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It was once people had calmed down a bit that Ianto rose to leave the room and Owen followed him up to the second landing with interest. Ianto turned to close the bedroom door and found Owen right behind him like a dog at his heel.
"Owen." Ianto said firmly "I gotta have a moment."
"To take that stab vest off" Owen agreed sagely "Think I am stupid?"
Ianto stared back for a few beats, and then let the door swing open enough to let the acidic man in, then it was closed. Ianto walked over by the bed and started to undo the straps of the vest, wincing softly. Owen reached out to finish the job as Ianto lt him.
"Don't tell Jack" Ianto said softly "I will in my own time."
"What, that another man is in your boudoir undressing you?" Owen said, then started to giggle softly "Why Doctor Jones… are you going to … gasp… keep our tryst a secret? I don't know if…. Fuck."
Owen had removed the vest and could now see why Ianto didn't want eyes on him, the vivid burn mark across his ribcage was nasty. "What the actual fuck is this happy shit?"
"During the scuffle it got it's claw inside the vest, from the side. I felt the claw cut skin and afterwards while everyone was jazzed and working I checked. Found a scratch about ten centimeters long and two dermal layers deep." Ianto said calmly in reply "I had my theory about that excretion from their claws so I sort of… panicked. I saw a can of WD-40 and once I got over my gigglefest at hearing your voice in my head I sprayed the area. I then giggled a bit more and… picked up a box of matches by the can and … well…."
"Set fire to yourself" Own said flatly, his eyes wide. "I… I didn't mean to use it like that for fucksake."
"Worked. Look… it's quarterized the wound pretty good." Ianto defended himself, poking at the burn.
"You are certifiable" Owen shook his head with wonder "Fucking.. certifiable."
"Lone Wolf Pack right?" Ianto whispered "We are supposed to be a bit mad."
Owen looked at Ianto and made a face, then admitted "Yeah. OK. I will give you that. Yeah. We are a bit fucking nuts. But fuck… stop setting fire to yourself, yeah?""
"Yes Mummy" Ianto replied in a silly voice, then grinned "Doesn't even hurt much. More… scratchy."
"Fucking nutter. Healing already." Owen said as he poked at it and sighed "Well… soft cotton t-shirt and don't pick it."
"That's it?"
Owen rolled his eyes and then to Ianto's immense amusement, Owen leaned over and kissed his burn gently.
Just as Jack walked in.
Jack blinked as he saw Owen kissing his shirtless man at sort of… waist heights and raised his eyebrows at his mate who was staring straight at him like a deer caught in the headlights. Then Ianto grinned.
Jack relaxed and closed the door as Owen rose and placed his hands on his hips, still unaware of Jack behind him "and I am telling you here and now, just us Lone Wolves, that was clever."
"What was?"
Owen swung with a look of horror, like a little boy caught by his mother looking at a playboy magazine and Jack saw the vivid burn on Ianto's torso.
"Fuck!" Jack rushed over to kneel and look at it "What happened."
"He set himself on fire" Owen said with open pride, "Clever huh?"
Ianto was so touched by Owen's display of solidarity. Lone Wolves.
"One of the Bug claws scratched me so I quarterized the site as quickly as I could once I realized what had happened. I didn't want an infection. Those claws… are not exactly sterile blades" Ianto shrugged.
Jack was now poking at the burn.
"Ow" Ianto said flatly.
"Well… it looks clean. Good. Soft cotton shirt and let it breathe. Wear one of mine, bigger than yours so the material is not snug" Jack said as he rose and Owen gaped at hm.
"I already said that and I know for a fact there are TWO doctors in this room how already sorted that shit out!" Owen spluttered with annoyance.
"What's wrong little man… am I taking too much interest in my boyfriend's injury?" Jack asked, the humor in his voice making Owen more annoyed.
"He might be your boyfriend but he's MY bestie!" Owen shot back.
"OK… is this gonna descend into slapping at one another with your handbags?" Ianto asked blandly "because… I love you both so cut it out. No dick measuring needed, I only want one of those and we all know whose."
Jack looked pleased as he stepped back and Owen rolled his eyes as he shuddered like Ianto had said something disgusting. Then he said "Well, only me bird gets this amazing bod!"
"As it should be" Ianto sighed "she earned that."
"Yeah… she did" Owen said happily as he started to leave the room, swinging back in the doorway to pop a hip "she earned… alllllll this."
Then the door swung shut and Jack started to snort softly "Oh thank god. I was gonna explode."
"I am fine. I didn't want to make a big thing of it, Anna just got me back and if she knew I was hurt it might scare her. We have to go out again sometimes, she has to know I am OK" Ianto leaned in to kiss Jack.
"Are you handling me Doctor Jones?"
"Well, step a little closer so I can… measure."
Jack was careful with the burn but still got the job done.
He might not be a doctor but he had the medicine Ianto needed.