10
Ianto woke to Owen calling his name softly, "There you are mate. Back with us?"
Ianto blinked and then seized Owen's hand, "Get me out of here."
"What?" Owen laughed as he shook him off, "Stop being a tit and tell me what the hell you were doing Parkour for."
"Owen" Ianto said softly, "Remember that code word? The safe word? Banana. OK? FUCKING BANANA!"
"Owen frowned, "You're kidding."
Ianto rolled his eyes up to see Gwen and Jack standing to one side both wringing their hands with concern, the picture of a loving couple. The only redeeming thing was the fact they were at Owen's clinic, not back at the house. Jack had taken him straight to get help.
"Owen, I have had my equipment taken, my phone taken, I am not allowed to leave the house" Ianto said calmly, to show he wasn't being hysterical, "My diet is now being monitored and she was reading my diary. Do you see my panic button anywhere?"
"Ah shit" he slumped, rising to face them and they rushed forward hopefully, not knowing that Owen was Ianto's' doctor for a reason.
"Is he OK?" Jack asked.
"Are my babies OK?" Gwen demanded.
"Ianto has jarred his knee." Owen said with a frown at her, "The babies are fine, he's fine. Just needs some time to settle."
"When I get him home…"
"No" Owen cut Gwen off, "Ianto is not going home with you. He is enacting the step-back clause in the contract."
"What?" Jack looked shocked turning to look at Ianto, "I don't understand. What did we do."
"I need time" Ianto said sadly, "I need to regroup and think. OK? I can be monitored by Owen at my own apartment where I can at least come and go as I please."
"Come and…what the hell are you talking about" Jack snorted, "We are not the ones holding you hostage. You are confused, I thought we were friends."
"Friends?" Ianto said slowly, "Friends don't take the panic button. Ask your wife to return my phone and laptop please."
"What?" Jack turned to her with a frown.
"I don't know what he's talking about, Jack he's clearly having some sort of episode" she gushed, "We need to get him home and maybe a sleep with clear his head."
Jack looked at her for a while and then said softly, "What did you do."
"Sure, take his side then!" she wailed, "I'm only your bond mate!"
Ianto looked away and motioned Owen, "Please. I want to go home, I don't want to be in their house anymore."
"OK mate" Owen said as he dropped the phone in its cradle, "The guys are at the house to collect your things, seems the laptop and phone are missing. Also, the bragging book is gone and your photo album. Tosh wondered if you had them somewhere safe."
Ianto gasped as he stared at Owen, "My book? My Album? But….but I have….some of those are irreplaceable."
Ianto was trying not to cry and he scrubbed his face, "I should never have done this again. I should have listened to you, oh Gods Owen. Not the pictures of my babies."
"It's OK" Owen soothed, "They'll find them."
"Oh Owen, I feel such a fool" Ianto sobbed, "I trusted again. Why did I trust someone again!"
Jack left Gwen's side and sat on the bed, reaching for Ianto's' hand, "I'm sorry. I don't understand, hey, come on. Don't cry love."
"Why" Ianto sobbed as he pulled his hand back, "I trusted you, you seemed so nice and look at me now. Another hostage. Gods, how could you promise me this would work and then just…lock me in?"
Jack was crooning as he re-hooked the hand and rubbed it, unable to stand seeing Ianto's distress.
"I'm not an animal, not a bloody possession." Ianto said though his tears, "I'm a person. I have rights!"
"Yes, yes you do love, of course you do" Jack assured him, his own upset starting to thrum, "Don't cry. It's OK. We'll work it out, OK?"
Ianto hiccupped and looked at Jack through his wet lashes then Owen snorted as he turned from his phone, "Found them. In an office, locked in a drawer. Hope the desk wasn't worth much, the boys kind of smashed the drawer open."
"What!" Gwen shrieked.
"Ianto's stuff all have tracking devices inserted in case of theft" Owen rolled his eyes, "Also, since his kidnapping we have upped our security. If you had taken the time to read the contract like Ianto kept telling you to you would know the security company that controls your CCTV is us too. Tosh, my missus, has reviewed the footage and I have to inform you that you're in breach of the contract. Ianto isn't going anywhere with you."
"I would like to see the footage too" Jack snarled.
"Which bit, the bit where she takes Ianto's stuff and tells him he's her prisoner or the bit where she was screwing the guard on the desk?" Owen asked sweetly.
At least someone was having a good time today.
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OK? Calm down now. Goodness, you are invested in this one quite early. Mind, they would make a lovely couple in this one eh?