AN: I do not own torchwood.
Chapter One: Of Coffee and Faded Pasts
Piles of paperwork cluttered the desk along with a little yellow tin; a coat stand stood in the corner on it was a long bluish-grey military coat with brass buttons. In the wall was a safe of shiny silver- like metal that no one knew how to open except for one man, and that man was, Captain Jack Harkness and he was sitting at his desk listening to his friends and employees laughing, but he was staring off into space trying remembering a happier time in his long immortal life. Jack reached across to the edge of his desk and brought the yellow tin closer to himself. Pulling it open he looked through the multiple pictures looking for the one that matched the fuzzy face in his head. When he found it he smiled and stared at it longingly. The picture was young girl of seventeen and himself at twenty-six.
"Sir," the quite voice of Ianto Jones said, breaking Jack out of his memories and making him look up. "The coffee is ready and the rest of the team is down in the conference slash break room if you want to join us."
"Thank you Ianto, I think I will take you up on that offer," Jack said standing up, not noticing the photo fluttering to the floor.
Walking to the coat stand, He picked up his coat and exited his office. Leaving Ianto behind to notice the faded, tan photo lying on the ground, picking it up Ianto put it in his pocket and hurried after Jack.
Jack smiled as he entered the room where his friends were chatting as they gathered around a large table with a tray of cookies and coffee on it.
"Jack, you dropped this." Ianto said
"Thank you Ianto." Jack said reaching for the photo but Gwen swiped it of the table.
"Jack whose this?" Gwen asked looking at it
"One of your lovers," Owen asked taking it from Gwen and looking at the photo "You prev! She's so young."
Jack slammed his cup down and walked around the table to stand behind Owen
"She was my Sister." Jack said, "Now if you excuse me I'm going for a walk." He said storming toward the door
He was almost to the door when Gwen came up behind him.
"Jack we didn't know. We're sorry and it's just that we don't know anything about your past. Please tell us about her. We'd like to know." Gwen said
"Okay," Jack said, "My Sister and my coat are tied together so get ready for a long story."
"Okay." they all said
Jack sat back down, Ianto refilled his coffee cup and he began to tell them the story.
" Its the fifty-first century. The planet Earth is a gray dismal place filled ruins of buildings from this time, starving children, and merciless men who fight to survive...