Just for clarification, it's now the 21st of December and it's the evening. Thanks again for the support!
"I'm going to bed." Owen stated, practically snarling at the rest of his team members that… did he mention, he hated?
"Oh… come on, Owen! It was just a bit of fun!" Gwen laughed at him, having cheered up since Ianto had fixed it for her to be able to talk to Rhys. She was still upset about not spending Christmas with him, but she was thankful that they could at least talk.
"Well it wasn't very funny, was it!?" The medic snapped in response, kicking his chair out of the way and scowling.
Tosh giggled as she wiped away a tear from her face. "It was just a bit." She told him, only to be met with an icy glare. Jack and Ianto were still rolling about on the floor, crying with hysterical laughter at their resident doctor.
"Stop laughing!" The Londoner ordered, which only caused the two men to laugh even harder and the girls to burst into fresh peals of giggles. "It was a stupid, irresponsible thing to do; and I'm filing an official complaint." He informed them snootily. "How was I supposed to know that it was Ianto under that sheet and not a real corpse!?" He cried angrily, mentally cursing himself at falling for such a stupid prank.
Jack stood up whilst wiping the tears from his face. "You weren't supposed to know… that was the point." He breathed, trying to catch his breath again.
"I've never seen you jump so high, Owen." Ianto chipped in with a grin. "You must of jumped about 6 foot in the air!" He laughed.
"And you fell over!" Gwen added, causing the team to collapse once again in glee.
"Yeah well." Owen muttered. "You wouldn't be laughing if I'd shot a hole through Ianto's head." He told them, a smug look taking over his face.
"Yeah well." Jack mocked him. "You wouldn't be talking if you'd shot a hold through Ianto's head." Ianto smiled at Jack's protectiveness and bit his lip gently. He was always privately pleased when his boyfriend showed affection towards him whilst at work.
"As if you could've shot him anyway." Gwen laughed. "Your aim is terrible!"
"Not to mention that you jumped halfway across the Hub. You couldn't of made that shot in normal circumstances, let alone being terrified of and undead corpse." Tosh teased him.
Owen scowled at them all again. "I wasn't terrified." He insisted. "And I'd like to put that theory to the test." The man stated.
"What do you mean?" Tosh asked.
"Let's see if I can get my shot from the other side of the Hub to this side." Owen challenged, trying to both redeem his manliness and cure his boredom at the same time.
"You're not shooting my Ianto!" Jack blurted out, horrified that Owen had even suggested such a thing and not really noticing he was acting very protective of the younger man. The same couldn't be said for the girls and Ianto, who were smiling gently at the immortals behaviour.
Owen rolled his eyes. "I wasn't thinking of shooting your Ianto, Jack." He replied, putting emphasis on the 'your' causing Jack to actually blush slightly. "I was thinking of shooting you."
Jack raised both eyebrows. "Me!? What do I win if you miss?"
"Woah, woah, woah." Ianto cut in, any traces of a smile wiped from his face. "Jack, you can't actually be considering this."
"Why not?" Jack pouted.
"You can't just… let Owen kill you." Ianto protested.
"Why…? It's not like I won't come back again."
"That's not the point!" The Welshman cried. "You… you can't just… Jack, I hate watching you die." Ianto admitted, looking the immortal in the eye with a sincere pout.
Jack's face softened and the girls 'aw-ed' quietly. Even Owen looked a bit apprehensive about shooting their boss now. "Ianto… I'm going to come back." He reminded him, reaching out for his hand. "But if you really don't want him to shoot me then I won't let him, okay?"
Ianto watched the other man hesitantly before sighing. "What does he win if you do it?" He asked Owen, without taking his eyes off Jack.
"Uhm…" Owen thought for a moment. "Sex with you?"
Ianto scoffed. "He already gets that every night anyway; if he has to die for it, I wanna see you sacrifice something." He told the medic, turning now to face him with a smug look about him. "How about… if Jack wins you're on clean-up duty for our friends in the vaults, including Myfanwy for a week… if you win, you can order Jack to do whatever you want."
"That's your job!" Owen exclaimed indignantly. "Since when do you get off on this challenge!?"
