Hey ya guys. This is my first Janto (Jack/Ianto) fic so feedback please! If you like Supernatural and Sherlock make sure to check out some of my other fics as well :)

The Doctor spun around the T.A.R.D.I.S control panel like an overtired child, not wanting to stop for fear of exhaustion.

"There we go Jack, Cardiff, England."

"Brilliant, thanks Doc. How long have I been gone?" The Doctor scratched the back of his head and tapped at his screen.

"About twelve hours." Jack grinned.

"Great. Now don't go swanning off, I'm just going to see Ianto for a bit. We'll be back soon."

"You have two hours Jack, then I'm off to Io."

"That's all I need." Jack smiled again at the Doctor, spilling his charisma all over.

"Yeah, yeah. Now go see your boyfriend." Jack laughed.

"If you insist." Not wasting the chance Jack raced out of the T.A.R.D.I.S doors and opened them to find Cardiff, he was not a block away from the base. Home sweet home. As he closed the door Jack was nearly knocked over by a woman talking rapidly into her phone, so he started grudgingly at her back until he noticed who the woman was.

"I've lost it Ianto. It must have gone down your way. I'm tracking it now."

"Tosh?"

Toshiko spun around, her mouth still open from talking and stared at Jack. She began trembling but smiled widely at Jack.

"Jack! You're back. I mean you're here. Ianto you need to get here now." Tosh spoke back into her phone. "No it's not the weevil, but that can wait! It's about Jack." She paused, obviously listing to Ianto on the other side of the phone. "Alright. Hurry up."

Tosh hung up and placed the phone into her pocket before grabbing Jack into a hug.

"Jez Tosh, calm down. It's not the first time I've been out all night."

"You idiot. Do you know how worried we've been? We thought you had run away or been kidnapped, poor Ianto went spare and here you are appearing out of the middle of nowhere. What were you thinking?" Confusion setting in Jack stepped back from Tosh and looked around. Nothing had changed so he can't have been gone that long. He was about to ask when Ianto sprinted around the corner of the street towards them. In an instant Jack was running to him. It had only been a few days but it felt like eons without Ianto there.

"Ianto!" Jack called to him as the two sped towards each other. Just in time Jack stopped just in time and grabbed Ianto around the waist to kiss him hello. Ianto returned the kiss brutally for a few second but pulled back roughly, pushing Jack backwards in turn causing him to take a few steps back so he was close to the T.A.R.D.I.S.

"Where the hell have you been? You didn't come back to work and you weren't at the flat or anywhere! We've all been worried sick!" Grizzling at this new side of Ianto Jack fought back an angry retort and watched as he saw Ianto having an inner debate. Obviously trying to decide whether to hit him, kiss him or run.

"Calm down Ianto. It's not as though I ran off or was kidnapped or something. I just meet up with an old friend."

Ianto struggled with himself before putting on his usually indifferent mask. What did Jack mean by an old friend? Where had he been? Ianto had felt abandoned for so long after he left and now fought to not break down and welcome Jack back with smiles.

Just then the Doctor popped his head out of the T.A.R.D.I.S and turned to Jack.

"Hey Jack, I might have miscalculated. It hasn't been twelve hours."

"Who is this and why were you two in a public call box?" Tosh asked as she saw hurt pass over Ianto's face. No doubt they were thinking the same thing. What could two people be doing inside such a small box?

Jack grinned at her and moved back to pull the Doctor into the street fully, grabbing his hand accidentally in the process.

"This is my friend I told you about. Ianto, Tosh, meet the Doctor."

"Hello, Doctor what? Or is it just the Doctor?" Tosh moved forward to shake hands with the man but stopped at Ianto's voice.

"Tosh, I'm going to get the weevil. Once you're done here I'll expect you back at the base."

"Yan?" Jack's brow furrowed as Ianto turned and walked away from the group. "Where are you going? We just got here."

Ianto turned back to face Jack but kept walking backwards.

"I don't leave everything just because something better comes along. That's your job." Blinking back tears Ianto turned and ran back the way he had come.

"Tosh, what was that? Why did Ianto run away? I thought he would be happy to see me, he normally is." The Doctor shifted guiltily in place.

"About that, Jack. I might have miscalculated the time frame a bit. You haven't been gone twelve hours. It's been twelve months." Tosh looked sharply at the Doctor as he spoke.

"What do you mean miscalculated the time frame? Are you saying you have control over it?" Slowly Tosh slid her hand to her gun, this 'Doctor' was obviously either delusional or an alien, and knowing Jack it was most likely the second.

"Did I say that? I meant we had travelled longer than we thought. Easy to do. Time files when you're having fun they say. You might want to say something now Jack." The Doctor added in an undertone.

"Tosh, I'm not going to lie. This is the Doctor and he is an alien from the planet Gallifrey and he has a T.A.R.D.I.S that travels in time and space. Now what is wrong with Ianto?"

Tosh looked between the two distrustfully.

"I'll explain back at the base. We can't talk here."

"Well okay then. Allons-y!"

Jack waited a moment before following Tosh and the Doctor into the Torchwood SUV. Thoughts were running through his head at 143 miles per hour. He couldn't believe that he had left for a whole year. No wonder he had been so different. He isn't that different. Please, this Ianto was skinnier and obviously more tired, but there was something else different, it was as though Ianto had shut a part of himself off; and Jack would find out what.

"Jack, come on! Or do you not want to show your friend around the base?" Jack's head snapped up and he forced himself to smile.

"Yeah."

Jack opened the door and climbing into the waiting car. Together he and Tosh pointed out 'interesting' things to the Doctor on the way but Jack's focus was completely on his Welshman.