The canister opened.
Inside were instructions from Tommy and Tosh on how to save the world. Tommy had to go back to 1918 stitch time back together with a rift manipulator. Jack took Tosh to his office to talk to her separately; whatever he said to her had upset her deeply. Gwen knew that heartbroken look anywhere, when Tosh said Tommy could come home with her for the night Gwen knew that Tommy was going to die. Deciding to go home for that night in Ianto and Gwen grabbed the coats immediately after Tosh and Tommy left.
"So...tomorrow he'll be back in his own time" Gwen said quietly looking out at the sea. "Forever"
"Where he belongs...Gwen, if you were a time traveller, like Jack and Tommy...would you go back...if you could?"
Gwen glanced at Ianto from the corner of her eye. As usual his facial expression gave away nothing but the tightening grip of his hand and the uncertainty in his voice was enough to know that he was worried she'll leave him forever.
"Why would you miss me?" Gwen teased lightly.
"Yep"
"If I was a time traveller and was stuck here. I would probably miss my home" Gwen said slowly. "However, the idea of leaving here, leaving the team, leaving the excitement, leaving you? Never, I could never do it"
Ianto's face lit up like a child's on Christmas day. Gwen smiled fondly as she slipped her hand through his hair and brought his head down, she tip-toed up and met his lips in a slow, sensual yet tender and loving kiss. Before things could get more interesting, Gwen's phone began to ring. The pair moaned as they pulled apart and Gwen answered her phone.
"Hello?"
"Be grateful I'm the one watching the CCTV and not Jack" Owen said rudely. "It's deleted, now get going before you give me a need to wank"
Gwen screwed her nose in disgust. "Ew, oh Ew, you're disgusting. A complete pig Owen Harper!" she screeched before hanging up.
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The next day they went to the hospital. Jack, Owen, Gwen and Ianto waited for Tosh and Tommy to do what they had to do. The hospital was beginning to fall apart when Tosh came running round the corridor screaming for them to run. When they got back to the Hub the red alarm was screeching loudly as the whole place flashed red. Tommy hadn't used the rift manipulator and time was beginning to spread through Cardiff. Using a psychic projection Tosh convinced Tommy to use the rift manipulator when she finished she was crying silently and refused to speak to anyone. To everyone's shock Owen went to talk to her, to cheer her up, watching from the CCTV Jack, Gwen and Ianto were surprised to see Tosh walked away calmly not crying which must mean Owen actually said something right for once.
Jack leaned back into his chair. "I'm glad to see that the CCTV is working" he said cheerfully, Gwen and Ianto stiffened. "for some reason there's big blanks between times, could be a couple seconds, minutes, hours but the worst is the days. Any idea what could have happened?"
"Not at all sir" Ianto said smoothly. "Probably a virus"
"Hmmm" Jack eyed Ianto suspiciously. "I dunno Tosh's defences are the best. She wouldn't be defeated by a silly little virus. Best ask her to check it out tomorrow once she's feeling better"
"Of course, I'll ask her tomorrow" Ianto said stiffly.
Jack got up and pulled Gwen and Ianto into a group hug. "The pair of you can have the day off" he then kissed them tenderly on their foreheads. "Be good kids; don't do anything I wouldn't do"
"But that means we could destroy Earth" Gwen said sweetly. "Or get killed or do drugs or get drunk out of our minds or end up in an alien orgy"
"Hey! There's nothing wrong with an alien orgy" Jack said defensively causing Ianto's lips to twitch and Gwen to giggle. "Don't do anything I would do then, that way the whole universe would be a lot safer"
Once Jack was safely in his office the pair sighed heavily. "We have got to tell him!" Gwen said frustrated. "Owen's right, lying is not healthy for any of us"
"Never thought I would hear Owen and right in the same sentence" Ianto muttered. "The question is though is how we tell him. Do we confront him, send him an invitation or just wait for our child to turn eighteen?"
"I hate being the coward but I don't want to confront him" Gwen moaned. "He does that eye thing that makes you feel incredibly guilty before you can say anything"
"That and he makes you all flustered with his flirting" Ianto agreed. "So we'll wait till our child is eighteen?"
"The rate we're going we won't tell him till our grandchild is eighteen"
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The doorbell rang; Gwen rushed to get it while Ianto was calmly fixing up lunch. She opened the door and was immediately smothered by a bone crushing hug.
"There's my little girl, oh look at you, you gotten a bit more pale and skinner" her mother said critically. "Is that job not letting you sleep and eat?"
"Mam I'm fine" Gwen said laughingly as she hugged her taller, blonde and tanned mother back. Ianto who was watching it all from the kitchen still couldn't work out how they could be mother and daughter. "Hello Dad"
"Hello precious, is that Ianto bloke looking after you, if not...grr" Gwen's father said shaking a fist.
"Dad don't" Gwen whined as she hugged her father. "Ianto's treats me like a princess, more than I deserve really"
"Nonsense, my precious deserves the whole world" Gwen's father said firmly.
Ianto came out of the kitchen with a tray of coffee. "Black for you sir and white with sugar for Mrs Cooper" he said politely as placed the tray on the coffee table. "Lunch is almost finished, I'm afraid it's just Chinese leftovers however we made sure there's crispy duck for you Mrs Cooper that is your favourite right?"
"Elizabeth darling" Gwen's mother corrected him. "I told you call me Elizabeth" Ianto smiled before leaving for the kitchen. "I must say Gwen dear that Ianto Jones is a keeper, not that I didn't like Rhys I did but...well...how should I put this..."
"His mother was a pain in the arse?" Gwen's father suggested.
"George! Language!" Gwen's mother scolded him. "Though I must say Gwen you father is right. We might be high in the society here but she's higher and loves lording it over us. She still phones and subtly implies how horrible you are for breaking dear Rhys' heart" noticing her daughter's worried and fearful expression she took her daughter's hand into hers. "Don't worry dear, I often hear Rhys in the background shouting at her saying you never broke his heart and it was time for you to part ways. In fact I hear Rhys is now seeing a lovely woman from your father's offices so let's hope that'll work out"
"I hope so, Rhys deserves to be happy" Gwen said smiling.
"So anyway about the wedding have you decided where you're going to have it?" Gwen's mother asked just as Ianto entered the room once more with the lunch.
Gwen met Ianto's eyes and both smiled. "Yes we have, we want it at the family church just like you suggested"
"Most of my family has died" Ianto said quietly. "So there is no point in going to my old family's church, we want to celebrate the living and happy moments"
"Oh, sweethearts!" Gwen's mother exclaimed. "You have no idea how happy I am!"
Gwen had a pretty good idea. Both of her parents were ecstatic about the wedding, so was Ianto's sister and Owen and Tosh, even Rhys texted his congratulations when he heard. Gwen only hoped when Jack found out he'll be just as happy as everyone else was.
