Drabble: Hurdles

[unfeathered]

Title: Hurdles
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Author: unfeathered
Character: Jack Harkness
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: Right up to Exit Wounds
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary: Jack's going to live forever. He's going to meet a lot of hurdles in that time.
Beta: Unbeta'd
Author’s Note: taffimai prompted me with this: Jack/Ten. Eternity is a long time. Long enough to discover that the limits you thought you had are just hurdles to be overcome. I don't think this is quite what she had in mind, but it's what came out of mine. :-)



Jack's going to live forever. And he's come to terms with that, really he has.

It's just… every time he thinks he knows what 'forever' means, every time he thinks he has it figured out, something new comes along to challenge that perception.

He thought the 140 year wait for the Doctor was an eternity, but it ended.

He thought the year of torture and death was unendurable, but he endured.

He thought 1,874 years buried beneath Cardiff was hell itself, but he survived.

He can't help wondering what the next hurdle will be. And if this time he'll fall.

Comments

[chatona.livejournal.com]

... I.

*gathers Jack close and hugs him tight* n'awh! poor Jack! The angst, it is strong in this one (and so good)!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

damn. wow

[unfeathered]

Yeah, this is me returning to my musings about Jack living forever. Because Exit Wounds really did bring that up again. I'm not going to forgive the writers for that burial beneath Cardiff any time soon.

Glad you liked it. :-)

[unfeathered]

Thank you! Good reaction to get! :-)

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. Thank you.

[unfeathered]

Glad you like it! I know it's not quite what you asked for, but it's something, at least! :-)

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Nonsense, it's lovely.

[unfeathered]

All right then! *shuts up and grins stupidly instead*

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

*hugs Jack* I think he needs it

*hugs you* you deserve it for writing such a poignant little fic.

[unfeathered]

Thank you! *hugs back, and includes Jack* :-)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

*snuggles Jack close*

[unfeathered]

Yeah, that seemed to be the general reaction... *G*

[mickeyk.livejournal.com]

*hugs Jack for rest of my life*

Ouch. Good, good drabble.

[unfeathered]

Jack's getting a good lot of hugs from this one!

Thank you. :-)