The next morning, Jack woke early and found Ianto lying, tired looking, but still awake next to him.

"Did you sleep at all?" Jack asked gently.

"A bit," Ianto turned so he was facing Jack. "Not much though."

"It'll get better," Jack replied, one arm pulling Ianto closer, their legs entwining.

"This is all Torchwood is really isn't it?" Ianto said sighing. "Living in fear from day to day."

"Hey," Jack reached a hand up to Ianto's cheek. "It will get better, I promise."

He rested his forehead against Ianto's gently. The two of them looked at each other for a long moment, contemplating.

"The others will be here soon," Ianto said finally.

"Mm," Jack shifted slightly. "They can manage up there without us."

Jack looked unwilling to move.

"Can they manage without my coffee though?" Ianto asked smiling.

"Probably not," Jack agreed. "Do you want to get up then?"

Ianto kissed Jack quickly and then nodded, sitting up and disentangling himself from the other man.

He wandered across the room and gathered up the clothes that Jack had bought down the night before. As he dressed, Jack walked over to the table he'd left the tray on. The food was untouched, so Ianto obviously hadn't been hungry in the night. He went to pick up the tray and suddenly realised that the knife was missing. Frowning, he bent down to look under the table.

"Looking for this?" Ianto asked, holding out the knife to Jack. "I went to have a drink in the night and I knocked it off. I couldn't see in the dark, so it was still on the floor over there."

Ianto indicated vaguely somewhere the other side of the table. Jack might've bought the story, after all it was perfectly believable, but the glass of water on the tray was untouched, he was sure of it.

He took the knife and the tray back up to the kitchen, Ianto following. No one else had arrived at the Hub yet, meaning it was still quite early. Or the others were having a lie in. Either way Jack was happy to look after things alone.

"I'm going to go and check on Bo," Jack said after he'd set the tray down, turning to Ianto. "Do you want to come with me?"

Ianto had been creeping after Jack like a shadow and the Captain got the feeling that Ianto was still in shock about what had happened. In shock and unwilling to be left alone lest he was kidnapped again.

"Yeah," Ianto nodded.

Jack smiled slightly and took Ianto's hand, leading him down to the cells to where Bo was still resting. She was awake, but lying on her side in the bed cradling her bump.

"Alright?" Jack asked as he and Ianto paused in the doorway. Bo nodded looking anxious.

"What else is down here?" She whispered.

"Not much why?" Jack frowned slightly confused.

"I could hear moaning in the night," she replied.

"Oh," Jack grimaced. "Yeah, that'd be the Weevils."

"Weevils?" Bo gave him an astounded look.

"Aliens," Jack glanced at Ianto. "We're alien hunters."

"Right…" Bo pondered for a moment. "Any chance you can keep monsters away? My Dad's not exactly gonna be pleased when he finds out I'm missing."

Jack's felt his heart skip several beats. Ianto had told him that a fifteen year old girl had been held hostage, he hadn't mentioned that she was a Costello herself. Jack had killed every member of the family when he'd rescued Ianto.

"I promise you that your Dad will not find you," Jack said gently.

"That's what my Mum said," Bo replied.

"I always keep my promises," Jack squeezed Ianto's hand. "Don't I, Ianto?"

"Yeah," Ianto croaked.

"Do you want anything to eat or drink?" Jack asked after a few moments silence.

Bo shook her head, but Jack made a mental note to bring a tray down. There was no point denying her something she needed, now that she was free.

Later that morning when Owen, Gwen and Tosh had finally decided to come into work, Jack was sitting in his office doing some admin, Ianto wandering to the kitchen and back.

"Hey, Ianto," Gwen said, smiling slightly as Ianto popped out of the kitchen to se who had arrived.

"Would you like some coffee?" Ianto asked as Owen and Tosh appeared behind Gwen.

"Yeah, thanks, Ianto," Tosh said and the other two nodded.

As soon as Ianto had moved away back into the kitchen, Owen turned to Gwen and Tosh.

"We should go see Jack," he said quietly. "I don't know about you, but I don't want to be treading on egg shells all day. We need to know where we stand."

Gwen and Tosh exchanged glances.

"Alright," Tosh agreed. "But try and be tactful, Owen. Remember Ianto's been through a lot and it's not the first time. Jack's not gonna be in the best of moods either."

"Yes, I know," Owen rolled his eyes and led the way to Jack's office to have a word.

In the kitchen Ianto was leaning against the side, waiting for the coffee machine to do its thing. He kept glancing towards the door and every time he did he kicked himself mentally. The Hub had seven different security systems. He should know, he had to spend hours trying to shut them down long enough to sneak Lisa in.

No one was going to just walk in and kidnap him again. He was careful to regulate his breathing. He'd done this since he was a child to stop unwanted panic attacks. Ianto bit his lip looking over to the other kitchen units. On top was a pile of cutlery, obviously from where Jack had tried to find the things for the tray the previous night.

There were several knives in the pile. Ianto glanced towards the door again. The other three had gone up to Jack's office. They wouldn't be down for at least ten minutes. Ianto edged towards the knives, reaching out to pick one up.