TW100 challenge #157, Heat

[bluecastle]

Title: Heated
Rating: PG for dark themes.
Notes: Written for tw100  Challenge 157, Heat.
Summary: doing what must be done, no matter the cost, is what Torchwood is here for.

I'm not sure whether I'll expand this at some point, but I've been mulling over this story idea thanks to this set of comments...


He stood in cold storage, watching the temperature dial creep upwards. He ignored his hangover, concentrating instead on what the Brigadier had said to him in the smoky shadows of that London pub.

"Sometimes we have to do the things that they cannot do for themselves..."

Ianto wasn't about to feel guilty for killing someone who had caused Jack so much pain.

"Your brother loves you," he said to the man lying before him. "I don't have that luxury."

He tasted copper in his mouth as he turned and walked away, leaving only the sound of his footsteps behind him.

Comments

[takisys.livejournal.com]

I can really picture Ianto doing that - Not an easy choice but well done.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

it's a chilling image, isn't it?

[takisys.livejournal.com]

yeap! indeed

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Brutal. Great job of telling the story in the 100 words.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

thanks. I like the challenge of distilling things down to the essence of the story in 100 words. It's fun!

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I will never get tired of Ianto killing Gray. Great work -- and also fabulous, ingenious fill for this particular prompt.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

yeah. I didn't want to overdo the Ianto offs Gray thing...but I really like the idea of the underling doing what the big damn hero won't/can't/isn't.

you're brilliant and I'm ingenious. we'll take that, right? :D

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to overdo the Ianto offs Gray thing

I don't think it can be overdone, and certainly not by this one.

*grin*

[kausingkayn.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely wonderfully brilliant.
Words cannot describe how perfect this is.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

thanks so much!

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Wow - how you did that in 100 words is just amazing.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Distilling things down to just 100 words is fun!

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

OH wow. I am intrigued by this after-dinner mint.

You short people--you know I admire you fiercely? I would need 600000 words to do what you did in 100. LOL.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

poetry in motion, baby, yep that's me. *BLUSH*

someday I will rewatch enuf classic Who to get the Brig's voice down and then I will write that pub convo. oh yes. The men who "get" the men who get the glory.

move along here, there's no personal angst to see here... :) LOL.

hands out fic choccies anytime...

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Fabulous work. Love the idea that Ianto would do what Jack could not, and do it for him as well as his own selfish reasons. The line about not having the luxury to love Grey and therefore stop himself from commiting murder...perfect.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

Wow. Thank You. I have to say I do rather love that line of dialogue myself. Gives me shivers. So glad you liked it too!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh my, dark but extremely plausible, and perfectly written.

[samueljames]

Oh that is so dark and so much packed into that drabble.

[scottishwillow.livejournal.com]

I could totally belive this happening, Ianto doing what needs to be done even if it's not what he wants to do. Great job.

[bk_forever]

Ianto strikes me as a practical, pragmatic man - if something needs to be done, no matter what it is, he'll do it. Grey was a threat, I can totally believe that he'd make sure the threat was neutralised permanently.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent!

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

I so agreee that seems to likely, great drabble