All Work and No Play

"Jack! Jack! Where are you? I need to speak to you straight away!"

Jack had heard the cog door and alarm, but had hoped for a few more minutes peace before he had to face the world again. He looked down at Ianto, still sleeping deeply in his arms. Another reason beside sleep he had been hoping for a little more time.

"Jack! it's important! Jack."

He picked up his comms unit and spoke to her over that, so that the noise wouldn't disturb Ianto. Let him rest a while longer.

"On my way" He contemplated not dressing and going out as he was, after all she had said it was urgent, but decided that might be a bit too harassing for Gwen at this time of the morning. He carefully withdrew his arm from under Ianto and stood up to dress. Ianto murmured in his sleep and rolled over into the warm hollow left by Jack.

Ianto breathed in Jack's smell. He had heard every word, but had hoped it was a dream and he and Jack would get to spend more than the two hours they had actually had for sleep since getting back from an overnight rift alarm. Jack leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "You get some rest, I can get my own coffee" he whispered.

"Bugger," thought Ianto "now I have to get up." It had taken two weeks to get the coffee machine back in order last time Jack had attempted to use it. There was also the issue of timing. This was the first time Ianto had stayed in Jack's room at the Hub and although he knew Jack wouldn't worry about the others knowing, Ianto was not prepared for all the teasing and remarks he would get. Not on two hours sleep.

Jack emerged from his room under his office to find Gwen sitting in his chair. Buttoning up his blue shirt he grinned at her, "I like a woman who takes charge"

Gwen stood up. "I've been summonsed to attend an inquest Jack, the teacher who walked in front of the hybrid synergy weapon as it came through the rift and fired, I have been summonsed as witness"

"I thought Tosh took care of that?"

"She covered the evidence of the tech, but because the effects were like that of a gun shot, we let them take the body."

"So we get her to take care of the summons. No problem"

"No I want to go Jack."

"No way, too much exposure. Too much press and publicity. It would compromise security too much."

"Jack that family deserve to know what happened, well as much as we can let them know, "No"

"Jack I am going"

"Gwen, that is an order"

Ianto lay listening to the argument. At least while they were still in Jack's office he could relax.

It went quiet, he thought they had left and went to get up. His foot caught in the duvet and he fell to the floor.

"What was that noise Jack? It came from your room"

Ianto lay quietly on the floor, waiting for her to come and look down the hole, she would be able see the bed, but possibly not him. He suddenly got the giggles and had to stuff the duvet in his mouth to stop the sound escaping. He felt like a little kid in a game of hide and seek. Footsteps approached the round hole in the floor, Ianto held his breath. Jack bent down and looked through the opening. Ianto breathed out and Jack spotted him. His wickedest grin spread across his face as he took in the duvet stuffed in Ianto's mouth. He raised an eyebrow at him and stood up.

" A lamp fell off the table. I'd better go and sort it out, why don't you go and start coffee and we can talk some more."

Jack came down the ladder. Ianto pulled the duvet off himself and stood up, glaring at Jack who was standing there hands on hips grinning from ear to ear. Suddenly Ianto grinned back, then found he couldn't stop laughing.

As she walked away from the office Gwen thought she heard laughter and turned to look for Jack, but at that point the alarm sounded for the cog door and Owen walked through.

"Mornin', has Teaboy got the coffee on yet?"

"No, don't think he's in yet."

"Bit late for him – usually the first one here,"

"Jack looks tired – weren't they on rift duty last night? Oy Jack! Were you an Ianto on rift duty last night? Is that why Ianto's not here yet?" Shouted Gwen

Jack looked out of his office door, trying hard not to laugh. "Um yeah, had a midnight call out. Got back about 6. Strange goings on in Splott, a false alarm but we had trouble with the local fire and rescue people. Told Ianto to come in later"

Gwen went to put the coffee on. Strange, there were two dirty cups left over from the day before. That wasn't like Ianto, he was almost obsessionally tidy. And there was left over warm coffee.

