Broken

Chapter 10

I'm really sorry for not writing any more stories for ages, but I'm concentrating my exams. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

The Hub at 09:30am

Tosh, Owen and Gwen all looked up from their stations as Jack entered the Hub; all of them noticed his eyes were red from crying. Instead of his usual greeting to the team, he just walked straight past the three confused co-workers and went straight to his office and slammed the door behind him. As soon as the door slammed shut, Owen turned to Gwen and Tosh and said, 'I think that's a sign not interfere with him and Ianto then.'

"Owen!" Tosh said, changing her gaze from the door to Owen, "we have to do something to help get Ianto back."

Gwen just sighed, "Listen I think we should just stay out of it, Ianto has left for a reason, he will come back" Joining the conversation.

"I don't think he is coming back, from the way Jack was looking anyway." Tosh said sadly.

"I don't see how it affects us, none of us really noticed, and I don't see what Jack saw in him anyway." Gwen said, as she looked back at her computer screen. Tosh stood up, causing her chair to scrape across the floor; she then stormed off, down into the archives. Gwen looked at Owen, who was glaring at her, "what?" Owen just rolled his eyes and then followed Tosh.

Hugo's apartment at 10:30am

Hugo watched Ianto sitting at the small kitchen counter looking at blueprints of the old work building. "Are you going to help me or are you just going to stand there and watch me work?" Ianto spoke without looking up.

Hugo sighed, "Why don't you just walking in and talk to your uncle? I don't see the point in trying to break into the building."

Ianto looked up from the blueprints, and stared incredulously at him, "Hugo, I can't just walk in as if nothing happened. I will be shot if I put even a foot through the door. I have to do it this way, there is no other way."

Hugo looked slightly confused at what Ianto had just said and said "Ianto, you got transferred to Torchwood you can just get a transfer back."

"When Dad was organizing the transfer, on the contract I had to sign, it said I was never allowed back and if I tried to go back and break any other rules that was on the contract I would be killed." Ianto explained to Hugo. "So this is the only way." He finished with a sigh and continued looking at the plan and scribbling down notes on pieces of paper.

"So," Hugo began in a light tone, "have you heard from anyone lately?" He asked, trying to sound casual, but not really convincing Ianto.

Ianto sighed, pausing for a moment on his note taking and then continued writing while answering Hugo, "when you say 'anyone' I take it you mean the Torchwood team? Then no I haven't, I hope they won't due to me telling them not to contact me in anyway."

"Ianto" He said softly putting a hand on his shoulder, causing him to look at Hugo, "of course they will try to contact you, and help you, even if you told them not to. They are Torchwood for fuck sake, you guys never follow orders, and well Jack, and he will always try and help you no matter what you do or tell him."

After Hugo finished speaking Ianto slumped back in his chair with a loud sigh and said, "You know, I thought it would be easier working at Torchwood, there is less to worry about, the only thing I had to do was find information on aliens and serve coffee and work in the field. But when I started to fall for Jack and other shit happened, and if Jack never slept with Gwen I would've never have met James and I wouldn't be here now." Ianto yelped as he felt Hugo slap him on the back of the head, "what the hell was that for?"

"For blaming everything and everyone around you for what is happening. It is no one's fault that people from your past are coming after you, say Gwen and Jack never fucked each other, and you never met James, you would never have thought that someone from your past would come after you?" Hugo said with a hint of irritation in his words.

"From day one at working at Torchwood I've always been looking over my shoulder, covering my arse, trying to stay distant from people, but it got harder and harder each day not to fall for someone like Jack. But you're right this still could've happened if Jack and I stayed together." He said quietly, feeling slightly ashamed of himself.

Hugo was about to say something but there was a loud knock at the front door, Ianto looked up at Hugo, he then gestured to Ianto to pick up the blueprints and go into his bedroom, which had a fire escape so Ianto could climb down into the back street.

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