A/N: okay, this chapter is a little more like a summary leading up to end of days, I hope you guys don't mind, but I really have some big plans for while Jack is gone!

Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood, so what else is new?

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As the days continue to pass Jack found that reality seemed to have stayed much the same, but with subtle differences. Mostly in Ianto and Toshiko.

Tosh was extremely happy now with James in her life.

Even a couple of weeks later, Jack was laughing at the look on Owen's face when they he and Ianto had told Owen and Gwen where Tosh was. Owen was so jealous that he had stuck to the autopsy bay all day, huffing and puffing, leaving Gwen very confused. He had actually refused Ianto's coffee, going out and getting his own instead.

"Well, I'd say that operation 'make Owen jealous' was a complete success." Jack had said with a smile.

"Just wait, it's not over yet." Ianto replied.

And it hadn't been, because about two weeks later, James had moved into Tosh's spare bedroom, and Owen suddenly stopped talking to Tosh, then he resumed flirting with Gwen obviously trying to make Tosh jealous.

But Tosh was having none of it. She just shrugged and ignored him with a smile saying, "If he wants to try and play a childish game, then let him. I'm just happy with a guy that loves me and listens when I decide to rant about work."

As for the changes in Ianto, well, Jack loved it. While he was still a little bit quiet at work, he was always chatting happily with Tosh, and he was extremely open and outgoing with Jack.

Ever since the day at San Diego harbor, Jack's first baseball game, and his first air show, Ianto had changed. He was no longer just a quiet guy in a suit. He was someone completely different outside of Torchwood. He was always smiling and laughing, and ignoring those around him that would obviously find their relationship distasteful.

They had even gone out on a memorable double date with Tosh and James one night, and Jack had received proof that Ianto had officially let go of his inhibitions when at the end of their date, Ianto had kissed Jack full on the lips making Tosh and James giggle. They even ran into an old friend of his from university as they walked in the city center.

"I didn't think you were gay Ianto." the man had said.

"I didn't either." Ianto had replied with a shrug. He had then smiled at Jack and said "Jack's just special I suppose."

That night, when they had gotten home, Jack had immediately pounced on Ianto with the intent to show him, just how proud he was of Ianto officially letting go and enjoying his life.

In the end, Jack had decided that he was right, loving Ianto, for however long his life may be, was well worth the heartache he would suffer in the end.

So life had officially gone back to normal.

Of course, then Suzie Costello came back to life, what a disaster that was. Gwen got herself kidnapped, why was she always the one getting herself into the worst trouble while everyone else stayed out of it? But the night with Ianto had his stopwatch, well that was quite memorable for many reasons. Then there was the kid with the dogon sixth eye that got himself run over and his ghost followed Gwen around the entire time till he finally saved her from a car and disappeared.

When the sky gypsy came through, well, that was a difficult one that eventually turned into a nightmare.

Owen had fallen head over heels for Diane who decided she didn't want to stay and managed to make her way back through the rift. John had stolen Ianto's car keys and had gone home to commit suicide where all Jack could do was sit there and die with him.

When he had gotten home, Ianto had been so worried about him that it almost hurt Jack to know her put that look of worry on the young man's face. After that, Ianto had gently bathed Jack and held him tight for the rest of the night trying to sooth his tears away.

Then there was the problem with the weevils. There had been a weevil sighting while Ianto had been staying at the hub with Jack, and Jack had hoped to solve the problem himself to return to Ianto, of course, that didn't happen, he had to drag Gwen into it which caused and argument between her and Rhys, and when they found out someone was kidnapping the weevils then he had to bring everyone else in.

Tosh had arrived immediately, Jack saw that Ianto was now wearing one of his dark blue shirts under his suit which made it very hard to concentrate, and Owen was off somewhere wallowing away with his self destructive tendencies. At least that had finally been solved after Owen had been stupid enough to get into a cage with a weevil. To top that case off, Gwen had stolen some retcon so she could tell Rhys the truth about her affair then make him forget that she told the truth. The weevil case had been highly annoying.

After another decent, normal week, Jack and Tosh had suddenly found themselves stuck in 1941, where they had met the real Jack Harkness.

That had made Jack feel terrible, knowing that the man was going to die and he was going to steal a hero's name. But he did what he could to comfort the man, even dancing with him.

But when the real Jack Harkness had asked if he had anyone special in life, Jack almost said no, but then he smiled and said, "I do, he's a wonderful young man named Ianto Jones that keeps me grounded and makes me feel loved, and I love him to no end."

At that, Captain Harkness had smiled and told Jack "Don't ever let the kid go then. He sounds very special."

"I don't ever plan on it." Jack had admitted. 'Even if I have to wait for another sixty years to return to him, I will always return to him.' he added in his head.

After a brief power struggle between Owen and Ianto, they had opened the rift and managed to bring Jack and Tosh back to the present.

Of course when Jack had reviewed the CCTV footage he had seen something in Ianto that he had never seen before, a dark, serious side that actually reminded Jack of how he had once been, and it had scared him. But when Owen had called Ianto nothing more then Jack's part time shag, well, Jack decided he might have done the same.

This spurred Jack on to write instructions for when he left with the Doctor. He had placed them in his desk, instructing the team to put Ianto in his place until Jack returned. He had also told Tosh about his plan and Tosh had agreed that Ianto was the best choice, not one Owen and Gwen would be happy with, but the best choice none the less considering he had some sort of experience by taking care of the Midnightstar household while Quentin would leave on deployment.

Jack would continuously hint to Ianto that should he leave, he wanted Ianto to run the place, but Ianto would just stare into space before changing the subject.

But then something else had to go and throw a wrench into his plans, suddenly everyone but Jack and Ianto wanted to open the rift, the world had begun to fall apart and timelines were crossing as the rift split and cracked.

Ianto had said something about the Demon Abbadon, but Jack dismissed it as superstitious non-sense. Then Ianto had suddenly fallen ill. He had been hiding a nasty headache that had eventually caused him to black out on the sofa. Rhys had been killed to top it off, and the other three declared mutiny, and killed Jack, opened the rift, and that was when the world went to ruins.

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A/N: We'll see a little more of James while Jack is gone now that he's in Cardiff. In all honesty, I was amazed you guys love him so much! I appreciate that! Anyway, I think we can all figure out what the main end to the next chapter will be, but I think you'll like the differences for the time being!