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TW Fic: Ten Rules for Successful Dating

Feb 10, 2010 11:57

Title: Ten Rules for Successful Dating
Author: nancybrown
Rating: R
Characters: Jack/Ianto
Warnings: emo, domesticity
Beta: The always delightful 51stcenturyfox. :D
Words: 3500
Spoilers: Up through "Exit Wounds"
Summary: "When did you move in?"
A/N: Written for askance in the help_haiti auction. (There is a distinct chance askance will be receiving more stories in the future, but at least one ( Read more... )

mythirdseason, help_haiti, torchwood, jack harkness, ianto jones

Comments 126

badachie February 10 2010, 18:27:19 UTC

This was amazing. It is totally my belief that if Jack ever moved in with Ianto, they wouldn't notice. You captured Ianto's reaction to this revelation perfectly.

nancybrown February 10 2010, 19:13:16 UTC

*grin* Thanks. And yeah.

rm February 10 2010, 18:31:13 UTC

Fragile isn't delicate. Thank you for capturing this so well and showing us what a huge choice it is for Ianto to let Jack swallow his life up -- because that's really what it is, not just because Ianto is obsessive, but because of the parameters he's allowed his life to be assigned by sticking with Torchwood.

nancybrown February 10 2010, 19:15:18 UTC

Thank you. I don't think he minds the swallowing, mostly, but sometimes it catches him off guard. :)

amand_r February 10 2010, 18:34:14 UTC

LE SIGH.

Bed was easy, or was when he wasn't stuck in his head like tonight. Sure, some nights were still about working buttons in order to slide the clothes away from the places he wanted to grasp and lave with sloppy kisses, all elbows and bruised knees and aching jaw and finding the fabric burns later. Certainly, most nights were still filled with "ohgodyesthere" and "harderfasterplease," but tonight Ianto undressed himself and put his clothes away, and so did Jack, and it was only after they'd slid under the covers that the kissing even began.

THIS.

nancybrown February 10 2010, 19:18:16 UTC

You know the bloom is off the rose when it's time to get naked and all you can think is, "I hope he hits the laundry basket when he throws his socks this time."

amand_r February 10 2010, 19:26:07 UTC

I don't think this means the bloom is off the rose. I think it means that you're starting to balance things. Beginning sex is all consuming, but then it becomes part of the routine and if you work at it, it becomes one of many satisfying things in a relationship.

I think Ianto is suffering from invasion of privacy syndrome.

nancybrown February 10 2010, 19:29:14 UTC

I think Ianto is suffering from invasion of privacy syndrome.

That. :) (Which was, essentially, the story request.)

zsazsa4168 February 10 2010, 18:34:16 UTC

Not sure we really ended up with any rules left, but that's just as well. I like this. Thanks.

nancybrown February 10 2010, 19:19:05 UTC

Let's just say they renegotiated down to the essentials. :)

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nancybrown February 10 2010, 19:20:28 UTC

Domesticity Torchwood style: don't get the alien guts on the carpet. :)