Torchwood/Fanfic Recs

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Authors and Websites

Torchwood House

  • Recommended by Kristee
  • Vetted recommendations for "as broad a spectrum of works as possible" including fiction, vids, art and meta
  • Organised by tags, reccer, genre, length, etc.

dmarley's Torchwood Recs

  • Recommended by Kristee
  • Over 1,500 Torchwood story recs arranged by pairing and genre

Helen Pattskyn's AU'Verse

  • Recommended by Joan
  • An AU series that originated from a series of Jack/Ianto fics (Short Stories) and expanded from there. Now in two sections: a primarily Jack/Ianto collection of fics with numerous crossovers to other shows and a collection of future fic set many centuries afterwards that is the work of both Helen Pattskyn and Sidlerocks. It captures the humour and themes of Torchwood extremely well while branching out from on the original 'verse at the same time.

General Fics

Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.

"What's Wrong With the Captain?" by estelgreenleaf

  • Recommended by Its-Janto-Time
  • "Synopsis": Jack falls ill, and the Torchwood team is left to take care of him.

Second Star to the Right by SnarkyHunter

  • Recommended by FoolofaTook
  • Synopsis: The Tenth Doctor rescues Ianto Jones from the basements of Canary Wharf and takes him on as a companion. Follows in episode format, starting from the end of Doomsday.

Second City Torchwood by Sam the Storyteller. (AU)

  • Recommended by Lavanya Six
  • Synopsis: When Mayor Daley's special investigation unit, Torchwood, steals Chicago PD Officer Gwen Cooper's crime scene, she decides to find out everything she can about them. But she may get more than she bargained for when Captain Harkness—who isn't even American!—sends his errand boy Ian to scare her off.

A_Tree_Grows_in_Cardiff by someinstant

  • Recommended by Goodwrench
  • Synopsis: "Better get going, sir," Ianto said. "You've a tree to catch, after all."
  • Comments: An unusually well-written story and a very funny alien encounter.

And Seven For A Secret by Aeshna

  • Recommended by Voila Viola
  • Synopsis: If you are reading this then I am dead, and with my death dies a promise I made a long, long time ago... When Ben Haldane is left a cryptic note in his grandfather's will, it leads him to a story far stranger than he could ever have imagined.

Shipping Fics

Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.

Jaded Golden Threads by Jaded.

  • Recommended by HG131
  • Pairings: Jack/Ianto/Dawn, hints of Spike/Xander
  • Synopsis: What happens when the Buffyverse and the Whoniverse cross over? This does. Dawn, Jack and Ianto centric... and anything more would be a spoiler.
  • Tags: Some slash, mostly implied. Massively Multiplayer Crossover later on, involving Bones, Castle, Glee, Charmed, and several others.


The Theory of Two Centres by Sam the Storyteller. (slash)

  • Recommended by Lavanya Six
  • Pairings: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: Ianto Jones woke up in a bed that wasn't his, in a flat that wasn't his, wearing clothing that definitely wasn't his. Post-S2, memory-loss.


The Day I Stopped Dreaming by x-Athenea-x. (slash)

  • Recommended by Galadriel1010
  • Pairings: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: Torchwood action mixed with tortured stream of consciousness. X-Athenea-x takes us inside Ianto's mind in the aftermath of Cyberwoman and during his suspension as he struggles to come to terms with what has happened and what he feels and as he tries to make amends.


Get Loved, Make More, Try To Stay Alive by dsudis. (slash)

  • Recommended by godborn and seconded hard by jaimie2i
  • Pairings: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: Ianto get pregnant with Jack's child and is forced to place it in stasis. Later, Ianto (with the help of The Doctor) is time traveled several hundred years in the future to meet his lover and son.


Season Three Scriptverse by Obfuscate.

  • Recommended by Troper Anon
  • Pairings: Various over the course of the season, but starting with Season 2 canon
  • Synopsis: Written before "Children of Earth," this fic is an AU written in the form of TV scripts for the series. It has 13 "episodes," each of which have a self-contained plot within a season-long arc, just like the show.


Everthing That Rises Must Converge by Teachwriteslash

  • Recommended By: Studious Jones
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Pairing: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: Prior to the battle of Canary Wharf Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones' paths cross and they embark on a journey neither of them could have been prepared for.


