Hey guys... sorry about the shortness of this chapter but I wasn't actually going to write any more tonight because I feel really sick. Sorry if it's crap. I'll write more tomorrow and hopefully will feel better so it will be better maybe
Jack watched as Ianto restlessly settled onto the make shift camping bed. The others still weren't back yet, but Jack saw this as the perfect chance to actually get some work done. He phoned UNIT, thanking them for their help, and demanding why they were on his territory. But he couldn't bring himself to be too mad at them, because they actually helped. He smiled to himself when he won the argument on who was going to deal with the press – and it wasn't Torchwood, Jack grinned.
When the others arrived, all they had to do was the paper work. "Where's Ianto?" Owen asked straight away.
"Asleep, he had a headache," Jack sighed. The Captain didn't miss the concerned expressions on his teams faces. "He refused to take painkillers."
"Probably for the best," Owen smiled. "I'll run the tests on him when he's awake."
"Thanks." Jack looked over at Luke who looked to be concentrating on something. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, why don't you go down make sure Ianto's okay, get him some water. Sure we can do the reports up here," Luke smiled.
"Okay. Thanks." Jack headed back up to his office and down to his bunk. Ianto was sat up on all fours, breathing in and out deeply. "You okay?"
"When I was a kid, I used to get anxiety attacks like all the time, this was the only thing that calmed me down," He explained, his breathing relaxing slightly.
"You were having an attack?" Jack asked as he sat down next to him, wrapping his arms tightly around him.
"Just a small one," Ianto mumbled into Jack's neck.
"That explains the look on Luke's face," Jack said, more to himself then Ianto.
"How did he know?" Ianto yawned. His fingers playing absent mindedly with the seams of Jack's shirt.
"Well, Luke is like you. He's human, and he is an empath. But he's been an empath for over a hundred years, he's strong like scary strong. And he connects to most empaths that he knows. Probably why he understands a lot of what you're feeling."
"He's over one hundred years old?" Ianto asked, his voice getting quiet with sleep.
"Not as old as me, but yeah he's over a hundred." Jack watched as Ianto's eyes began to close slightly. "Get some sleep, I'll be right here."
"Kay..."
Two and a half hours later, Ianto woke up when he felt Jack moving next to him. "Jack?"
"I'm still here," Jack smiled. "You feeling better?"
"Yeah, I'm dying for some coffee," Ianto laughed. "Want a mug?"
"Love one, come on lets get up." Jack smiled. He held out his hand for Ianto to take, which he did and they walked back up to the main area of the hub.
"I wish I had a camera," Jack grinned, the whole team plus Luke were working hard and in what looked to be a peaceful silence.
"You know I think it might be you that causes all the distractions around here," Ianto smiled as he leaned in closer to Jack.
"Can you blame me? You do look awfully cute in the cute suit, and when we're doing what we do, every one else is too distracted because we're just that hot," Jack purred making Ianto laugh and blush.
"We can hear you, you know!" Owen shouted. "And you're not hot when you're together."
"Liar," Ianto winked.
"How's the reports going?" Jack grinned as he sat on the corner of Ianto's desk.
"Almost finished mine, and then I'll head home," Gwen mumbled. The reason for the strange silence was because Toshiko and Owen hadn't said anything to her, and Luke felt a little out of place to say anything to anyone.
"Right," Jack nodded. Ianto walked down the stairs, coffee's for everyone on a large tray.
"You shouldn't be drinking caffeine," Owen commented.
"I was having withdrawal symptoms," Ianto smiled in his defence.
"You shouldn't drink all that coffee anyway," Owen remarked.
"Jack, Owen's being mean, make him stop!" Ianto laughed. He brought the mug of coffee to his lips and grinned. "mm.."
"You two squabble like school children," Toshiko laughed.
"It's their way of expressing their love to each other," Jack grinned.
"Love? Owen? Jack don't be gross," Ianto smiled. "Remember my theory about you being the reason why no work gets done..."
"I still don't think it's true!" Jack laughed.
"Hate to say it Jack..." Toshiko smiled.
"Tosh! I thought you were on my side!" Jack chuckled.
"Here's my report, Jack. I'll be going then," Gwen sighed, as she signed her name and the date. She handed it to Jack before grabbing her back and left the hub.
"Tea boy, medical bay now!" Owen snarled.
"Back to tea boy now?" Ianto pouted.
"You're not wearing any tights," Toshiko laughed.
"When was Ianto wearing tights? And why wasn't I there?" Jack asked as he followed Ianto around the hub with his eyes.
"He gave us a nice show," Toshiko giggled.
"I'll get a private show tonight, without the tights." Jack loved the blush that crept on Ianto's cheeks and couldn't help but laugh. "I'll be down in a minute, but right now I need to talk to Luke."
