Janto - One shots -Time will heal all wounds.

False Bottom

Jack POV

I reach into my pocket and pull some confetti out. It must have got left in there from Gwen's wedding. That was Three weeks ago now. We were back together the five musketeers I call us. Everyone else hates it but I don't care. I blow the confetti out in front of me and smile. I open my top drawer and there are all of the photos from my past. All the people I have loved and still loved. Of course, on top is Ianto... my Ianto. He doesn't even know about this box let alone that he is in it. I don't talk about this box with him because I know he will feel sad that we can't grow old together and these people are just reminders of that. He has been in this box for a long time, ever since our first mission together when we caught Myfanwy, I guess you could argue it wasn't a mission, but we still call it that. I knew from that moment deep down that I loved him, and not only did he deserve a place in this box, but he also deserved a place in my heart forever and always. I think about what our life together could look like and what I want it to look like. I feel the sadness wash over me as I know that one day, I will have to watch him die in my arms like everyone else. Then I realise I need to stay positive and enjoy every moment I have with him.

I reach down to the bottom draw and I remove the false bottom. I gaze upon the velvet box that sits there. I watch to make sure he isn't looking; I know he has a habit of sneaking up on me, but I need this to be a secret. We promised months ago that we were not going to keep any more secrets but this one needs keeping just for a little bit longer. He knows there are some things that I don't tell him, but I know he knows I only do it to protect him; even when he argues that he doesn't need protecting. But I know Ianto and he is going to like this secret. The only other person we know about this is my mystery doctor. He helped me find it. I needed it to be special, so I went searching from galaxy to galaxy to find it. I wanted to find a blue jewel I had seen a long time ago, but you can't find it here on earth, but it matches his eyes just perfectly. We found loads that it could have been, but it wasn't quite right and for Ianto it had to be perfect. I had lost all hope that the only place that his jewel existed was in my head, until we came across a travelling merchant. It was expensive but I didn't care. I didn't need money, all I needed and all I will ever need is Ianto.

It was a simple band with three blue gems and an engraving on the inside - 'I will love you forever and always'. It's something I say a lot, but I don't ever think that Ianto believes me. Every time I say it, he always says things like 'You might love me now but in 300 years you won't even remember I exist.' But what he doesn't understand is that he isn't just a blimp in time for me. He is my everything and he always will be. We will be together forever, and I know that because we have the same tattooed in our hearts. No matter how far away we are from each other we will always find our way back to each other.

'Jack. What are you looking at?' Gwen said. Interrupting as always.

'Nothing' I shove the box into my pocket. Trying to look cool and calm yet I know there is a redness approaching my cheeks.

'Yes, you are! You are looking at something, don't lie to me Jack. What is that you have just shoved into your pocket?' Gwen says in an accusing tone. I know that I'm going to lose this battle and maybe I should just tell her she might be able to help me for all I know. I mean she is married now.

'You have to not tell anybody okay?' Realising that is a bad idea. Gwen would want to gossip with somebody, and I might as well get to choose who she got to gossip to. 'Well... Is tosh still here?' I say knowing the answer will be yes. She never leaves until I tell everyone to go home and even then, she typically stays a little bit longer to finish unless she knows I want them out.

'Yes, she is downstairs trying to translate the alien writing you found on the artefact earlier today.'

'Go and get her and then come back up here but make sure that Ianto and Owen don't follow you.'