Gwen looks at them both, "But I thought…that we had a thing…"
Owen sees Ianto look at him from the corner of his eye and inwardly sighs. "No Gwen… we don't, ok? I do not feel that way about you at all. In fact you …" Ianto interrupts him from saying 'annoy me' with a very subtle cough. "Never mind…"
Tosh speaks then, "I am happy for you both… you deserve to be happy." She smiles sadly.
Ianto smiles at her, "Thanks Tosh,"
"Yeah thank you Tosh." Owen says smiling kindly at her.
Tosh smiles back.
Gwen shuffles in her seat. "I am happy for you both too, sorry about the comment before Owen, I was just trying to get my head around it. I mean you both hated each other a month ago…"
Both men share a look and turn back to the Gwen. "Yes we did but that was before we got to know each other more and we got to do that a lot over the past month." Owen says smiling as the memory of their first kiss chooses that moment to pop into his head.
"Owen! What are you doing? Back away from my coffee machine! You know how protective I am of it…" Ianto said loudly as Owen stood by the object that Ianto loves.
"I wanted to make you a coffee for once… you're always making coffee for us! Is that a sin now tea boy?"
Ianto chuckled. "Of course not but you know how I am with people touching my coffee machines. It was nice of you to think of that though Owen, really."
Owen smiled at the Welshman, "Well I am a nice person…when I want to be." He chuckled.
Ianto grinned with a cheeky look on his face, "Oh yeah sure you are! You're a Twat… you even said so yourself, on numerous occasions."
"Oi! I have you know that I may be a Twat but that's why you find me irresistible," Owen smirked, which caused Ianto to laugh. "And you have got to admit … I make things more fun!" He added.
Ianto rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah …" Ianto paused leaning in closer to the Medic.
"I do!" Owen argued before Ianto could finish and closes the gap between them, planting his lips hard on the Welshman's.
Ianto tensed up for a moment but relaxed and responded to the kiss, cupped Owen's face in his hands and held him there. A few minutes later they broke apart to get air. "Uh … Owen?" Ianto spoke first.
"Yes tea boy?" Owen replied trying to act normal although he wanted to kiss the Welshman again. 'Oh god what is wrong with me? Why do I find him so damn gorgeous lately? I'm not even into guys…' He thought to himself and felt his cheeks heat up a bit.
"Where did that come from? Why did you kiss me?" Ianto asked.
"Hey you kissed me back…" He chuckled before he added, "I uh I don't know why, just kind of happened." Owen exclaimed nervously.
Ianto blushed. "Yeah I did," then added "I … uh … Owen? What are we going to do about that? We cant just pretend it didn't happen, I mean I couldn't … It was…" He paused and went a darker red. "It was nice."
Owen smiled at the Welshman in front of him. "Well I do have that effect on people," he said and gently placed his hands on the younger man's waist.
"Alright then. Well if you're happy …" Gwen's voice brings Owen back to the present.
"Yes I am Gwen, now Tea-boy? How about some of your amazing heaven in a cup?" Owen grins at Ianto. "Oh and I won so don't forget what you said I would get if I won…"
Ianto smirks, "I honestly don't get how you think my coffee is that good… it's just coffee," he smiles "Later ok?"
"Yeah 'It's just coffee' my ass Ianto! It is like I said, heaven in a cup. I am sure the girl's have to agree with me?" he turns to Tosh and Gwen hoping that they agree, which they do by nodding. "See? Ok Gwen, I want you to finish your paperwork from yesterday and hand it into Ianto for filing by the end of the day. Tosh … uh you can just do whatever it is you usually do."
"Yes right on it Owen"
"Ok Owen, what about Ianto?"
"He can help me with a few things" Owen smirks and looks at the Welshman seeing him blush. "Once you make your brilliant coffee that is."
"Ok, who else wants a coffee?" Ianto asks
"Yes please!" The girls reply together.
"Alright." He smiles and walks out of the room towards the kitchen.
Owen smirks as he watches him leave and thinks of what it is that he wants to do for the rest of the day.
