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~A long time down the road...

"You had a good death. Not one you would have wanted, but a good one. I wish I had told you. We had time, maybe I was just selfish. No, I know I was. But I digress. You went in your sleep. You slept a lot in those last few months. And some of that is my fault. I kept you drugged, I know you asked for them and I shouldn't have given into you, but how could I not. I loved you. I still love you, very much so. What was that you once said to me...ah now that I have said I love you to you, I shall never say it to another. Or something along those lines, you were always very charismatic. And you always loved me, even though I kept secrets from you. I know that you knew, and that you never said anything, and well...thank you.

"It was all to keep you safe and I know you knew that. Who I am, who I was, was not someone who was safe to be with, but you would not have been James Bond if you had not stayed. And, I love you all the more for that, I really do James, I really do. I've bought the plot next to you and sooner rather than later I'll be with you again. I know it's too late but...my name will be carved on that stone. My real name, I'll put Q up there too because he was important to you, but the name you never knew will lay beside you. It seems a bit cruel I know, but I can't seem to think of any other way to show how much I love you.

"Had you lived I would have told you, I would have. Next year, when you wanted to go to France, I would have told you then. I've made sure to change my name however, my last name that is. I took yours, I hope you won't mind. I think you would have quite liked the sound of your name attached to mine. Q Bond sounded pretty good to me, I imagine that you would have laughed at that. I think you would have also laughed at my real last name. It's Boothroyd, Geoffrey Boothroyd. And no, I'm not quite the mystery you thought me to be ages ago. And Q sounded much better when you were making love to me, and seeing that letter written next to your name on all official documents was always a happy sight, and I couldn't have asked for a better proposal, and your vows, they were so much better than mine.

"So no, I'm glad I never told you my name, I'm glad you never knew it, I'm glad you never heard it, I'm glad I never heard you say it to me. I never wanted to be Geoffrey to you, just Q, always Q, your Q."