Fanfic - Counting Stars 1/17 [Torchwood: Jack/Ianto]

Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: Jack/Ianto, smidgins of Gwen/Rhys and Owen/Tosh
Rating: NC-17 (though it won't earn it till later)
Warnings: Fix-it fic; shmoop; EPICNESS. See Notes.
Notes: Okay! There are a few things I'll need to get through here, so pay attention. No whining later if something you don’t like shows up. Long notes, but PLEASE READ. Or at least skim.

1) It’s a behind-the-scenes, sort of - filling in the gaps between the episodes, and trying to get into Ianto's head. Not always a pretty place to be. I'm presuming the people reading this story will (mostly) have canon knowledge under their belt, so I generally skipped over the actual episodes, except when a) I needed to deal with certain events in the eps to set up for later events or b) when I changed a few things from the eps.

2) It's a fix-it fic. It’s largely canon-compliant up until mid-season 2. Tiny deviations start appearing then, but it's the "Exit Wounds" where you'll see the biggest changes. I'm guessing you know what one of the things I'm "fixing" is.

3) It unashamedly ships Jack/Ianto (THEY WERE SOULMATES DESTINED FOR EACH OTHER kind of shipping). That does mean cliches, yes. They are my OTP, and it shows. I like to think I've managed to handle them and the other characters in a relatively accurate fashion.

4) It’s primarily Ianto's POV here, so bear in mind that what he thinks about certain situations/characters is not necessarily what I think, or even the truth. Remember that he is a biased narrator; he doesn't have all the information, and he doesn't (whatever anyone might say) know everything.

5) I've borrowed certain elements of CoE, but I've also bashed said elements around and moulded them into something I deemed worthy to work with. For instance, Rhiannon and her family exist, but so do Ianto's mother, brother and stepfather (all non-canon). Which leads me to -

6) There are OCs here. Never fear, they are Not Important. But they're there, so I'm just giving you a heads-up. They're a means to an end, nothing more, and they more or less vanish from the story the moment they're no longer useful. *is cruel and ruthless*

7) At a certain point in this story (Part 16, to be precise), you will want to kill me. Please refrain. THIS STORY HAS A HAPPY ENDING. Even if it seems like it really sucks at some points (even before Part 16; I beat Ianto and Jack with the angst!stick in some places), it WILL get better. In fact, it will be sickeningly sappy/fluffy at some parts. Should that count as a warning too?

8) I've split the story up into 17 parts, not because it was written as a chaptered story (it was a one-shot. In fact, it was supposed to be ten pages at most) but because it's a tad... uh, long.

As in, 151,875 words. That's 386 pages, if you were wondering.

... Yeah. So much for ten pages, I know. The chapters are as long as I could get them before LJ's per-post size limit spazzed at me.

9) As you've probably guessed, this fic is COMPLETE. I'll hopefully be posting one part per week or so. I think they're long and meaty enough that a week's wait is justified?

10) There will be detailed smut later (wait till we hit Season 2). It's not purposeless smut, but feel free to skip it if you're that way inclined. If you're not that way inclined, feel free to tell me what you thought of it. Actually, tell me what you thought of the whole fic. Please?

( Counting Stars: Part One )