Ianto smiles to himself feeling happy and thinking about what Owen could have in store for him. 'Well this is going to be… interesting.'
He is busy making the coffees and thinking when he suddenly hears footsteps behind him. Turning around he sighs to himself. "How may I help you Gwen?"
"It's all wrong! Owen will not be with you for long he will miss being with a woman, he will then come running back to me. He is not meant to be with you."
Ianto turns back to the coffees as he puts his mask back on. "Why do you think that Gwen? Were you not listening to Owen? He told you he wasn't interested in you." He says calmly.
"Because I know him! He does feel something for me, I can tell be the way he acts around me. I am sorry love but he does."
"Gwen just go and do what Owen has asked you to do. I will bring you your coffee once it is ready. You have a fiancé now, so try not hurting him and love him."
"Fine but don't say I didn't warn you!" and she storms off back towards her desk.
After finishing the coffees, he delivers Tosh hers first with a smile which is returned, then moves onto Gwen placing hers down then walking away before she has a chance to say something else to him.
Walking towards the Med Bay to take Owen his, he sighs to himself takes a deep breath and walks down the stairs towards the doctor.
"Oh good coffee! … Hey what's wrong?" Owen asks looking at him, frowning.
Ianto forces himself to smile cursing himself silently. "Oh nothing don't worry … now what have you got planned for us then?"
"Don't change the subject Ianto! I can tell when your lying… now tell me what is wrong!" He demands
Ianto lets out a deep breath and sits down. "Gwen… she came to have a word with me while I was making …"
Owen cuts him off there, "What did she say? And remember I can always watch the CCTV footage if you don't tell me…"
"You probably will anyway," and he tells Owen about what she had said to him minutes earlier.
"I am going to have words with her right now!"
"No Owen please don't, it will only make it worse. She will know it got to me then, I don't want her to think that." He holds back a sob.
"But Ianto…" he sits down on the step next to Ianto and wraps an arm around him. "She needs to know she was out of line."
"Yes she was out of line but … I don't know, are you completely sure you want this? Us?"
"Of course I am Yan, if I wasn't do you think I would of asked? Don't let her make you doubt that ok?"
Ianto looks down at his feet hiding the tears in his eyes.
"Yan? Ok? Look at me…" he demands and gently lifts Ianto's face so they are looking into each others eyes. "I mean it ok? I want to be with you… your fucking amazing my tea boy!"
Ianto smiles a little as a tear falls from his eye. Owen wipes it away with his thumb and begins to stroke his cheek softly. Ianto relaxes at the touch and leans into it closing his eyes.
They sit there like that for a while, both not wanting to move.
"Thank you Owen." Ianto mutters, breaking the silence.
"Don't mention it, I do have to be a good boyfriend don't I?" He chuckles.
Ianto smiles, "Well yeah you do or no more 'Heaven in a cup' for you…"
"Hey now that isn't fair! I cant live without your coffee…" he frowns but then adds "But I could if it meant I wouldn't loose you".
"Owen did you just say something mushy?" Ianto smirks
"Maybe I did, you have that kind of effect on me Tea boy!"
At that they both start laughing. "Your such a twat Owen Harper…"
"Oh but I'm your twat Ianto Jones…"
"And I wouldn't have it any other way." Ianto smiles at the medic.
"Good! Cause you are stuck with me now tea boy. Now shall we do what I want to do? I have been meaning to show you something for a while now… but you know, work." Owen suggests smiling.
Ianto looks at the medic curiously, "Oh and what is this something?" He asks
"It is a surprise you will see when we get there. Go get your coat and meet me at the SUV … I need to get a few things first." Owen says getting up off the step and walking over to his desk.
Ianto watches him for a second then gets up and walks back up the steps "Ok don't be too long then…" He chuckles and walks through into the main bit of the Hub. Hearing Owen laugh, he smiles and heads to the coat rack to grab his coat wondering where Owen is taking him.
A few minutes later, in the car park standing next to the black SUV, Ianto has time to think about everything that has happened so far today. 'Wow… Owen and I… I can see myself falling for him completely. Getting to know him over this month, I've seen a different side of him. One he doesn't show often, the sweet and sensitive side, I wonder …' His thoughts are broken by the sound of footsteps and Owen humming happily.
