Owen was sprawled out on his couch, legs over the back and head towards the floor. Laying upside down had become something that he had done often, a way of changing his scenery without much effort. The lack of blood rushing to his head made the whole experience almost pleasant. Until, that is, he remembered why there was no blood rushing to his head, or why he had taken to sitting upside down in the first place. Before these thoughts could plague him, however, his phone rang.
"That had better not be Jack. I just got home, and I am not going to patch up another "Weevil Wound." The dead man glanced at his screen, noting that it was just a picture message from Tosh.
"That's weird." He opened the message, expecting a cute kitten or science joke, the usual message from the technician. Instead, the picture inside shocked him. He dialed Tosh's number.
"Tosh! Bloody hell! Where did you get that picture?"
A giggle from the line.
"Hart sent it to me." The dead man shook himself, That picture definitely showed a new side of their Tea-boy.
"Where did Hart get it? I mean gees Tosh, he looks so-"
"Sexy?" Owen sighed, a part of him burned at the thought of Tosh finding another man attractive, as ridiculous as that fact was. For one thing, said man was Ianto Jones, Torchwood Tea-boy and current boyfriend to their boss, Captain Jack Harkness.
"Not what I was going to say."
"Oh I highly doubt that it was, but frankly, you can't deny that fact." Owen snorted derisively.
"It looks like he posed." Another laugh. Owen imagined that he felt himself warm.
"I sincerely think that this is a candid shot Owen. Ianto is a very bashful man, and that picture would probably embarrass him, should he know that we have it." Owen chuckled.
"You are probably right. So how angry do you think he would be if I sent this to say, Gwen?" a cough.
"Actually, I umm, I may have already done that." Owen felt his Jaw drop.
"Tosh, you didn't."
"Is it really that bad?"
"She still doesn't believe that he is capable of performing in a band, that we are all going to see tonight. That picture probably gave her a heart attack."
"Kind of serves her right though. I mean she has never really cared about Ianto, she even asked me once what Jack could possibly see in him that he couldn't in her." Owen could think of quite a list. The first item of which being Loyalty.
"Well if that is what Jack sees every night, then there really isn't much mystery there"
"So you do think he's sexy." The dead man could have smacked himself.
"I didn't say that."
"You didn't have to." Owen paused for a moment, before a thought struck him.
"Hey Tosh, would you like me to pick you up?"
" It's only 6:15. We don't need to be their until 7:30." Owen glanced at the clock.
"I know, but ,maybe we could grab a bite to eat, before we go see Tea-boy make a fool of himself.
Tosh bit her lip. Owen was asking her to dinner, of his own volition. She really couldn't pass this up.
"I'm game, but you do realize that you don't eat anymore right?"
The dead man groaned. He would look ridiculous not eating in a public restaurant. He went to say never mind, but Tosh spoke.
"On the other hand, I could just get a large order and set in in the middle of the table for you to play with while I eat." The doctor grinned. Leave it to Tosh.
"Cool. I'll be over in 10. What did you want?"
"We had Thai for lunch, so I was thinking Sushi." Bless her. His least favorite food.
"Perfect. See you in a few Tosh."
"Ok. Bye." The line disconnected, and the doctor cheered, nearly toppling from his upside down perch.
