The time for talking is over, we let the stillness and silence surround us. And so I wait, the final hour, minutes of my existence like grains of sand falling away. I wait with my husband beside me, with the man who will live forever. My husband who I sent away because we could no longer live our lives together. I set him free, for in my conscience I could not hold Jack to a promise he made to my brother all those years ago...Though I know Jack Harkness loves me. He will always love me and my brother. For my part, I love Jack Harkness with every beat of my heart and every last breath. For you never forget your first love and my angel haunted me all my life. My husband went away but he never left me, he has been watching over me my whole life.
It is right and fitting that Jack Harkness should be here as I approach the end. With all my last strength I grasp his hand in mine and gaze into his searching eyes, those beautiful eyes shining with life. And I smile through my pain and I hope Jack knows how much I love him. I think he knows... Jack Harkness climbs gently onto the bed beside me and holds me in his arms as though I were a child about to fall asleep...
I have lived a good life.
For Holly and Carol.
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The Wife of Captain Jack Harkness
FanfictionThis is the story of the woman in the picture, briefly glimpsed in a Torchwood episode, so how did they meet and what became of the wife of Captain Jack Harkness? This is one fan's small tribute to the much missed Torchwood and Captain Jack.
