Hey everyone. I wrote this story a while ago. I am posting it now as it is almost a year since Ianto Jones' death. Enjoy :)

Chapter 1

Jack Harkness was home. At this very moment of time he was standing on the rooftop of the Red Dragon Centre overlooking Cardiff. It was fun with Alonso but he wasn't Ianto. Jack let a tear slip from his eye as he thought about and remembered the day when his life changed and was completely ruined.

"We've got to get you out of here. I can survive anything but you can't." Jack said desperation evident in his voice.
"Too late I breathe the air." Ianto replied accepting that this was going to be his death.

"There's gotta be something. There's gotta be an antidote." Desperation and the panic and fear of losing Ianto, showing ever stronger as he spoke every syllable.
"You said you would fight.." The 456 said, sounding smug at the words Jack was uttering.
"Then I take it back alright, I take it all back, but not him." Jack cried, tears forming in his eyes as his lover fell to the floor.
"No, no no no… Ianto, No," Jack said as he caught Ianto in his arms and held him. Even though it was playing out right in front of him, Jack couldn't face that the man he loved was dieing, right in front of him, in his arms.

"It's all my fault." Jack whispered, barely audible as sadness overwhelmed him.
"No it's not.." Even now. Ianto didn't blame him. He never blamed Jack for anything. Never blamed anyone for anything. Even when it was their fault.
"Don't speak, save your breath." Anything to keep the gorgeous Welshman with him longer. The more he spoke, the more breath he was wasting.
"I love you…" The emotion welled up inside Jack as he tried to keep his tears from falling as he heard Ianto utter those words through so much emotion.
"Don't…" Jack said not being able to bring himself to say it back. Of course he loved Ianto. The prospect of losing him was just too much for him to bear and it upset him just thinking about saying it. Ianto closed his eyes but Jack wasn't ready for him to go just yet. He needed to hear those lovely Welsh vowels for just a little bit longer.

"Ianto, Ianto, Stay with me Ianto, Stay with me please.." Jack said shaking him and his eyes opened. Exhaustion, fear and love all showing in his eyes. Jack just sat there caressing his face, comforting him as the life slowly drained out of him.
"Hey. It was good, yeah?" Ianto asked, trying not to cry but the emotion still flooding out through his voice.
"Yeah." Jack replied still caressing Ianto's cheek, hoping that he wasn't in any pain. The pain was inevitable, Jack could feel his insides burning from the lethal gases the 456 had poisoned them all with. Jack just hoped that Ianto wasn't feeling the unbearable pain he was feeling. Hoped the pain was different for him. If Ianto was in any pain, he wasn't showing it.
"Don't forget me." Ianto choked out, his voice getting weaker by the second. So weak that he had to force his mouth to work.
"Never could." Jack said after trying and succeeding to stop the sobs that were forcing their way out of him from escaping.
"1000 years time? You wont remember me." Ianto's voice now cracking as a few tears fell from his eyes.
"Yes I will. I promise I will…" Jack assured him. Moving to make sure Ianto was in a comfortable position. As the last few breaths escaped him, his eyes closed for the last time and he became still.

"Ianto, Ianto don't go, don't leave me please. Please don't." Jack muttered as if his lover was still alive. Knowing that he couldn't hear him he finally let his tears silently fall.

"You will die and tomorrow your people will deliver the children." The 456 said, making it's presence known when it wasn't wanted. Jack looked up from Ianto and glared at the glass box, the box which contained Ianto's murderer, not all the people of the building's murderer, just Ianto's, he was the only one that mattered to him. As he felt the life finally draining out of him, he lowered his head and kissed his lover for the final time, hoping that this coming death would be his last. Feeling the final glimmer of life leave him he fell to the floor, laying next to Ianto, with an arm still around him as if they were laying in bed asleep like the many times in the past.

Jack broke down on that rooftop, sitting down and bringing his knees up to his chest he sobbed while he thought about his time with Ianto. He stayed there until the sun came up and he decided to go and see Gwen, Rhys and the baby.

What did you guys think? New chapter tomorrow.