Gwen awoke feeling more relaxed and rested then before. She could have sworn it was all a dream. That the arms around hers were Rhys' and everything she had been through in the past few months had never happened. But they did. And she was sure they weren't Rhys' arms as they wrapped more possessively around her.
He kissed her shoulder and then along her neck. She turned her head to meet his lips full on and he smiled his smile reserved only for her.
"G' morning," he whispered.
He never thought his life would end up here. He never thought he'd have her and believed it even impossible. But she was here lying next to him naked, his and beautiful.
"How'd you sleep?" he asked.
"Fine. Did you sleep?"
"Like a baby. You'd be surprised how much more relaxed I am when you're in my bed. Remind me to ask you to sleep in it more often," he winked.
She grinned and then went serious, "Did you mean what you said last night? I don't want to hold you to anything because I know it's not your way-"
He cut her off with his lips as he pulled her flush against him. A click from behind alerted them as they saw Owen's head and a camera peaking out as he waved a picture with an image slowly appearing on it.
"Oh yes, now that one is going in the scrapbook," he grinned as his head popped out and he made for the exit.
"Owen," Jack and Gwen yelled in unison.
"Hey, Gwen feel like playing a game of where'd we hide your clothes?" Owen yelled from above as he sniggered, "Ow!"
"Sorry, Owen's being a twat and won't tell us where he hid them," Ianto called.
"The whole team is here. Oh God," Gwen's cheeks burned bright red with embarrassment as she put a hand over her face and covered herself with the sheet even more.
Jack couldn't help, but smirk with amusement. He jumped from the bed and went over to his closet. Gwen couldn't help, but admire the view and he gave a wiggle for effect.
"Gwen I found your bra!" Tosh called from above.
"I wasn't aware that you were a purple person," Ianto commented.
Gwen pulled the covers over her face and groaned with embarrassment.
"You realize why they're doing this, don't you?"
"Why are they teasing me, Jack? Enlighten me," Gwen said taking the covers off her face long enough to blow hair out of it.
"Because you left."
"I would have thought they would be mad at me for that."
"No. They're mad at ME for that. They're just glad to have you back."
"But you better not do it again or we'll track you down and kick your sorry arse," Owen yelled and her purple bra was thrown down.
"So am I just expected to walk around in a bra all day?" she asked as she stood with the sheet covering herself to pick it up.
"Ianto, can you throw Gwen's back up clothing from the lockers down?" Jack called.
"Shit," Owen swore.
There was a loud thump and the scurry of footsteps. Then there was a crash and the sound of loud yelling. Gwen and Jack listened in interest and worry as it sounded like a wrestling match was taking place.
A few minutes later Gwen's back up clothes were thrown down the hole with Ianto's curses trailing away. Jack was already dressed and looking as gorgeous as ever.
"It should be illegal for you to wear clothes," Gwen thought out loud as she started on her own clothes.
Jack smirked, wrapped his arms around her half naked form, and whispered, "If I had it my way we'd still be in that bed doing things that are illegal in most countries."
He placed a kiss in her hair as her eyes widened. He slapped her bum twice just before walking out and making his way out to his office. Gwen quickly dressed and made her way out still red in the cheeks as images not PG crossed her mind.
Jack was talking with Tosh who quickly ignored him as Gwen walked down and gave her a big hug.
"I'm so glad you're back," Tosh told her and slapped her playfully on the arm, "Next time you come to me when he treats you like shit and I'll straighten him out."
"Yeah, Cooper, really. You have to be such a drama queen?" Owen retorted as he mixed formulas in the pit of the autopsy room, "And for the record I wasn't keen on finding a shirt flung on the stairs of my working area even though CCTV shows you didn't do what you did anywhere near my workstation be more careful about where you fling your shit, yeah?"
"And next time wipe the CCTV," Ianto suggested, "Tosh almost committed necrophilia this morning after she and Owen watched the-"
"Ianto!" Tosh yelled as she threw a pen at him and blushed profusely.
Ianto grinned and gave Gwen's shoulder a squeeze welcoming her back.
"Okay, so now that we're all up to date on current events how about we get some actual work done today?" Jack insisted, "And Gwen I want you access to those files you locked up?"
"And I want to know how?" Tosh added as they walked over to the computer.
"I followed some instructions set by Suzie that triggers a virus whenever the lock is unlocked. When you get rid of the virus the unlocked lock goes back into automatic lockdown. In order to break it you would have had to let the virus install, but if you did that the computer would have shut down completely and there was no way in getting around it. Does that make sense?"
"I suppose," Tosh said as she still tried to calculate it in her mind.
Gwen typed in the password and all her files were returned to the computer's main information center.
"What was the password?" Jack asked.
"Kitten's Meow," she told him with a grin as his mouth hung open, "That'll show you."
Gwen smirked as she left a dumbfounded Jack and Tosh staring after her. She sat at her workstation looking over the latest reports that didn't fail to find their way mysteriously to her desk where Ianto had replaced the things she had taken with her.
"I also dropped everything off at the flat that you still own," Ianto added as though reading her mind while placing a cup of coffee next to her.
The day was busy enough. The alarm went off once as an item had just come through the rift and Owen had run some interesting bio scans on a new specimen that was delivered by the Cardiff police. Jack called Gwen into his office only once and it was for a quick snog. He tried to do it again, but the entire team was staring at her and she decided to ignore him. When he realized this, it was then that he tried instant messaging to have online sex with her. She shut down her computer after that and wrote out the reports by hand. Other than that the day was slow and everything seemed back to normal.
As the clock turned the hour and Tosh, Ianto and Owen said their goodbyes, Gwen closed her last file and took in the Hub.
"I don't know about you," came a voice from behind her, "But I could do with a shower."
She smiled and stood up to look right at him.
"Well, you are very dirty especially with that mouth. The things I read from your IM. You are very, very naughty," she grinned.
"Oh yes, very bad indeed," he smiled and kissed her quickly before adding, "I should be punished for such obnoxious behavior."
She pushed herself closer to him and he couldn't help but let out a small moan, "Problem is I'm not really in the business of punishment. I prefer to reward."
"How can I prove myself to you, so I can be rewarded," he asked.
"I'm sure I can think of a few ways," she smiled as she kissed him again.
"I really am in love with you, Gwen," he told her seriously as they pulled away.
"I know and I really am in love with you too. How about I show you how much I love you in that nice hot shower you mentioned," she raised her eyebrows in indication, "Race you."
It took Jack a moment to comprehend what she just said, before he followed after her.
"Hey, you cheated," he called as he followed after her.
He'd always follow her wherever she went. She would always follow him. He'd make it his first priority to protect her from anything harmful and kill anything that threatened her. He planned to hold on to her for as long as he could and never let her go, not if he could help it. She would hold on to him for as long as she could and when the time came when he could no longer protect her and they had to let go, at least they'd have sweet memories to reflect on.
All right that's the end. A bit crappy not to mention corny, but how else do you end a fic like this? Either corny or tragic and I'm sure if I went for tragic you'd all try and kill me and I'd be stuck hiding in a closet for the rest of my life.
Thanks for reading and reviewing. I hope you liked the story. :D
