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Returning to London part 10
Owen entered the archives and went in search of Ianto. When he couldn't find him he shouted, "Ianto where are you?"
"Down the end in store room 5." Came the muffled reply.
Owen walked down the corridor looking for the room. Upon finding it he discovered the door was open and as always Ianto was surrounded by paperwork.
Owen laughed "I'm sure you breed paperwork down here as I don't think we make that much upstairs."
Ianto glared at him "You only see your paperwork. I see everyones so just imagine yours times four."
"Ok ok. Anyway your fairy doctor has come to take you away from all this." Owen said waving his hands towards the desk.
"Oh really. And where is my fairy doctor taking me?" Smirked Ianto.
"To his domain where he will give you a thorough examination to see how fit or unfit you are." Owen said rubbing his hands together. "C'mon Jack's taken Tosh and Gwen out to give you a bit of privacy."
Ianto sighed. "Doesn't look like I've got much choice does it?"
"Nope. Look it's not going to be that bad. Taking blood pressure, listening to your lungs oh and I might if your lucky take some blood." Owen said gleefully.
Ianto paled slightly at the thought of having to give blood. None the less he followed Owen up the stairs carrying his now empty mug. "Would you like a coffee before or after you start torturing me?" He offered.
"Before please, I haven't had one since I got in. But you can't have another it might mess up the blood sample." He replied.
Ianto moaned and as he made Owens coffee thought, "Could this physical get any worse?" He then asked "Did you go to a club after you left me?"
"No went straight home to bed. Didn't even have a beer."
Ianto looked at him in disbelief "Did you manage to sleep ok?"
"Not too bad, the beers we had at dinner helped a bit." He answered honestly. "What about you? Did the tablets help?"
"They did much to my surprise, I didn't wake till the alarm went off at six. Lets get this over with." Ianto said once the coffee was made. They then headed to the med bay where Owen had set all equipment he needed on the side.
"Right if you could remove your jacket and shirt and sit up on the bed we'll get started." He said picking up his stethoscope.
Ianto removed his clothing and neatly folded the jacket and shirt, then sat down.
Owen couldn't help but stare at Ianto "When had he gotton so thin?" he thought. He didn't dwell on it but went straight into doctor mode.
"Right first I'm going to listen to your lungs so turn round."
Ianto shivered slightly as Owen pressed the end of his stethoscope onto his back.
Owen chuckled "Oh yeah this might be cold." He then asked Ianto to take deep breaths as he listened. "Hmm. Ok now the front."
Ianto turned round and before Owen could put the stethoscope on his chest he caught his hand and asked "Do you think you could warm it up first?"
Owen felt a tingle as Ianto's hand connected with his. He wondered if Ianto had felt it too, by the way he was looking at him he was sure that he had. He mentally shook himself as he blew on the chest-piece before he put it on Ianto's chest to listen to his heart. Ianto shivered again and he was sure it didn't have anything to do with the coldness of the stethoscope. As Owen moved from one side of his chest to the other his fingers brushed across his chest and Ianto had to bite back a moan. Owen for his part was trying to remain professional but it was proving hard when Ianto was sat there half-naked. Once he had got himself back in control Owen turned to the bench and picked up the blood pressure cuff and applied it to Ianto's arm and took the reading.
"Now for the fun part." He snickered as he reached for the needle to take some blood. He applied a torniquet and asked Ianto to make a fist with his hand to get a vein up. Ianto turned away as Owen inserted the needle and began drawing blood from him.
Owen decided to distract Ianto. "Any nightmares last night?"
"I don't think so - put it this way if I did then I didn't wake up. I still felt tired this mornning so took your advice and didn't drive. So what's the verdict on my lungs?" Ianto asked changing the subject. He really didn't want to discuss the nightmares here.
Owen finished taking the blood, capped the sample and labelled it before saying "You can get dressed now."
"Owen." Ianto probed.
"Lucky for you you haven't done any damage that I can detect, but I would advise you to keep the cleaning to a minimum for the time being." Owen directed.
"Ok I can work with that if you can help me sleep without using tablets all the time." Agreed Ianto doing up the buttons on his shirt and completely missing the longing look on Owens face.
As Ianto reached for his jacket Owen made a suggestion "Maybe if you talk about your nightmares and what happened in London they will have less of an impact."
"Oh yeah and who wants to listen to me go on about Cybermen and Daleks and losing all my friends in one go. It was bad enough being there without having to subject someone else to the horror." Ianto hissed.
"I would." Owen quietly said.
Ianto whipped his head up in astonishment "Why would you want to listen to my nightmares when you must have your own?"
"Look I know you're not going to believe me but I am your friend as well as your doctor and I want to help. Tell you what I'll make a deal with you. You talk about your nightmares and anything else and I'll talk about mine."
Ianto thought about this. He really did want the nightmares to stop so he could get a decent nights sleep, but did he really want to bear his soul to Owen, because that's what it would be. There again who else was there? He supposed he could talk to Jack, but Owen had offered and he really did want to explore that feeling he got last night so before he could change his mind he replied "Ok"
"Just one more thing before we finish."
Ianto sighed "What."
"When was the last time you had a proper meal that you actually ate?" Owens voice was full of concern.
"Last night. Your memory that bad you can't remember us going to dinner and eating. As I recall you had the hot chilli and I had veggie sausages." Ianto deadpanned.
"Ha ha. You may have had a meal at the pub but you barely touched it, just pushed it around the plate and you never eat with us anymore just make excuses to hide in the archives or tourist centre." Owen told him.
Ianto gasped, he didn't think anyone had noticed.
Owen continued. " I'm going to suggest you take a multi vitamin supplement and maybe iron tablets. I also think you might benefit from having protein drinks."
Ianto began to object but Owen just carried on softly "I noticed how thin you are. You can't afford to get any thinner." Again Ianto started to object until Owen, placing a hand over his and staring into his eyes whispered, "Please - do it for me."
Ianto stared back and swallowed as he nodded.
The moment was broken as they heard the cog door blare into life announcing that Jack, Tosh and Gwen were back.
As Owen removed his hand he added, "Tonight we talk."