AN: A bit of a short one from Jack's POV. Back to Ianto with the next chapter for the first full day of Gwen's training.

Jack knew that he would have to confess at some point, although he was pretty sure that Ianto had probably already figured out what he had done. Gwen had stormed out of the hub when they allowed her to leave after a day split between the firing range and her desk pouring over manuals on gun safety and maintenance. She was still unable to speak and Jack reckoned that Rhys would have a guaranteed few hours of peace, perhaps longer if she fell asleep before the effects of the cone of silence wore off.

It had been a quiet afternoon in the hub, although if looks could kill they would have all be been six foot under with the looks that Gwen had been shooting everyone. It had been peaceful while Gwen had been away in Glasgow and Jack was loathe to part with the state of calm that the hub had been in her absence.

He did wonder if he would be able to keep her in a cone of silence throughout her retraining as she would no doubt protest every single step of the way, but it wasn't feasible. He would just have to try and get through to her, and make her realise that she was not the centre of his team and that she would actually need to become a part of the team properly.

He did feel a bit guilty forcing he training off on Ianto completely, but he had to acknowledge that he had made a mess of it the first time round and that Ianto would do things properly. Jack was also having issues not getting angry at Gwen whenever he looked at her, her actions back at the manor still on his mind, especially her lack of remorse were really getting to him. Ianto on the other hand seemed to have compartmentalised the situation already and was working alongside her with no mention of her actions.

Once he was sure that she had gone Jack gathered the rest of his team so that he could explain exactly what was going to be happening with Gwen's training and her being pulled from the field rotation for now. Her actions of late, and to be honest the majority of the time she had been with Torchwood, meant that no-one really complained about Gwen being pulled from the field. There had been a bit of discussion about when she would be allowed in the field, only under Ianto's guidance and in his presence as her training officer or potentially under Tosh's if she was being trained in the use of certain technologies. If there were any mass scale emergencies Gwen would be left in the Hub to co-ordinate the rest of them.

That evening once they had retired to their flat Jack spent the night trying to show Ianto how very sorry he was that dealing with Gwen had become his problem. He lavished as much attention on his lover as the other man would allow and apologised multiple times for all the extra work that was no doubt going to come of training Gwen. Ianto didn't appear all that bothered though, something that was concerning Jack a bit, the other man had certainly complained about Gwen frustrated with her in the past, the idea that he was willing to work with and train her pretty much solo for the foreseeable future without even the slightest complaint was worrying.

The only words Ianto had spoken on the subject were seemingly a platitude to get Jack to stop apologising. Ianto had told him that he didn't mind doing it, that at least her training would be done properly this time. He then muttered something that sounded Latin to Jack but he wasn't completely sure, when he pressed Ianto his lover had just smiled at him replying, "Family motto, I'll be fine Jack."

As Jack began to drift off to sleep he vaguely remembered Ianto's family motto having something to do with subduing people, maybe he shouldn't worry about his lover having to put up with Gwen after all. Cuddling up closer to his Welshman he put it out of his mind, things would happen as they did, all they could do is act accordingly.