Hidden Identity- Epilogue
Title: Hidden Identity- Epilogue
Author: Iantojjackh
Rating: PG
Summary: After defeating the 456 for a final time, what became of our favourite immortal couple? Was their relationship strong enough to stand the test of time?
Characters: Jack Harkness, Alonso Frame, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Rhiannon Davies, Ianto Jones, Tenth Doctor, Twelfth Doctor,
Spoilers: CoE compliant fix-it and The End of Time (DW)
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: The characters do not belong to me. I just borrowed them for a short spell. I wish I owned them so there wouldn't be the need to write fix-its like this.
Word Count: ~26k
Beta: timelordshines
Notes: Thank you to all who have commented this far and those who have been following and/or favorited. This is the last time you lurkers have a chance to let me know what you thought of this story. Cheers!
Epilogue
69 Years Later
The rankles of old age were not kind to Gwen Cooper-Williams. She had been bed bound for nearly a year and there was nothing she could do to help herself. Her children and grandchildren took turns being her nurse. In all she and Rhys had three children: one daughter- Anwen and two sons- Ianto and Jack. Then there were ten grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
There was not a day that went by that Gwen did not think about Jack and Torchwood. It was the last thing keeping her alive. Rhys had passed seven years prior, quietly and peacefully in his sleep. Gwen was grateful for the long and happy life they had, but there had always been a small piece missing and that piece was Jack Harkness.
The elderly woman had just drifted off for a nap when there was a quiet knock at the door.
"Mum, are you up?" Anwen asked, opening the door a crack.
"I am now," she replied weakly.
"Sorry. I'll let you sleep." Anwen began to close the door.
"It's all right. Is something wrong?"
"There are two blokes here to see you. One says his name is Jack Harkness..."
Gwen did not need to hear more. "Let him in!" She smiled for the first time in nearly a decade and her eyes sparkled with life not seen since her Torchwood years.
Gwen was positively giddy when Jack walked into the room, but her happiness waned slightly when she saw Jack was not alone. Of course Anwen had said there was two of them, but Gwen did not want to hear it and her happiness completely faded when she realised who Jack had come with. "You brought him? Why do you have to parade that thing in front of me on my last days."
Ianto and Jack exchanged sad looks as they reached for the other's hand, combining their strength.
"We came to say goodbye and to tell you the truth." Jack said.
"Truth? The truth about what? I just want to remember everything the way it used to be."
"That's why we came here," Ianto moved to sit on the edge of the bed and reached for the old woman's hand.
"Don't touch me," Gwen snapped, yanking her hand away. After all these years, she still held firm the belief that Alonso had done something to Jack.
"Gwen, please listen to what he has to say," Jack pleaded.
"Alonso Frame is not real he is made up to keep who I really am a secret. I died a little over seventy years ago and no one but Jack is supposed to know I'm alive." Ianto reached up and swiped his thumb over the back of back of his neck, deactivating the holographic chip.
Gwen watched in shock as the person changed into someone she knew she should not be seeing. "No. It can't be. Jack, what's going on?" She ignored Ianto and looked to her Captain for answers.
"It's possible. Trust me it's possible. After I left Earth 70 years ago and went to that cruiser to drown my sorrows I ran into the Doctor and he gave me one of the best things I could ever ask for," Jack grinned resting his hands on Ianto's shoulders. "We got a second chance to fix what we screwed up the first time. Besides who else would be able to put up with me for seventy years and not be ready to run?"
"But he still looks the same," Gwen said in awe of what was before her.
"It was the only way to bring me back. I'll live forever like, Jack. We are seeing how long we can take this eternity thing with us."
"I'm sure we can make it. Next week will be 69 years of marriage...which reminds me," Jack got that mischievous glint in his eye when he was up to no good. It was that flirty lascivious grin that meant if he and Ianto were alone it would be sexy times. "I was thinking that 69 being such a fun number we should try some things out when we get home..."
"Of course you were," Ianto said dryly as he rolled his eyes. "As long as Ginny didn't decide to move home again and take over the house."
