Challenge 337 - Lost in translation (Challenge 171 - Lost in translation)

[m_findlow]

Title: Lost in translation
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Gwen, Ianto
Rating: G
Challenge: 337 - Unloved prompts, 171 - Lost in translation
Notes: Part of the Brimful of Drabble collection at ff.net (yet unposted). Jack's true feelings are lost in amongst the grief.

Nothing had been the same since Tosh and Owen had died.

Jack became distant, his jokes hollow.

He prayed that Gwen and Ianto would leave.  

Leave and live.

He loved them too much to watch them die.

He'd been especially cold towards Ianto. They barely even spoke except for work matters.

Ianto, ever the professional, accepted it without argument.

What they'd had was broken.

When Ianto thought he wasn't looking, Jack caught the look of wounded pain etched on his face.

He felt wretched knowing that he was the cause.

He wished Ianto could know how much he loved him.

Comments

[bk_forever]

*wibble*

[jo02]

Again wonderful - a very good character study of Jack *nods*

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

OMG I love it!

Beautifully written.

Most fics have the team really pulling together to get through the hard times, but when you put it like this your version is probably much more how it happened. They are such a dysfunctional family that they find it hard to communicate and I can really see Jack pushing them away like that.

Any chance you can write a sequel of Ianto's point of view? And then maybe expand it to a longer fic of how they get through it? And how Gwen deals, whether she turns to Rhys or tries to turn to Jack, driving a wedge further between our boys.

(I'm way behind on my reading so if you have already expanded this *crosses fingers hopefully* I will find the fic shortly and you can ignore my request.)

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

I do love a challenge! Would definitely like to explore Gwen and Ianto's povs. The biggest challenge of all is time! I only just started writing for fan-flashworks as well, she says looking forlornly at the tax seminar notes she hasn't revised for presenting next week! But your request is going on the do to list! Thank you!