Jack left Ianto, Gwen, Owen and Tosh and went with the Doctor. Owen and Tosh gave up waiting for him to return and they left too. Gwen stopped talking to Ianto after that, and she moved away. Ianto tried to start a new life, but it is his biggest regret. The new Torchwood team is built of Ianto and 30 people drafted in from UNIT and other places.

Ianto straightened his tie, and then carefully did up his cufflinks. He sighed, and glanced in the mirror. Work. He used to love work. But Jack was gone, he'd been gone a year, and work just wasn't as fun without sneaking out to Jack's office. Ianto then realised what he was thinking.

"Stop it, you're not that man anymore."

Running a hand through his hair, he turned on the coffee machine and turned round.

"1...2...3."

Right on cue, he heard a faint beeping noise from an alarm, a small groan and then footsteps as a bedroom door opened and a figure appeared in the doorway.

"Coffee, sweetheart?" Ianto found himself asking.

It confused him that he didn't know when he'd started to hate her. Even more when he considered the possibility that he'd always hated her. But the thing that confused him most was why on earth he had thought it a good idea to propose.

Making her coffee (black, 4 sugars) he glanced towards the calendar, the last day of the month circled in pink, unlike the rest that had been marked out in Ianto's red sharpie. November 30th, their wedding day. He swallowed, and then handed her the coffee. He made some excuse about being late (when actually he was early) and almost sprinted out the door. It wasn't that he was afraid of commitment; it was that he was afraid of committing to her. He had 12 days until what he considered the end of his life, and he just knew each of them was going to pass so quickly. He'd break it off, but he couldn't break her heart as he knew the pain too well.

He took the long way to work, but arriving outside the tourist office he found he was still early. He had no reason to go in early anymore, and he left the second he was allowed to. The new team were robots, they didn't notice him at all, and Ianto found himself missing Owen. Owen, of all people, who had moved back to London without a look back, and taken Tosh too. Sure he missed Tosh, but he never really liked Owen all that much. And so Ianto looked out over the bay, wondering how on earth his life had gone downhill. Jack, of course, his head answered for him. You were fine before him, and you were fine with him, but then he left you. It's all his fault.