Wow! I'm really, really sorry for the long update time but I've had a lot going on. I'm also sorry that some people aren't going to read anymore because of the pairing, but I hope that this chapter is okay for the people who are still reading!

Owen stood numbly, his fingers still touching his lips.

"Danger." He repeated disbelievingly. Just speaking automatically while he thought of what to say.

"Yes, look, Owen, I can't explain but you have to trust me. Please"

"I don't."

"Don't what?" Ianto asked desperately. He was already regretting kissing Owen but he had been panicking, going over Jack's words in his head as he ran to Owen's flat. 'He went to your flat, where is he?'

"I thought you were dead." Ianto said suddenly, realising just how stupid that sounded.

"Ianto, listen. Calm down, mate. Just…tell Jack that you're cheating on him, okay? Stop this. Please, Ianto, confide in us by all means but just…stop this."

Ianto stared at him, and then snorted suddenly. "Look at you, still touching your lips like an idiot. Sex crazed. Just like Jack." He breathed in sharply and Owen saw that he was close to tears. "I can't do that anymore."

"Listen, Ianto. Torchwood is mad; we all need stability from something. If it's guilt, don't worry about it. You should have a life." Owen encouraged. Still, something nagged him. Would Ianto have kissed him like that if he was in a relationship?

Ianto sighed. Still, something made Owen think that he was close to breaking down. "You don't understand."

"Then help us to." Owen sighed. "Look, I'm not being cheesy but, please. I know I'm a git and Jack acts like nothings wrong but-"

"No."

Owen blinked at the interruption. "Pardon?"

"You're not 'a git'. I can see that. Don't act with me, Owen-"

"Don't lie to me, Ianto." Owen snapped back.

"I can't tell you why, just trust me, you're in danger."

"Tell me why." Owen repeated stubbornly.

"I can't!" Ianto hissed, suddenly losing his temper. "Just listen to me. You. Are. In. Danger. Because. You. Went. To. My. Flat. So, Goddammit it Owen, I am not letting you get hurt!"

Owen screwed up his face in thought. Eventually he said, flatly; "Are you in danger Ianto? Or are you the danger?"

Ianto recoiled from him sharply. "How…" he whispered, "how could you think that?"

Owen rolled his eyes. Ianto was either suffering overtime from guilt-and this was the opinion Owen was trying to cling on to, desperately-or there was trouble. Big trouble. Ianto had let slip of his preciously constructed identity, the mask that had held throughout Lisa's death and Jack's disappearance…and he was desperately trying to get his life back together.

"You're not…cheating on Jack…" Owen said out loud. "Seriously, you're in trouble? But your bed…oh my god…" he looked sharply at Ianto. "You're not…Ianto, please say you're not being raped…"

Ianto looked at him then shook his head. Owen studied him cautiously, unsure whether or not to believe him.

"Then who did you shag last night?" Owen demanded. He knew he should probably shut up about this but he wouldn't let it go.

Ianto looked annoyed. "Can't we let this go? I think the safest place is the Hub right now…"

"I'm not going anywhere until I know." Owen objected.

"I can't tell you."

"Wait…if you're not cheating on Jack and you're not, y'know, then it must have been Jack? I knew you two were together, mate, it's no secret-"

"I can hardly be cheating on Jack, can I Owen? We're not 'together', we're not in a relationship, and he doesn't feel anything for me. So how can I be cheating on him?"

Owen stared at his lips, too stunned to speak. All thoughts of danger slipped out of his head as he tried to concentrate.

"Fuck this," he muttered and gave in to the lust. Leaning forwards, he kissed the other man suddenly, letting his old frustration and pain carry him away.

Jack paced the Hub, fully aware that Tosh was watching him anxiously but refusing to say anything. His worry for Ianto was merged with his concern that they might just have got into something that they didn't what to dabble in. Whatever Ianto was caught up in-and it obviously was something from the way he reacted when Jack mentioned that Owen was in his flat-it was something bad.

There was only one thing he could really do. He would have to go see Ianto's flat for himself…

Well, what was the worst that could happen? He could die or something? Jack chuckled darkly to himself, making Tosh jump with surprise.

"Jack? I-where are you going?"

"I'm going for a walk. You're in charge, Toshiko. Don't let me down." He grinned as he walked away.

Tosh watched him go, concerned. "Be careful Jack." She whispered. "Something's wrong…"

As soon as he was out of sight she logged on to her computer and brought up Ianto's phone record. Activating the secondary bug she had planted in all of their phones-the ultra high tech, water, electric and wear proof bug she had created-she found the location Ianto's phone was at. The result made her sit up in surprise.

Ianto's phone was in his flat, not sitting at the bottom of the river.

She tried to tap further into the records to see how it had got there but something stopped her.

The computers groaned as she tried to force her way into the records but nothing else happened.

Frowning, she decided to call Jack.

It didn't dial. She tried Gwen. Nothing. Panicking slightly, she tried Ianto's phone, then Owen's. Still, the results were the same.

Trying to stay calm she walked over to the locked doors and entered the entry code. Soon, her worst suspicions were confirmed.

She was trapped.

Slightly different to how I planned but I think it's okay. X