Notes: Not much to say on this chapter, but Chapter 19 will be split up. Why? Because I will be covering 'Adam' and doing a COMPLETE re-haul of the episode. Keep reading, commenting, and reviewing. It's greatly appreciated.

Chapter Spoilers: None, but is the aftermath of my cover of episode 2.04 (Meat). Doctor Who – none

Retconning Ruth and implanting her false memories was an easy task for Ianto. He hurriedly headed back to the Hub in order to spend as much time with Jack as possible. But they still had the documents to change and forge.

It was close to five in the morning when Jack and Ianto finished up the last document. Ianto was just about to keep his promise to show Jack how much he loves him when Owen and Tosh arrived at the Hub, with Owen in a fouler mood than usual.

"Alright, what the fuck happened now?" Owen practically demanded. "I got an earful from Gwen but all she could go on about was how Teaboy here ruined her life and that she'll exact her revenge."

Tosh continued trying to calm Owen down while Jack and Ianto shared a look of concern, knowing just how far the Welshwoman can take her fury when she found a reasonable excuse. And for Gwen, losing Jack would be reason enough. Ianto nodded to Jack to answer.

"Ianto and I had just finished talking and falling asleep when Gwen came back expecting to have alone time with me after she retconned Rhys," Jack explained. "She tried to be romantic about it, but I shot the gesture and her affection down quickly. She twisted my words around as a confession of love for her, which we all know is not true since I love Ianto. When I told her just that, she went bat shit crazy." Ianto nodded to confirm the explanation.

Owen instantly grew calmer knowing that nothing too serious happened. "So Rhys receiving false memories was the result of her actually retconning him?" Ianto nodded again.

Tosh decided to speak up, "What is the full cover for this one?"

"Rhys was accompanying his driver on a delivery in order to deal with the client in person. However, the accident occurred. The driver died while Rhys was impaled with tubing from under the hood of the lorry that broke through. Aside from that injury, he came out relatively unscathed. Ruth has been retconned as well, believing she had the day off until she heard of the accident, and then was able to return home after Rhys was released from the hospital. Then Harwood's stayed closed the following day in order for Rhys to recover." Ianto answered.

"That sounds reasonable given the injuries and location of the wound. Good idea, teaboy," Owen praised Ianto, who smiled in return.

Tosh, having realized this fiasco occurred not long after her best friend and boss fell asleep, "Right, well, do you want us to go so you two can catch up on some sleep?"

Jack and Ianto both looked at their watches, and Ianto replied first. "No need, I'll be up in less than an hour anyway." Truth be told, Ianto wanted to spend as much alone time as possible with Jack, but he was more curious at this point about Owen and Tosh arriving together, and sharing similar looks that he and Jack do from time to time. I hope this means what I think it means, but I need to speak to Tosh privately. "How about I make us all some coffee and we all can chat. I know there's a lot to talk about."

Everyone nodded in consent. Ianto started heading for the coffee machine while motioning for Tosh to follow, which she did. Jack coaxed Owen into helping him clean up the wine and wine glass from earlier, knowing it would make Ianto happy.

While Ianto went about his well practiced routine of making coffee, Tosh waited patiently for Ianto to break the silence. "So, you and Owen…" Ianto finally offered leaving Tosh plenty of room to answer.

"Are still just friends and co-workers, Ianto," she responded sadly, but with a hint of hope mixed within.

Ianto, having noted the hope and small smile that briefly flashed across her face, didn't quite believe his best friend and confidant. "Then how is it, when I called Owen for the job, you two show up here together?"

Tosh rolled her eyes almost as well as Ianto. "You and Jack took the SUV when you left my flat. Owen didn't have a ride. I offered to give him a ride to his flat or let him use the spare room. He chose the spare room."

"And did he stay in the spare room?" Ianto asked suggestively.

Tosh rolled her eyes again. "We were still up just talking and watching TV when you called Owen. But enough about me; Jack just confessed he loves you. Please tell me that wasn't the first time you heard him say those words."

Ianto smiled sweetly and began pouring out the coffee while he answered. "No, it's not the first time. We both confessed to loving each other before we fell asleep."

Tosh squealed and eagerly hugged Ianto. "I'm so happy for you!" she exclaimed. Jack and Owen arrived shortly after the squeal and both had an eyebrow raised at the interaction.

"Coffee is ready," Ianto avoided the unanswered question, not wanting to let either man know that he and Tosh were essentially gossiping about each others' love lives.

Owen, Tosh, and Ianto gathered on the couch while Jack had brought one of the workstation seats over next to Ianto. They were silent for a few minutes, enjoying the warmth and taste of Ianto's special blend of coffee, and each other's presences.

Jack got lost in his thoughts, while looking over each of them affectionately, though in different ways. My team. How I missed them while I was gone. I'm glad they got so close and are there for each other. His attention became focused on Ianto. My Ianto. My angel. My love. I should have told him sooner that I love him. He means everything to me. If I were mortal, I would want to live the rest of my life with him. He looked around his team once more when the thought occurred to him. What are we going to do about Gwen and her threat of revenge?

Jack voiced that thought. "I know it's not a happy subject, but what are we going to do about Gwen and her threat of revenge?" he asked breaking the silence.

They sat in silence a while longer, thinking of a plan. "Honestly, the only thing I can think of is that we just keep a very close eye on her," Owen responded first.

"And keep Ianto and her away from each other as much as possible," Tosh added.

"I could spend any time we're not working on a case or having a team meal in the Tourist Center or archives," Ianto offered.

"I don't like the idea of you being confined, though," Jack replied.

"What else is there?" Ianto reasoned. "We all know that if Gwen wants revenge, she'll find a way, no matter how cautious we are. The only thing we can do is monitor her and her actions and hope that we can predict what she'll do. No other actions can be taken against her until something happens."

Silence grew amongst them once more. "Well, I was planning on giving you a few days off anyway. Say, the next three? Meanwhile, Tosh and Owen can help me set up extra surveillance and monitoring and hopefully keep anything bad from happening."

Tosh and Owen nodded their agreement simultaneously. "Is three days really necessary?" Ianto immediately protested, not enjoying the idea of having time off, though he did need to recover the abuse Dale and his men took out on him. "We've set up surveillance and found evidence in shorter amounts of time, and I'm not that hurt. I'll agree to two days, and nothing more."

Jack sighed and shook his head in amazement of Ianto's stubbornness. "Fine, two days. Starting as soon as everyone finishes the coffee and you finish cleaning, since I know you won't leave until everything is up to your standards."

Ianto smiled and gave Jack a quick but passionate kiss. "Okay."

The four of them continued chatting about this and that until the coffee was finished and Ianto headed off to begin cleaning. He was pleased to see the wine and wine glass cleaned up and made a mental note to thank Jack and Owen for doing so later, but in different ways, of course.

He quickly finished his cleaning and Jack drove him home.

Question for you all: I've noticed that quite a few phrases I use throughout the series so far are blatantly obvious as American phrases. With this being a show based in Cardiff, where words have different meanings, and therefore so do phrases... what do you think? Is my style okay or would you prefer to see more UK known phrases? I really am trying to keep from getting too far OOC, but with going AU, there will be some changes. Just let me know what you think, please?