The limitless cosmos filled with all the wonder and horror a human mind could comprehend and more. Rich with vast resources and opportunities, source of hope and despair for trillions of beings. It lay glittering before him. Exposing itself like a back alley prostitute, available for exploitation at the right price.
John Hart knew that price, had paid it with heart and soul and a song on his lips. Until Jack Harkness – stupid name – had crashed into his life and slipped out of it again.
Jack bloody Harkness and his bloody change of heart, his decision to love that mewling pedantic coffee boy instead of John Hart. The sheer gall of it burned in Hart's chest, even now, all these lifetimes and light years later.
But the time had come for John to regain his honor. Gray had paved the way with his depravity and hatred but John had worked out the rest. He would return to that fascinating world and reclaim Harkness for himself.
Whether Jack liked it or not.