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Penname: LadyDeb [Contact] Real name: Deb
Member Since: 11/11/11
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Bio:
Been writing fanfic in one way or another since I was eight years old.  I have a wide variety of fandoms, but Torchwood is my predominant focus at the moment.  It took me all of five minutes to fall in love with Jack Harkness, and I've never looked back.  Thus, my hierarchy is:  I adore Jack; I loved Esther; I really liked Tosh; I can tolerate Ianto and Rex; I'm meh on Owen; and the less said about my opinion of Gwen, the better.
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Series
Summary: Post Miracle Day.  Jack, Rex, and Esther continue the fight against the Families, while dealing with a new Rift.  But they aren't without assistance.
Fandoms: Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: None
Genres: General Warnings: Adult Situations, Angst, AU, Drama, friendship, hetero and slash, Hurt/Comfort, mild violence, sexual references
Challenges: None
Open: No
 
Summary: Alternate second and subsequent seasons, which introduces new family members for Derek and keeps Philip in the Legacy.
Fandoms: Poltergeist The Legacy Characters: ensemble
Genres: General, Hetero Warnings: AU, Child abuse, friendship, het, Hurt/Comfort, mild violence, sexual references, supernatural, violence
Challenges: None
Open: Yes
 
Summary: In which the Torchwood universe gets turned upside down and shaken royally.  In 32 AD, Jack Harkness is dug up by his younger brother Gray ... and when they return to 2008 Cardiff, Jack finds that things aren't as he remembers them.  Owen Harper is thoroughly alive, Suzie pulled herself back from the Abyss, Jack's daughter loves him and accepts him in her life ... and he's shared between the sheets by Ianto Jones and Esther Drummond. 
Fandoms: Television, Torchwood Characters: None
Genres: General, Hetero, Slash Warnings: Angst, AU, Fix It Fic, Genre - Hetero & Slash, Hurt/Comfort, Kink - Threesome, Language - Mild, m/m/f, Relationship - Established Romance, Relationship - Friendship, Violence - Implied, Violence - Mild
Challenges: None
Open: No
 
Summary: Crossover series between Torchwood and Transformers, beginning with Choosing to be Family.
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: ensemble
Genres: General Warnings: schmoop
Challenges: None
Open: No
 
Stories
Summary: Prequel to A Slightly More Perfect World, in which twenty-two year old Esther Drummond's first trip with an urban exploring group in Cardiff leads her to Torchwood and Captain Jack Harkness.
Fandoms: Television, Torchwood Characters: Alice Carter [Torchwood], Ianto Jones [Torchwood], Jack Harkness [Torchwood], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Stephen Carter [Torchwood], Suzie Costello [Torchwood], Toshiko Sato [Torchwood]
Genres: General Warnings: AU, Language - Mild, m/m, Violence - Implied, Violence - Mild
Challenges: None
Series: Points of Departure
Chapters: 3 Completed: Yes Word count: 17573
Published: 10/12/12 Updated: 10/16/12
A Matter of Trust by LadyDeb Rated: FRT - young teen [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Sixth in the Worlds Apart series: Lacey is withdrawn. Jack is worried. John and Rinna conspire to trap them in a room together to work out their differences. However, Lacey's claustrophobia kicks in. Uh-oh. . .
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: None
Genres: Hetero Warnings: AU, friendship, het, Language, m/f, schmoop
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 5727
Published: 11/17/11 Updated: 11/17/11
A Simple Parish Priest by LadyDeb Rated: FRC - child safe [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary:

Philip encounters a soul-wounded little girl and remembers that not all demons are of the supernatural variety.


Fandoms: Poltergeist The Legacy Characters: Alexandra Moreau, Father Philip Callaghan
Genres: General Warnings: Family, friendship, Hurt/Comfort
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 2290
Published: 12/01/11 Updated: 12/01/11
Summary: AU:  When Jack is rescued from being buried alive, he discovers that things aren't quite as he remembers them.  And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Fandoms: Television, Torchwood Characters: Gray [Torchwood], Ianto Jones [Torchwood], Jack Harkness [Torchwood], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Stephen Carter [Torchwood], Suzie Costello [Torchwood], Toshiko Sato [Torchwood]
Genres: General, Hetero, Slash Warnings: AU, Fix It Fic, Fluff, Genre - Hetero & Slash, Hurt/Comfort, Language - Mild, m/m/f, Relationship - Established Romance, Relationship - Friendship, Sexual References
Challenges: None
Series: Points of Departure
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 6462
Published: 10/09/12 Updated: 10/09/12
A Soft Place to Land by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary:

Fourth in the Worlds Apart series:   After the events of Somebody's Little Girl, Jack listens to Lacey and lets his current dance partner take care of him. It yields greater fruit than he realizes.


Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: None
Genres: Slash Warnings: m/m
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 2855
Published: 11/14/11 Updated: 11/14/11
Cattin' Around by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Eleventh in the Worlds Apart series; It's the first day of Rhys Williams' cross-training with Torchwood.  Things don't get off to a good start when a strange artifact has an even stranger effect on the director of Torchwood, one Captain Jack Harkness.
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: None
Genres: General Warnings: AU, Drama, friendship, Hurt/Comfort, m/f, smarm
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 6 Completed: Yes Word count: 22653
Published: 01/30/12 Updated: 06/18/12
Choosing to be Family by LadyDeb Rated: FRC - child safe [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: AU:  After the initial encounter with the 456 in 1965, Captain Jack Harkness finds unexpected succor in a friendship with John Keller and his family.  First story in the Worlds Apart Series, a crossover between Torchwood and Transformers (2007 verse)
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: None
Genres: General Warnings: schmoop
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 4143
Published: 11/11/11 Updated: 11/11/11
Days of Reckoning by LadyDeb Rated: FRT - young teen starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 1] Featured Stories
Summary: It was five days that forever changed Great Britain and the world.  Five days that Torchwood has been preparing for since Gray returned with Jack.  But will it be enough?
Fandoms: Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: 4-5-6 [Torchwood], Alice Carter [Torchwood], Anwen Williams [Torchwood Miracle Day], Clem MacDonald [Torchwood], Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Gray [Torchwood], Ianto Jones [Torchwood], Jack Harkness [Torchwood], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Prime Mini
Genres: Hetero, Slash Warnings: Angst, AU, Family, Fix It Fic, Genre - Hetero & Slash, Hurt/Comfort, Language - Mild, m/m/f, Relationship - Established Romance, Relationship - Friendship, Sexual References, Violence - Implied, Violence - Mild
Challenges: None
Series: Points of Departure
Chapters: 3 Completed: No Word count: 10701
Published: 03/03/13 Updated: 04/28/13
Enfolded by LadyDeb Rated: FRC - child safe [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: AU, second story in Worlds Apart Series:  John Keller's eight year old daughter Alexandra has been abducted and Jack Harkness will sacrifice his life to rescue her again.  As many times as it takes.
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: None
Genres: General Warnings: schmoop
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3322
Published: 11/12/11 Updated: 11/12/11
Forgiveness by LadyDeb Rated: FRC - child safe starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 1] Featured Stories
Summary: In the aftermath of Doppleganger, apologies are issued and bonds are reaffirmed.
Fandoms: Poltergeist The Legacy Characters: ensemble
Genres: General Warnings: Supernatual - ghosts
Challenges: None
Series: Child of Sorrow, Child of Delight
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3777
Published: 11/29/11 Updated: 11/29/11
Summary: Jack has returned to Cardiff, and he's not alone.  And soon, he'll begin building his own team, one fragment at a time.
Fandoms: Torchwood, Torchwood/Transformers, Transformers: Live action movie (2007) Characters: ensemble
Genres: General Warnings: Angst, AU, Character Death - Minor Character, friendship, Hurt/Comfort, implied sex, Language, m/f, mild violence
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 6 Completed: Yes Word count: 36822
Published: 11/23/11 Updated: 12/12/11
Summary: Part of the Points of Departure universe: When Owen gives his name as Jack's before a bar fight, the repercussions are far-reaching for everyone, but especially Jack, his daugher Alice, and Suzie.
Fandoms: Torchwood Characters: Alice Carter [Torchwood], Jack Harkness [Torchwood], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Stephen Carter [Torchwood], Suzie Costello [Torchwood], Toshiko Sato [Torchwood]
Genres: None Warnings: AU, Hurt/Comfort, Language - Mild, Violence - Implied
Challenges: None
Series: Points of Departure
Chapters: 5 Completed: Yes Word count: 21190
Published: 01/31/13 Updated: 02/23/13
Ground Rules by LadyDeb Rated: FRT - young teen [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary:

Gwen meets Carlyon Tregarth.  It does not go well with her.  Splinter from the Birthright series and decidedly not Gwen-friendly.  Contains spoilers for Immortal Sins.


