Dee Ianto and Jack should choose together with some input from Owen but given how Owen's was able to piss him off enough to make him stand momentarily and Ianto's snarky replies, I'd say go with as minimal as possible using mechanical aids. Jack is right, there could be a time where he might not be there to get Ianto to a bathroom. Maybe a scooter he can get into with help from an aide would be good. I'm thinking that even in an emergency, Ianto should never be left alone in his present condition and the house should be designed for someone in his present condition with his eventual and, hopefully, full recovery in mind. Owen could contribute suggestions and so could Rhys and Andy.

scoutbokmalI can see Ianto, Orin and Jack (once Orin have recuperated) forming some sort of three-way relationship. I have gotten the impression that Orin Loves Jack, and vice versa.

Eleana666Hope you will write more! A chapter having Ianto get much better would be great! Having them buy a home and move in together ... Perhaps a wedding ceremony...then their own wee baban!? Love ya, sweet lady! would like Oren to become more, too! Perhaps find a way for him to heal Ianto, then get a body that could become his own.

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Jun 4 c25 1FranArian
What about a quiet little cottage, something in good nick, but maybe with a fenced but neglected garden (yard work to help him recover his strength) as well as a place for a puppy (a runt Border Collie would be perfect...very smart, loyal, loving, and would grow to be neither too big or too small...definitely a little female, much easier to potty train to one spot and less likely to roam). Be nice if Jack picks it, but because it was someplace they saw on a retrieval and Ianto had mentioned he'd always wanted a home like that. ;)

Jun 4 c25 sandysan2013
There seem to be a lot of old abandoned industrial estates near big cities these days. Perhaps they could buy one that would provide underground access to T3, be a lot more secret so no one could find them to take them over, and all of them could live on different floors of one building, or in different buildings. A perception filter could hide the lot's real purpose and it could be made to look pretty for those authorized to know.

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Well. I know its been a while but I have been super busy and now look back at this and wonder where to go. Well, let's see.

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Jack had been taking Ianto to the park to watch the children play, something that seemed to please him when he pulled into the warehouse around the corner to check a crate for Tosh.

"Can I get out too?" Ianto asked, "The perception filter works great, this really looks like an old abandoned building. Come on Jack, you know I will probably find it before you Cariad."

"Show off" Jack grinned as he lowered the chair and helped Ianto the short distance from the seat of the SUV to the chair, his determination to stand and take those furtive steps not lost on Jack who revelled in each step towards recovery as much as his love. Orin was stronger as well, although not speaking and interacting with the rest of the team, sometimes in the comfort of their bed the alien being did speak with Jack for a short time, if only to reassure him that work was going well within the 'vessel' they all loved so much.

Ianto rolled easily across the concrete of the huge warehouse that outside looked like a small four room house in disrepair. Jack strode towards the crates marked as recent and tore off a lid. Ianto decided to explore the facility that seemed to have been something industrial with old bins and large drums sitting along one wall. It was huge, like an aircraft hanger but it was not cold like the outside and Ianto wondered if it was natural heating or some alien tech Jack used to keep the temperature constantly comfortable. He seemed to remember that piece of tech they found from the Groffelom Empire disappearing soon after they discovered it was an industrial heater of some sort.

Ianto entered side rooms that were offices maybe once upon a time, then he found a wet room.

Huh.

"Jack? They bathed here?"

"Yeah, this had had a lot of uses from small aircraft during the war and even a blimp or two through to mechanics. Great place, been in the Torchwood group for almost a hundred years." Jack called out as he crouched by the relevant crate, "There is an upper level by stairs and elevator with some sleeping quarters for the flight crews. Bathroom and kitchen and…"

Jack stopped talking as he heard a grinding noise and he knew his face had paled as he stood and watched the lift slowly rise to the next level. He hadn't even thought when he had spoken and he held his breath, then let it out slowly as it seemed the gears had been left well oiled.

"Jack, it's almost as large up here as down there! WOW I see you!"

Jack watched Ianto appear at the large window wall of the office and realised it was the same as the hub. He started to laugh as Ianto waved, then disappeared from the grimy pane of glass.

"We could fit the entire hub in here" Ianto said, echoing Jack's thoughts as he shot from the lift, "What's over there!"

Jack watched Ianto explore, following quietly as he let his love coo and peer into dark corners. Finally he got the torch from the boot of the SUV and stopped fussing as he realised it was driving Ianto crazy. He settled in a crate to read the file he had been retrieving and when a dirty, dusty Welshman powered over he was flushed and excited, "vehicles. Oh My God, a 1934 Phantom back there. Jack, several SUVs and if I am not mistaken a fucking tank!"

"Really?" Jack looked up with interest, "I wondered where that went. Shit, I though HRH pinched it. Ha. Not a helicopter as well was there?"

Ianto blinked.

"Oh well, guess she did get that then. There is a Cesena back there somewhere as well, a couple of other flying machines. Gods, I forgot about the vehicle pool." Jack grinned, "Big huh?"

"Bigger on the inside Cariad?" Ianto asked with glee and Jack roared with mirth.

"Maybe just smaller on the outside love." He finally replied as Ianto looked up at the rafters, high above their heads.

Jack also stood and looked up, then around with fresh eyes. "Ianto, tell me what you see"

"Potential" Ianto answered, his gaze falling to capture Jack in its excited mirth.

Ianto hadn't looked so happy in so long and Jack could have danced a jig as he saw the fight in his eyes, ready to argue the reasons for using this place as a secondary hub.

"Well, we do need a back up hub" Jack decided to give it to him and concede defeat before Ianto got his blood pressure raised, "We can easily set up a fallback in case we need to go into hiding. Like, real hiding."

"Oh Jack" Ianto laughed softly, "Always looking forward, never to the side. Cariad. This is not just a great spy base."

"Oh?"

"Jack, this is a great base. Full stop. A home. My chair goes everywhere, I can recover in that huge dipping pool that was for entire bloody vehicles. I can swim in there, Jack. Look around" Ianto waved his hands, "Upstairs as our apartment, down here as the secondary, or nigh time hub."

Jack leaned back and considered.

Actually, it made sense.

Close enough to the hub to be suitable for a secondary base yet far enough for Ianto to have his full attention when he needed it.

Jack rose and stood looking around as he saw the potential.

They could live here?

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Yes?

No?

All the team or just a small minor hub for the nightly checks?

How big is this place? In my mind I am seeing several football fields, since we are being cheeky with the perception filter thing. Basement? What vehicles? What else might Ianto discover since even Jack doesn't know everything he and other agents shoved into corners?

Shopping would be fun for this new place, what do you all think?