Time blurred for Jack and Ianto. It continued to rain in Cardiff. Jack continued to flirt with Ianto over coffee at the Hub and ask him to officially move in with him. Cassie and Carys continued being friends and Undine continued sitting on the rooftops wondering when she would get to go home. This time Jack found her sitting on his sofa after Ianto left for work.

'Hello Jack.'

'You sound tired.'

She pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them. 'I am Jack, it's been a couple of weeks since the two of you patched things up and I'm still here.'

He folded her into his arms and held her. 'I know it must be hard on you.'

'Do you?' She sighed. 'I know you mean well Jack, I just want to go home.'

'Do you know what it would take for that to happen? You don't exactly come with an instruction manual and I'm not sure how much more together Ianto and I can be. He doesn't officially live with me but he's here every night. We haven't slept apart since he found the diary.'

'That was what, a month ago?' She watched him nod. 'You're right, I don't come with instructions. I have no way to go home. I'm here until this is done, one way or the other.'

'Can you contact who or what sent you here?'

'Nope, that bit got left out.'

'I hate when that happens, I lost a few years of my memories to the time agency. They tend leave that sort of thing out of the fine print.'

'Would you have signed up if they had told you.'

Jack shook his head, he didn't hear a question. 'Would you?'

She snorted with derision and vanished.

'I hate it when she does that.' He muttered to himself. He checked his watch, time to go and flirt with Ianto over coffee.

Ianto stopped polishing his coffee machine and looked at Cassie. 'What now?'

'Well.'

'Well what? Out with it.' He waited for her to speak. It was quiet and Jack hadn't arrived yet.

'Have you moved in with him yet?'

Ianto rolled his eyes. 'Why is everyone so obsessed with my living arrangements.'

'Come on Ianto, you're practically living with him as it is.'

'Do you want my flat? Is that it?'

'What, no.' She stopped. 'Well, it is close to work.' She shook her head. 'Nice, change the subject, this isn't about where I live. You go home to him every day as it is. Move in with him already.'

'I ask him the same thing.'

Cassie blushed as she turned around and saw Jack standing at the counter. 'Oh, hi.'

Ianto rolled his eyes. 'Sometimes I wonder just who's payroll you are really on Cassie. I'm sure you could be clearing tables or something.'

Jack leaned on the counter, eyes only for Ianto. 'Most of your stuff must be at my place anyway, how much harder could it be to move the rest of your things in?'

'Jack, I don't want to talk about it.' He handed him a coffee. 'I'm not ready to give up my flat.'

He reached for Ianto's hand. 'Are you ready to take a break and join me over coffee?'

Ianto looked up and caught Cassie's eye before nodding. 'I'll be right over.'

Cassie shook her head as she watched them sitting at the corner table. This week the flowers in the vase were yellow roses. Jack continued to have flowers delivered to the Hub, she thought it was sweet. Her attention shifted from her boss and his boyfriend to her own boyfriend as Andy walked up to the counter.

'Have they moved in together yet?'

She shook her head as she leaned across the counter to kiss him. 'Hello Andy.'

'You leave too early in the morning, you know that don't you.'

'Says the man who just about works every hour god gave him and a few extra ones.'

'You've been talking to my mother again.'

She grinned. 'I like your mother.'

'Good, she likes you. I need four coffees.'

'Usual?'

Andy nodded. 'Yep. Actually, make them all with a double shot, it's probably going to be a long day.'

'It's Saturday.'

'I'm also working this weekend.'

She handed him his change and stamped his coffee card. 'Hmm. I like flowers.'

He grinned. 'Subtle.' He watched her shrug.

'Jack might be a bad influence but he's a romantic one. You could learn a lot from him.'

'How is he a bad influence?'

'He corrupted Ianto.'

Andy laughed softly at her teasing. 'Because he looks corrupted to me.' Looking at the two men holding hands in the corner as they sipped coffee and made eyes at each other.

Cassie made coffees as she laughed. 'Okay, fair call. I do love seeing him this happy though.'

'It's like that with Owen and Tosh. Even if she is driving us mad with wedding stuff and seating arrangements. Which reminds me, have you asked Ianto about getting the day off yet?'

'Yeah, he's replaced the last two part timers with a new one starting next week so I can go to the wedding with you.'

