Challenge 483 - Learning the hard way

[m_findlow]

Title: Learning the hard way
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Gwen
Rating: PG
Challenge: 483 - Hard at tw100
Notes: Some days at Torchwood are harder than others.

Jack watched silently from the corner of the room as Gwen slowly pulled down the papers from the wall. There were hundreds of them, and it was a harsh reminder of what the rift was capable of. All those lives destroyed and there was nothing any of them could do about it.

There was no consoling her after today, that scream still ringing in his ears even now. She was being too hard on herself, feeling she'd failed to reunite a mother with her son. The failing was all his, not having stopped her sooner, to save her the pain.