Ficlet: By Any Other Name

[bk_forever]

Title: By Any Other Name

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Tosh, Jack

Rating: G

Spoilers: Captain Jack Harkness.

Summary: Tosh considers what she’s just learned about her boss and friend.

Word Count: 222

Written For: sidonie’s prompt ‘Any, any, Your fake name is good enough for me,’ at fic_promptly.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.

Tosh had learned a lot about Jack on their accidental jaunt back to 1941; some things she would never have imagined and others that made perfect sense, given the little she’d already known about him.

When it came to Jack, what was the truth and what was just another tall tale was usually anyone’s guess, but this time she’d been certain he was telling her the truth.

He was an ex-conman, and someone had saved his life, apparently bringing him back from death for a purpose even Jack couldn’t guess at. That had to weigh on the man’s mind.

He’d lived through the Second World War before, probably serving in the air force. He didn’t tell her that outright, but it was inferred, and she was pretty sure she was right.

And the name he uses isn’t his own, he stole it from a very brave and courageous man, falsifying records so it would seem that he hadn’t died when his plane was shot down.

All these years working for the man, and none of them even knew his real name.

Thinking about it, something important occurred to Tosh: It didn’t matter. Captain Jack Harkness might not have been the name their leader was born with, but it was who he was now, and that, she realised, was good enough for her.

The End

Comments

[akawho.livejournal.com]

Yep, Jack is the very definition of a self-made man.

[bk_forever]

So true! He's pieced himself together using elements from other people, trying to be the best person he can be while still retaining some of what he was before.

Thank you!

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

Jack is a dark horse but he has his reasons.

great fic.

[bk_forever]

He is, and his reasons are very good indeed. It wouldn't do for humanity to learn too much about what's to come. As an ex-Time Agents, Jack knows to tread lightly while he's in the past.

Thank you!

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

Tosh's heart is so pure that she can see only the good in people, she often finds justifications for the other's actions, I think.

[bk_forever]

I think you're right. She sees the good in Jack, certainly. She loves him like a brother, and believes in him completely.

Thank you!