It had happened so quickly. One minute he had been laughing, rolling his eyes when Jack made yet another inappropriate comment. The next, that smile was etched permanently onto his face as his eyes widened with shock. Jack's face was a mask of horror as the man clutched at his shirt, which was now stained blood-red. It had all happened so quickly....
When the rift alarm sounded, nobody seemed that willing to answer it. They had had such a relaxed, quiet day in the hub that Jack had been on the verge of sending everyone home early. In fact, he had just made the announcement, Owen already half into his jacket and heading to the door, when the alarm had gone off. Owen swore under his breath, Gwen groaned loudly, and Tosh rolled her eyes before heading towards her computer to read what was going on.
"Alien sighting, Lloyd George Avenue" Tosh stated as Jack reached for his coat. He bounded towards the door, yelling as he went.
"Ianto!"
"You yelled?" he stepped out from behind the coffee machine. Jack thrust Ianto's jacket into his hand.
"Fancy a little trip into Cardiff?" he smiled. Ianto rolled his eyes. He shrugged on his coat,
"Do I really have a choice?" he muttered, and Jack laughed, placing a hand on his lover's back and steering him out of the hub.
They strapped themselves into the SUV, putting on their headsets to receive information from Tosh.
"The Alien is of unknown origin, but based on its body shape and heat patterns it is basically humanoid. It appears to be armed, so be careful, guys"
"Are we ever anything but?" Jack laughed to Tosh, reaching over to squeeze Ianto's hand.
They skidded to a stop at the top of Lloyd George Avenue, Ianto muttering about Jack's terrible driving yet again. They step warily out of the car, guns poised and ready to shoot at a seconds notice. They glanced around the darkened street for a few seconds, before Jack ran rather noisily into an alleyway off the main street.
Ianto rushed after him, glaring in Jack's general direction.
"Jack Harkness, master of stealth" he muttered sarcastically as he turned into the alley, spotting Jack looking behind a bin.
"Jack!" he whispered. Jack came skipping happily over to where Ianto stood, gun still raised.
"Yes, Ianto, my lovely?" he answered. Ianto scowled.
"Could you be slightly more subtle? We're trying to sneak up on this creature, and for all we know it could be highly dangerous. If you go parading about, that thing could have you pinned up against a wall with a gun to your head before you could even blink"
"Well, the first part sounds kinda nice" Jack smirked, placing his hands on Ianto's hips. Ianto continued to glare for a further 3 seconds, before breaking into a grin, leaning in to press a kiss to his lover's lips. Jack tried to deepen the kiss, running his tongue over Ianto's bottom lip, but Ianto pulled back, grinning at Jack's disappointed pout.
"Sorry, Jack, but I'm not doing that with you in a cold, wet alleyway"
"It's actually rather hot where I'm standing" Jack winked, running his hand down Ianto's chest seductively.
Ianto rolled his eyes, laughing at Jack's persuasiveness. He stepped reluctantly out of Jack's warm arms, still giggling slightly. Suddenly, there was a deafening bang and Ianto gasped. Jack's eyes widened as he saw the alien standing a little way behind Ianto. It was around 5 foot tall, and entirely black apart from its evil red eyes. The creature laughed, and it was as if its voice was laced with poison.
"Jack" Ianto whispered, bringing Jack's attention back to his lover. Ianto clutched at his shirt, his eyes wide with shock. Jack looked down to where Ianto's hand lay across his stomach, and watched the blood quickly saturate the white shirt. Jack gasped, rushing to Ianto's side just as his knees gave way and he crumpled to the floor.
"Owen!" Jack yelled into his earpiece, "You need to be here now, Ianto's been shot!"
"On my way" Owen said frantically from the hub, already rushing around with medical tools.
Jack fell to his knees and held on to Ianto.
"Yan? Talk to me, you're gonna be fine" he wasn't sure who needed more convincing, Ianto or himself.
"Jack" Ianto's voice was becoming weaker, his breathing ragged. He grasped Jack's hand tightly in his own, as if he had resigned himself to the fact that this was it. This was the end.
Jack heard the tone in Ianto's voice that meant he was giving up.
"Ianto, stay awake for me now, Okay? There's so much we've got left to do, this is NOT it" Jack was close to tears, "You haven't taught me how to make the perfect coffee, or taken me to see a rugby match, and I haven't shown you the stars" Jack sighed, "There are so many wonderful places I want to show you, so many things we haven't done"
"Sounds like fun" Ianto tried to smile, though tears were starting to pour down his cheeks. Jack wiped away his own tears, realising Ianto was giving up. He couldn't lose his lover.
"Yan? Please, stay with me" Jack almost sobbed, "I haven't had the chance to tell you....to tell you I lo..."
"Don't" Ianto choked out, "Just...let me go, Jack"
"NO! I'll never let you go, I never could"
"Promise me, Jack, promise me you'll be happy, be okay, at least"
Jack nodded tearfully, "I'll never forget you, Ianto Jones"
Ianto smiled, kissed Jack's hand, before taking one final deep breath and closing his eyes, slipping into a final unconsciousness.
Oh God, I just killed off Ianto! :'(
Sorry guys
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