Interlude: A Tale of Kam Anders

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"We remained side by side, talking in our secret way—but sometimes silent or just exchanging a whispered word or two at long intervals."

--Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer

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This is a tale set in the wonderful Torchwood AU'Verse of Helen Pattskyn (fanfictiondotnet/u/605536/), and more specifically is a continuation of the story begun in the marvelous "Forget Not Me" (fanfictiondotnet/s/4567675/1/ForgetNotMe). I've loved all of Helen's Torchwood stories, but for some reason (well, because it's phenomenal) this one just wouldn't let me go. I was checking for new chapters first thing when I woke up in the morning and last thing before I went to bed at night. And then, Helen finished it. But the story still had me by the scruff of the neck, and as it turns out, wouldn't let go of her either. So the best news for all of us is that once she gets some work done on some of her other terrific stories, Helen's coming back to this one, and boy, is there some great stuff coming up!!

In the meantime, with her incredibly gracious permission, and some collaboration, here's a bit more of the story of Kam and Jack to tide us all over.

If for some reason for example, you're a CSI fan and looking for more "Filling in the Blanks"—in which case all I can say is that Jack and Ianto are a whole lot hotter than Gil and Sara these days (esp. as CSI prepares to go on without either of them) so you might want to check out Torchwood--the tech stuff is way cooler too—who cares if it's all made up--it's not as if CSI doesn't take plenty of shortcuts you've managed to stumble on this and you're not familiar with Helen's AU'Verse series, it's worth checking out. You could just start by reading her "Short Stories", but if you want to read in chronologic order, here's the list (as compiled by itoshii chan on livejournal):

AU'VERSE series:

PART 1: Short Stories chs. 7 – 9 42 – 44 10 – 12 45 – 1st half of 55 1 2nd half of 55 – 57

PART 2: You Keep Me Warm At Night

PART 3: Short Stories chs. 2 – 6

PART 4: A New Day

PART 5: Short Stories ch. 13

PART 6: Moving On

PART 7: Short Stories chs. 14 – 36

PART 8: Stolen Earth AU

PART 9: Short Stories chs. 37 – 38

PART 10: Family Matters

PART 11: Short Stories chs. 39 – 41 58 – 61

PART 12: Blood Moon Rising

PART 13: Black Rose

Familiarity with the AU'Verse would definitely provide background information, but is not necessary to appreciate this story. Reading "Forget Not Me", on the other hand, is essential. This picks up in mid-story. And if you'd like to know more about Henry Fitzroy, check out "Blood Ties". mylifetimedotcom/on-tv/full-episodes/blood-ties/video/season-1/episode-1/episode-1-part-1/1641837644/1614715667.

Oh, and one other completely self-serving note. Because I post my stories in their entirety and (until recently) am not prone to beg for reviews, I tend not to get many. Mind, if you really like or really hate this, leaving a comment?