Drabble: Eyes Of Age
Mar. 19th, 2014 03:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Title: Eyes Of Age
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Rating: G
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto thinks about Jack’s eyes.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: For mahmfic’s prompt ‘Eyes’
Looking at Jack, most people would think he was somewhere in his thirties, a young-looking forty at the outside. Then again, most people wouldn’t look further than his handsome face, dazzling smile and easy charm.
Only when you really looked into his eyes was the illusion broken.
Jack had the oldest eyes Ianto had ever seen. Sparkling flirtatiously on the surface, their depths were swarming with shadows borne of pain, hardship, loss and bitter experience. They were the eyes of a far older man, one to whom life had been less than kind.
And they drew Ianto to him irresistibly.
The End
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Date: 2014-03-19 05:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-19 06:39 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-03-19 06:40 pm (UTC)I surprised myself with this one.
I love the way you put it - Jack's eyes spoke to Ianto =)
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Date: 2014-03-19 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-19 08:48 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2014-03-21 12:09 pm (UTC)http://badly-knitted.livejournal.com/192391.html
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Date: 2014-03-20 11:17 am (UTC)If I have my way, they'll be together for a very long time.
Thank you.
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Date: 2014-03-20 04:05 pm (UTC)You are doing what a lot of good writers do; you are really studying how the actor skillfully builds the character he's portraying and it makes a huge difference in a lot of fan writings; I've managed to fall into a group of really GOOD writers and have spent more than a few enjoyable hours reading while recuperating. I told this to a friend who passed last year because she did the same thing and her writings in that other fandom are really treasured by those who read them. You've become a Master and this drabble really shows it.
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Date: 2014-03-20 04:10 pm (UTC)I think this is one of my best, I'm really pleased with the way it came out. It took a while brewing in my head before I felt ready to try putting what I wanted to say into words. Sometimes it's like that when I write, I need to think about it a lot first. That's especially true of the serious ones. The funny, fluffy ones come more easily, but it's usually the more serious ones that I'm most pleased with.
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Date: 2014-03-20 04:26 pm (UTC)You're a writer; you should expand and try longer ones, under 250 words at first, for example but I 'sense' you have a longer one in you that's brewing. Jack is one of the most fascinating characters I've read; Alex Krycek was another favorite. Both have a hell of a lot of pain in them; both have seen more than anyone should ever have to bear and both are alone. Jack losing Ianto, I think, ranks up there with the worst loss ever and what the Government did to him both before and afterwards was horrific. He's lucky they didn't try to kill him again before he got off-planet!
You approach your writing like I do my beading and I've got 5 pieces clamoring in my head to get out. But your writings also give me time to work the design in my head before I commit it to reality. One day, I'll try posting a piece or two here; this story has just 'bombed' me with another piece! Thank you for the privilege of reading your very best :D
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Date: 2014-03-20 05:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-20 06:04 pm (UTC)You do great drabbles and I figure you'll hit your 250 mark before long. Please take care of yourself though; your health comes first.
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Date: 2014-03-20 06:29 pm (UTC)I'm on track - 74 posted so far this year, plus 3 for FAKE, another 102 written, (plus 4 more for FAKE) so that's 176 written for Torchwood altogether. I need to write another 74 for Torchwood minimum, though if I want to reach 500 chapters over on ff.net I'll need another 12 on top of that, so say 86 more to write... It's possible, I think... With some luck and good prompts at
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Date: 2014-03-20 06:41 pm (UTC)You're right, on Doctor Who everything was treated more lightly, what with the show being designed to appeal to all ages. Torchwood, being an adult show, went into more depth with regards to the consequences of living such a long time. I loved the way Jack and Ianto balanced each other out. They both understood loss, both hid their emotions behind masks, and I think both saw right through each other in the end.
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Date: 2014-03-20 07:18 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2014-03-29 09:56 pm (UTC)Thank you!