"In case you hadn't realised, Owen." Jack stepped forward. "We come as a pair." The older man grinned, slinging an arm around Ianto's shoulder and staring at him adoringly. Owen watched the pair in apparent consideration whilst the girls looked on at the scene playing out in front of them. "So… do we have a deal, Harper?"
Sharing one last glance at them, Owen game to his decision. "Deal. You're on, Harkness… but don't come crying to me when I ban you two from having sex for the night." He told them, spitting into the palm of his hand and holding it out to shake. "After all… you come as a pair." He grinned.
Jack and Ianto shared a slightly concerned look, but Jack reached out and shook the mans hand anyway. "You know they couldn't do that, Owen." Gwen giggled, as she and Tosh enjoyed the show from their chairs.
"They're gonna have to if I win." Owen smirked as he rubbed his hands together in preparation. "Let's get set up, shall we?"
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Jack was perched on the edge of the autopsy table, eyes fixed on Ianto who was giving him a pep talk as though gearing him up for a boxing match. "Jack…" Ianto was saying. "Jack, are you even listening!?" He asked exasperated.
Jack grinned guiltily. "Was kinda just looking at your pretty face." He admitted with a sheepish smile.
Ianto rolled his eyes but couldn't help smiling fondly. "Look, hopefully he'll miss anyway but if he doesn't just know that I'll be right here when you wake up and you-" Ianto was cut off by Jack's lips on his as the older man pulled him closer with a hand on the back of his neck. "-and I love you as well so don't-" He was cut off again by the other mans mouth who was doing his best to reassure his lover that he would be okay.
"Ianto." Jack breathed, his lips ghosting over the others. "Relax. I love you too… now go and stand over there and out of the line of fire."
Ianto reluctantly kissed Jack one last time before sloping over to stand with Tosh and Gwen, who gave him a small, reassuring smile. Owen's gun was cocked and loaded, ready to fire the bullet. "You ready, Jack?" Tosh called.
"Bring it!" Jack grinned, seemingly not fazed by the prospect of dying again.
"Owen?" She asked.
"Count me down!" The medic replied, eyes squinted as he stood to the side.
"Okay… on the count of three. One… two…shoot!" Toshiko shouted, as she, Gwen and Ianto watched the scene slow down as though it was taken straight out of a movie. Owen's bullet fired through the air at rocket speed, reaching and hitting Jack just in the side of the head. Ianto winced as Jack fell to the floor, and hurried to cradle his body for when he woke up.
"Yes! Get in!" Owen was shouting from the other side of the room, punching the air was glee.
Tosh looked slightly doubtful however. "Does that really count?" She questioned. "I mean… it didn't go through his forehead… it was more out of luck that he actually died." The technician observed.
"Of course it counts!" Owen cried. "The challenge was to shoot him from this side of the Hub."
"Yeah… I think it does count." Gwen added, before lowering her voice to whisper to Tosh. "I kinda wanna see how those two cope without having sex." She admitted.
Tosh seemed to consider this. "I guess that could be interesting." Looking over to Ianto, she smiled as she saw him holding Jack's head in his lap as he waiting for him to wake up. There was a loud gasp as the man came back to life, and she saw him grip Ianto's forearms as he did so.
"Now that's a beautiful sight to wake up to." Jack laughed as he heaved.
Ianto rolled his eyes but leant down to kiss him regardless, only to be stopped by the smug dick (that's what he was in Ianto's mind anyway) standing by the railing. "Hey!" He called. "No kissing is part of my no sex rule. And hugging or cuddling." He informed them with a smirk, causing Ianto's jaw to drop.
"You cannot be serious, Owen." The archivist protested. "For how long!?"
"Hmm." Owen pretended to think. "Well considering that prank you played earlier I would give it a month." Ianto and Jack both made to protest at that but were silenced by Owen raising a hand. "But… I'll say it ends tomorrow morning at 7.00, considering I have to put up with you both for the next few days and I don't fancy being on decaf longer than necessary." Jack and Ianto still pouted at Owen's ban. They could live without sex for an evening… but kissing and hugging when they were locked in the Hub!?
"You're a cruel man, Owen Harper." Gwen told him with a slight grin.
"I prefer the term… evil genius." He replied with a laugh, chuckling harder when he saw Ianto give him the finger.
It was gunna be another long night. For Jack and Ianto, anyway.
