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'Oh, Ianto! You are a tease, when are you going to finally agree to marry me?'

Ianto chuckled, 'only when you clear it with your husband first Mrs. Knight,' he placed her drink on the table, 'and then I'll whisk you away and won't look back.'

Mrs. Knight pinched Ianto's cheek as she deposited a five pound note in his hand, 'That's for your lovely sister; tell her to buy something nice.'

'Oh, no I couldn't possibly-'

'You take it! She's a sweet girl and I want her to have it,' she gave him a light tap on the head, 'And no sneaking it back into my bag when I'm not looking!'

'You drive a hard bargain, Mrs. Knight,' he smiled at her, 'Thank you very much.'

'My pleasure for a handsome man! Now you'd best get behind the bar, I can see your boss giving me looks!'

Ianto nodded and thanked the woman again, making a hasty retreat behind the bar, 'Lord give me strength!'

Lisa giggled, 'How many is that tonight? Five? She'll be grabbing your arse soon if you don't slow her down!'

Ianto groaned, 'I do not want another repeat of last week. I still have the bruise from where she pinched me!'

'Well,' Lisa looked appreciatively at Ianto's bum, 'It does beg to be pinched...'

'Lisa Hallet,' Ianto gave her an almost stern look, 'Are you hitting on your subordinate?'

She laughed, 'And if I am? What are you gonna do, report me?'

'I may be forced to file a complaint...'

'But who would believe you?' she put on an innocent expression, 'Look at this face, I could get away with murder.'

'Oi, you two!' a voice boomed from the kitchen, 'Stop flaming flirting and get some work done! I can see at least four empty glasses from here!'

Ianto chuckled as Lisa made faces at the kitchen, 'He's such a slave driver- learn to have some fun Tom!'

'I'll have fun when I'm dead,' came the sordid reply.

Ianto shrugged and began clearing up tables, working in tandem with Lisa. It had been three years since he'd agreed to let Rhiannon help out and two and a half since he'd gotten his job working in the Old Superior. It was a classy pub in the nicest part of Cardiff, it wasn't huge like some of the pubs but that was its appeal. The customers came in looking for some nostalgia, for a real pub, not some cheap bar where the people were falling over themselves and shouting themselves silly to hear each other. Ianto could hardly believe it when he'd been hired- it had been Tom that had interviewed him and the man had been very gruff and despondent when talking to Ianto, but apparently something about him had appealed to Tom and he received a call the next day offering him a full time position as bar staff. Not that it had limited him to being behind the bar, Tom didn't like hiring people and so they were always understaffed forcing Ianto and Lisa to cover all sorts of jobs from bartending to cleaning the toilets. Rhiannon worked at the weekends and when she wasn't doing her university assignments or in classes. Much against Ianto's chagrin she had taken a place in Cardiff University turning down any other offer that came her way including a scholarship to Cambridge. When Ianto had questioned her about it she said she'd rather be near him and Johnny, reasoning that she didn't want to do anything that academic. Sure she was clever but she wanted to do what she wanted to do, which Ianto took both pride and annoyance in. So she'd started her nursing course in Cardiff, keeping top of the class and enough time to put hours in at the pub.

'Right guys, that's it. Bugger off back to your sad lives for another day,' Tom waved them away, 'I'll finish up here.'

Lisa shrugged at Ianto who smiled in return, 'Alright then, Tom. We'll see you tomorrow.'

Tom grunted in response, 'Oh, Ianto can you come in at ten instead of eleven? I want to drain the taps and it's more of a two man job.'

'Sure thing, Tom.'

Grabbing their coats they headed out into the brisk air, both lingering outside the pub doors.

'So, off anywhere after this or...?' Lisa asked.

Ianto shrugged, 'Need to visit a cash point briefly but other than that nothing really...'

'Ah, so...want to grab a drink maybe?'

'Yeah maybe,' Ianto smiled, 'Let me just check my finances, don't want to be a cheap date.'

They chatted amiably as they walked to the nearest cash point, a brief lull as Ianto typed in his pin. The smile dropping off of his face when the balance flashed up on the screen- he was £200 pounds under what he needed to be. Quickly calculating the bill estimation and rent due this month he realised he'd need to get at least £100 by the end of the week and they both weren't due to be paid until the middle of next month.

'Something wrong?' Lisa smiled.

'Uhh,' Ianto stared at the screen for another minute, his mind rapidly racing over his options. He'd been in debt with the landlord before and it was a week of non-stop hell until his resolve gave in and he ended up fucking a man under a bridge to make up the extra. After that he'd thought that he'd had a handle on the finances, the guilt of breaking his promise to Rhiannon weighing him down.