'What happened to the last two?'

'Tish never came back after she broke her leg and the other one moved to Bristol with her boyfriend.'

'Bristol?'

'Yep, she's on the other side of the channel now, working in a fish and chip shop or something. We get the occasional postcard.' She handed him the coffees and smiled. 'But I'm good for the wedding.'

'If it's a quiet weekend I should be able to see you at dinner time. I'll call you.'

'I'll hold you to that.' She smiled as she watched him walk away.

Jack finished his coffee. 'Do you want to go out for dinner?'

'I thought I'd make pizza.' He watched Jack's face light up. 'I take it that's a yes.'

Jack blurted out the first thing he could think of. 'Marry me.'

Ianto rolled his eyes. 'Don't you think it's a bit soon for that?'

'Okay, move in with me.' Jack reached for Ianto's hand. 'I love you.'

'Jack, I'll think about it.'

'You've been thinking about it for the last few weeks.' He didn't remember the other Ianto being quite this stubborn. Or maybe he had been, he flicked the thought away and focused on the man sitting next to him.

Ianto sighed. 'I just don't want to loose the flat and have everything not work out between us.'

'Like that's going to happen.' Jack brushed his lips across Ianto's cheek as he murmured softly. 'I'm never letting you go. I didn't cross universes to find you, only to let you go.'

'It's a little disconcerting when you say things like that.'

Jack just shrugged as he followed Ianto to the counter where Cassie handed him two coffees and a paper bag for Carys. 'Thank you my dear.'

'Tell Carys I'm on for tonight, Andy's working this weekend anyway.'

'I take it there is a girls night on the cards.'

'Yeah, I asked Ianto if he wanted to come too but he said he's washing his hair and come come out.'

'I could fire you.' Ianto looked from Cassie to Jack and shook his head. 'You.' He pointed to Cassie. 'Take your break. And you.' He looked at Jack. 'Get to work, make some money and maybe you should look at buying that building next to the shop.'

Jack grinned at Ianto. 'Are you saying what I think you're saying?'

'Yes, but I'm not marrying you.'

'Ha, you said that about moving in with me.'

'We will talk about this over dinner. Now go.'

Cassie waited for Jack to leave before turning to Ianto. 'Did he ask you to marry him?'

'Take your break Cassie. My love life is not up for debate.'

'He did ask you to marry him.'

Ianto winced, as she practically squealed. 'We don't even live together.'

'Technically you do you just have a separate postal address.'

'I get all my mail delivered here.'

'Probably just as well, since you're hardly ever at your flat. Waste of time paying the electric if you ask me. Or rent.'

'It's a mortgage actually.' Ianto mumbled as he watched Cassie walk away with a cup of tea and a muffin. Had he actually agreed to move in with Jack, or into the building next door. He shook his head, it did hardly make sense to pay utilities at a flat he barely visited. He could rent it out to cover the mortgage, it was in a brilliant location, shouldn't be too hard to find a decent tenant. He hummed softly as he cleared tables while waiting for the next rush of customers to distract him.

Jack handed Carys her coffee and the muffin. 'Cassie's on for tonight.'

'Brilliant, haven't had a decent night out for a while.'

'Single young woman like you and you aren't out clubbing every Saturday night?'

'You don't pay me enough.'

Jack laughed as he sipped his coffee.

She looked up from the emails she was checking. 'You're in a good mood, more than usual I mean.'

'Ianto's going to move in with me.'

'He already lives with you.'

'Proper move in, he still has his flat.'

'Wonder what he's going to do with it then.'

'You looking for a place?'

'I like living with my da. But I think Cassie's sick of living with her cousin.'

Jack shook his head. 'I'm sure he'll figure something out. Which reminds me, I've got an estate sale on Tuesday, I need you to confirm the details and print me out directions. There should be an email.'

'There's one on Friday as well.'

'Brilliant.'

'Yay, more bric-a-brac...' She opened the paper bag and grinned. 'I love that girl, she has the best muffins.'

'That sounded totally wrong.' Jack muttered to his coffee.

Ianto walked into chaos, it was clearly a day out for the WI as what looked like a bus load of Women's Institute ladies pawed though Jack's shop. He froze when he recognised his mother in the crowd. He handed Carys and Jack coffees and cringed when he heard his name.