"Took your time Owen…" He chuckles happy to be in the medic's presence again.
Owen laughs, "Miss me that much did you?" He stops right in front of Ianto, close enough for Ianto to feel his breath on his face.
"You weren't gone long enough for me to miss you… now shall we go now?" Ianto suggests fighting the urge to kiss the Londoner.
Owen smiles and placing his hands on Ianto's waist gazing into his eyes, leans forward and kisses him. Ianto moans softly and kisses him back passionately. Moments later they break apart for air. "Now we can go." Owen laughs and unlocks the passenger door before opening it and holding it for Ianto to get in.
Ianto grins. "Wow such a gentleman! Thank you," he says getting in.
Owen smiles at him, closes the door and heads around to the drivers side.
Ianto watches as he gets in buckles up and starts the vehicle, "Ok Ianto … where we are going is very uh special to me, you are the only person I have shown it to." Owen speaks quietly turning to face Ianto as he does.
"Alright… is it that special? Why me then?" Ianto wonders.
"Because your special… to me as well. I want to share it with you." Owen replies and goes silent concentrating on driving. Ianto smiles as they pull out of the car park in the Hub and out onto the road behind their building that they call work.
The rest of the drive there, both men are silent, Ianto thinking about what this place could be and why it is so special to Owen, wondering why he is the only one who Owen is going to show it to and share it with. "Owen?" He asks as they pull into a dirt road leading into bush. "Exactly where is this place?" Getting a little nervous as it reminds him of the cannibals.
Owen looks at him out the corner of his eye and must of seen the worry on his face. "Relax Yan, I promise I wont let anything happen to you. This isn't the damn countryside…" the Medic says back. "Anyway those … things… were locked up in the most securest place in Cardiff. You don't need to worry, ok?"
Ianto nods slightly, calming down a little. "I'm fine really, I just… it's nothing don't worry." He hopes Owen doesn't see the look on his face, as it probably says 'I'm really not ok but I don't want to talk about it right now'.
"Tea boy? Remember I know when you lie, what is it?" Owen asks glancing at Ianto before looking back at the road.
Ianto sighs, "Later, ok? I don't want to ruin the mood."
Owen nods. "Alright then. We are almost there…" He parks the car, turning it off. "We go by foot the rest of the way. Come on Yan!"
Ianto unclips his seatbelt and reaches over to Owen to softly kiss him before getting out. Owen follows suit and gets out locking the SUV and walking around to Ianto. Looking around, Ianto notices a fence, and turns to Owen. "Oh please don't say you want me to jump that? We do enough of that for work…"
Owen laughs. "No tea boy there is a gate up a bit further and don't worry the place has been abandoned for ages no one is around…"
Ianto lets out a sigh of relief and starts to walk along the fence, Owen walking beside him. A few minutes later Ianto feels Owen slide his hand into his lacing their fingers together, and smiles. He looks at Owen and seeing a happy look on his face, cant help but be happy as well and walks closer to the Londoner.
Just then there's a scream from up further. Ianto looks at Owen and they both take off running in the direction of the scream. Reaching the scene where the scream had come from, they see a woman being held by a big looking man with a gun.
"Ok what is going on here?" Owen demands.
The man stiffens and grips onto the woman tighter. "None of your business! Piss off."
Ianto senses Owen's anger and squeezes his hand lightly. "Ok look, what ever she has done to you, I am sure it wasn't bad enough to hurt her…let her go"
"I said piss off ok? It's nothing to do with you." The man says.
"If I were you I'd let her go now… you have no idea who we are," Owen adds.
"Oh I don't care who you are, she hasn't done anything … I need her to do something for me though."
"What is this something?" Ianto asks trying to stay calm knowing that if he lost it Owen probably would too. "Whatever it is I can do it… look let her go and take me instead…I bet I could even do it faster." Ianto suggests ignoring Owen tense beside him.
The man visibly thinks about it for a second, "You would really take her place and do anything I ask you?"
Ianto nods. "Yes I would now let her go."
