An - So here it is, another chapter, I hope you enjoy it, I enjoyed writing it. Thankyou for all of your reviews, they make me smile!
Gwen found herself wandering the streets alone, not sure where she was headed, she just felt trapped at home, too many raw memories and emotions evoked by her surroundings.
She looked up at the water cascading down the tower across from the millennium centre, thinking about the first time she found herself here, searching for the illusive Captain Jack Harkness and his mysterious team.
A small smile graced her lips at the thought of him, his dark hair and cocky smile.
She realised then that she wanted to be somewhere comfortable and familiar and made her way to the hub.
The place was a lot quieter in the dead of night, but the machines were still whirring away, lights flashing and blinking in random patterns.
Gwen walked around slowly, finally shrugging off her jacket and sitting at her workstation . She booted up her computer starting to try and take her mind off the days events.
Jack heard the familiar drone of the hub door rolling back, he curiously switched the cctv monitor on to see who wanted to work at two in the morning.
His face cracked into a half smile when he saw her, a reaction that was becoming more and more frequent for him.
He saw her sit and start to work, wanting nothing more than to go to her, wrap his arms around her and pull her tightly to him, whispering confessions of desire into her ear.
But he couldn't do that. She was married now, and although it was almost painful for him to see her with someone else, he wanted what was best for her, not him.
He leaned back on his chair and breathed out heavily, stretching his arms up above his head and cracking his knuckles. She would talk to him when she was ready, he just had to make sure he was there.
Gwen woke to the smell of coffee, she cracked an eye open and saw a cup of steaming coffee on the corner of her desk.
"Thankyou Ianto" she thought to herself.
Sitting up she saw a coat had been placed around her shoulders.
Jack's coat.
She instinctively pulled it around her a bit more and breathed in the unmistakable scent of him.
"Morning." she turned her head suddenly and saw Jack standing there, arms crossed, head cocked to one side, smiling at her.
"I'm gonna want my coat back you know." he smiled.
" Sorry Jack, here, " she reached to take it off.
He stopped her, putting his hands on her shoulders and pulled it back around her small frame.
He leant down and whispered in her ear "the colour makes your eyes dance."
He stood back as the hub door opened and brushed some stray hairs away from her neck before walking over to one of Toshs' many computers.
The day passed uneventfully. Jack spending most of the day in his office, Tosh working on a computer programme to locate rift activity and its link to weevil attacks. Owen did some tests on the weevil in the cells, stopping to make sarcastic comments every now and again.
It was late evening and everyone had left except for Gwen, she went to make herself a cup of coffee.
"You should go home Gwen. Rhys ..."
" Rhys won't be there Jack. He thinks we need time apart. He thinks I've changed, he said he'll call me in a few weeks." she sighed.
"Gwen, I thought you two were solid? "
"No, so did I, but we've moved apart.
I don't want to go home Jack. He won't be there. I don't want to be alone. Can't I just stay here?" she spoke, not pausing to take a breath.
"No, Gwen you've been burning yourself out, you need some rest. And you need to be around your things, away from this place. " he put his hand over hers and stroked it lightly with his thumb.
"Jack, I don't want to be alone. " He saw tears welling up in her eyes.
"You will never be alone."
"How do you know that Jack? " tears now spilling from her eyes and rolling down her cheeks.
"Who wouldn't want you Gwen? Now come, I will drive you home, make you some tea and then come back, ok?" he used his other hand to gently wipe the tears away from her cheeks. She leant into his touch and he couldn't help but smile at the blush that crept it's way to her cheeks.
"Thanks Jack" She whispered.
And they left the hub together, Jack's arm wrapped protectively around her waist, Gwen leaned into his side.
Maybe things were going to work out after all.