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Ianto shot up in his bed. Well... that was strange. He stepped out of bed and into a pair of grey sweatpants before feeling an unfamiliar scratching inside his mind.
"Rise and shine, Ianto!" Ianto groaned.
"I was hoping that was all just a bad dream." Bloody Torchwood.
Jack laughed, "Nope, but while we're on the topic of dreams. I was on the phone with UNIT when your mind re-opened. Weird dream. The General said that I was mumbling about trains and batman. Did you have sugar before you went to sleep?"
Ianto paused, "It must have been the coffee, never buy that brand again, then?" Jack didn't reply, and the sensation of something scraping around inside his mind picked up, "Jack, what the bloody hell do you think you are doing?"
"Looking for your vision, so I can see what you see."
"But I'm not dressed yet."
"..."
"Jack! Get out of my mind right now!"
"Hold on a sec, I nearly got it." Ianto began to put up blocks against his very persistent boss.
"I'll put you on de-caf."
Jack paused, "You wouldn't."
"Would I not?" Ianto raised a mental eyebrow.
"But-"
"Out. Now." Jack sent Ianto a pout.
"Fine."
Ianto waited until he felt his mind was fully clear before grabbing a towel and entering his bathroom.
-x-
Jack span around in Toshiko's chair as he heard the alarm sound and the cog door roll open. His eyes tracked over Ianto's appearance in surprise. The younger male was wearing tight fitted dark blue jeans, a short-sleeved fitted black top with three purple buttons at the top as the only detail, and purple Converse sneakers. The whole outfit was topped off with a purple hoodie which he was quickly sliding off and throwing over the back of a chair.
"Good morning, Ianto." Jack grinned, leering at the Welshman. He grinned wider when a slight blush dusted his cheeks. Ianto sighed.
"Don't say anything, Jack," Ianto mumbled, "I was influenced by a weird feeling and didn't feel like wearing a suit." The older man walked over to the other and leaned against his desk, arms crossed.
"Ahh, empathy. I had a situation this morning with it as well, though mine was more myself influencing other people's emotions. I think I made a couple of tourists fall asleep." He smiled sheepishly.
Ianto rolled his eyes. "Smooth, Jack. Do we have to tell the others?"
Jack nodded, "That would probably be best, then we can get Tosh to analyze that device and see if we can reverse the effects. And Owen can check to see if the telepathy is putting any strain on our minds."
The alarm sounded again as Toshiko Sato entered the Hub, rummaging through her handbag. As she reached her desk she looked up and paused, blinking twice as she stared at Ianto.
"Ianto?" She asked, confused.
"Coffee, Tosh?" He stood up and escaped towards the small kitchen, feeling Jack's eyes on his backside. Toshiko looked towards the older man for an answer.
"Let me fill you in." He told her about the device, the link and the empathy. Ianto came back with three coffees. "So now we're just waiting for Gwen and Owen, to inform them of our situation." Tosh nodded.
-x-
"So, Harkness? What the bloody hell do you call us up to the boardroom for? Except maybe Teaboy's clothes." Owen and Gwen had soon been convinced that Ianto was not an imposter and trying to kill them all.
"Remember that seemingly normal device that we stored in the archives yesterday?" Gwen nodded and Owen grunted, "It's linked me and Ianto's minds together."
"What?" Owen exclaimed.
"We can read each other's minds." Ianto piped up.
"Har bloody Har, Jack. Stop joking around and let me go finish paperwork." The medic grumbled.
"He wouldn't actually do any paperwork." Jack's mouth twitched at Ianto's comment.
The older male exhaled, "Fine. Then we'll prove it. Gwen, Tosh and Owen, you two stand with me and Ianto you stand on the other side of the room." The team did as they were asked, "Ianto, turn around and cover your ears and one of these three will tell me something and you have to shout it out to me. Got it?" Everybody nodded as Ianto turned around.
Jack turned to the others. "What've you got?"
-x-
Ianto waited until he heard Jack's unmistakable voice, the older man was chuckling quietly. He managed to get out a sentence between giggles. Ianto's eyes widened and he spun around swiftly.
"Your favourite song is 'The Boy Does Nothing' by Alesha Dixon and when you're alone you like to dance to it, Owen?!" He couldn't suppress the laugh that came from him and soon the whole team were giggling, except Owen who was mumbling "Bastard Harkness."
"You have to believe them now, Owen." Tosh was grinning brightly and Owen was blushing slightly. He glared at the other men.
"Yeah, whatever."
When everybody had calmed down, Jack turned serious.
"Okay, we need to find that device."
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