It was a beautiful day the Cardiff streets seemed to glow from the unusually bright autumn sun. Everyone was on their way to work or some sort of education, everything was the same but everything was different. Owen stood looking out of the windows, resting his hand on the cool glass in front him, he sighed. This was life, just another one night stand, but that was alright. Owen had, had enough of them to know how they worked, he supposed he knew what he was getting in to and he had had a good night, so he would smile and move on.
His phone went off, I'm too Sexy- Right Said Fred rang through the flat.
Move on to work that is
Singing along, Owen went to get ready.
By the time Owen got to work he had discovered he was quite uncomfortable, He was obviously paying the price for a good night. He tried not to let it show as he entered the Hub.
"And what time do you call this?" Jack bellowed from his office
"Way too early," Owen replied smirking and heading for his desk
Owen walked up the metal stairs steadily and with confidence, he felt like he had been given a new lease of life, this was going to be the day in which Owen Harper changed. God he sounded corny.
"Where did you end up last night?" Tosh asked sweetly once he had sat down
Owen turned his computer on and leaned back in his chair, casually. He knew Tosh would ask such a question because she always did, a simple enquiry but with secret intentions to start a long conversation that he really didn't have the attention span to keep up with.
"Neither here nor there," He smiling and turned to look at her straight "Or maybe everywhere,"
Startled Toshiko turned all her attention back to her work blushing, Owen suppressed a laugh, Tosh was too a easy target how he loved her.
"When I ring you, it means I need you here," Jack exclaimed walking out of his office
"And when I don't answer, it means leave me alone," Owen replied cheerily, turning his attention to his boss "Sorry boss won't happen again,"
Jack looked at him suspiciously clocking the smile Owen wore
Jack had never really seen Owen in a good mood, there were happy moods with heavy levels of sarcasm but they changed as quickly as they surfaced "Woah you must have had a good night last night,"
"Better night you would have out on the pull," Owen replied
"Oh yeah, in your dreams mate,"
"I don't need dreams Jack, I have reality," he told Jack smirking
Jack left it at that, calling Gwen's name as he stalked off.
Owen turned back to his work station and tapped mindlessly, he didn't know what he was typing, he knew he had some medical notes to type up and he had to submit his report of the last few days but in all fairness he really couldn't be bothered. He tried to type up his report but when the name Captain John Hart came up he couldn't help but stopping and thinking.
Where had he gone? Was he coming back? Should Owen care? All these questions swamped Owen's mind
This is not what moving on is supposed to entail
Owen had been in love, he had had his share of relationships real and one nighters. But he had never had a whirlwind relationship like that before and to end so abruptly, it didn't seem right. His time with Diane came to mind but somehow it just felt different, he fell for Diane, but he hadn't for John.
But Owen felt like he was being completely idiotic, he didn't do this kind of stuff, he was tired of it, it was so out of character for him to be this way. So the solution, hide what he felt from the rest of the world until he coped with it, and he would eventually cope with it.
Later Owen went down to the archives, to file his medical notes that he'd finally managed to complete. It was cold and dusty down in the isolated rooms, but it was comforting in a way.
"Ha, looks like you had it rough last night, if you know what I mean,"
Owen smiled and turned around to face Ianto, he had hoped he would find him. He felt so awkward talking to Ianto up in the Hub, he felt like he was always being watched, which he was, by Jack and it was slightly unnerving, like one wrong word and Jack would feed him to the Weevils.
"The best nights are the roughest," He replied leaning on the shelves of alien artefacts.
"Going to elaborate on that?" Ianto asked hands in his pockets
Owen pondered this, he knew he could trust Ianto but did he really want to share such details and if Jack found out, Owen would rather be fed to the Weevils . Not that Jack should care, but he had a suspicion that he would, alot.
"Just this bloke, you know how it is...well no you wouldn't know what it's like," Owen answered
Ianto laughed whilst shifting some artefact around on the shelves
"Nice try Owen but I saw John enter your building when I drove past last night, interesting choice,"
Owen was shocked but he really couldn't have expected less from Ianto
"Sneaky devil!" Owen exclaimed taking himself of the shelves and walking towards Ianto
"Hey it's not my fault what I come across while driving through Cardiff, come on what happened?"
Owen was suddenly aware what Ianto seeing John might mean "Have you told Jack?"
Ianto actually looked offended "What do you take me for Harper? What goes on in your personal life is none of Jack's business, So what happened?"
Owen smiled thank god he could trust someone in this place, even though things were over between them he was glad he still had Ianto in his life sometimes
"Ianto mate you have no idea,"
Sorry it's been a long time, enjoy x
