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.

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

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

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

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

[kausingkayn.livejournal.com]

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

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[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.

[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