Shades Of Ianto by Sarcastic Chick

  • Recommended By: Studious Jones
  • Pairing: Jack/Ianto, past Ianto/Others
  • Synopsis: Ianto is much more than just a teaboy.


The Windhovers by Sarcastic Chick

  • Recommended By: Studious Jones
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Pairing: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: Ianto Jones is not going crazy, but even he can't begin to fathom what is going on. . .


Proof Of Your Existence by Sarcastic Chick

  • Recommended By: Studious Jones
  • Pairing: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: "Can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you? When neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is."
  • Tags: What Measure Is a Non-Human?.


Resonating Throughout Time by Gracie Musica

  • Recommended By: Studious Jones
  • Pairing: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: Sometimes your other half turns up in unexpected places. For Jack Harkness, it turned up millennia before he was even born.


Intersecting Geodesics by Nancy Brown

  • Recommended By: Nadilune
  • Pairings: Jack/Ianto, minor Jack/John Hart
  • Synopsis: Stuck in the wrong time with a Jack who hasn't met him yet, all Ianto really wants is a way home. Part of the Intersections series. Post COE.


The Roots of the Quadratic by Nancy Brown

  • Recommended By: Nadilune
  • Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Alice Carter/Jenny (from Doctor Who)
  • Synopsis: Jack and Ianto discover they can only outrun old sins for so long. Sequel to Intersecting Geodesics.


Game, Sutekh, and Match by Valderys

  • Recommended By: pretzellogic
  • Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Jack/John, and John/Ianto
  • Synopsis: When Jack is attacked and pieces of him are scattered around the world, he can rely on Ianto to bring him home. But can Ianto rely on John? His vortex manipulator is essential to the mission, but that's no guarantee...
  • Tags: Some slash but the fic's rated Teen so I the stuff heavier than kisses is implied/stated.


Crossover

Damage Control by Bookkeeper The

  • Crossover with Doctor Who
  • Recommended by Iridescent Individual
  • Status: Completed, with one completed sequel and a third on the way.
  • Synopsis: The Tenth Doctor shows up at the Torchwood Hub after a nasty experience in a testing facility. As it is, this one is only the latest in a long line, and Jack and his team (and Martha) are left to deal with the fallout as the Doctor finally hits his breaking point. Sequel is Inertia. Set after "Voyage of the Damned" for Doctor Who and "Sleeper" for Torchwood.

The Death Note Discovery by KaibaGirl007

  • Crossover with Death Note
  • Recommended by feral
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Jack/Ianto
  • Synopsis: An unnamed Shinigami drops a Death Note in Cardiff.

Owen: Congratulations, you've found a book that belongs to an Emo.


Endurance by Adrian Tullberg

  • Crossover with Doctor Who
  • Recommended by: Brona19
  • Synopsis: (spoilers for Miracle Day) The last old man on Earth stared out at the screen towards the viewer.

For Captain and Cardiff by blackhemlock

  • Crossover with Doctor Who
  • Recommended by Supernova92
  • Synopsis: "At midnight, a nationwide security alert was sent out… Torchwood London, demands all agencies' cooperation in issuing an arrest warrant for Ianto Merric Jones, 24, of Cardiff." Torchwood Three's Archivist has gone rogue. But, he does have a very good reason, and he looks stunning in his new suit. Torchwood/Doctor Who crossover.

The Justice League Of Cardiff Is A Stupid Name by Sam_Storyteller

  • Crossover with The DCU
  • Recommended By: Studious Jones
  • Synopsis: Superman is evil and Batman wants to know why Torchwood's agents don't wear capes.


The Magic of Torchwood by Bella the Strange

  • Crossover with Harry Potter
  • Recommended by Seiryuu
  • Synopsis: The Torchwood team have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Set between Adam and Reset. Rated T because of Jack Harkness, swearing, mature themes, slash etc... it's Torchwood!


Of Rifts and Vampires by enigma-kar.

  • Crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Recommended by HG131
  • Synopsis: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover where Spike and John Hart meet and then the entire Torchwood team meet the duo. They then bash Twilight and it's hack writer and go out for drinks.
  • Comments: This is actually funny. It's also short so just read it.


Unlocking Torchwood by Jaded


When a Grim Reaper Calls by cjulina.

  • Crossover with Dead Like Me
  • Recommended by HG131
  • Synopsis: Jack, after dying 9 times in a row in a few minutes, gets a visit from Rube. What follows is awesome, funny, and ironic.
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