They sat curled together on the sofa; Ianto's head resting on Owen's shoulder as his arm snaked protectively around his waist. They had spent the whole weekend together practically in the same position, Jack had come back last Friday and told everyone to take the weekend off. Owen had joked saying that he was probably hoping that Ianto would stay with him for the weekend, so they could catch up, but Ianto had smiled at Owen and they headed out together.
The girls knew about their relationship, after the first month without Jack, Ianto had decided to move on he hadn't intended to move onto Owen, but after one too many drinks at the local club, and a drunken shag on Ianto's hallway floor, neither wanted to put it down to a mistake so they had decided together to give a relationship a go, and three months later they both knew it was the best decision they could have made as neither of them had felt happier.
"When do you think we should tell Jack?" Owen asked as the film finished, Ianto had been falling asleep slightly but looked up at Owen instantly.
"I don't mind, he doesn't really deserve to know he left us in the lurch its none of his business really." Ianto said as he snuggled closer, "But then we should tell him, just so he knows where me and him stand I guess."
"Want me to be there when you tell him?" Owen asked as he lightly stroked Ianto's hair.
"No, I think I should do it alone." Ianto smiled. "I doubt he would care, we were just sex right,"
"Well he's a fool for leaving you, you're amazing." Ianto blushed at Owen's words, it was rare that Owen would say things like that, he wasn't the kind of man to get all emotional.
"Oh shut up." Ianto laughed leaning up and kissing Owen softly the kiss saying more than Ianto could. "Want to go to bed?" He asked with a smile.
"Its not even seven," Owen laughed.
"Who said anything about sleeping." Ianto winked and headed to the bedroom.
-x-
Owen woke up wrapped in Ianto's arms, he looked over at the alarm to see that it was almost eight in the morning, another thing that had changed since they had gotten together was that Ianto slept in mainly because Owen had the ability to make him want to stay in bed. Then there was the fact that he couldn't bring himself to go to the hub to be there on his own, but now Jack was back he wondered if he should go in early, but lying so close to Owen he couldn't bring himself to move.
"Morning," Owen grumbled, he wasn't a morning person, but he would be the first to admit waking up in Ianto's arms was a good way to start the day.
"Good morning," Ianto smiled, "Care for a shower?"
"Love one." Owen grinned.
-x-
At half nine, Owen and Ianto walked into the hub both grinning and not caring that they were late. Jack watched them from his office, he had noticed their behaviour and it didn't take him long to figure out what was going on, he wanted to be happy for Ianto but he couldn't find it in him. Ianto was the reason he had come back.
"Good morning boys," Gwen smiled, "Good weekend?"
"Yeah, though I think Ianto needs to update his film collection, I swear he only has cartoons." Owen laughed, remembering how fun it was curling up with him on the sofa watching films like cars, the Incredibels and even Shrek.
"What ever." Ianto laughed, "If I remember, I wasn't the one that got a little emotional at cars." Owen blushed slightly but couldn't help but smile. "Coffee?"
"Do you even have to ask?" Owen smiled, "Morning Jack." Ianto looked up to see Jack watching every one with a smile.
"Morning sir," Ianto mimicked, "Coffee?"
"That would be great thanks Ianto." Jack smiled.
"See, why can't you be polite like him?" Ianto laughed and Owen just threw a scrunched up piece of paper at his head making Gwen and Toshiko giggle slightly.
"Just make the coffee tea boy," Owen smirked and Ianto just shook his head and walked to the coffee machine, he made one for everyone handing it to everyone. "Thanks." Owen smiled and Ianto just smiled back and then headed up to Jack's office.
"Your coffee sir," Ianto smiled and placed Jacks coffee on his desk.
"Thank you Ianto," Jack grinned, "I really missed your coffee." He took a long sip of his coffee and then smiled as Ianto was leaving his office, "So, how long have you and Owen been together?" Jack asked causing Ianto to stop in his tracks, he turned around and looked at Jack's face trying to read it but as usual it was showing no emotion.
"Three months." Ianto replied with a smile. "I was going to tell you later."
"I never would have guess you and Owen would get together." Jack said sadly.
