Prince Ianto sat in the back of the royal limo , his husband, Prince Jackson Harkness sat by his side. The two were dressed in dark suits. Ianto had his head resting on his husband's shoulder and the pair held hands.

They had just dropped their six month old daughter, Leighla Isabella off at Ianto's parents's house. They were looking after their grand daughter while the young royal couple attended the funeral of a former classmate , Mark Smith. Mark had been killed in a car crash a few days earlier .

Ianto had dated Mark briefly during their last year of public school. Mark had been a junior in high school. He had asked Ianto to go steady and the young welsh lad had agree.

Almost as soon as they started dating, Mark had begun to abuse Ianto physically . On their first date he had struck Ianto when he had refused to sleep with Mark. Jack had found out about the abuse and had stuck by his best friend. Eventually with Jack's help and support, Ianto had broken things off with Mark. The Torchwood Prince had dubbed this time, the year that never was.

Now as they sat in the limo, the husbands sat close,arm in arm. Jack gently kissed his husband and spoke."Are you ok Yani?" Ianto leaned back in his husband's arms and turned his head so he could face Jack "I'm fine Jack ...really .."

They kissed and then sat back against the seats. Jack spoke as he ran his fingers of his free hand through Ianto's dark curls. "We don't have to do this Yani... We don't have to go to this . You know people will understand..."

Ianto gently squeezed the hand that he held in his and smiled ." Jack I know it sounds strange but Mark is a part of my life that I want gone... I want to put the year that never was behind me. Going to this will help me. "

Hugging his husband close , Jack responded as he nodded " I understand that Yani." Ianto nestled in his prince's arms and Jack continued " Ok we'll go but just don't expect me to stand up and say any thing nice about Mark. Cause frankly I have nothing good to say about the bastard who hurt my beloved Yani. I won't do it. To quote a famous man I'll go to bury Mark not to praise him." Ianto smiled as the pair shared a kiss " Thank you Sire." Jack hugged him close as he whispered "You're welcome my darling Yani. I love you."

Ten minutes later the pair arrived at the cemetery where the funeral was to take place. Mark's mother, Mrs Smith had greeted them warmly. She hugged both just as warmly as she spoke through her tears."thank you both for coming " Jack spoke kindly " Ianto and I are sorry for your loss Mrs Smith. If there is any thing that the royal family can do for you.."

She. thanked him as she accepted the hankerchief Ianto offered her, she then left them to go greet the other people who had come to pay their condolences to her and her family.

Ianto discreetly put his arm around his husband's waist and lovingly kissed his cheek. Jack looked at him and smiled " what was that for? Not that I am complaining ." Ianto took hold of Jack's hand and squeezed it tenderly." For being kind with Mark's mother just now. "

Jack shrugged as he spoke low enough so only Ianto could hear. " I may not have liked her bastard of a son , but I have nothing against his mom or the rest of the Smith family ."

This next part is in Ianto's pov.

My heart swelled with pride as I heard my prince say this. This trait was one of the many that would make him the great king he was to become. We shared a discreet kiss and I looked into his eyes and fell deeper in love with my prince.

Once the service was over we said our goodbyes to Mark's family . We then made our way back to our limo.

After we were safely inside and on our way home , I leaned back in Jack's and sighed heavily " Well, I glad that's over." Jack put his arms around me and kissed my cheek as we sat in a comfortable silence. Jack spoke as he ran his fingers on my arm " So we are free for the day and it's a beautiful day out weather wise. How would you like to spend it?"

I thought for a moment and looked at him. " I think it would be nice if we picked up our daughter and go for a walk around town " Jack smiled as I rested my head on his shoulder . " Sounds good Yani. We can go for lunch at the Tardis"

Before we went to get our daughter we stopped off first at home,Boshane manor to change out of our suits to more comfortable clothes. When we got to my parents we found Leighla sound asleep in her crib in the nursery that had once been my own. I leaned over and smiled down at our sleeping child that our friendship and our love had created, I reached down and touched her cheek with my finger. She opened her eyes and looked at me sleepily , she smiled at me cutely. I smiled back and spoke softly "Hello"

I then picked her up and gently held her close. I stood there for a few minutes when I felt two strong arms go around my waist as my husband nuzzled my neck." You're deep in thought, what is it." I looked at him and smiled faintly " I'm just thinking that one day our little one here will be in the dating world and might run in to a guy like Mark. If that happens and she gets hurt, I will hunt the person down and hurt him."

Ok now pc and I love Janto I know this is a weird place to end but this will be continued in the next chap... It will tie in to Ianto's forming his foundation... Again I hope you like...