Tosh and Gwen were leaning over the railings of the autopsy area whilst Owen gave them a lecture on the reproductive organs of a squid-like alien he had just dissected. Jack joined them.

"And if they do get a blue tentacle on your skin it is already too late and you need to come to me to remove the squidlets from your dermis, or skin to you lot."

"Nice" said Jack "I remember the outcast squid of Pentragorm 4, now it really knew how to make a guy happy, all those arms..."

"Too much information Jack!" said Tosh and Gwen together. Tosh heard footsteps and turned to watch Ianto walking towards them.

Tosh greeted him with a smile. She was sure he was wearing that shirt and tie yesterday.

"Oy teaboy, any chance of a decent cup of coffee?" Owen looked up at Ianto "Gwen did her best but it just isn't the same."

"If you promise to clean the blue squid juice off the floor I'll see what I can do."

Owen nodded.

"Right." Said Jack, "Can we crack on? Tosh I need that report on Rift activity for last week. Ianto coffee and archiving, Owen squid Juice and Gwen you and I need to talk."

" I am going to the inquest Jack"

"In that case we need to decide on what exactly you can and cannot say."

Ianto had known Jack would give in. Gwen was about to give him one of her stay in touch with your human caring side speeches, and Jack sometimes thought it was best to let her get on with whatever it was she wanted to do rather than have the guilt trip.

"Wonder what inquest that is?" said Tosh

"She got a summons this morning over the hybrid synergy death" said Ianto

"How do you know that?You only just got here" Said Owen, giving him one of his penetrating looks.

Ianto fought down the blush. "I was actually here a few minutes ago, spoke to Jack before he joined you"

"Okaaay" Owen exchanged a look with Tosh "if you say so"

Ianto escaped to the coffee area. Washing up he reflected back on that shared cup, leaning back against the counter whilst Jack sat on the stool. Both too tired to say or do anything, but it had been companionable if a little tense. Then Jack had suggested he slept over at the Hub and the coffee had been left as they walked hand in hand to Jacks room. Ianto had fallen asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. There was something about Jack that made him feel very taken care of and safe. When they were alone any way.

Tosh walked in and jolted him out of his reverie, he felt the blush start again.

"So hows the coffee coming?" She gave him her sweet glance, "I hear you and Jack were out late last night.......did he drop you home?"

"Yes, about six-ish."

"Oh I just thought you might have stayed here as it was so late – on the sofa"

Ianto became very busy with the coffee grinder.

When Ianto had got the coffee and taken himself off to the archive and Jack was safely in his office Owen called a meeting.

"So what's the evidence then girls? Did they go out on a call or did Ianto spend the night in Jack's room?"

"Jack was definitely hiding something when I was in his office. He used the comms to speak to me and when there was a thump from his room he wouldn't let me look. Then I heard laughter as I left his office." Said Gwen

"A clue!" said Owen

"I checked the call out log, and there was one at midnight." said Tosh

"There were two dirty cups and warm coffee in the coffee area" Gwen

"So they were up together early then" Owen

"And Ianto is wearing the same shirt and tie – that never happens" Tosh

"Hmm, well I reckon they went out on a call then had coffee and slept the last couple of hours in Jacks room" Thus Owen the Poirot of Torchwood
"Does that count as staying overnight?"

"Not enough to win your bet Gwen, are you people going to get any work done today?"

Jack was leaning over the railings looking down at them.

They scooted back to their workstations "How does he do that" Gwen mouthed to Owen. Owen shrugged his shoulders and made a show of sorting out his papers.

Tosh was already monitoring her rift programme, "Guys we have activity – scanning now -it's similar to the spike Ianto and Jack went out to over in Splott. . Getting the address."

"OK, Owen, Gwen with me in the SUV, Tosh you take comms, Ianto you're on research – see if you can find out any more about unusual activity in that area. We need more information." Jack ordered