As he sat in the rocking chair,gazing mindlessly in to the fire. The old man sipped weakly at the drink he held in his hand. With blurred bloodshot eyes he watched the flames dance up. He clutched his RAF COAT to his body, as if to ward off a imaginary chill despite the fire,
His compainon ( who he only knew as the Doctor) sat on a bench near by. the younger man was not watching the flames of the fire but the old man himself. The Doctor put his hand on the old man's knee and asked "Jack. are you all right?" The old man looked at him and shook his head as he looked back down at the Picture he held in his hand, A single tear fell from his cheek and found its way on to the smiling face in the photo,a hoarse whisper passed his lips "Ianto," he breathed sadly, " My dear sweet Yani.I miss him so much." The Doctor spoke " I know you do." Jack looked at the Doctor "He died in his sleep in my arms. he was 80. He died on his 80th Birthday,"
The old man remembered when he lost his lover nearly 5 centurys ago, Ianto had died peacefully in Jack's arms after they had made love to celebrate the event.
Ianto closed his eyes for the last time after hearing Jack telling him he Loved him.
They had falling asleep in a deep slumber to which Ianto never awoke from. Jack now closed his eyes to the pain of the memory of had had other lovers since his Ianto had passed. But not one of them mattered to him. Those conquests only ever had his body, none of them had his heart, There was only one man who had ever had his heart and it had been buried with him, and that man was Ianto Jones,
The old man croaked to the Doctor," I am dying. I feel its clutch on my heart and i feel this is the end, and I welcome it. I am tired. I wanted to die the day I lost him, and had I found a way to died one last time that day i would have. the Doctor was about to speak when a soft male voice spoke behind them " Then it is time for you to rest. My dear Cariad ." The old man looked at the speaker and smiled faintly at the sight behind the Doctor " Ianto? is that you? you are soo handsome. Please let it be you," Jack looked at the Doctor " Do you see him?
it is him isn't it. oh 've come for me haven't you? Take me with you Please," he sobbed like he had the day he held Ianto that last time Ianto smiled softly as he spoke " Yes Jack it is me and yes I have come for you, I love you,"
Jack looked at him " I love you too my yani. I am tired soo tired."
the Doctor looked over at Ianto's ghost then back to Jack, as he took the picture from the dying man's hand then he got up and looked at Ianto.
" You've come to take him haven't you? there is no coming back this time for him is there? Ianto shook his head senernly " Not this FACE OF BOA has reached the end of his journey." he went and knelt before Jack and gently touched his lover's cheek "Are you Ready Sir?"
the old man laughed through his tears as he shook his croaked finger at the ghost.
" Damn you,Jones even in death you insist on calling me sir. Love the suit by the way." Ianto chuckled as he rose and extended his hand. The Doctor watched as Jack rose but gone was the wrinkled old face and in its place was the Jack Harkness of old. Ianto gently kissed his captain on the lips and began to lead him away from the room. Jack stopped suddenly and looked back over his shoulder at his empty shell of a body then at the doctor and grinned the old Harkness grin " Think they will let us play naked hid and seek in heaven.?"
Both Ianto and the Doctor chuckled as Ianto's voice was heard as the two lovers vanished "He cheats he always cheats,"
His compainon ( who he only knew as the Doctor) sat on a bench near by. the younger man was not watching the flames of the fire but the old man himself. The Doctor put his hand on the old man's knee and asked "Jack. are you all right?" The old man looked at him and shook his head as he looked back down at the Picture he held in his hand, A single tear fell from his cheek and found its way on to the smiling face in the photo,a hoarse whisper passed his lips "Ianto," he breathed sadly, " My dear sweet Yani.I miss him so much." The Doctor spoke " I know you do." Jack looked at the Doctor "He died in his sleep in my arms. he was 80. He died on his 80th Birthday,"
The old man remembered when he lost his lover nearly 5 centurys ago, Ianto had died peacefully in Jack's arms after they had made love to celebrate the event.
Ianto closed his eyes for the last time after hearing Jack telling him he Loved him.
They had falling asleep in a deep slumber to which Ianto never awoke from. Jack now closed his eyes to the pain of the memory of had had other lovers since his Ianto had passed. But not one of them mattered to him. Those conquests only ever had his body, none of them had his heart, There was only one man who had ever had his heart and it had been buried with him, and that man was Ianto Jones,
The old man croaked to the Doctor," I am dying. I feel its clutch on my heart and i feel this is the end, and I welcome it. I am tired. I wanted to die the day I lost him, and had I found a way to died one last time that day i would have. the Doctor was about to speak when a soft male voice spoke behind them " Then it is time for you to rest. My dear Cariad ." The old man looked at the speaker and smiled faintly at the sight behind the Doctor " Ianto? is that you? you are soo handsome. Please let it be you," Jack looked at the Doctor " Do you see him?
it is him isn't it. oh 've come for me haven't you? Take me with you Please," he sobbed like he had the day he held Ianto that last time Ianto smiled softly as he spoke " Yes Jack it is me and yes I have come for you, I love you,"
Jack looked at him " I love you too my yani. I am tired soo tired."
the Doctor looked over at Ianto's ghost then back to Jack, as he took the picture from the dying man's hand then he got up and looked at Ianto.
" You've come to take him haven't you? there is no coming back this time for him is there? Ianto shook his head senernly " Not this FACE OF BOA has reached the end of his journey." he went and knelt before Jack and gently touched his lover's cheek "Are you Ready Sir?"
the old man laughed through his tears as he shook his croaked finger at the ghost.
" Damn you,Jones even in death you insist on calling me sir. Love the suit by the way." Ianto chuckled as he rose and extended his hand. The Doctor watched as Jack rose but gone was the wrinkled old face and in its place was the Jack Harkness of old. Ianto gently kissed his captain on the lips and began to lead him away from the room. Jack stopped suddenly and looked back over his shoulder at his empty shell of a body then at the doctor and grinned the old Harkness grin " Think they will let us play naked hid and seek in heaven.?"
Both Ianto and the Doctor chuckled as Ianto's voice was heard as the two lovers vanished "He cheats he always cheats,"