The man hesitates for a minute, but nods letting her go slowly and she runs to Owen, as Ianto heads towards the man with his arms up in surrender.
"Ianto! What are you doing?" Owen shouts.
"Owen… I'll be ok. I promise." Is all he says back, trying to reassure the medic.
"If you hurt him in any way… I will kill you ok?" Owen says directly to the man who is now holding onto Ianto.
The man laughs, "Like I am scared of you!"
"Owen, just get her out of here …" Ianto says calmly.
"But Yan … I am not leaving you! I don't trust him not to hurt you."
"Owen just do it! I will be fine." Ianto demands.
Owen sighs. "Fine. If you hurt him…" Owen growls at the man, before looking at Ianto one last time with a pleading look on his face, and pulls the woman back towards the SUV.
Once Owen is out of sight with the woman, Ianto looks at the man. "Ok so who are you and what do you want?"
"My name isn't important and what I want is for you to do a few things for me, now move." He replies digging the end of the gun into Ianto's back forcing him to move.
"Where are you taking me?" Ianto asks calmly.
The man laughs, "You think I will tell you that? I will be blindfolding you as soon as we get to my van."
Ianto nods, and focuses his thoughts on Owen to keep himself calm. 'I hope he listens to me and gets her safe first.' He thinks. 'Please Owen don't be a twat and come back for me once you have her in the SUV!'
Moments later they reach a black van; Ianto is blindfolded and pushed into the back, landing hard on the floor. Thankful that he had put his comm's in, he taps it on and instantly hears Owen's voice talking to Gwen.
"Gwen just listen to me! I don't care that you have a date with Rhys ok? Ianto is more important right now! You can do the date another time."
"But Owen… this is important too!"
Ianto hears Owen swear. "Gwen! He is a part of the team not just my… boyfriend! Fuck sakes! Don't worry about it then go on your stupid date … Tosh and I will find him by ourselves!"
Ianto can hear the frustration in the medics voice now and decides to risk speaking. "Owen? I'm alright… my comm's are on and I will talk whenever I can." He says quietly.
"Oh thank god you're alright, have you found out anything about him or what he wants?" Owen's voice replies shakily over the comm's.
"No not yet, but I will let you know when I can as soon as I have. Got to go now cant have him hearing me, will leave comm's on." Ianto whispers.
"Alright Yan just be careful. I will find you and bring you back as soon as I can, I promise."
Ianto smiles a little at that. "Ok Owen. See you soon then?" He laughs quietly. "Oh and if it helps he has a black van with tinted windows. Sorry that's all I could see before he blindfolded me."
"Ok thanks Yan, yeah see you soon. Now stop talking incase he hears you, and don't do anything that will get you hurt ok?"
"Ok, see you soon." Ianto replies.
What felt like an hour later the van comes to a stop and the man gets out, he then walks around to open the door to get Ianto out. "Hurry up we don't have all day!" He demands as he pushes him forward.
"Alright you don't need to push!" Ianto says the curses himself remembering that Owen can hear. "When are you going to take this thing off?" he asks meaning the blindfold.
"Once we are inside … I don't want you knowing where we are."
Ianto hears Owen curse in his ear. "Well it's not like I will tell anyone, I can keep things to myself …" He tries to sound sincere.
"Oh I know you can Ianto Jones." The man's voice comes from behind him.
"How do you know my name?" Ianto asks trying to hide the panic in his voice.
"Oh I know a lot of things, like how you work for Torchwood and shagging your boss."
Ianto rips off the blindfold and turns around facing the man. "I am NOT shagging my boss!"
"Oh so … Jack has lost interest in you then? Doesn't surprise me."
"Yan calm down please! Don't give him a reason to hurt you." Owen says in his ear.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Ianto speaks calmly. "He didn't loose interest in me, but that's none of your business." He quickly glances around and takes in as much as he can. There is a big building in front of him in the direction they are going in, 'A factory?' He continues to look around and sees the van. Looking at the license plate he memorizes it for later when he can talk to Owen safely, and turns back to the man. "Ok so since you know who I am, who are you?"