"A lot of things have changed." Ianto said with a small smile. "Sorry."
"Don't be, I want you to be happy." Jack smiled and Ianto nodded feeling the conversation was over and walked out.
"Ianto, could you come and fix my computer?" Owen grumbled.
"What happened?" Ianto asked as he walked over, aware that Jack was watching.
"I tripped over the plug, and well it came out and now it wont turn back on." Owen sighed, and watched as Ianto bent over to look at the plug, he couldn't help but grin.
"You know, you're computer is fine." Ianto laughed, flicking the on switch and watched as it rebooted itself, he turned around and smiled as he noticed the slight bulge in Owen's trousers.
"No, maybe it just need your magic touch." Owen winked.
"Maybe you need my magic touch." Ianto smiled moving a little closer to his boyfriend, "But you're going to have to wait at least six hours until we can go home,"
"But..." Owen whined.
"No buts, well not till tonight any way." Ianto laughed and walked away.
"Its so unfair, when he was with Jack he did it during the day not caring if we were here." Owen moaned, making Gwen and Toshiko laugh.
"Something funny?" Jack asked as he walked down the stairs, Gwen and Toshiko both looked over at Owen who shrugged. "I'm happy for you and Ianto." Jack smiled.
"Seriously?" Owen asked a little startled.
"Yeah, Ianto deserves to be happy, you both do." Jack smiled.
"Thanks." Owen smiled just as Ianto ran up to the hub.
"Jack, we've got a problem." Ianto said and Owen rushed over to him noticing the large gash on his head.
"What happened?" Owen asked, also noticing the state of his suit, he had only been gone for three minutes at the most.
"Weevils, lots of weevils." Ianto mumbled.
"What?" Jack asked a little stunned.
"Down in the cells, all gathered around Janet's cell." Ianto replied allowing Owen to guide him to the autopsy bay.
"How many?" Jack asked watching Ianto intently, his eyes burning into his skin.
"Ten, maybe more. When they saw me they rushed towards me, one grabbed me and then threw me at the wall, I thought I was going.. but, they just went back to staring at Janet." Owen patched up Ianto's head, as they discussed on what to do, they knew they wouldn't be able to take out ten weevils.
"You hurt any where else?" Owen asked softly, as he squeezed Ianto's hand tight. Ianto looked up at him and shook his head.
"I'm fine, honestly." He smiled weakly and sighed softly as Owen wrapped his arms around him, Jack turned away and looked at Gwen and Toshiko who was staring at him in sympathy, both knowing that Jack wasn't exactly happy about Ianto and Owen.
"What do we do?" Gwen asked.
"The weevil spray," Jack replied, "We make it sort of like a smoke bomb, throw it into the cells and wait until they're knocked out then lock them in the cells, see why they're being like that,"
"I'll go get the spray." Ianto said jumping from the table, but Owen pushed him back on it.
"You're hurt." He stated. "I'll get it."
"I can bloody walk." Ianto mumbled but stayed seated any way.
"You sure you're okay?" Toshiko asked as she walked down the stairs.
"Yeah." Ianto smiled.
"You know you're a bad liar." Jack said looking down at him once more.
"So are you." Ianto replied Jack went to say something but Owen walked back in.
"That's all that was in the stock cupboard." Owen said handing it to Jack.
"There's more in the inventory room." Ianto said, "I'll go." Before Owen could even say anything he got of the table and headed in the direction of said room.
"So we make it into a anti weevil bomb." Gwen said as she pulled the camera footage of the cells up, and Owen, Toshiko and Jack looked up to see what was going on, it looked just as Ianto had described it, they were all gathered around Janet's cell, silently staring at her.
"What are they doing?" Owen asked, he had never seen the weevils act so strange before.
"I don't know, and I don't want to find out." Jack said just as Ianto walked back in a box full of weevil spray. "Thank you Ianto, now go sit down, you're head must be killing you." Ianto rolled his eyes and sat at Owen's desk smiling as Owen walked over to him.
"I don't understand," Gwen said, "Weevils are fierce they don't act like this, they look sad as though they are.."
"Mourning." Ianto finished.
"What do you mean?" Jack asked.