"Have you two been living on Earth?"
"No. We've been on the planet we got married. It's always sunny and warm..." Ianto began to answer but was cut off by an excited Jack.
"We spend most of our time naked."
Gwen blushed at the admission and Jack earned a swift smack to the arm from his dear husband.
"We have a private beach with lots of trees and spaces for naked hide and seek."
"Some things never change. Some people never change."
"Is that a complaint I hear, Mr. Jones?"
"Not at all. No complaints."
"If it was I might have to punish you."
"Really?" Ianto raised his eyebrows. "Maybe it was a complaint. What kind of punishment are we talking about?"
"Tying you to the hammock with the edible ropes."
"Hmm. I take it back. I was definitely complaining."
Gwen laughed as the men got lost in their own world of playful sexual banter. It was like old times and it warmed her heart to see how strong their love still was, but there was something that bothered her. "You two are right bastards. You never said anything all these years. You couldn't let me know you were alive."
"I couldn't. We couldn't say anything. Jack is supposed to be the only one who knows I'm alive." Ianto said as tactfully as possible. "We shouldn't be here now, but we had to say our final goodbye."
"Oh, come on, Ianto, you can say it. I couldn't live without you." After all his time Jack was not afraid to admit that fact.
"That's simplifying it and making it sound very sappy."
"What's wrong with being sappy? I recall you crying when our children were born."
"You cried too."
"You have children?" Gwen jumped into the conversation the first chance she got. They were talking like twins again and it always had been difficult to get a word in when they did.
Both men nodded and smiled like any proud parent would.
"Four sons and a daughter."
"The boys, Kyle, Oliver, Ian and Thomas, take after Ianto. Imagine five sets of eyes rolling at me in unison when I get in trouble. It is creepy and I love every moment of it." Jack laughed heartily. Family life really agreed Jack. "Though it will be hard to explain to the grandkids why grandpas look younger than mummy and daddy."
"And our daughter, Ginny, takes after Jack, which means she's been quite the handful and often in trouble."
Watching the couple's faces light up when they talked about their children, Gwen knew it was too late to be angry and hold a grudge for being kept in the dark. "I'm happy for the two of you. This is what I always wished it to be like for both of you. Make the most of time you have even it's forever. "
"We have been. I don't think our relationship would have worked with Torchwood," Ianto admitted reluctantly. "But being away from it all and not worrying about saving the planet we've had the chance to really enjoy life and each other. We haven't wasted a single moment of this second chance we've been given."
"And here we are seventy years later and more in love than ever. It's been easier to express my feelings, knowing I won't have to watch Ianto die one day." Jack winced, regretting using the word die to a woman who was about to go any day.
"It's okay, Jack. I've lived a long full life. I'm not afraid to die and I'm happy that I had the chance to see you both one last time. Come here," Gwen started to cry and opened her arms to both men.
Jack, Ianto and Gwen shared on last hug before Gwen took her last breath, dying in the arms of her friends. She went out with a smile on her face and tears of joy staining her wrinkled face.
The memories and stories of Torchwood would fade from Earth's history, twisting and changing until the stories no longer resembled the truth and eventually the stories died off all together.
However, far away from Earth, the stories become legends, every child looking up to and wanting to become like the two heroes of the tales. Even there the stories change and the names that started off as Jack and Ianto become Iosanto and Jacques by the 51st century and they sparked a burning desire in a child from the Boeshane Peninsula to become a Time Agent, wanting to follow in his heroes footsteps. And that boy succeeded in becoming the first person ever to join the agency from Boeshane.
Little did he know that it was his destiny to become Jacques and that Iosanto was the professor from the Agency academy that laughed off his advances for a better grade in his Earth History class.
There were times where Jack wanted to reach out and guide his younger self away from the path of trouble and away from John Hart, but one look at his husband of thirty centuries and Jack knew he could not give up one second of their time together.
The eternal love of Ianto Jones and Jack Harkness extinguished only when the last star in the universe burned out.
