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Not the best day ever...

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Jack paced around his office, Owen was lying unconscious in the autopsy bay with a godamned bullet in his shoulder! And according to Martha the only reason the bullet had hit his shoulder and not his heart was because Ianto had shoved him out of the way. Jack collapsed onto the sofa, what if the bullet had hit Ianto instead? What if he'd died... Their child would have had only one father... Shit.... "You okay?" Gwen asked from the doorway.

Jack looked up and nodded before suddenly shaking his head, "No." He whimpered, tears streaking down his cheeks.

"Come here." Gwen said, walking over to him and drawing him into a hug,

Jack sobbed into Gwen's shoulder, "What if he'd died?" He asked, not sure if he was talking about Owen or Ianto anymore.

"But he didn't." Gwen pointed out, cradling Jack close as he continued to shake with sobs, "Jack you have to calm down, for the baby's sake." Jack tried to calm down but he couldn't seem to get his breathing sorted, "Jack?" Gwen said, starting to panic now, when he didn't reply she pulled back from the hug and raced out of the office, yelling for Ianto because Martha and Tosh were busy with Owen.

"Hey, Jack come on." Ianto said as he walked into the office and sat next to Jack, rubbing the man's back, "It's okay, we're all okay. But if you don't calm down then the baby wont be."

Having Ianto there helped and Jack calmed his breathing but the second he got his thoughts together he leapt up, "You could have died!"

Ianto sighed, "Yeah... Look can we talk about this later? You need to relax and I need to talk to UNIT and make sure they know about the Pharm."

Jack scowled, "Fine." He muttered, "I want to see Owen." He added, Ianto pulled a face, obviously not thinking the man was up to it but one look at Jack's expression told him not to argue and so instead he led Jack down into the Hub, to the stairs of the autopsy bay. Martha looked up as she heard them approach, "He's going to be fine, should wake up soon." She smiled.

"Thank god." Jack murmured, clutching onto the railing.

Tosh grinned at Ianto, "That's twice you've got a bullet put in his shoulder!" She said making him laugh and blush slightly.

Martha frowned, "What am I missing?" She asked.

"I'll tell you in a minute." Tosh promised, washing her hands, "Any chance of a coffee?" She asked Ianto.

"Sure thing." he said, squeezing Jack's shoulder gently before going to the small kitchen.

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Two hours later Owen was sat curled up on the sofa covered in a duvet, his shoulder was strapped up and he was slightly dopey due to the strong painkillers he had taken. Jack was sat next to him, a cushion cuddled to his chest and his feet pulled up onto the sofa. "Are you okay?" Owen asked quietly.

Jack stared at him, "Am I okay?! You're the one who got shot!"

"Yes but I know that I'm okay." Owen said, rolling his eyes, "What I don't know is if you're okay."

Jack shrugged, "I was so worried... I should never have let you go. You could have died! Ianto could have..." Jack trailed off, clutching his cushion even closer.

"It's the risk we take." Owen said quietly.

Jack nodded, "I know... And usually it's fine but today I just..."

"Hormones." Owen said knowingly, earning himself a scowl off Jack, "What? It's a well known fact that people are more emotional when pregnant." Owen shrugged before yelping as his shoulder throbbed with pain.

"Idiot." Jack muttered.

Owen rolled his eyes before sighing, "Look, I know you're angry at Ianto for putting himself in danger like that but... Well truth is he saved my life." The medic said.

Jack sighed, "Yeah, I know... And I am so glad of that Owen."

"'Course you are, 'Cause I'm amazing." Owen grinned.

Jack laughed before becoming serious again, "It's just... When I think of how close we came to losing the two of you today... It terrifies me. My daughter could have lost her father..."

"But she didn't." Owen pointed out, "And you have to focus on that."

Jack let out a sigh, "Yeah... I know." He murmured.

Owen gave a small smile, "Do me a favor and keep a close eye on Tosh. It was an automatic reaction when that bastard shot me for her to just shoot back but I think she's a little bit freaked out that she killed him." The medic said, giving a small yawn and leaning back against the sofa.

"Will do." Jack promised, looking up as Ianto walked over.

"UNIT said they'd take control of the pharm now, Mace promised to send over the paperwork so you know what's going on." The welshman told Jack who nodded, "Can I get you anything?" Ianto asked both Jack and Owen.

Owen nodded, "Mug of tea would be nice."

"Same." Jack said when Ianto looked at him, Ianto nodded and walked off leaving Owen giving Jack an irritated look, "What?!" The immortal snapped.

"He saved my life Jack, give the guy a break." Owen said angrily, "I highly doubt he was trying to almost get killed."

Jack sighed again, "Yeah... I'll talk to him later." He muttered, Owen nodded, satisfied.

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Ianto was sat cross legged on the floor of the archives staring into space when Jack went to look for him a few hours later. The younger man looked up as Jack walked in, "Hows Owen?" He asked quietly.

"Fast asleep, painkillers knocked him out." Jack said, moving to sit next to Ianto, giving a small grunt as he slid to the floor, "I may need help getting up again." He grumbled and Ianto snorted, "Look I... I'm sorry I was so off with you earlier... I was just scared. All of this has made me think about our daughter's future..." Jack said.

"Me too." Ianto admitted, "And I'm terrified that I might die before I get to know her but... I can't give this up Jack, Torchwood is my life now. We'll just have to take each day as it comes." He said and Jack nodded his agreement, taking Ianto's hand in his own. Ianto smiled and leant his head against Jack's shoulder, Jack used his spare hand to stroke Ianto's hair and thye sat there in a comfortable silence for a while until Jack broke it with a question about the new house. "So... How much stuff do you have left to pack?"

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