20

Ianto wanted to go home, not wanting to be part of that mess right now. His own heart still too raw over his own family's mental illness issues and the final outcome there. Jack knew Hawk was a little disappointed and promised he could go with his Daddy in the Tank. God. Jack and that tank. Ianto was still too scared to ask how much it cost but Hawk loved driving around in it pretending to blow things up. Tanks and Ice Skating. Who knew.

"Boss?"

Ianto looked up from.. well… nothing really. Sitting there staring into space. He felt a little lost lately and now Lefty stood there with an expectant look. Ianto felt annoyance. "what!"

Lefty was not fazed by Ianto's rare show of rudeness, preoccupied himself as he hooked his thumb over his shoulder "We have a problem with the touring group set to go up the mountain. I know you don't wanna deal right now bit… he's a real douche."

Ianto sighed and leaned back "Talk."

"Part of the high school group. A father of one of the teenagers. Insisting on not only being one of the leaders but is openly questioning our rules and regs like we are just being flippant with them. The more we tell them there are real avalanche possibilities this time of year the more he scoffs and asks if that means we want extra for the locator beacons."

Ianto rose, "Right then."

Ianto entered the hall and stopped hear the back as Gremlin went over the rules one more time, ignoring the man who was openly heckling him, then he saw Ianto and nodded politely. The man followed the gesture and lurched over to Ianto "You! You believe this shit?"

"Not really" Ianto replied calmly "I wool have thought a safety briefing would be taken seriously and those trying to tell you how to help them save your life would be given some respect."

"Come on. An Avalanche? The odds of that are…"

"The odds of you going up diminish with each douche move on your part. We can refuse. We own the mountain we can decide who does and who does not go up. I will not have her polluted by the negativity of a dick" Ianto was now sinking his teeth in "If you don't like the rules… fuck off and sit in the chalet assigned to you then like a good boy in timeout."

Sniggering started and the man scoffed "And who the fuck are you then!"

"The only man to have survived an avalanche on my mountain" Ianto replied calmly, turning on his heel and calling over his shoulder "Not that one!"

"Right boss" Lefty called out and then looked over at the man "you heard the boss. Your visitor's pass if revoked since you are now a danger."

"You are joking."

"Not today" Ianto said as he turned to close the door on the man "today deadly is the serious I speak."

Doors closed.