Owen and Gwen were running up fifteen flights of stairs. Once again an average human had gotten hold of something alien, instead of it being a weapon like the last time it was a powerful alien hairdryer. Harmless but the human was a local gangster that had been using it the blow people of the roof and it was obvious he was planning on doing the same to them.

"Bloody bastard, how much further?" Owen whined.

"Two flights?" Gwen replied uncertain.

"Why the hell are we doing this, why can't Ianto and Tosh do the running?"

"Because they deal with the police and public and will you quit whining?" they ran round the corner and started up another flight of stairs. "It's irritating"

"So are you and Yan dating?" Owen asked groaning at the sight of another staircase.

"Is this really the time to be asking? And also why are you so interested?" Gwen asked raising an eyebrow at Owen as she jogged up the flight of stairs.

"I'm just worried about your welfare, I mean you're my mate right? Got to look out for your friends"

"Owen you haven't got any friends!" Gwen snapped. "You're just being nosey!"

"So are you?"

Gwen didn't answer instead she burst through the door to the roof and held her gun up at the smarmy bloke in a suit. "FREEZE!" she shouted.

The man smirked. "Like a gun will work" he said arrogantly stepping slowly around, Gwen circling him. "Thank you doll-face you just went right where I want you" Gwen was momentarily confused until she realised her back was facing not Owen and the door but the ledge.

The man held up what looked like a giant and powerful gun but was really the alien hairdryer up and shot her with a blast of hot air before she could dive out of the way. She was thrown full force off of the roof.

"GWEN!" Owen bellowed horrified, he immediately shot the man without a second thought and ran to the ledge. "GWEN!"

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Ianto was gritting his teeth as the police cars took their time in front of them. Unlike Owen he refused to take advantage of being higher up than the police, especially when Gwen and Owen probably already taken down the gangster.

"Oh my god Gwen!" Tosh screamed her hands immediately slapping against her mouth in fright.

Ianto almost swerved onto the pavement as to his horror Gwen was hanging off the roof, her legs kicking as she tried to keep her grip on the ledge. His heart began to thud faster and harder in fear and he kept begging silently that she wouldn't die. Please don't die, you can't die, I need you, keep holding on.

His heart almost stopped when one of Gwen's hands lost its grip and she fell a few more inches. Tosh grabbed hold of his arm, her nails digging into his skin reminding him to breathe. Suddenly Gwen was being pulled up by who Tosh and Ianto knew was Owen and the pair sighed in relief.

"Oh thank god" Tosh whispered.

"Don't say that to Owen, he'll make you polish his shoes" Ianto joked weakly trying to shake off the fear and pain of Gwen almost dying.

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Ianto was avoiding her.

She could tell. After months of building up a strong friendship she had learnt how Ianto avoids people. Generally he refuses to look at her at all while handing coffee, calls her Ma'am and spends hours at a time hiding somewhere. If he was really made he wouldn't even pass her, her coffee instead he'll pass it to Tosh to hand over...which was exactly what he did.

Gwen was determined to find out why and solve it soon. She's depending too much on Ianto's company that it made her rather nervous when she couldn't be secure about their friendship. Owen commented it made her twitchy causing her to throw another stapler at his head (Owen ducked and ran to the autopsy room).

With Tosh's help Gwen found and cornered Ianto in the kitchen.

"All right, I want to know why you're angry at me" Gwen bluntly started, arms crossed and glaring. "Did I insult you without realising? Did I do something that upset you? Or does it have to do with that argument about who's hotter Orlando Bloom or Johnny Depp"

Ianto sighed heavily but refused to turn around and face her. "It's none of those things, don't worry about it. I'll be fine in the morning Ma'am" he said politely.

"It's flipping Gwen!" Gwen shouted. "For god sake Ianto I need you to tell me because it's tearing me up! I'm depending too much on you and I...I need you" she finished off rather embarrassed and quiet.

"Have you ever thought" Ianto whispered. "That I need you just as much as you need me? That I depend on you as much as you depend on me...that I adore you as much as you care for me"

"I don't just care, I adore you" Gwen replied softly reaching out and touching his shoulder. "Look at me Yan"

Ianto turned round to face her, his face was pale and slightly terrified. Almost like a deer caught in headlights.

"I almost lost you today and at that moment I realised not only how much I needed you but..." Ianto stared down at his feet, his cheeks flushing a faint pink. "How much I would like to...court you, you could say"

Gwen bit her lip to suppress the large grin that felt like it would burst. "Well...we could always go on a normal dinner and movie date if you like. Well normal as it can get considering it's us and we're most likely to have a weevil or something crash into the restaurant or worse Owen wa-"

Ianto interrupted Gwen's babble with a quick chaste kiss on the lips. "Saturday night? I'll pick you up at seven?" he suggested.

"Yeah...sounds brilliant"

"See I told you Tosh, they are shagging" Owen said loudly from the kitchen doorway, Ianto and Gwen turned round to glare at him while Tosh bashed her head against the doorframe out of sheer frustration.

"Tosh" Gwen said gritting her teeth. "Slap him"