Ianto's eyes snapped open as the alarm sounded. Work could sod off for all he cared. He missed having days off.
"Morning Yan." Jack said stretching and smiling at his Welshman.
Ianto groaned and hid under the blanket as Jack switched of the alarm with a smile. He loved seeing Ianto like this, it showed that underneath his very professional appearance Ianto was human and beautiful.
"We can stay home if you like." Jack suggested and the mound of blanket that was Ianto Jones, shook his head.
"We can't" Came the muffled reply. "Well, you can, I can't."
"I'm not an invalid." Jack said, huffing in frustration.
"I know, but until you're given the all clear I'd like to err on the safe side." Ianto said, moving the blanket off his head.
"Yeah." Jack said, knowing Ianto was right. He'd lost too many pregnancies to chance this one. "I'm just bored."
"I'll call Owen and see what he says." Ianto said and Jack nodded before settling in for a long morning. He hated bed rest, it made him feel like he was slowly gaining weight and becoming less useful as the days progressed.
"Owen, Jack needs to be cleared for work." Ianto said, holding his phone to his ear as he got out of bed.
"Whatever, be there soon. No bloody sleep." Owen could be heard complaining.
"There, you'll be cleared soon enough." Ianto said, heading towards the bathroom.
"Thank god for that. I hate staying put." Jack called to Ianto, who laughed behind the closed door.
Ianto emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later, looking as professional as always. That man did things way too quickly.
"I was thinking, Jack, we should get our own place, a house maybe." Ianto said, worried what Jack would say.
"Yeah?" Jack asked, smiling widely at the idea.
"Yeah!" Ianto confirmed.
"I was thinking the same thing."
Ianto nodded and grabbed his day planner, skipping ahead a few days, he began to scribble.
"What are you doing?" Jack asked.
"Writing a plan to call some agents." Ianto explained, closing his planner and putting back inside his pocket.
"Good."
Ianto made his way out of the room and stopped dead in his tracks at what he saw. Right where his television used to be was the most beautiful baby cot he had laid eyes on. It was blue with what looked like strange writing adorning the entire cot. He wandered what it said.
"Jack?" He called.
"Yes Yan." Jack answered.
"The Doctor gave us a cot."
"That's one thing off our list." Jack commented, which caused Ianto to chuckle.
"I suppose. You up for breakfast?"
"Can I get some chocolate milk?" Jack asked.
"Absolutely."
It was a quite morning, as they sat eating their breakfast in bed. Well, Ianto was eating, Jack was downing his fourth cup of chocolate milk when the door to their flat was thrown open and an angry Owen stomped over to them.
"You need to eat mate." Owen said, noticing the emptying cup of milk Jack held.
"I do, when I can."
"Alright then, you know the drill." Owen said, grabbing the needed supplies and setting on checking Jack over.
"You're fine. Nothing abnormal. Your blood pressure is perfect, you're not pale, which suggests a better blood count, and you seem all around more energetic. You can go back to work so long as you keep to minimal work for now. I'll check you again tomorrow to be sure." Owen said, grabbing an apple slice off Ianto's plate.
"Coffee's in the kitchen Owen." Ianto said, handing the remainder of his fruit salad to Owen, who took it gratefully.
"Thanks Tea-boy."
"I'm going to get ready Yan, then we can leave." Jack said, standing and making his way to the bathroom.
Twenty minutes later they were all leaving towards the hub, and in Ianto's case, hoping they could make it through the day without passing out from sheer exhaustion. He'd gone a day or two without sleep, but he'd been younger then, and had worked far less so he'd had the ability to keep going, now he felt he was being run ragged and he hoped he could keep up.
"We're here." Jack said happily. He missed the hub.
"Great." Ianto said as Owen pulled up behind them.
"Don't sound so enthusiastic Yan, you might get a heart attack."
"I'm sorry Jack, just tired."
"Take a nap in the bunker."
Ianto glared at Jack.
"The hub would fall apart in a day if I were to nap."
"True." Jack admitted, kissing Ianto gently on the cheek.
"Let's go." Ianto muttered, leaving the car and heading for the hub. Jack followed as Owen parked and made his way towards the others.
"Jack." Tosh said, smiling widely at her friend.
"TOSH." Jack returned with a genuine smile of his own.
"How's everything."
"Good, I can come back to work." Jack sounded so happy.
"So I noticed." Tosh said, watching Ianto make his way to the kitchen. They all needed coffee.
"So what's on the agenda for today?" Jack asked, taking a seat at his office, missing the smell of the place.
"Well, we've been working on a case for a while, people turning up missing. Some say they've seen people vanish into thin air." Tosh said, watching Gwen stalk around the room.
"Any connections?" Jack asked, nodding in thanks to Ianto who brought him a cup of tea.
"No, different ages, races and professions. They didn't even go to the same school. It's odd, I mean they're all women but nothing else...and if that's the only common factor we have our work cut out for us."
"That is odd. Keep digging, there has to be a connection to narrow it down. Gwen, Ianto, I want you two on the missing person's families, find out everything you can about our victims. Owen, I need you to run a scan of the area's they were last seen and give me the readings by the end of the day." Jack commanded and watched his team nod before leaving to do as they were told.
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"I can't believe this." Gwen complained as soon as they were out of ear shot from Jack.
"Cram it Gwen. We have a job to do." Ianto said, trying to keep his professionalism in tact.
"Ever since the two of you have been back it's always something and I'm tired of it. I didn't do anything so you have no right to take it out on me."
Ianto wanted to tell her how wrong she was but he bit his tongue and got into the SUV. He knew technically she hadn't done anything but it still hurt to work along side someone who cared so little about your welfare.
"What exactly have we been taking out on you? What kind of hardships have we put on you?" Ianto asked and Gwen snapped her mouth shut, not knowing what there was to say.
"I thought so. Keep your petty problems to yourself and let's get our job done."