The End!
Previous Chapters
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Author: Iantojjackh
Rating: PG
Summary: After defeating the 456 for a final time, what became of our favourite immortal couple? Was their relationship strong enough to stand the test of time?
Characters: Jack Harkness, Alonso Frame, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Rhiannon Davies, Ianto Jones, Tenth Doctor, Twelfth Doctor,
Spoilers: CoE compliant fix-it and The End of Time (DW)
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: The characters do not belong to me. I just borrowed them for a short spell. I wish I owned them so there wouldn't be the need to write fix-its like this.
Word Count: ~26k
Beta: timelordshines
Notes: Thank you to all who have commented this far and those who have been following and/or favorited. This is the last time you lurkers have a chance to let me know what you thought of this story. Cheers!
Epilogue
69 Years Later
The rankles of old age were not kind to Gwen Cooper-Williams. She had been bed bound for nearly a year and there was nothing she could do to help herself. Her children and grandchildren took turns being her nurse. In all she and Rhys had three children: one daughter- Anwen and two sons- Ianto and Jack. Then there were ten grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
There was not a day that went by that Gwen did not think about Jack and Torchwood. It was the last thing keeping her alive. Rhys had passed seven years prior, quietly and peacefully in his sleep. Gwen was grateful for the long and happy life they had, but there had always been a small piece missing and that piece was Jack Harkness.
The elderly woman had just drifted off for a nap when there was a quiet knock at the door.
"Mum, are you up?" Anwen asked, opening the door a crack.
"I am now," she replied weakly.
"Sorry. I'll let you sleep." Anwen began to close the door.
"It's all right. Is something wrong?"
"There are two blokes here to see you. One says his name is Jack Harkness..."
Gwen did not need to hear more. "Let him in!" She smiled for the first time in nearly a decade and her eyes sparkled with life not seen since her Torchwood years.
Gwen was positively giddy when Jack walked into the room, but her happiness waned slightly when she saw Jack was not alone. Of course Anwen had said there was two of them, but Gwen did not want to hear it and her happiness completely faded when she realised who Jack had come with. "You brought him? Why do you have to parade that thing in front of me on my last days."
Ianto and Jack exchanged sad looks as they reached for the other's hand, combining their strength.
"We came to say goodbye and to tell you the truth." Jack said.
"Truth? The truth about what? I just want to remember everything the way it used to be."
"That's why we came here," Ianto moved to sit on the edge of the bed and reached for the old woman's hand.
"Don't touch me," Gwen snapped, yanking her hand away. After all these years, she still held firm the belief that Alonso had done something to Jack.
"Gwen, please listen to what he has to say," Jack pleaded.
"Alonso Frame is not real he is made up to keep who I really am a secret. I died a little over seventy years ago and no one but Jack is supposed to know I'm alive." Ianto reached up and swiped his thumb over the back of back of his neck, deactivating the holographic chip.
Gwen watched in shock as the person changed into someone she knew she should not be seeing. "No. It can't be. Jack, what's going on?" She ignored Ianto and looked to her Captain for answers.
"It's possible. Trust me it's possible. After I left Earth 70 years ago and went to that cruiser to drown my sorrows I ran into the Doctor and he gave me one of the best things I could ever ask for," Jack grinned resting his hands on Ianto's shoulders. "We got a second chance to fix what we screwed up the first time. Besides who else would be able to put up with me for seventy years and not be ready to run?"
"But he still looks the same," Gwen said in awe of what was before her.
"It was the only way to bring me back. I'll live forever like, Jack. We are seeing how long we can take this eternity thing with us."
"I'm sure we can make it. Next week will be 69 years of marriage...which reminds me," Jack got that mischievous glint in his eye when he was up to no good. It was that flirty lascivious grin that meant if he and Ianto were alone it would be sexy times. "I was thinking that 69 being such a fun number we should try some things out when we get home..."
"Of course you were," Ianto said dryly as he rolled his eyes. "As long as Ginny didn't decide to move home again and take over the house."
