Torchwood Dance Extravaganza

Chapter Five

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My sincerest thanks go to 19fangirl97. You made this story entirely possible by asking me to write this and giving me the awesome plot! Major Jack and Ianto gooiness to you!

Yeah, you guessed it, this is the last chapter. No fears. It is a conclusion to a great story about our favorite duo and their daughter.

So, without further ado, I present – the last chapter.

The smell of coffee wafted through the Hub, enticing and tempting Jack. Smiling, he emerged from his office, glad that the tedious phone conversation with London was done for the week. He utterly despised the weekly phone calls with the London offices that administration was trying to impose on him.

While he thoroughly enjoyed Ianto's brand of administration (both personally and professionally), Jack had long since come to the conclusion that people in London should come to Cardiff and take notes from Ianto's style. Thing would be a whole lot more effective that way – though, to be perfectly honest, Jack wasn't too keen on Ianto spilling a few secrets, namely how to make his delicious coffee (that had to remain a strictly Ianto secret because he refused to share, even with Jack) and Jack's manners in the bedroom (not as atrocious as Ianto made the out to be!).

He smiled as he walked down into the main area of the Hub, aware of Tosh plugging away at deciphering an alien bit of tech that had come through the Rift that morning and her techies updating security programs and whatever else Tosh had them doing. Off in a corner, Gwen was talking lowly with the pair who had come to them from the police force. Jack saw Andy roll his eyes and step in.

Andy had been a good hire, a few years prior, when the blond had gotten fed up with the evasive "spooky-dos" and just straight up applied. He made an excellent off-set for Gwen, especially when dealing with the Cardiff police force.

Owen's raised voice from the Autopsy Bay was a clear sign that he was not happy about something with the alien autopsy that he and his underlings were performing at the moment. He only started swearing like that if he thought that he had finally found a way out of being the King of the Weevils – or if a prank war had been started within the team.

Jack hoped it was a prank war. They hadn't had one of those in a while – not since Ianto had definitively won by rerouting the pipes in the showers so that they were blasted with instant coffee instead of water. How he had managed to do that without raising any alarms was still beyond Jack. Ianto wouldn't tell.

Speaking of which . . .

Ianto offered Jack a mug of coffee – his patented (honestly, patented) Industrial Strength blend. Jack took the mug and took a sip, relishing in the delicious brew.

"Thanks, Yan."

The little eye-twitch was well worth the pet name.

Loud footsteps came echoing through the Hub. Jack looked over to see Owen emerging from the Autopsy Bay, covering in neon pink goo.

"Dare I ask?" Jack asked, innocently.

Owen rolled his eyes. "Like you don't know what's going on, Jack."

Jack looked back to Ianto. The Welshman gave him a devious smile and tilted his head towards Tosh. He followed the gesture and saw the computer genius snicker into her hand, a well-covered evil look in her eyes.

Tosh almost never started prank wars – at least, not started them by acting against Owen. Marriage loyalty in such prank wars was common among Torchwood Three, though goo was a common thread among Tosh's pranks.

"I'll get the cleaning solutions," Ianto said, his tone dry and indicative of the fact that he would not be cleaning up the Autopsy Bay.

"And start on more coffee then."

"Yeah, you better, Ianto." Owen had a little smile on his face – but only a little one. As Ianto turned to go, Owen added, "So how was Alia's school dance?"

"You never told us what happened," Tosh added, looking up from her station. "And I still want pictures."

Jack and Ianto traded looks.

"It was . . . interesting," Jack said cautiously. "Alia's got a boyfriend."

"Oh, so that finally happened," Tosh replied. "Good. It's about time that boy realized that Alia's a catch."

"Wait, who's dating Alia?" Gwen asked, walking towards them, obviously interested in the conversation.

"A kid at Alia's school asked Alia to dance at the school dance and, later, asked her if he could be her boyfriend," Ianto explained, looking to the dark haired woman. "Kid seems fairly nice."

And, from Ianto, that was very high praise.

"You both are okay with someone dating your daughter?" Gwen asked, cautiously. "Even though she knows all about Torchwood and things that fall through the Rift sometimes come after her?"

Jack knew what Gwen was getting at. Gwen had been very worried about her daughter, Anwen, dating, when Anwen was Alia's age.

"Alia knows how to take care of herself," Ianto said, his tone even. "Besides, she's our daughter and smart. If something Rift-like happens around her, she knows what to do and who to call."

"Good, because I would hate to have to beat up a high school boy," Owen piped up. Jack looked to the pink-covered doctor. There was a very serious look on his face. He rolled his eyes at Jack. "You know that if something happens and that kid breaks Alia's heart, he's going to have hell to pay."

"We know and I think he probably does as well," Ianto agreed. Jack turned to his Welshman and saw the devious look on his face, one that matched the look that crossed Owen's. He didn't know whether he should be terrified or glad that Owen and Ianto were agreeing on something. Bad things tended to happen when they did that. Ianto crinkled his nose at Owen. "Now go clean up before you drip goo all over the Hub."

"Fine, Dad."

Owen's tone was brotherly and affectionate.

"And don't worry about the showers," Ianto called after Owen as the doctor headed to the bathroom. "They're instant-free . . . for the moment."

Oh yeah, they were having another prank war.

Kind of a disconnect of a last chapter, considering Alia doesn't appear, but, hey, I wanted to do something fun and end back in the Hub, with the Torchwood team.

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