Fandoms: Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Gwen Cooper [Torchwood Miracle Day], original character
Genres: General Warnings: AU, Discipline, Violence - Mild
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3545
Published: 07/18/12 Updated: 07/18/12
Summary: Seventh in the Worlds Apart series:  An alien bounty hunter, an equally alien artefact found in Eastern Europe, and an all-too-human threat are just a few of the challenges posed to the friendship between Jack and the Kellers.  But for every threat, a promise is made.
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers, x-overs Characters: None
Genres: Hetero, Slash Warnings: AU, friendship, hetero and slash, Hurt/Comfort, Language, m/f, m/m, mild violence, schmoop
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 3 Completed: Yes Word count: 29307
Published: 11/18/11 Updated: 11/18/11
Just Average by LadyDeb Rated: FRT - young teen [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: During the Decepticons' occupation of Chicago, a group of woman seek shelter in one of the tunnels of the Chicago Pedway.
Fandoms: Movies, Transformers: Live action movie (2007) Characters: original character
Genres: General Warnings: Hurt/Comfort, Language, Violence - Implied
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3749
Published: 05/23/12 Updated: 05/23/12
Moments in Time by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Ninth in the Worlds Apart series:  The events of Transformers play out as Jack and his team watch. . .along with some others.
Fandoms: Torchwood, Torchwood/Transformers, Transformers: Live action movie (2007) Characters: ensemble
Genres: General, Hetero Warnings: AU, friendship, het, m/f, mild violence, sexual references, smut, violence
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 5 Completed: Yes Word count: 18469
Published: 12/15/11 Updated: 12/17/11
Summary: Twelfth in the Worlds Apart series:  A Decepticon attack against a function attended by Lacey and Ianto officially brings Torchwood into the war between the factions, and Ianto is forced to confront terrifying memories.
Fandoms: Torchwood, Torchwood/Transformers, Transformers: Live action movie (2007) Characters: None
Genres: General Warnings: Angst, AU, Hurt/Comfort, Language, m/f, Schmoop, Violence - Implied, Violence - Mild
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 10 Completed: No Word count: 43482
Published: 06/19/12 Updated: 03/23/13
Reap the Whirlwind by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Fifth in the Birthright series; Owen's first case with his new team brings him face-to-face with his past, when an old enemy abducts Ailsa.
Fandoms: Television, Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood Miracle Day], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Rex Matheson [Torchwood Miracle Day]
Genres: General Warnings: Angst, AU, Drama, Genre - Hetero, Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapping, Language, m/f, Schmoop, Violence, Violence - Implied, Violence - Mild
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 9 Completed: Yes Word count: 43572
Published: 05/02/12 Updated: 06/06/12
Rebirth by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Tenth in the Worlds Apart series:  The Battle of Canary Wharf is over and it's time to pick up the pieces.  But for two former Sector Seven agents, an opportunity to start up their defunct agency comes in the form of a traumatized young survivor named Ianto Jones and his partially converted girlfriend, Lisa Hallett.
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: ensemble
Genres: Hetero, Slash Warnings: Angst, AU, hetero and slash, Horror, Hurt/Comfort, Language, m/f, m/m, mild violence, sexual references, slash
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 4 Completed: Yes Word count: 13184
Published: 12/24/11 Updated: 01/04/12
Somebody's Little Girl by LadyDeb Rated: FRC - child safe [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary:

AU, third in the Worlds Apart series:  This was not how Jack wanted her to learn the truth about him.


Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: multiple pairings
Genres: General Warnings: violence
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 6654
Published: 11/13/11 Updated: 11/13/11
Stand Ready by LadyDeb Rated: FRT - young teen [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Fifth in the Worlds Apart series: After a mission goes bad, Jack rests and recovers; John reflects and remembers; two old friends make an appearance; and Rinna makes lunch.  Characters from NCIS also make appearances. . .one in person and one mentioned.
Fandoms: Torchwood/Transformers Characters: None
Genres: General Warnings: schmoop
Challenges: None
Series: Worlds Apart
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3478
Published: 11/16/11 Updated: 11/16/11
The Hard Truth by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Part of the Points of Departure universe:  A chance encounter leads Jack and the team to discover Gwen Cooper's fate.
Fandoms: Television, Torchwood Characters: Alice Carter [Torchwood], Fairie [Torchwood], Ianto Jones [Torchwood], Jack Harkness [Torchwood], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Rhys Williams [Torchwood], Stephen Carter [Torchwood], Suzie Costello [Torchwood], Toshiko Sato [Torchwood]
Genres: General, Hetero, Slash Warnings: Angst, Character Death, Genre - Hetero & Slash, Hurt/Comfort, m/m/f, Violence - Implied, Violence - Mild
Challenges: None
Series: Points of Departure
Chapters: 6 Completed: Yes Word count: 26910
Published: 11/18/12 Updated: 01/21/13
The Hidden Child by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Seventh in the Birthright series:  An old villain returns to wreak havoc ... but there's also an old friend determined to protect those she loved in life.
Fandoms: Television, Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood Miracle Day], original character, Rex Matheson [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Suzie Costello [Torchwood], Toshiko Sato [Torchwood]
Genres: General Warnings: Angst, AU, Drama, Family, Fix It Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Language - Mild, m/f, Sexual References, Supernatural - Ghosts, Violence
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 8 Completed: No Word count: 40361
Published: 10/05/12 Updated: 04/13/13
The Homecoming by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Fourth in the Birthright series:  The Rift is spewing out creatures with a grudge against Jack; Martha is coming for a visit; and someone else is returning to Earth.  Someone VERY unexpected.
Fandoms: Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood Miracle Day], Martha Jones [Torchwood], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Rex Matheson [Torchwood Miracle Day]
Genres: Hetero, Slash Warnings: Adult Situations, Angst, AU, Drama, Family, Fix It Fic, Genre - Hetero & Slash, Hurt/Comfort, m/f, m/m, Rare Pairing, Schmoop, Sexual References, Smarm
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 11 Completed: Yes Word count: 59532
Published: 03/26/12 Updated: 04/27/12
The Rising by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary:

Three months after the end of Miracle, Jack and Rex learn that Esther's still alive.  Assistance in rescuing her comes in the form of Carlyon Tregarth, but that's only the beginning.


Fandoms: Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood Miracle Day], original character, Rex Matheson [Torchwood Miracle Day]
Genres: General Warnings: Angst, AU, Fix it fic, friendship, hetero and slash, Hurt/Comfort, mild violence, sexual references, violence
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 3 Completed: Yes Word count: 27685
Published: 12/19/11 Updated: 12/24/11
The Sleeper Awakens by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Third in the Birthright series:  Sophia Tregarth has awakened from her decades-long coma sooner than anticipated, leading to the revelation of secrets with devastating consequences to her long-time friend Captain Jack Harkness as well as her youngest daughter.
Fandoms: Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood Miracle Day], original character, Rex Matheson [Torchwood Miracle Day]
Genres: Hetero, Slash Warnings: AU, Drama, Family, friendship, hetero and slash, Hurt/Comfort, Language, schmoop, sexual references, violence
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 7 Completed: Yes Word count: 32044
Published: 03/02/12 Updated: 03/26/12
To Whom Much is Given by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Sixth in the Birthright series: Jack returns to the Colasanto compound with company when Angelo's lawyer calls about an inheritance.
Fandoms: Television, Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Angelo Colasanto [Torchwood Miracle Day], Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood Miracle Day], Olivia Colasanto [Torchwood Miracle Day], Rex Matheson [Torchwood Miracle Day], Owen Harper [Torchwood], Suzie Costello [Torchwood]
Genres: General, Hetero, Slash Warnings: Drama, Genre - Hetero & Slash, Hurt/Comfort, m/m/f, Sexual References
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 13 Completed: Yes Word count: 68877
Published: 06/14/12 Updated: 09/28/12
Torn Asunder by LadyDeb Rated: FRT15 - over 15 [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Second in the Birthright series: Esther is recovering from her months of captivity, a new Rift may be opening, and Jack has a decision to make.  And is Octavia Tregarth putting the moves on Rex?
Fandoms: Torchwood, Torchwood: Miracle Day Characters: Esther Drummond [Torchwood Miracle Day], Jack Harkness [Torchwood Miracle Day], Rex Matheson [Torchwood Miracle Day], Ianto Jones [Torchwood], Lisa Hallet [Torchwood]
Genres: General Warnings: AU, Hurt/Comfort
Challenges: None
Series: Birthright
Chapters: 9 Completed: Yes Word count: 47492
Published: 12/27/11 Updated: 03/01/12
Unfinished Business by LadyDeb Rated: FRC - child safe [Reviews - 0] Featured Stories
Summary: Kristen has unfinished business. . .and chief among them is Philip Callaghan.  Fix-it for The Sacrifice.
Fandoms: Poltergeist The Legacy Characters: Father Philip Callaghan, Kristin Adams
Genres: General, Hetero Warnings: Angst, AU, Fix it fic, friendship, het, Hurt/Comfort, supernatural
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 2478
Published: 11/30/11 Updated: 11/30/11
 

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