"Have you two been living on Earth?"
"No. We've been on the planet we got married. It's always sunny and warm..." Ianto began to answer but was cut off by an excited Jack.
"We spend most of our time naked."
Gwen blushed at the admission and Jack earned a swift smack to the arm from his dear husband.
"We have a private beach with lots of trees and spaces for naked hide and seek."
"Some things never change. Some people never change."
"Is that a complaint I hear, Mr. Jones?"
"Not at all. No complaints."
"If it was I might have to punish you."
"Really?" Ianto raised his eyebrows. "Maybe it was a complaint. What kind of punishment are we talking about?"
"Tying you to the hammock with the edible ropes."
"Hmm. I take it back. I was definitely complaining."
Gwen laughed as the men got lost in their own world of playful sexual banter. It was like old times and it warmed her heart to see how strong their love still was, but there was something that bothered her. "You two are right bastards. You never said anything all these years. You couldn't let me know you were alive."
"I couldn't. We couldn't say anything. Jack is supposed to be the only one who knows I'm alive." Ianto said as tactfully as possible. "We shouldn't be here now, but we had to say our final goodbye."
"Oh, come on, Ianto, you can say it. I couldn't live without you." After all his time Jack was not afraid to admit that fact.
"That's simplifying it and making it sound very sappy."
"What's wrong with being sappy? I recall you crying when our children were born."
"You cried too."
"You have children?" Gwen jumped into the conversation the first chance she got. They were talking like twins again and it always had been difficult to get a word in when they did.
Both men nodded and smiled like any proud parent would.
"Four sons and a daughter."
"The boys, Kyle, Oliver, Ian and Thomas, take after Ianto. Imagine five sets of eyes rolling at me in unison when I get in trouble. It is creepy and I love every moment of it." Jack laughed heartily. Family life really agreed Jack. "Though it will be hard to explain to the grandkids why grandpas look younger than mummy and daddy."
"And our daughter, Ginny, takes after Jack, which means she's been quite the handful and often in trouble."
Watching the couple's faces light up when they talked about their children, Gwen knew it was too late to be angry and hold a grudge for being kept in the dark. "I'm happy for the two of you. This is what I always wished it to be like for both of you. Make the most of time you have even it's forever. "
"We have been. I don't think our relationship would have worked with Torchwood," Ianto admitted reluctantly. "But being away from it all and not worrying about saving the planet we've had the chance to really enjoy life and each other. We haven't wasted a single moment of this second chance we've been given."
"And here we are seventy years later and more in love than ever. It's been easier to express my feelings, knowing I won't have to watch Ianto die one day." Jack winced, regretting using the word die to a woman who was about to go any day.
"It's okay, Jack. I've lived a long full life. I'm not afraid to die and I'm happy that I had the chance to see you both one last time. Come here," Gwen started to cry and opened her arms to both men.
Jack, Ianto and Gwen shared on last hug before Gwen took her last breath, dying in the arms of her friends. She went out with a smile on her face and tears of joy staining her wrinkled face.
The memories and stories of Torchwood would fade from Earth's history, twisting and changing until the stories no longer resembled the truth and eventually the stories died off all together.
However, far away from Earth, the stories become legends, every child looking up to and wanting to become like the two heroes of the tales. Even there the stories change and the names that started off as Jack and Ianto become Iosanto and Jacques by the 51st century and they sparked a burning desire in a child from the Boeshane Peninsula to become a Time Agent, wanting to follow in his heroes footsteps. And that boy succeeded in becoming the first person ever to join the agency from Boeshane.
Little did he know that it was his destiny to become Jacques and that Iosanto was the professor from the Agency academy that laughed off his advances for a better grade in his Earth History class.
There were times where Jack wanted to reach out and guide his younger self away from the path of trouble and away from John Hart, but one look at his husband of thirty centuries and Jack knew he could not give up one second of their time together.
The eternal love of Ianto Jones and Jack Harkness extinguished only when the last star in the universe burned out.
The End!
Previous Chapters
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13