'Not wrong,' he continued after a moment's hesitation, 'just surprising...I'm sorry, I'm going to have to take a rain check on that drink.'

'Oh,' Lisa shook her head, 'Don't worry about it, I'll just have to catch you next time.'

Ianto was shocked to find himself actually disappointed at having to turn her down. He'd always assumed that he was...well, he'd never slept with a woman.

'Sorry Lisa, I promise I won't bail next time.'

'Think no more on it Ianto,' she patted him on the shoulder, 'I'll see you tomorrow then?'

Ianto nodded and watched her as she walked away from him. As soon as she was out of sight he practically ran to the district he knew so well.

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'Well that was fucking spectacular,' Owen grumbled as he came through the door of the hub, 'You couldn't have been any less use if you tried.'

'Shut up, Owen,' Suzie snapped back, 'I got it didn't I?'

'Yeah, after you pissed it off in the first place,' he huffed out a breath, 'I think you did it on purpose.'

'Don't flatter yourself,' Suzie sneered.

'Bitch.'

'Prick.'

'Children! What's with all the noise?' Jack shouted down from his office, stifling a chuckle when he saw Owen, 'What the hell happened to you?'

Owen scowled, 'Ask the sociopath over there.'

Jack raised his eyebrows, bemused, 'Miss Costello? Care to enlighten me as to why Owen is covered in...what I can only hope is jello?'

'More like jellyfish,' Suzie stifled a laugh, 'I may have been forced to splatter a Medusoid after it became hostile...'

'Yeah, after you insulted it!' Owen shouted from the autopsy room.

'The thing was hideous! I didn't mean too...it just slipped out.'

'You were just looking for an excuse to get back at me,' Owen growled, 'Just because I insulted your fucking shoes.'

'Then you'll think twice before insulting me next time won't you?' She flashed him a wicked grin, 'Get over it, Owen. Have a shower and you'll be fine- just your ego will be a bit bruised.'

Owen muttered something intelligible as he made his way to the bowels of the hub.

'Jack,' Toshiko's timid voice surprised him; she was so quiet she always managed to sneak up on him.

'Toshiko my beautiful wallflower, what's on your mind?'

Tosh smiled weakly, 'There was a weevil alert about two minutes ago, I've put the things in the SUV already and the coordinates are programmed into the GPS,' she paused briefly, 'I was going to ask Owen or Suzie to come with me because you seemed busy but...well.'

Jack chuckled, 'It's fine, Tosh. You stay here and keep working on...whatever you've been working on,' he brushed a piece of copper wire from her shoulder, 'I'll go deal with it.'

'Are you sure? I don't mind coming to help.'

'Don't be silly, I'm sure I can manage one weevil,' Jack smiled again, 'Besides I'm going to need you to run interference with Suzie and Owen while I'm gone.'

Tosh nodded seriously, 'I don't think I'll be heard if they start shouting though.'

'Just chuck a bucket of cold water on them if they start pissing on each other's legs,' he winked at her, ''I'll be back as soon as I can.'

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Ianto rolled his eyes as the man he'd picked up went down on him clumsily, making him wince occasionally when he got carried away with his teeth. After he'd parted from Lisa he'd made his usual rounds in his old haunt, picking up the man easily and leading him to a nearby park that he used to do a bit of business in.

Biting his lip to stifle a yelp of pain, Ianto brought the man back up to his eye level, 'Sure you don't want me to do that?'

The man's eyes widened, he clearly hadn't done something like this before, 'You do that?'

Putting on his best smile, Ianto resisted the urge to laugh, 'I'll do whatever you pay me to do.'

He flipped the man over and dropped to his knees, his hands quickly remembering the routine he had been so used too. He ignored the rumble of guilt that echoed in his stomach, it wasn't like he had a choice and it wasn't like he was fucking him. A blowjob was easy. He loosened the man's belt buckle freezing when he heard and growl from behind him. Whipping around he was face to face with an animalistic creature, something clearly not of earthly descent. Unable to take his eyes off the creature he felt the man behind him grab his shoulders and pull him backwards, knocking him off his balance and freeing him from the spell the creature had him under. Picking up a hefty sized piece of wood from the ground he took an offensive stance. The man stared in horror at the creature as it sized them up.

'Oh God. What is it?'

