A/N: I have been working on this for awhile now and I was going to wait to post it till I had at least half written and typed but in light of recent events I decided to start posting it now. I haven't seen series 3 yet but my friend told me what happened, otherwise I would have had to wait till I got the DVDs.

Please let me know if you like it and want to see more.

Now, this idea has been toyed with before by other people but I wanted to try it myself. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters but if I did you can bet your butt series 3 would NOT have happened the way it did.

Summary: The Doctor was not the first Time Lord Jack had met. In fact when he was a teenager Jack went travelling with his first Time Lord who was also his first love. This young Time Lord however got in trouble with the elder Time Lords and Jack never saw him again.

Ianto Jones was adopted at the age of six and could never remember his life before then but his nights were filled with dreams of strange and wonderful images. With him he carried the only thing from his birth family, a broken fob watch that he never paid much attention to.

Chapter rating: T

Prologue

The Doctor took them to the Groves of Villengard because he claimed to be out of bananas. Jack didn't believe that, he was fairly certain that the Doctor just wanted to gloat. Of course, Jack didn't know the Doctor that well, so he could very well have been out of bananas. But why not go somewhere else to get bananas? Like South America or something?

"Here we are" the Doctor opened the TARDIS doors "the Groves of Villengard. Let's start picking" he grinned at Rose and Jack.

Jack rolled his eyes "Bananas? You have a machine that can travel anywhere in time and space and you want to pick bananas?"

The Doctor looked at him innocently "I like bananas. Bananas are good."

"So you said. Why don't we just put up some shelves for good measure?"

"We can do that too"

Rose was doing a very bad job at suppressing her giggles.

"Right," the Doctor grinned again "let's get to work."

…

The Doctor had this basket that was bigger on the inside. They were using it to collect the bananas. Jack didn't bother asking how they would stay fresh. The Doctor wasn't the first Time Lord he'd met.

Years ago when he was a teenager, about sixteen he met his first Time Lord and his first love. The Time Lord was a teenager too and had taken a TARDIS out on a joy ride and had literally landed in Jack's lap. Well, actually Jack had landed in his, more or less. They spent months together before the Time Lord decided that he should go home and face the consequences of what he'd done. He promised Jack he'd return when his punishment was over but he never did. Then Jack heard stories of a Time War that destroyed the Time Lords. But here was the Doctor…

"Doctor, I have to ask," Jack said as the two of them carried the basket back into the TARDIS, so different than the one his Time Lord had had "being a Time Agent, you hear stuff. I heard that the Time Lords were destroyed."

"They were," he answered, not looking in Jack's eyes and sounding like he'd rather talk about something else "except me"

"How?"

"I was the only one who could end it."

So, it was true then. Jack supposed it should give him some comfort that the reason his lover never returned was because of war. He hadn't left him on purpose. But it didn't make Jack feel any better.

The Doctor looked at him once they set the basket down "Why do you ask?"

Jack shrugged "You're not the first Time Lord I've met"

This got the attention of Rose as well "what?" they chimed in unison

"When I was a teenager, back on the Boeshane Peninsula, he was a teenager too, said he'd 'borrowed' a TARDIS, his father's actually." And Jack told them how they'd met, how they'd spent months travelling, how he was home in time for dinner the day the left which was the day they met.

"Better at time navigating than you then, Doctor" Rose said and by the tone of her voice Jack knew there was an interesting story there.

"I said I was sorry" the Doctor said to her and then looked back at Jack "I met him before his trial. So, you're the 'incredibly gorgeous and wonderful human soldier boy' he told me about?"

That made Jack feel all warm and gooey inside which was not a sensation he'd felt in a long time

The Doctor continued "I was home for uh a—anyway, I was home for awhile when I met him. His father was on the Council so I think they meant to make an example of him. I'm sorry, I don't know what happened."

"It's okay" Jack said quietly "he must have died in the war"

Rose hugged him "I'm sorry Jack"

"Me too. Anyway," he put a more cheery spin on his voice "his TARDIS was much more organised looking."

The Doctor looked affronted "What's wrong with this?" he spread his arms "anyway, your boyfriend and his father were known for their OCD despite your boyfriend being a little rebel. I did like him though, said I was his idol."

…

Cardiff, 2007

"Thanks" the incredibly gorgeous young man said as he caught his breath.

"No, thank-you" Jack told him "and you are?"

"Jones, Ianto Jones"

"Nice to meet you, Jones, Ianto Jones. Captain Jack Harkness"

….

Jones, Ianto Jones, born August 19th 1983, adopted at age six, adequate student but not extraordinary. He did four weeks in the slammer when he was fifteen for shoplifting and talking back to the judge. Mainly a drifter after he got his O levels till 2005 when he was recruited to Torchwood 1 in London. And that right there was the excuse Jack would use to not hire him when he was sure the young man would ask. And as he predicted Ianto Jones was waiting for him outside the tourist office, offering a smile and a cup of coffee. A cup of really delicious coffee, Jack hadn't tasted coffee that good since—Jack put the thought out of his head.

Of course he did end up hiring Ianto Jones. He could no longer resist, it was the suit that did him in, the suit and the pterodactyl and yeah, okay he wanted more of that coffee.

If you want to see more, please, please review. Now, for those you who read my other Janto fics, don't worry, I'm working on those too. Yes, I'm insane for working on four chapter fics at the same time and that's not even counting my Remus/Sirius fic which I apparently have given up on because Jack and Ianto have taken over my imagination.

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