Wrong Side of Heaven
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"Tell me Jackie… do you fear death?" Angelo asked, his fingers sliding over Jack's smooth chest.
"No. I fear life so much more, more than I can explain" Jack sighed, catching the hand to kiss those fingers of the man who would betray him.
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"Do you even care!" Luciana screamed as she threw the plate at him and Jack could not help but laugh as he dodged it.
"Luce… I told you already… sleep with him if you want, I don't care. Whatever scratches your itch" Jack chortled, yelping as another plate flew. He attempt to make him jealous by telling him her boss made a pass at her failing.
Jack knew it was time to move on soon… the Bastard in him coming to the fore. Did she not know? He was not worth this pain.
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Jack coughed as he knelt by the little boy, the mother weeping as she thanks him for saving the child, the building behind them still in flames as the Gohil died in agony. Jack had got them all out. Not a single person lost… well… except Gina and she was Torchwood… knew the risks. Jack rose and cleared his throat, the resurrection that started in the hallway with the child sheltered beneath him complete.
Time to walk away.
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"I now I am only a moment, I know that" Ianto whispered as he held Jack, letting Jack listen to his heartbeat while stroking that chest hair Jack loved so much.
"Ianto…I…"
"It' OK. Don't say it. I know how much it costs you to give away another piece of your soul. I know… I do too. I will put a word in fro you… which ever place I wind up in… and if I smell of you I fear the heat." Ianto whispered, Jack laughing softly "and if I wind up at the other place, I will use my wings to shelter you."
"Oh Ianto… I will never see either place, but for a moment, in the waiting room… in that in-between place where they argue over you, argue about me… I might see you again." Jack closed his eyes, knowing the Devil would be as ruthless as God here.
"One day… one day you will think of me without pain. That day… that day that you think of me and feel nothing but comfort know I am there waiting for you… if only for a moment" Ianto promised.
Jack nodded and closed his eyes.
Dreams are free.
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Alice turned and walked away, her footsteps loud in the silence, Jack watching her go with a feeling of… emptiness. He had lost Ianto... what was more… Steven… Alice... Jack told himself that it did not matter, his soul was already gone…he had given the last of it to Ianto so at least a part of him might finally reach one land or the other.
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"I am sorry" Jack whispered on the breeze as his feet slowly sank into the deep snow, the winter so cold, so harsh. The flowers a bright red slash on the pristine snow as he looked down at Ianto's grave stone.
Jack closed his eyes and tilted his head back as the snow stooped for a moment and he smiled sadly.
Maybe… maybe he was being covered by those wings.
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"Wrong Side Of Heaven"
I spoke to God today, and she said that she's ashamed.
What have I become, what have I done?
I spoke to the Devil today, and he swears he's not to blame.
And I understood, cause I feel the same.
Arms wide open, I stand alone.
I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.
Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.
I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, the righteous side of hell.
I heard from God today, and she sounded just like me.
What have I done, and who have I become.
I saw the Devil today, and he looked a lot like me.
I looked away, I turned away!
Arms wide open, I stand alone.
I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.
Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.
I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, the righteous side of hell.
I'm not defending, downward descending,
Falling further and further away!
Getting closer every day!
I'm getting closer every day, to the end.
To the end, the end, the end,
I'm getting closer every day!
Arms wide open, I stand alone.
I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.
Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.
I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.
The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, the righteous side of hell.
by Five finger death punch