"Janet, I think she might be dying." Ianto said sadly, "She's stopped eating as much as she used to, she's not as loud, she's getting old we've had her in the cells for what two years? Can't exactly be healthy."
"That explains why the weevils are acting like that." Owen smiled, "Remember the weevil last month who we had to kill, the weevil it was with acted just like them.".
"So you two go weevil hunting together too?" Jack asked staring at Ianto who just stared at the floor and Owen remained silent.
"Lets just sort the weevils out." Gwen said not envying any of the men.
"Yeah." Jack sighed, and started sorting out the weevil spray, Owen and Ianto helping.
"What I don't get is how they got in." Ianto said his voice filling the awkward silence. "We have alarms don't we?"
"A hell of a lot of alarms." Owen laughed, "Without you to let us in through the tourist entrance it takes three keys, and four codes just to open the frigging door."
"So why no bright lights warning us that." Ianto stopped and stared at the screen quickly "Fourteen weevils had broken into the cells?"
"Have we got alarms on the sewers?" Toshiko asked, "I know we have them on all the exits but I've never seen or heard them at the sewers."
"No, we turned them of remember, when all the rats were coming in." Ianto sighed. "So now we no how they got in."
"So what they've come to say their goodbyes?" Jack asked raising an eyebrow.
"Looks like it." Ianto said and he couldn't help but smile slightly.
"So we're going to break up their goodbye?" Gwen asked, finding compassion for weevils Owen sighed, her heart was just too big.
"What else can we do?" Jack asked thinking the same thing as Owen.
"Let her go." Toshiko said.
"What are you kidding me?" Jack asked a little startled.
"I mean, look at her, she's dying. And none of these weevils have surfaced and attacked in what a month, its not fair to keep her locked up to die."
"What if she attacks?"
"She's dying." Ianto pointed out. "She hasn't got an energy to stand let alone attack."
"Okay, Gwen unlock the cells, but any signs of weevils in the street they all get locked up." Gen nodded and used her computer to unlock the cells, they all watched as Janet walked weakly out of the cells, the weevils surrounding her moved around her as though they were protecting her and then within a few minutes they were gone back into the sewers.
"Any signs of them on the street?" Jack asked nervously.
"None." Gwen replied.
"Toshiko, I want you to fit the alarm in the Sewer, rats or no rats we need to be prepared."
"How's the head?" Owen asked as he curled his arms around Ianto's waist.
"Sore." Ianto sighed, and Owen pressed his lips gently to the wound on his head, "A little better now." Ianto smiled and felt Owen do it again. "You know I have a pain some where else..."
"Nope, not until we're at home remember," Owen laughed and Ianto just smiled, he looked over at Jack who was watching them trying to see why Ianto was with Owen instead of him.
"I'm going to change my shirt, this one has blood on." Ianto moaned and moved away from Owen's embrace and headed to the locker room, he took his top of and sighed when he saw a few scratches on his chest from where the weevil had thrown him
"You should have got Owen to have a look at that, looks like it hurts." Jack's voice knocked him from his little day dream and Ianto turned around to stare at his boss.
"Its fine," Ianto said as he reached into his locker and grabbed a fresh shirt.
"Why Ianto?" Jack asked softly.
"Because you left." Ianto said his voice not giving into any emotion. "You left and I was alone, what hurts the most is that you wasn't taken or kidnapped, you left on your own, just walked out on us, on me." Ianto stopped and started to button his top up aware that Jack was watching. "I waited, I gave you a month, when you didn't come back I decided I was going to stop waiting for you and live my life. Me and Owen we weren't planned it just happened, and I don't regret it."
"I didn't mean to be gone so long, I was being held hostage by the prime minister for a year," Jack sighed desperately.
"But you don't get it, you left to go with your doctor, what ever happened to you and I'm sorry Jack, but what ever happened to you happened because you left." The words cut deep in Jack's heart, but he knew Ianto was right. "If you would have said goodbye, or I don't know left a note saying you would be back this would be a completely different situation. But you didn't, you just left, and now you have to deal with it." With that Ianto walked out of the room and headed down stairs, leaving Jack standing there with tears in his eyes.
"I came back for you," He whispered before the tears started to fall.