Best Jack Harkness Hurt/Comfort Fanfics
The best hurt/comfort fanfiction featuring Jack Harkness (Torchwood) on AO3, curated by popularity. The vulnerability, the tenderness, seeing characters take care of each other in their worst moments.
Top Jack Harkness Hurt/Comfort Fic Recs
2 hurt/comfort fics featuring Jack Harkness, followed by other top-rated stories.
When Nine Hundred Years Old You Reach...
Hurt/Comfortby Waldo · Janto
Ianto is caught between not wanting to cause a scene and wanting someone (namely Jack) to notice how awful he feels.
Compromise
Hurt/Comfortby copperbadge · Janto
After the Beacons, Ianto's inner censor is offline and Jack refuses to go home. German expressionism ensues.
Pocket Watch Boy
by Mhalachai · Janto
Ianto Jones is a very different sort of boy. (wee!Time Lord!Ianto)
The Doctor And Mr. Jones
by copperbadge · Janto
The Doctor thought he was alone in the universe -- but Torchwood is about to prove him wrong.
Get Loved, Make More, Try to Stay Alive
by Dira Sudis (dsudis) · Janto
"When we don't die young and violently, we die weird. Well, or all three, case in point."
Trying To Communicate
by copperbadge · Janto
There's an alien in the Hub, and it's trying to communicate.
To The Sticking Place
by zephyras13 · Janto
The end justifies the means. Failure is not an option. There is always a choice, except when there isn't. These are the phrases Ianto Jones lives by and he refuses to allow anyone, even Captain Jack Harkness, to change that. Jack/Ianto, AU, Torchwood One Agent!Ianto.
Come Home
by copperbadge · Janto
Jack finds a way to reverse Ianto's death; there is a cost, but the little family was happy, until their son James and his friend Steve went to war...
The Importance Of Jones, Ianto Jones
by inenochian (orphan_account) · Janto
This is what would happen to the hub if Ianto were to take a mini vacation.
The Rose of Jericho
by kaydeefalls · Janto
Post-CoE. When Martha Jones encounters a dark UNIT cover-up in the wake of the 456, it's up to Gwen's new Torchwood team to bring the truth to light -- and save Ianto.
How Ianto Jones Saved the Future
by Chocolatephysicist · Janto
Sometimes timelines must be fixed.
For Captain and Cardiff
by blackhemlock · Janto
"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.
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Jack Harkness in Hurt/Comfort Fanfiction
Jack Harkness — An immortal ex-Time Agent from the 51st century who leads Torchwood Three in Cardiff, flirting with anything sentient while carrying centuries of loss. He cannot stay dead, which means everyone he loves leaves him first.
Hurt/Comfort — One character is hurt (physically or emotionally) and another provides comfort and care.
The vulnerability, the tenderness, seeing characters take care of each other in their worst moments. Jack Harkness's (also known as Captain Jack, The Face of Boe) role in Torchwood makes them a natural fit for hurt/comfort storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in Torchwood fanfiction.
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