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Five Years Later…

Jack pulled the SUV into the car park and smiled as he saw the automatic doors of the building open and Ianto walk out. He was wearing his usual suit and had a brown satchel slung over one shoulder and was carrying a stack of paperwork in his arms as he strolled in the direction of the vehicle. Opening the back door he placed his bag on the back seat along with the papers before closing the door and climbing into the front seat.

"Cutting things a fine aren't you?" He smirked as he leant across and planted a kiss on Jack's lips.

"You know my time keeping is interesting Ianto, it keeps you on your toes." Jack pointed out as he swung the car out of the car park and set off towards the bay.

"It certainly does." Ianto mused with a smile.

"Good day?" Jack asked.

Ianto nodded. "I think my students have finally established that I do know what I'm talking about." He said. After leaving Torchwood Ianto had decided that utilising his degree would be the best idea and had done a three-year teacher training course, which had led him into a job lecturing History at the university. It had been strange at first being back there, and stranger still being on the other side of the lectern to the last time, but he had survived his first semester and was looking forward to a two week break, despite the mountain of marking he'd brought with him. Ianto had managed to establish a friendly relationship with the majority of his students, and was finding that the reasonably short age gap was definitely something he could use to his advantage.

"I thought these kids were meant to be intelligent? How come its taken them this long to figure that out?" Jack asked with a smirk.

"Pay back I think from my own student days." Ianto suggested. "How about you? Busy day?" He asked as he loosened his tie.

"The odd weevil… and a weird piece of tech that even I didn't recognise, but from what we can gather it's some kind of toy. All a bit dull really, but with half the team swanning off, I'm grateful." Jack said as he pulled up outside a house.

"They aren't swanning off Jack – they're on honeymoon. I think you can give them a week away." Ianto said as he climbed out the SUV and retrieved his things from the back.

"I should have banned inter-office relationships. Most companies frown on it." Jack pointed out.

Ianto rolled his eyes. "I don't think that would have stopped them. Tosh and Owen were made for each other." He said as he pulled his keys from his pocket and pushed one into the lock on the door before shoving it open. A week had passed since Tosh and Owen had married in a small but elegant ceremony on the outskirts of Cardiff. Their relationship had gone from strength to strength over the years, and Owen had proposed just over a year beforehand. Whilst the team had been cautiously expecting a repeat of Gwen's wedding day chaos, the rift had been uncommonly kind and allowed them all a days respite. The day had gone off without a hitch, thanks largely to Tosh's impeccable planning, and less so thanks to Owen's lack of planning skills. It was only thanks to his well-chosen best man – Ianto, of course – that he'd made it to the church not only on time, but also in one piece.

"They could at least send us a postcard." Jack mused as he skimmed through the post that had gathered behind the door.

"I imagine they're a little busy to be writing anecdotal stories to you. Anyway, they're back in two days. I'm sure you and Gwen can cope till then." Ianto said as he wandered off down the hall and into his office, dumping his bag down on the table before heading into the kitchen and flicking on the coffee machine.

"We've got another four RSVP's." Jack called from the hall.

"Good." Ianto called back as he pulled two mugs from the cupboard and set them down on the bench.

"Are you sure you don't mind having the party here? We don't have the tidiest family and friends." Jack pointed out as he entered the kitchen.

"I want to have it here. This is our home Jack – where better to celebrate our first anniversary?" Ianto asked as he poured out the coffees, smiling as he felt Jack's arms encircle him from behind and his chin rest on his shoulder.

"True. Doesn't time fly when you're having fun." He said softly.

"It's certainly been that." Ianto said turning in Jack's arms and planting a kiss on the end of his nose. "And I don't mind if they make a mess, it's the sign of a good party. And with the number of children we're inviting, mess is pretty much guaranteed. If you could somehow stop Rhiannon from spitting out any more children we'd do better."

Jack smiled. "Oh by the way, this," He began as he dug one hand into his greatcoat which he was still wearing, "is from Kai." He said producing a folded up piece of paper.

