Jack woke in the early hours of the night. Ianto was thrashing around in the bed; he pulled him into his arms and gently stroked his back. He began to calm down, he held onto Jack and buried his head under his arm and cried.
"Bad dreams Yan" he said softly
He felt Ianto nod
"Want to talk?"
Ianto shook his head, and then a few seconds later pulled his head up and looked at Jack. His stomach twisted, his blue eyes looking at him in the early morning light, full of love and compassion.
"It was Lisa," he said slowly as the tears started again
"Ssshhh its ok, you don't have to tell me just close your eyes and go back to sleep" he leant over as far as he could and tenderly kissed Yan on the lips, as he did he got his injured hand stuck between their 2 bodies and almost screamed in agony. He withdrew from Ianto so quickly and cradled his injured hand.
"Oh god Jack, are you ok?" said Ianto his dreams lay forgotten, they were dreams Jack was real and injured.
Jack just nodded, still cradling his hand. It hurt so much he was beginning to wonder if he'd accidentally pulled the stitches.
"You promised no lies or secrets," said Ianto gently, pulling himself to a sitting position next to Jack and carefully taking his injured hand
"It hurts Yan," he mumbled
"Let me look"
Ianto carefully began to unwrap the dressing that Owen had put on earlier that day. As he removed the bandage, he could see fresh blood on the dressing underneath
"Keep it up Jack, I'm going to call Owen"
"Oh he's going to love this, being called out in the middle of the night"
"I don't care what he thinks Jack, you're hurt and he's a doctor" said Ianto leaning over to pick up the phone from the table on his side of the bed. He smiled when he realised that Jack was so much a part of his life, he considered the right side of the bed his and Jacks was the left. He picked up the phone and pressed the speed dial for Owen.
Owen was for once asleep in his bed alone. Only because Gwen had told him she was going home to Rhys.
'Fucking Rhys' he thought as he stomped out of the hub and headed home.
He woke to the sound of his phone ringing
"Too late Gwen, I've changed my mind," he said without looking at the caller id
"Owen" said Ianto
"Shit, Ianto, I thought you and Jack would leave us in peace for a few weeks"
"Owen, its Jack"
"What's he done now? Gone and got himself hit by a bus," he said laughing at his own joke
"Owen, I think his stitches have split. He's bleeding again," said Ianto
Owen swallowed hard he could hear the raw emotion in his voice, Ianto was worried
"Alright where are you?" he said climbing out of bed
"He's with me at my house"
"On my way, keep it elevated Ianto"
"Thanks Owen"
"Whatever" he said and hung up.
Ianto turned to Jack as he put the phone down.
"It's going to be alright Jack, Owens on his way"
"Oh great, Yan help me get dressed," said Jack swinging his legs over the side of the bed
"Stay here"
"I will not be naked in your bed while Owen stitches me up"
"Jack you are my beloved, I don't really care what Owen thinks anymore"
"I love you too Yan, are you sure about this" said Jack
"Positive, now back into bed" he said as he leant over and pulled the duvet back up to Jacks waist.
"Any chance of a wonderful cup of coffee while we're waiting"
"Of course" Ianto got out of bed and walked completely naked into the kitchen to get Jack his coffee. He'd never known someone so addicted to coffee as Jack. So many times he'd tried to get him to drink de-caf but it never worked, he just looked at him with those baby blues and his stomach lurched. He would do anything Jack asked of him, he knew that and so did Jack, after the field trip to the countryside, Jack had never forced Ianto to go into the field unless he wanted to. He poured a mug of coffee for Jack and took it back to their bedroom. He'd just sat on the edge of the bed when the doorbell went; he stood up and went to answer it
"Err Yan, I'm all for our relationship in the open but I really think you'd better pull on some clothes before you open the door to Owen"
Ianto looked down at himself and smiled at Jack. He returned to the bedroom and pulled on his trousers then went to open the door.
Jack put his coffee down and re-arranged the duvet to make sure he was well and truly covered. A few seconds later Ianto returned with Owen. If Owen had anything on his mind about Jack being naked in Iantos bed he said nothing.
"Ok Jack, lets take a look" he removed the blood soaked dressing and examined the wound.
"You've managed to split 2 stitches, I'll re-stitch you Jack but you've got to be more careful at least for a few days," said Owen as he busied himself pulling the ends of the wound together and stitching it again. He put on a fresh dressing and bandage. Then he turned to Ianto
"I'm going to leave you enough clean dressing for 5 days, if you're still in Cardiff give me a call and I'll come out and check it if not I want you to get him to a doctor for a check up. If the stitches hold up they'll be alright to be removed in about 7-10 days"
Ianto nodded
"And make sure you keep the sling on all the time except when you're sleeping" he said as he bandaged Jacks hand for the 2nd time that day
"I will and thanks for this Owen"
"I'm going to start charging call out fees," he said smiling as he packed his medical bag.
"I pay your wages remember" said Jack also smiling
Owen nodded
"Don't bother to show me out" he said to Ianto, who was hovering behind him. He got up and made his own way out the house. It was only 4am but he headed for the hub, he had to feed Myfanwy. Ianto had warned him to feed her before anyone else got into the hub, she was a messy eater. Owen sighed he couldn't wait, not only did he have to deal with a naked boss in another mans bed but now he had to feed and clear up after a bloody pterodactyl. He was still fuming about Jack leaving Toshiko in charge instead of him, she was a computer tech what the hell did she know about running the hub.