'Ianto, how lovely to see you.'

'Mam.' He kissed her cheek. 'What are you doing here?'

'I mentioned to the girls that your, friend, was running a little shop and they insisted on visiting.' She looked around at the eclectic collection of second hand furniture and collectables on display. 'It's really quite lovely.'

Ianto frowned, did his mother sound disappointed, he wondered what she'd been expecting. 'Jack's actually very good at all this.'

'Yes, so it seems, he does have some lovely china, but you must get first pick of course.'

'He finds a few pieces he knows I'll like.'

'And are the two of you living together?'

Ianto cringed at the polite edge to his mother's tone and just nodded. He watched as she softened.

'You are happy, aren't you?' She watched her son as he smiled and nodded. 'Good, that's what's important.' She patted him on the arm and looked around. 'Actually, while I'm here, I would love a grandfather clock, do you think he could find me one?'

'Probably, best talk to him though, I don't know what one would of those would even be worth.' He felt a huge wave of relief as Jack joined them.

'Eirian, did you see anything you liked?'

'No, but I want a clock.'

Ianto took the opportunity to slink away as Jack pulled a notebook out and started writing. He wanted to get started on the pizza dough anyway.

Jack walked into a kitchen that smelt of roasted garlic and tomato sauce as he wrapped his arms around Ianto.

'Do you think you can find her a clock?'

'Ah ha, I've got two estate sales next week and a few contacts I can talk to, shouldn't be too difficult.'

'You've been in this world a few months and you have contacts?'

'I'm Captain Jack Harkness. You clearly don't have the proper frame of reference for what that means.'

'You made a straight man gay Jack, I think I've got a unique perspective on what that means.'

Jack kissed his neck. 'We've had this conversation before, I can't make a straight man gay. You had to be open to the idea on your own first.'

'If I hadn't been?'

Jack shrugged. 'I never even considered that as possible.'

'Thanks.'

'I love you. And did you really agree to move in with me?'

'I think so.' He felt bereft as Jack pulled back.

'Don't tease me here Ianto. I love you but I don't know if I have the sense of humour needed to take it if you're joking.'

Ianto turned the heat off and turned away from his sauce. 'I'm not joking. I do have to work out what to do with my flat though.'

'Do you own or are you renting?'

'I have a mortgage. Which means I need to work out if I want to rent it furnished or not.'

'Carys suggested Cassie might be interested.' Ignoring the fact Ianto was going to keep the flat.

'Oh I know she would be, she's been dropping hints all afternoon. Which is unlike her, usually she stares at me for a while until I ask her what's up and then she tells me.' He shook his head as he checked his pizza bases to make sure they had rested long enough.

Jack washed his hands. 'I'll help, what do you need?'

'Just need to assemble everything, I thought I'd make two and put the second one in the freezer.'

'We can make one each then.'

Ianto grinned as he spread his tomato sauce on both bases and handed one to Jack.

Jack started on the dishes once Ianto had the pizza's in the oven. 'Do I really need to buy the building next door?'

Ianto laughed. 'Not really, unless you don't think my suit's will fit in your wardrobe.'

'So what changed your mind?'

'About moving in with you? I live here now, it hardly makes sense to keep the flat out of some sense of doom and gloom that something else will go horribly wrong and we'll break up.'

'You Welsh, I could show you wonders you can't imagine and you would still manage to find the holes in it.'

'Everyone's good at something.' He grinned as Jack rolled his eyes. 'Besides, I like falling asleep with you and I have slowly been moving my DVD's over a few at a time. I might as well bring them all.' He wrapped his arms around Jack. 'I love you.'

'You know you're not a spare, don't you.'

Ianto nodded. 'I know.'

'It was the tie wasn't it.'

'I only have your word for that.'

'There are pictures, in the diary.'

'Don't go there Jack.'

Jack nodded. 'Fair point.' He grinned at Ianto who groaned.

'No way Jack, we don't have enough time and those pizza's took ages by the time I finished making the dough and the sauce, I will not be happy if dinner is ruined because you want to have sex.'

'Make love, we don't have sex Ianto, we make love.'

'We don't have time for that either.'

Jack sighed. 'Fine, I'll finish these dishes then.'