part held a hint of relief that he would be allowed this moment of reunion in private. This space had been his home for years, even if at the time he would have called it simply a place to live.
He’d been a man in waiting, not looking for a home, looking only for an escape back out into the stars. Looking for the Doctor.
Then he had found him, travelled to the end of the universe and suffered through a year none of his team would even know had existed.
And one of the few things that had brought him through that torment was the thought of returning to this place, to the warmth of knowing that he’d finally found somewhere he could belong.
The stars had gone cold for him now, in comparison. The wonders of the universe a desolate winter to Cardiff and the Hub’s burning summer (despite the frequent cold and rain).
So when the Doctor had given him the offer he had dreamed of for so many years, it had been easy to turn down.
Running up to his office, he flicked through the topmost report, checking out the location.
It was time to reunite with the rest of his team.
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Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: None really, could possibly be described as Jack/Hub...
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Spoilers: End of S3 of Dr Who
Summary: Jack returns after too long away
Author's Note: Written for day three of redismycolour. Once again it refused to stick with 100 words, and is a triple drabble again
Long Awaited Return
Stepping through the door of the office, Jack ran a hand over the smooth surface of the information desk, noting that it was still clean and tidy as he reached under it to press the secret door release.
The cog door rolled back, as it had always done, when he turned the key, allowing him access to the Hub floor.
It took only a few minutes to realise that he was alone, that the team were out on a call - the team including Ianto, apparently.
A part of him was dismayed, but an equal part held a hint of relief that he would be allowed this moment of reunion in private. This space had been his home for years, even if at the time he would have called it simply a place to live.
He’d been a man in waiting, not looking for a home, looking only for an escape back out into the stars. Looking for the Doctor.
Then he had found him, travelled to the end of the universe and suffered through a year none of his team would even know had existed.
And one of the few things that had brought him through that torment was the thought of returning to this place, to the warmth of knowing that he’d finally found somewhere he could belong.
The stars had gone cold for him now, in comparison. The wonders of the universe a desolate winter to Cardiff and the Hub’s burning summer (despite the frequent cold and rain).
So when the Doctor had given him the offer he had dreamed of for so many years, it had been easy to turn down.
Running up to his office, he flicked through the topmost report, checking out the location.
It was time to reunite with the rest of his team.
fin