AN: Thank you for your brilliant reviews – I especially loved the comment about Jack being a "Drama Queen". He is rather dark in this story, but I found it necessary to focus on the bad points of his character to make this work. I had to give Ianto a good reason to not be with him and his bed hopping potential seemed ideal.

Also – have you all seen the track listing for JB's new album? I LOVE that he's covered a song that I have Jack singing in one of my songfic's. Whilst writing the second part of "Last Request" I could imagine Jack singing the song I used in my head, and I am thrilled that I will get the chance to really hear it.

Anyway, let the chaos ensue – I do love Owen in this chapter, even if I do say so myself.

Please review x

Jack marched angrily into the Hub, his blood boiling from Owen's revelation. "Go home." He barked as he headed towards the steps that led to his office.

"What?" Gwen asked, the phone stuck to the side of her head whilst she was kept on hold.

"I said go home. NOW!" He shouted.

"What's going on Jack?" Tosh asked looking over her monitors at the Captain.

"Can nobody do what I ask? Leave. Now. Both of you." He said angrily as he strode over to Gwen's desk and slammed his hand on the cradle of the telephone, terminating her call abruptly.

"What's the matter Jack?" Gwen asked as she replaced the receiver.

Footsteps on metal sounded as Ianto and Owen walked out into the Hub, neither man carrying the boxes of files Ianto had gathered. Jack glanced over at them before turning back to Gwen.

"I want you to go home, and I don't want you back here until tomorrow." He said trying to calm his voice.

"But I thought we had work to do?" She reasoned.

Owen sniggered.

"Don't push me Harper." Jack spat pointing his finger sharply at the medic. "Now Gwen please, just do as I ask. Go home. Spend some time with Rhys. You too Tosh. Go home." He said in a much softer tone as he looked back at the two women who were totally confused.

"Okay Jack." Gwen conceded, still unsure of what was happening.

"See you tomorrow." Tosh said as she followed Gwen out through the cog door. As the door rolled closed behind them Jack turned to look at Owen and Ianto, his arms crossed firmly across his chest.

"You're done here. I want you to get your things, and get the hell out of my Hub. You're finished." He spoke coolly yet with total control. The look in his eyes sent a chill through Ianto.

"What?" Owen said with a nervous laugh. "Again?" He asked.

"It is obvious that I can't trust you, so you are done here." Jack spoke deliberately, his gaze not shifting from the medic.
"You're sacking me because I'm with Ianto?" Owen questioned.

"You can't do that Jack." Ianto spoke up.

"I am the leader of Torchwood Three, and it is up to me who works here, and who walks away. I need the support of my entire team. I do not need them going behind my back." Jack explained.

"So because I helped Ianto discover your numerous dirty little secrets, you're sacking me? Very mature Jack. You need me, and you know it." Owen replied. "Every single one of us has defied you or your orders at one time or another. None of us are perfect. If you are only employing people that you think you can trust implicitly you have the wrong team here. Name one person in this team that you trust totally, that hasn't defied you, just once." He asked.

"This is not up for debate." Jack replied.

"You never were good at giving answers were you Jack?" Owen sneered. "Fine. You want to sack me, go ahead. But before I go, there's a few things you need to know." He began. "I knew you were cheating on him for six months before I started planting evidence and getting the CCTV back. Six months I kept your secret for. Six months I watched him follow you round like a puppy. Six months I let you hurt him before I stepped in. He is a good man Jack. A good man who doesn't deserve to be treated like he's nothing, like he's meaningless." Owen's voice began to shake as his eyes filled with unexpected tears. "I won't let you hurt him again." He snarled. "I won't let you destroy him. I won't let you take him away from me. If you think throwing me out of here will change how I feel about him you're wrong. You are the most arrogant man I have ever met. And I used to respect you Jack. After Katie… after you saved me… I looked up to you. I admired you. But you're just a bully and a cheat. You're pathetic." He spat.

"How you feel about him?" Jack echoed in disbelief. "Are you trying to tell me that you actually care about him? That you're not just using him like you use everyone else? That you're not just working your way through the team, one broken soul at a time?" He sneered.

"Is that how you see me Jack? A broken soul? Well I wonder whose fault that is." Ianto remarked.

"After all you two have through since you got here, how can you be with him?" Jack asked looking at Ianto.

"How can I not?" Ianto replied simply as he threaded his hand into Owen's. "Nobody has ever fought for me Jack. Never fought to get me, or to keep me. You had me, and you threw me away. Now I've moved on, and if you can't handle that, then that's your problem, not mine. Are you really going to destroy this team over something as stupid as us? What were we Jack, really? We were nothing. We were just sex. This," He said holding his hand interlocked with Owen aloft. "This is something worth fighting for."

Jack exhaled a long steadying breath. "We were never just sex Ianto, and you know it."

"Do I? Really? You never told me Jack. I never knew where I stood. I was just someone to keep you warm. One of many by all accounts." He mused. "I loved you Jack, and I would have done anything for you. But you destroyed any chance we had the minute you let someone else into your bed. Now I have someone else in mine." Ianto said before leading Owen by the hand towards the cog door.

"Where are you going?" Jack asked.

"Home." Ianto replied simply. "We will both be back tomorrow. Can I suggest you grow up before then?" He finished before walking through the door and into the waiting lift, riding it silently with Owen up till the two men stepped out onto the Plass.

"Are you okay?" Owen asked.

Ianto shook his head. "I hope you meant everything you said down there, because things are only just beginning Owen." He said.

"I meant it Ianto." Owen said as he raised both hands to Ianto's face. "You are a good man, and you deserve to be loved the way I love you, not treated like you're nothing. You are incredible, and you need to know that." He said fondly.

"You love me?" Ianto echoed softly in surprised.

Owen nodded. "Yeah I do." He said with a nervous smile. "I love you so much, and I won't let him hurt you anymore." He assured.

Ianto swallowed, before a smile filtered out onto his lips. "I love you too." He said as though he'd just realised it himself.

Owen grinned as he pulled Ianto against him, wrapping his arms around his body and resting his chin on Ianto's shoulder. "We'll get through this. I promise you." He murmured.