As predicted they were up well into the night reading through the files and in the end Jack fell asleep, leaving Ianto and the Doctor to sort out the remaining few.

"He missed you, you know," the Doctor began quietly so as not to wake Jack.

"I'm sure he did," Ianto replied. "But it doesn't cancel out the fact that he left me."

"You were the reason he was so desperate to come back," the Doctor pointed out gently.

"And he wouldn't have had to come back if he'd never left!" Ianto snapped. He ran a hand through his hair looking remorseful then. "Sorry."

"S'alright," the Doctor shrugged. "He annoys the best of us. But he really does love you. He was devastated when we came back to find you 'dead'."

The Doctor held up his first two fingers and made little quotation marks in the air as he said the last word.

"I know, and maybe I should have handled the situation differently, but I'm fed up of being treated like a toy he can pick up and play with whenever he feels like it," Ianto sighed.

"He was prepared to rip a hole in the universe and cause it to collapse in on itself if it meant he could get you back," the Doctor smiled slightly.

Ianto chuckled despite the fact he was meant to be mad at Jack.

"He always did go OTT when it came to romance," Ianto paused. "But I've got a new life now. I might even have a new partner if things go well."

"But you still love Jack," the Doctor looked over the top of his glasses and Ianto.

"Well…"

"You never quite get over your first."

"How did you know-?" Ianto frowned slightly.

"Dear lord Ianto, Jack doesn't talk about anything but you!" The Doctor said. "There isn't anything he knows that I haven't been told."

Ianto felt slightly pleased by that. He had been missed, and Jack obviously cared a lot for him if he talked bout Ianto so much. Of course that didn't mean he was forgiven for the months of pain and anguish he'd put Ianto through.

"In fact, a lot of what he said consisted of self doubt," the Doctor continued. "He thinks that the whole immortality thing is going to stop him from loving you completely because he doesn't want to face the hurt of losing you. Although that issue has been dealt with. But he also thinks that you deserve better. He doesn't think that he's good enough for you."

"Of course he is!" Ianto burst out before he could stop himself.

"It's not me you need to tell," the Doctor lowered his voice muttering to himself. "Why does nobody ever talk to each other anymore? I don't want to be landed with their-"

He paused and flicked back up the file he'd just been reading.

"Wait a second…" He read through it quickly again and then checked another and another and another.

"What?" Ianto asked.

"There's a connection…" the Doctor frowned.

"Which is..?" Ianto waited for the Doctor to tell him.

"There's about six… seven… eight… and counting kids…" the Doctor paused. "But that wouldn't work…"

"What wouldn't work?" Ianto tried hard not to sound impatient, but he hated being left hanging. He'd already done for months of it.

"No… no it's just a false alarm," the Doctor sighed and sat back in his chair. Ianto rolled his eyes.

Ianto hadn't told the Doctor or Jack what the writing on the wall had said. The writing that only he could see. It hadn't seemed important, but maybe it held the key?

"Doctor," Ianto began, but Jack awoke.

"Go away stoopid Weevil," He sat bolt upright, rubbing his face with his hands. "Sorry, did I drop off?"

"Yeah," the Doctor chuckled.

"I'll go make another batch of coffee," Ianto stood up and left quickly before Jack had a chance to say anything to him.

"Have you been bad mouthing me?" Jack glared at the Doctor.

"No," the Doctor shook his head glaring back. "And I'll thank you not to jump to conclusions. I'm not about to sabotage your attempts to get back the man you love. Besides, I've been convincing him just how much you love him."

"Oh really? Sorry…" Jack added "What did he say? Has he changed his mind?"

The Doctor shrugged.

"You should talk to him," he replied. "I'm not your go between and if you don't talk to each other, you'll never resolve this."

Jack looked like he was going to say something, but his eye was caught by a news headline popping up.

"Hey," he said. "There's a development at that house."

The Doctor stood up and wandered round to stand behind Jack's chair, looking closely at the computer screen.

"A couple of patients from a mental hospital reportedly broke out and then broke into the house," Jack read quickly. "But they never came back out."

"Mental patients, children and Ianto," the Doctor scratched his chin as he mused things over. "There must be something that links them."