At the man's words the creature pounced on him, knocking him flat on his back pinning him on the floor and going for his jugular. Ianto watched in horror as the blood poured from the man's neck, his strangled cries turning into bloody gurgles from his corrupted arteries. The man laid silent as the creature turned to Ianto. Holding up his branch Ianto stared at the creature, anticipating its first movement and dodging clumsily aside. He almost lost his footing when the creature slammed into him, knocking the breath from his body. Swinging the branch wildly he almost cheered when it connected with the creatures head stunning it momentarily giving Ianto a chance to put some distance between them. A short lived victory though as he felt the creature behind him, knocking him onto his belly making him crawl through the mud in a vain attempt to escape from it. It let out a vicious snarl and Ianto closed his eyes regretting so much of his life, when the heavy weight of the creature was lifted off of him and he could mercifully breathe again.

Getting to his feet he considered bolting and not looking back or picking up the branch and helping whatever or whoever had saved him from his alien attacker. Choosing the latter he froze as he saw Jack Harkness tackling the creature. Letting his body move instinctively he leaped forward brandishing the branch, hitting the creature repeatedly when it had Jack pinned, drawing it away from and towards himself. After another brief scuffle Jack managed to sedate the creature.

Ianto stared, his mouth hanging open at the sight of the man he'd slept with over three years ago. Jack was exactly as he remembered him- if not better. It had been a long time since he'd thought about him, giving up ever seeing him again after the second year had passed and he still thought of their night together. It had been a conscious decision for Ianto to forget Jack Harkness and now here he was.

Apparently Jack was just as surprised as Ianto was to see him.

Jack gawped at Ianto. Of all the places in the entire world this was not where he'd imagined seeing the young man again- of course he'd thought he'd never see Ianto again. But here he was, even more delectable that Jack remembered as he swept his gaze over every inch of the Welshman.

'What are you doing here?' Jack wasn't aware he'd even spoken until he realised that it wasn't Ianto who'd asked the question.

'I could ask you the same thing,' Ianto replied coming out of his reverie, 'What the hell is that thing?'

Jack didn't shift his gaze from Ianto's face, 'Wild dog.'

Ianto snorted, 'If that's a wild dog then I'm a monkey's uncle.'

'I knew a guy who had a sister that married a monkey...they were...interesting kids to say the least- well not exactly your regular run-of-the-mill monkey but-'

'What are you rambling about?'

'Sorry, it's a reflex when I'm surprised,' he smiled, 'But wow. You've- You're- Wow.'

Ianto thanked God that it was dark as he felt the heat rising far too easily to his face, he hadn't seen this man in three years and yet one comment could make him turn beetroot. Rolling his eyes he remembered the reason he had been here, 'Shit.'

Jack watched as Ianto knelt down next to the body of a man in the grass, 'Friend of yours?'

Ianto snorted, 'More like a paycheck- fuck,' debating morality he fished the man's wallet from his pocket, 'Guess he won't be needing this,' he pulled out a wad of cash from the man's wallet- easily over £300 in there. Ianto almost smiled save the guilt he felt from stealing from a dead man. But it was either steal from a dead man or find another man to suck off- he'd buy the man flowers.

Jack raised his eyebrows, 'That was a bit callous don't you think?'

Ianto decided to take a standoffish approach, 'He nearly bit my cock off,' he found himself unable to look at Jack; his emotions were all over the place.

'So you're still...' Jack's stomach rolled uncomfortably, 'I'd kinda hoped you'd stopped that.'

'I have,' Ianto shrugged, 'I'm a bit behind on money this month so...I don't have many options.'

Jack nodded, slightly relieved that Ianto wasn't still doing this on a regular basis, 'Oh. Well...'

'What is that thing, really?'

Jack sighed; he was in a really difficult situation. Protocol meant that Ianto was in too deep and needed to be retconned...but Jack was loathe to wipe their meeting out of the younger mans mind...but he didn't want to get Ianto involved in the dealings of Torchwood. Making a decision Jack tapped on his headset, 'Tosh, A civilian was killed in the vicinity of the weevil, I'm going to need cleanup...and...I'm bringing in a witness.'

'Okay, Jack. I'll get on that now.'

Jack tapped off his comm. link and smiled tightly at Ianto, 'If you want answers then you're gonna have to come to my headquarters.'

'Headquarters? What are you some sort of secret agent?'

'Something like that,' he hoisted the weevil up onto his shoulder, 'Coming?'

Ianto looked back at the man, 'What about-?'

'My team will deal with that.'

Ianto stared at Jack for a moment, if he went with him then Rhiannon would worry...but his curiosity would win out. He knew he was just delaying the inevitable. Biting his lip he nodded cautiously and followed Jack deeper into the woods.