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“Gwen tells me you know where Owen is, Ianto.” Ianto stopped polishing. “No. His radiation readings reached normal, and so he decided to go out. On a date, he said.” “A date? What about the work I asked him to do?” Ianto produced a buff folder of printouts. Balanced on top of it was the radiation sponge. “He asked me to give you these. He said that there’s a lot of information about what a brave and resourceful soldier Sergeant Applegate is, fine service record. And she has 450 Nectar points, in case that’s important.” “I could kiss you, Ianto.” “No you couldn’t, sir.”

Jack watched Ianto polish the table where his feet had been propped. Ianto could tell that his boss didn’t really approve, but he thought that Jack would dislike it even more if the place got to be a mess. At the moment, he had other things to worry about though.

Ianto came into the room to offer them coffee. He looked disapprovingly at Jack’s bare feet, so Jack removed them from the table. “Ok, let’s have your program run overnight Tosh, and see what it tells us tomorrow. Go home now, it’s late. Have a lie-in tomorrow. You too, Gwen. Better take the scenic route, because I think Ianto here has welded the side door shut.”

Jack shook his head. “Never mind. Stay focused on the current problem.” But Gwen could see Jack was trying to hide his disappointment. That wasn’t like him, he preferred to encourage and support his team. “What else have you got?”

“What are you doing here so early, Ianto?” Ianto looked shifty. “I might ask you the same thing, Dr. Harper.” There was another big whoop from the R&R area that suggested Jack had reached another level. “But perhaps I won’t.”