Double Drabble: After the Storm

[unfeathered]

Title: After the Storm
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Author: unfeathered
Pairing: Jack/Tenth Doctor
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 200
Spoilers: Last of the Time Lords
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary: Jack and the Doctor take comfort in each other
Beta: Unbeta'd
Author’s Note: seti_drd asked for hurt/comfort.



After the clean-up, they sleep. At least, Jack sleeps, too exhausted to resist it any longer. The Doctor's arms curl protectively round him as Jack dreams restlessly, as he whispers the pleas and screams the screams he wouldn't whisper and scream in front of the Master. The Doctor flinches when he hears the Master's name, whimpered piteously in frantic entreaty, as Jack's body tenses and flails. His arms tighten around him, his fingers stroke Jack's hair, and he murmurs soothingly into Jack's ear until in time he calms and slips into deeper sleep.

Much, much later, the Doctor finally succumbs to sleep. Jack in his turn is roused by the Doctor twitching and moaning, words he doesn't understand, one word repeated over and over: Koschei, Koschei, Koschei. Jack's never heard the word before, but he can guess what it means. He holds the Doctor tight till the fury of his grief ebbs and he's just weeping, silently, for the man he knew, and loved, and lost. Then Jack kisses him, gentle and understanding and undemanding, until the Doctor responds, and they make love together, softly, slowly, in the dark, one of them aching to remember, one of them to forget.

Comments

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Aw, that was nice. Thank you!

[unfeathered]

Glad you liked it, and hope you feel better today. :-)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Still on fluids only, but at least fic to keep me distracted ;)

[unfeathered]

Oh well, glad I could help a bit with that, at least. :-)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Helped a lot, just doing nothing not my thing :)

So if you ever find a plot bunny to turn this into something bigger... hee ^^

[unfeathered]

Hmm, I'm not sure this is the sort of thing that should be expanded, though I'm sure there'll be more on a similar theme. I mean, I've already had Constant and Drowning Sorrows dealign with the aftermath of the Year of Hell. And the more I write older!Jack, the more I'll probably think about it. :-)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

I'm not really picky, I love everything you write :)

[unfeathered]

That... has completely thrown me. I have no idea what to say to that!

Except thank you! and yay! and wow! and thank you! again. :-)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

... I'm still rubbish at commenting, don't I? ^^

[unfeathered]

No!!!! That was about the most fantastic comment it's possible to get!

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

I meant because you seemed so surprised by my statement... maybe I should squee more...

[unfeathered]

No, I'm always surprised when someone says that. Even every time the same person says it. It's just too wonderful to keep believing, iyswim. :-)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Know the feeling, yes :)

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

one of them aching to remember, one of them to forget.

I think that last line sums up the whole of the fic beautifully. Never mind that the h/c is good, it's the dichotomy of their need for it that grabbed me. Thank you!

[unfeathered]

Thank you! I was rather proud of that line. :-)

And nice to know the h/c was good - it's not something I've ever tried to write before!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Awww that was lovely *pets them both*

[unfeathered]

Thank you. :-) Our poor boys. *pets them with you*

[chatona.livejournal.com]

And if they weren't already wrapped around each other, I'd make them hug. That was... well, ouch mainly, but combined with just enough of awh to make me happy :D

[unfeathered]

Ouch with a bit of awh was just what I was aiming for, so that makes me very happy! :-)

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

I have to admit this is the kind of h/c I prefer: where there's a minimum of talking, but instead they're just responding to each other's needs. Really lovely.

[unfeathered]

Well, they're guys, how much would they really talk about it? *g*

Thank you - glad you liked it! :-)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

[unfeathered]

Thank you. :-)

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

This is so lovely, and sweet, and painful... BEAUTIFUL.

And nice to see you writing. :-)

[unfeathered]

Thank you! :-)

It's nice to be writing! And hopefully you should get Jack/Jack in a few days, if I can stop role-playing long enough to get it done! *g*

[ebonhush.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww.... Sweetness abounds.

I have a question, though, and I hope someone will be kind enough to explain to me: Where does the 'Koschei' and 'Theta' thing come from? Is it canon or 'fanon'? I'm guessing fanon, but I'd like to know for sure. Anyone?

[unfeathered]

Thank you - glad you liked it! :-)

As far as I'm aware, the names Theta and Koschei come from some novels about the Doctor and Master back on Gallifrey before they took those names. I've never read any of the novels so I can't comment further, but the names have been adopted by fans as a way to refer to the two of them when they were young. This was actually the first time I gave in and used one of the names - I resisted as long as I could, but in the end I feel it doesn't really matter. As far as fanfic goes, it's just a way to refer to a character you're writing about. :-)