"You bastard," Jack seethed as he dropped the Doctor's hand. He raised his own fist as he stormed towards the young Welshman. Ianto raised his own hand to defend himself as Jack's fist connected with the side of his face.

"Jack," Tosh exclaimed as Jack swung at Ianto again. Jack ignored them as he hit Ianto again.

"Where were you?" He demanded to know even as he gave Ianto no chance to speak in his anger. He hit him again even as the others rushed over to join Tosh in trying to separate the two of them.

"I had to leave," Ianto managed to inform him as he tried desperately to defend himself. He made no move to try to hit Jack as he knew that he deserved Jack's anger. He had left Jack with no explanation as he tried to give Jack what he wanted by allowing him to focus on and love the Doctor.

"I needed you here," Jack yelled at him. He went to hit Ianto again, but someone grabbed his arm from behind to stop him. He didn't even think about what he was doing as he used his body to shove the person backward in order to make them release his arm. He heard the Doctor cry out in both surprise and pain as he pushed him. Jack turned, unable to stop the Doctor from falling backward. The Doctor slammed his back against the side of the rift manipulator. He cried out in pain again as he stood still not sure whether or not he wanted to try to move.

"Doctor," Martha cried out as she rushed over to him. She had heard the yelling from the autopsy room and had come upstairs just in time to see the Doctor thrown back by Jack in his anger. Jack beat her over to him.

"I'm so sorry," he apologized as the Doctor tried to move gritting his face in pain as he did. Jack reached out to take his arm but the Doctor pulled it out of his grip.

"I'm fine," He hissed under his breath.

"Let me help you down to the..." Jack started but the Doctor interrupted him as he stared at Jack with all the anger of the oncoming storm. He reached out his mind towards the Doctor to try to assess him and felt the bond abrubtly close on him.

"I said I was fine," he growled. He took an unsteady step forward. It was obvious to both Martha and Jack that he was favoring his back as he moved but he continued moving stiffly forward heading towards his TARDIS.

"Doctor, let me examine you," Martha tried as she followed after him. He ignored her as he reached the doors to the blue box. Going inside, he slammed the door behind him. Martha turned to glare at Jack as she was locked out of the TARDIS and away from her patient. While she didn't think he would leave, due to the fact that his children were in the conference room, she wasn't happy with him being on his own in the TARDIS. He was obviously hurt and if something was wrong with him or the baby she needed to be able to provide him medical care.

"It was an accident," Jack immediately tried to defend himself. Martha's eyes narrowed even further.

"I don't care if it was an accident or not. You need to fix this," Martha informed him coldly. She stormed back towards the autopsy room, wanting to be alone for a moment so that she could calm down. With the Doctor in the TARDIS, and Martha angry at him, Jack turned his attention back to Ianto. He could see the others watching him even as he focused on the young Welshman.

"Get back to work. Ianto follow me," he snapped at them. Tosh and Owen moved back to their computers while Gwen disappeared back into the conference room. With the others working he led Ianto up the stairs to his office slamming the door behind him. Storming to the small cupboard beside his desk, he pulled out a bottle of whiskey before flopping back into his chair. Ianto took a seat in front of him. Ianto's cheek was bruised and his lip was trickling blood. Jack reached into his pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. Balling it up, he threw it towards Ianto. Ianto picked it up from where it landed on the desk putting it against his bleeding lip.

"I'll ask you once again. Where the hell have you been?" Jack questioned him angrily as he opened the bottle of whiskey. He took a long drink of it, feeling the alcohol burn all the way down to his stomach.

"Everywhere," Ianto answered. Jack stared at him as he waited for Ianto to elaborate. "After you left, I thought about coming back to work. But so much has happened to me at Torchwood over the years and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I just needed to get away for awhile. I moved everything I owned to the shed at my sister's house and then I left." He took to the open road, just driving as he tried to find a place that he belonged. No matter how far he drove or how many new people that he met, he found himself missing his sister and her children. Most of all, though, he missed Jack. He missed how Jack made him feel safe in his arms and made him feel loved despite the pain the two of them had shared. Up until Jack, he had never looked at another man or considered being with one. If he was honest with himself, he still didn't find himself attracted to other men, just Jack.

"I wish you hadn't. I needed you here with me," Jack informed him.

"I'm sorry I left, Jack, but I wanted to give you a chance to be happy with the Doctor and build a family with him. I love you and missed you everyday that I was gone, though, and I couldn't stay away," Ianto admitted. Jack sat down the bottle of whiskey. Standing up, he went around the desk sitting on the edge of it. He took the handkerchief from Ianto's hand moving from his lip. He could see swelling around the edge of Ianto's mouth and right eye and felt sorry that he had hit him in his anger.

"I missed you too. I still love you Ianto and I want to be with you but there have been some changes since you left that you need to hear first," Jack responded. Sitting on the edge of the desk, he told Ianto about the bond that he now shared with the Doctor in order to help the Doctor rid himself of the Master. He explained how from the bond he knew that the Doctor loved him. He expressed his wish to have a home that he shared with the Doctor so that they could raise the three children together. As he finished, Ianto smiled sadly at him.

"I understand. I'll begin looking for a new job in the morning," Ianto told him. Jack reached out pulling Ianto into his arms holding him close.

"You're not going anywhere," Jack informed him as he held him tightly. Ianto rested his head against Jack's shoulder as he hesitantly reached out to hold him back. As happy as he was to have Ianto back in his arms, though, Jack felt conflicted. While he wanted to have a relationship with both Ianto and the Doctor he didn't think it was fair to either of them to only have half of his heart. Still, he wanted more than anything to try to make it work. Breaking the hug, he kissed Ianto softly on the forehead. "I'm sorry I hit you. You still have clean clothes in my room if you want to go take a shower."

"I'd like that. Then I will go down to the archives to work if that's alright," Ianto answered. He was the only one who ever took care of the archives and he was positive they would be a mess after being gone for a month.

"That's fine," Jack responded. He watched Ianto disappear down the ladder to his room before leaving the office. He needed to check on the Doctor and hoped that he could forgive him as well. Taking a deep breath he headed towards the TARDIS.