Ianto took it from him as Jack released him from his hold and went to take off his coat. Ianto unfolded the piece of paper and smiled at the picture that had been drawn on it in crayon. It showed two figures; one wearing a long grey coat and one wearing a tie. At the top of the paper in Kai's familiar scrawl it said "To Uncle Jack and Uncle Ianto, Love Kai."

"You like it?" Jack asked as he came back into the kitchen from hanging his coat up in the hall.

Ianto nodded. "Its beautiful." He said sticking the picture on the fridge with a magnet beside the other drawings that Gwen's eldest had provided them with over the years, intermingled with offerings from his sister's ever expanding brood.

"I thought so." Jack said with a smile. "You should see Gwen – I swear she's grown since Tosh and Owen's wedding." He said as he picked up his coffee.

"She is due any day now Jack. Knowing our luck she'll go into labour at the party." Ianto said.

"Gwen has always been keen on the dramatics, so it wouldn't surprise me." Jack agreed with a smirk.

"We're gonna need a bigger fridge." Ianto pointed out as he admired the front of their already large fridge and discovered that you could barely locate the handle.

"I think we might need to start sticking them up somewhere else." Jack suggested.

Ianto nodded. "Right I'm gonna go take a shower, put on something more comfortable and be a slob for a while. I'm officially on holiday for the next fortnight and I intend to enjoy myself." Ianto said as he picked up his own coffee and set off towards the door.

"Mind if I join you?" Jack asked with a wink and a grin.

"I was hoping you would." Ianto said without looking back as he disappeared out the door, a beaming Jack following close behind.

TW

As Ianto lay in bed later that night with Jack fast asleep nestled in his arms and his head settled on his chest he couldn't help but smile. The early days of their relationship had been fraught, and there were times that he had wondered whether or not they were going to make it. As difficult as it had been to walk away from Torchwood, Ianto knew now that it had been the right decision. The team was lucky that they hadn't lost anyone in the years that had passed, but as the threats and the dangers grew there was inevitability to the fact the one day one of them would perish. It was for that reason that Ianto knew his place was not there in the danger zone, but away from the Hub doing something he loved. Sure he was a frequent visitor to the Hub and often brought coffee's and late night pizza's when they were snowed under, and he occasionally helped out with low risk jobs like the filing, but he couldn't bring himself to spend any great length of time in the base beneath the Plass. It was for that reason that he'd persuaded Jack to move out of his room beneath his office, and that Ianto had sold his own apartment, and the two men had bought their own home together. With the money from the sale of Ianto's place combined with Jack's huge wage they had managed to afford a large house with views overlooking the sea.

Pulling Jack tighter into his hold he felt the immortal mans arms slip around his body. Ianto could barely believe that they'd been married themselves for almost a full year. Jack had proposed a few months after the dramatic events that John brought to their lives, and Ianto had never even considered saying no. He had never been more convinced that Jack was the person he was destined to spend the rest of his life with, and after a lot of tears he'd finally managed to accept. Planning a wedding around his study was hard and it had taken them almost two years to sort things out. Picking a date was also tricky with both the erratic nature of Jack's work and Ianto's final exams to consider. The ceremony had been held at a hotel overlooking the Bay on a warm summers evening with a handful of guests. Ianto smiled fondly as he remembered the day and the way Jack had looked as they'd met at the front of the room. Rhiannon had sat in the front row sniffling into her tissue, blaming it on her temperamental hormones, but Ianto had known it was nothing to do with her pregnant state. Truth be told he'd had a job holding it together himself during the ceremony, and had shed a few tears later that night in the privacy of their room.

He kissed the top of Jack's head fondly and inhaled his distinctive scent, something that even now had an amazing ability to relax and settle him.

"Are you awake?" Jack whispered.

"Yep." Ianto replied softly.

"You okay?" Jack asked, raising his head from Ianto's chest and looking him in the eyes.

Ianto nodded. "I'm fine. Just thinking how lucky I am." He said with a loving smile.

Jack returned the smile before kissing Ianto softly on the lips. "You and me both." He said.