Wow thank you all so much! 14 reviews, 29 followers and 10 favourites. I never thought that so many people would actually be interested in this.
A big thank you to angstosaur for pointing out a typo. I've changed it now.
Thank you all for the nice reviews. I just couldn't stop smiling every time I read them.
Anyway, here is the next chapter. I hope you guys like it. I still haven't got a beta so, again, all the mistakes are mine.
When Toshiko woke up she immediately felt an headache coming up. Last night had been horrible, seeing Gwen standing up to Jack like that. Showing how much better she was. However, the worst had been to see Ianto. He had seen last night he the man he loved was wrapped around Gwen's little finger. Jack always let Gwen go away with everything. She suspected that jack would even let Gwen go away with murder.
"Jack better solved this problem with Ianto last night." Tosh mumbled. If he hadn't then there would be a hell to pay for him. Jack might be her boss and she looked up to him, but Ianto was like a younger brother to her. And, like a lot of big sisters, Toshiko was very protective over Ianto. He had been through too much in his short life already. He had been at the battle of canary wharf, a few months later the whole debacle with Lisa and then he had fallen for Jack who had gone missing a couple of months later. Later they'd found out that Jack had left on his accord. Ianto had been devastated when they had discovered that. Ianto hadn't shown it during working hours, and if he did then he had made sure that nobody had been there to see it. But Tosh had spent some nights over at Ianto's. Nights where they had complained to each other about the other team members, and in particularly Jack.
During those nights Ianto let everything go. They would get some beer. Most of the time they didn't get drunk, just a little tipsy. Ianto would tell her about his, by lack of a better word, relationship with Jack. At the end of the evening they would be too tired to go back home, so Ianto would spent to night at Tosh's or Tosh would stay at Ianto's.
"Jack you better start treating him like he deserves or I'll be very tempted to remove some of your favourite body parts." Tosh knew that she would never be able to do that, she wasn't that cruel. She would be able to put a nasty virus on Jack's computer, and the vision of Jack stressing because his computer wasn't working after a bad night with Ianto put a smile on Tosh's face.
When Jack climbed out of is bunker into his office he was surprised he wasn't greeted by the smell of fresh coffee. 'weird normally Ianto would have already made some by now.' He thought while checking his watch. It was 8 o'clock, not that Ianto was late but normally Ianto would start at half past 7.
Tosh came through the cogwheel at half past 8. "where is Ianto?" She asked as soon as she saw Jack, noticing the absent smell of coffee.
"I haven't seen him yet. Maybe he was really tired last night and is sleeping in."
"After last night I can't blame him." She said whilst glaring at Jack. Beside the glare Jack noticed there was an edge in Tosh's tone. He knew she was very protective over Ianto, but he had no idea what he had done to deserve it this time.
Gwen came in at quarter past 9 and Owen 15 minutes later at half past 9. By now Jack was starting to get worried. He kept glancing at the cogwheel. At quarter to 10 Jack decided that he had waited long enough. He picked up the phone and dialled Ianto's number. The phone went over a couple of times but Ianto didn't answer. After he had tried to call Ianto a few more times he walked over to Tosh's desk.
"Have you heard anything from Ianto?"
"No. shouldn't he call you if there was something going on?" The Japanese woman asked.
"Yeah, I suppose." Jack answered, getting uncomfortable. Tosh was again looking at him in a way that suggested that he had done something wrong and he had to find a way to make it up to Ianto. In the end Tosh took pity on the captain in front of her.
"You know what? If he isn't here at half past 10 why don't you to his place to see if there's anything wrong?" She said even though she already knew what could possibly be the problem. She wouldn't want to face the man she loved either after he would have let her known how little she mattered to him in comparison to someone else.
"Yeah, thank you Toshiko." Jack said. Relieved he went back to his office, knowing that if Ianto didn't show up or let anything know he would at least go to his house to see if he was okay in about half an hour.
The next 30 minutes were agony for Jack. He just couldn't stop picturing all the different scenarios of what could have happened for Ianto to be this late without letting Jack know. At half past on the dot, Jack put his coat on and left the hub.
In Newport a young man named Ianto Jones woke up. "where on earth am I?" He asked all confused.
The last thing he remembered was going out with a couple of friends after a difficult day at uni. He was lying down on the sofa in someone's living room, the living room didn't look familiar at all.
'I'm not the type for a one night stand.' He thought, and if this was a one night stand he seriously doubted he would have woken up on the sofa.
He hadn't heard anyone yet, but he thought it was highly unlikely he was here on his own. After all you don't really leave a stranger on his own in your flat and he was absolutely certain this wasn't one of his mate's flat.
He stood up and walked around the apartment in search of the bathroom. After he had found the bathroom and emptied his bladder, he washed his hands.
"What the hell!" He exclaimed, looking in the mirror.
The face staring back at him was his own face but a couple of years older than the last time he had seen his own reflection, and he was pretty certain he had looked in the mirror yesterday. The guy looking back at him was around 25 years old while the last time he had checked he was 21 years old.
In shock he walked back to the living room. He sat back down on the sofa and stared at some point in front of him, feeling completely lost. After 5 minutes he noticed there was an envelope on the table in front of him.
Open in case of severe amnesia
He picked it up and took the letter out.
"well, let's see that this is all about." He said and started reading.
How is Jack going to react when he finds out that Ianto has gone? Please let me know what you thoughts are on this chapter. Have a lovely day.