Here we are with the last kiss; The Best Kiss of All.
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It had been 300 days since Jack had been taken prisoner on the Valiant, dying daily and more than once at the hands of a crazy man who had found his pleasure in hurting him had.
Jack had fought the first three months but then he realized it was pointless so he let the Master do with him whatever he liked. By that time, Jack had found his inner happy place where he escaped when pain was too much to bear and stay conscious.
In his happy place, Jack was with his beautiful Ianto having pizza at the Hub or cooking side by side at Ianto's flat. Sometimes, he was enjoying an amazing cup of coffee perfectly brewed by the Welshman; in many occasions, he saw himself kissing Ianto to an inch of his life or making love to him in every available surface.
Things got out of hands when the master found the Cardiff team and brought them onto the Valiant; he played with them cruelly and then put them down like unwanted animals.
The Master was eager to find a way to break Jack's strong will and he found it by accident. He had been looking at Jack when he was killing his team and even though the immortal Captain was suffering with each death, he sighed loudly when her stopped with the third victim. The Master realized in that moment, that the skinny and high elusive Mr. Jones was whom Jack loved the most and in a different way from the rest of his rebellious team. The crazy man though the cruelest way to kill the Welshman and with that, he was sure that he would make the freak suffer forever.
He waited for a whole day after the previous killings and then he brought Ianto to see Jack who was in manacles and hanging from the ceiling of the room, the tips of his toes barely touching the dirty floor. The young Welshman could not hide his pain at seeing his lover like that and fat tears rolled down his face, for the first time since Jack's disappearance.
Jack was about to ask him not to cry when the Master interrupted him by asking:
"Any last wish before you die, Mr. Jones?"
"Yes, let me kiss my Captain one last time … please" Ianto asked with teary eyes and a tiny smile on his chapped lips.
"Of course, as you have asked so politely" the Master said and when Ianto leaned over to kiss his Jack, the madman stabbed him in his heart, from behind, with a long alien sword that went through both bodies and pierced Jack's lung.
While Jack was dying by blood loss and a broken heart, he could feel Ianto's body still leaning over his. Even though his own heart was shattered in a million pieces, the Captain was happy of that kiss that never was because he knew he would have never survived with the memory of their last kiss under such sad and macabre circumstance.
When that year reverted and Jack went back home, back to his Ianto, he often thought about that kiss. In those occasions, Ianto saw how the beautiful blue hue of the Captain's eyes got bright less, filled with fear and pain. He never asked Jack about that; he knew that the immortal man would tell him when he was ready.
The right moment arrived one day so Ianto asked shyly:
"Why do you think that was the best kiss of all the ones we shared?"
"Because it was the kiss that never was" Jack replied plainly.
"I'm sorry but I don't understand" Ianto said, still confused.
"Because if it had been true, it would mean you were now dead and that is a pain that I'm sure it will kill me for good" Jack said and cast down his eyes.
"Oh … well … do you want some coffee?" Ianto asked, shocked but trying to sound calm.
"No, thanks" Jack said, his head still hanging over his chest.
"Do you need any other thing?" he asked while getting closer to his Captain and setting a hand on the back of his neck.
"A kiss?" Jack shyly asked.
"As many as you want and need" Ianto replied and he kissed his captain and lover to be thoroughly and that was a kiss both men would remember for thousands of years, even though the young man did still not know he would became immortal soon.
"The moment eternal - just that and no more -
When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core
While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet!"
Robert Browning (1812-1889)