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Best One-Shot Torchwood Fanfics

Torchwood one-shots under 10k words — complete reads in one sitting. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.

TV Shows 22 one-shot fics Avg 3,447 words short stories under 10,000 words

Top 22 One-Shot Torchwood Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Torchwood fics — short stories under 10,000 words.

1

A Supersoldier, A Brainwashed Assassin And An Alien Walk Into A Bar...

by midnightecho

"JACK HARKNESS MEETING BUCKY AND STEVE IN THE 1940s AND FLIRTING FURIOUSLY WITH BOTH OF THEMJACK HARKNESS SEEING THEM AGAIN IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND THEY’RE ALL EQUALLY CONFUSED AS EACH OTHER"- dangerhamster's tumblr post which I decided needed to happen

3,626 kudos 2,184 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
2

Handler

by copperbadge

There are some staff changes going on at SHIELD.

3,200 kudos 556 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
3

Trying To Communicate

by copperbadge

There's an alien in the Hub, and it's trying to communicate.

2,530 kudos 1,848 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
4

This Is How The Universe Ends

by perryvic

EXCUSE ME, he said, not impolitely. BUT YOU ARE HOLDING UP THE END OF THE UNIVERSE.

2,160 kudos 3,816 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
5

When Nine Hundred Years Old You Reach...

by Waldo

Ianto is caught between not wanting to cause a scene and wanting someone (namely Jack) to notice how awful he feels.

2,028 kudos 3,721 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
6

Come Home

by copperbadge

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...

1,993 kudos 1,348 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
7

The Importance Of Jones, Ianto Jones

by inenochian (orphan_account)

This is what would happen to the hub if Ianto were to take a mini vacation.

1,958 kudos 2,892 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
8

5 Times the Doctor Interfered in Darcy's Life and SHIELD Was Clueless, And The One Time That Everyone Found Out

by ITookTheOneLessTravelled

Multi-era Doctor Who, plays with the idea that Darcy was a companion (sort of). Slight spoilers for The Name of the Doctor. Rated for a bit of language and slightly mature themes.

1,865 kudos 5,089 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
9

Death and the Definitely-Not-A-Maiden

by Odsbodkins

When Jack dies, Death is there to meet him. Every time.Written in 2008 for the Doctor Who Crossover Ficathon. Takes in Torchwood to end S2, Doctor Who to end S3, Discworld to Soul Music.

1,516 kudos 3,672 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
10

Time is the Essence of Eternity

by WinterSky101

While over at Ianto’s house, Jack finds out that his boyfriend owns a very interesting watch.

1,500 kudos 5,959 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
11

Compromise

by copperbadge

After the Beacons, Ianto's inner censor is offline and Jack refuses to go home. German expressionism ensues.

1,497 kudos 6,795 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
12

Prodigal Son

by copperbadge

Bucky dies, but it doesn't take.

1,442 kudos 1,490 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
13

Family Secrets

by copperbadge

Ianto and Rhi finally manage to have Words about his new job and his new boyfriend. Predictably, nothing goes as planned.

1,415 kudos 2,834 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
14

The Perils of Immortality

by helloearthlings

The Rift monitor is acting up again, but Jack knows exactly who's causing the disturbance.

1,140 kudos 2,425 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
15

Talking to Tish

by DorianWilde

Jack invites Ianto and Gwen to London to meet Martha's family. Tish takes an interest in our favourite coffee-boy and Jack realizes it's time to stop taking Ianto for granted.Or.How did Jack and Ianto's relationship change so much between 'Exit Wounds' and CoE? Set sometime after “The Stolen Earth."

1,009 kudos 3,271 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
16

Five Ways the Team Found Out About Jack and Ianto

by Morgane (smilla840)

The title says it all!

909 kudos 5,021 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
17

Perspective

by edibleflowers

Everyone sees Jack and Ianto in a different light.

823 kudos 2,853 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
18

Labelled

by badly_knitted

A mishandled alien device leaves the whole team with a rather noticeable problem. Some of them take it better than others.

807 kudos 4,181 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
19

Justification

by The_Engineer

Gwen wants to know why Jack has not persued a relationship with her.

778 kudos 2,001 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated Complete
20

A Painful Lesson

by The_Engineer

A rift retrieval gone wrong. The team finds a small cube once used on hostile aliens that allowed the unspoken, pent up thoughts to be voiced in a violent and painful manner. Gwen accidental sets off the cube, causing the team pain and to voice their innermost thoughts. Can the team get past the be

752 kudos 8,138 words 7/7 chapters Mature Complete
21

Settling

by The_Engineer

"So let me get this straight," says the women giggling wearing her bikini and sipping a tequila sunrise at the bar located on the sandy beach."your wife, or at least the women you were going to walk down the aisle with," she pointed to the man sitting on my right. "confessed she was in love with you

601 kudos 1,313 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated Complete
22

Meeting The Team

by badly_knitted

Getting a tour of the Hub wasn’t enough for Ianto’s sister; now Rhiannon wants to meet the rest of the people he works with.

591 kudos 4,437 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete

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3,271
median words
86%
complete
3,626
top kudos
~13 minutes
median read time

This list of 22one-shot Torchwood fanfics spans 75,844 total words. Kudos range from 591 on the newest entries to 3,626 on the most established. Nearly all (86%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (15 of 22 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Crossover · Gwen Bashing · Hurt/Comfort · Humor · Angst.

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