Ianto walked into Jack's office with his morning coffee. "Hey Ianto!"

"Good morning Sir. Here's your coffee," he carefully tried to find a place to put the cup down that wasn't on the mound of overdue paperwork or some alien artifact. "Don't forget about my time off next week."

Jack groaned, "I was hoping you'd forgotten about that."

"Ah yes. Because I'm so well known for forgetting things."

"A man can dream." He took a sip of his coffee, "Why do you have to take three days off every month anyways?"

Ianto just sighed and gave Jack the same answer he gave him every month, "Because Sir, I want to visit my sister and her kids. Knowing this job if I waited for the next time the rift was slow and the world wasn't ending I wouldn't see the kids again until they were in their thirties."

"Oh fine you win again." Jack went back to enjoying his coffee. "Are you still up for our date tonight?"

"Of course Sir." Ianto smiled.

"Oh Ianto you know I love it when you call me sir."

"I know." With that Ianto got up and walked out, leaving Jack groaning about "unfair boyfriends" behind him.

The week went by without too many incidents. Owen was turned purple by a piece of alien tech, and boy was that the highlight of Ianto's entire year, but other than that it was a rather slow week for Torchwood.

Ianto was currently packing his bag for the three days with his sister, despite Jack's thorough attempts to distract him. "Jack!" he yelped as the older man started adoring his neck with kisses.

"What?" He asked, "you can't blame a man for trying to keep his gorgeous welsh boyfriend from leaving him. Why can't I come with you? You know, meet the family and all that cutsie domestic stuff."

"Because Jack, with me gone the hub will already be understaffed. Tosh and Owen will need you there." Seeing Jack's pout at his words Ianto leaned over and gave him a quick kiss. "Maybe next time you can come too, just for the day or something."

Jack grinned, "Sounds like a plan."

As Ianto started walking out the door Jack called out "Be safe!"

"I will."

"Remember to text!"

"I will"

"Don't forget to-"

"I love you Jack, now bye."

"I love you too Ianto."

Ianto walked out the door, shutting it behind him as he sighed. He hated lying to Jack but what else could he do? He'd already lied to him in the past and they'd only recently started to build up their new life, a life that was supposed to have been built on trust.

But, Ianto reasoned with himself, he wasn't really lying to Jack. After all, he was going to see his sister, just not for the reason that he told Jack. That wasn't really a lie was it?

Ianto hopped in the car, trying to not go through the same argument he had every month. The argument about whether or not he should tell Jack about his secret. He failed however and ran through every possible outcome of telling Jack, each worse and more outlandish than the last.

Ianto sighed and turned up the stereo, drowning out his thoughts. After another half hour he pulled up to his sisters house. A little house tucked away in the middle of the woods, no neighbors around for miles. Just the way they liked it.

"Ianto!" He got out of the car only to be greeted by Rhiannon running out to greet him, arms wide and ready for a hug. "It's so good to see you!" They hugged before going inside.

"So how have you been this past month?"

"Oh you know same old same old. The kids have been getting really nutty recently, like they do every time."

Ianto smiled. "Remember how we used to drive Mam mad every month?"

"Oh did we ever! Wrestling and tearing everything apart, acting more like two little demons than two little kids." She laughed, "Tad always had to convince her that we were acting perfectly normal for two pups our age."

Ianto opened his mouth to continue the story but was interrupted when two little blurs crashed into him, almost knocking him to the ground. "Uncle Ianto!" they yelled.

"David! Mica! What have you little demons been up to?" They squealed as he began to ruthlessly tickle them. Eventually they broke free, turned to each other smiling, and pounced on him again, returning his tickles with some of their own to match.

"Ok everyone it's getting late, we'd better hurry and get ready." She shooed the kids inside as Ianto picked himself up off the ground, brushing off the dirt as he grabbed his bag. "Everything is ready but you need to set your room up real quick before it's too late."

"Thanks Rhi, I'll be right down." he said as he walked up the stairs to the guest room. Really it was mainly just Ianto's room for whenever he was over but on the rare occasions that they had other guests they stayed there too.

After putting his stuff down he headed into the backyard with the rest of his family, he could already feel the itch under his skin that always announced the approach of night. The need to break loose and turn. But he held back for just a bit longer.

"Hey Johnny, how've you been?" Johnny was the only one here that wasn't turning tonight and would make sure that nobody disturbed them and would be their cover if needed.

He shrugged, "Still a little freaked by all of this turning business but other than that no worse than usual."

"You get used to it." Ianto shrugged, "At least our Mam did."

"C'mon boys! The football game is about to start, and this time we're gonna beat you!" Ianto grinned and ran over. Every month before the turn they had an all family rugby game, Rhi and the kids versus Ianto and Johnny. It helped them spend some energy which helps to postpone the turn. Sometimes for up to three hours. Him and Johnny were always on the same team so that they could bond some. It's kind of hard to communicate with him after the turn, and besides turning Ianto only ever visits on holidays.

The game started and everyone was at the top of their game, Johnny was goalie while Ianto played the offence. While the game started out fairly tame, for their standards anyways, it quickly escalated to the point where Johnny straight up refused to participate in fear of being mauled by the four of them.

By the end of the night it was anything goes football and the claws were out. The kids had already turned and were a wrestling ball of fluff just past the halfway line. Meanwhile Ianto and Rhi were carrying out the game with near lethal efficiency. It only took another fifteen minutes before they turned and joined the kids.

The four of them bounded through the trees together, rough housing all the way. Eventually Ianto climbed to the top of a huge rock, lifted his head and howled at the full moon.