missthingsplace | Be Careful What You Wish For 49/65

Title: Be Careful What You Wish For - Sequel to Heaven And Hell
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto. Gwen. new team members (Chloe and Damien)
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately.
Summary: Set after series two
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Mpreg
Rating: PG13 - NC17 For series.

Jack and Ianto stood in the medical bay kissing for a long while before Jack pulled back.

'We should stop.' He told Ianto.

Ianto stroked his fingers down Jack's cheek. 'I could kiss you all day.'

'Same with you, but it's going to lead somewhere we're not meant to go if we don't.'

'I guess.' Ianto sighed.

'Coffee?'

'Yep, okay. Not a patch on kissing you though.'

Jack chuckled softly. 'I'll be in my office, being bored.'

They walked up the steps from the medical bay together, not parting till they reached the bottom of the steps that led up to Jack's office. Ianto went to put the coffee machine on, he assumed the others would want some without needing to ask them.

Ianto carried the tray of drinks through the hub, handing them out as he went. Chloe had now gone back into the medical bay, Ianto placed the tray down and carried her mug down to her.

'Jack okay?' She asked.

'Yep, at the moment.'

'What you you mean?'

'No sex for Jack equals cranky Jack.' Ianto laughed softly.

'And you?'

'Yeah, me too.' Ianto wished he could stop his face flushing, but it seemed to be an automatic response.

'Okay, look give it a couple of days, if Jack's blood pressure settles, or at least doesn't get any higher then maybe some gently love making, no bedroom aerobics.' Chloe grinned.

'You think Jack can perform sexual aerobics in his condition?' Ianto burst out laughing.

'I didn't say anything to Jack, I don't want to worry him but we really need to keep an eye on his blood pressure, and I need urine samples from him daily, to test for protein. If there's protein in his sample it means his kidneys aren't working properly and it's a sign of something called pre eclampsia. That can be fatal, for both the baby and the person carrying it. The babies wouldn't survive that, if we couldn't get them out in time.'

'What else can we do to lower it?'

'Cut back on salt, less takeaways and processed food. Massage can help, on the legs and ankles.'

'And if he does develop it?'

'He'll be confined to bed rest.'

'That will send him scatty.'

'Then we need to make sure it doesn't come to that.'

Ianto nodded. 'Yep, I better take him his coffee.'

'Gwen keeps asking me what's wrong, I haven't said anything.'

'Thanks, if she knows she'll turn into a mother hen again. We'll tell her if it becomes more serious, but only then.'

Chloe put a hand on his arm. 'He'll be fine, we'll do everything we can for him.'

Ianto kissed her on the cheek and then silently left the medical bay, picked up the tray with their coffee's on and headed up to Jack's office. Jack was staring intently at his computer screen when he entered, barely noticing Ianto entering.

Ianto walked around to Jack's side of the desk and handed him his mug, glancing at the screen. Jack had a web page open about high blood pressure in pregnancy and from what Ianto could tell it said the same things Chloe had just told him.

'Says here that massage is good for lowering blood pressure.' Jack said, not looking up from the screen.

'Chloe just told me that, worth trying.'

'Did she also say about the salt thing?' Jack looked up at him.

'Yep, more proper meals for you, No more junk.'

'I can live with that, till the babies are born anyway.'

'I also asked her about the no sex rule, told her you'd get cranky.' Ianto grinned.

'Just me eh?' Jack smirked.

Ianto ignored the remark. 'She said if it lowered or stabilized over the next couple of days we could and I quote 'Have gentle lovemaking, no bedroom aerobics.' Ianto grinned.

'I have ten pounds of babies in my belly, I'm sure I'm waddling like a penguin, my back is killing me and I feel like a beached whale. Like it could be anything but gentle.'

'Only eight weeks to go.' Ianto kissed him on the brow.

'Feels like an eternity at this moment in time.' Jack sounded a little sad.

'But it will be so worth it, when they are born.'

'Yeah, you're right.' Jack's face brightened a little. 'It will, I just feel like I've been pregnant forever.'

'I'm going to kiss you now and then I have to go and do some work, when we get home tonight I'm going to run you a lovely bath with bubbles and put candles in the room to make you relaxed and give you that massage they recommend.' Ianto pointed at the screen.

'You're too good to me.'

'I love you, nothings too good for you.'

'Do I get that kiss now then?'

Ianto bent down and captured Jack's mouth, kissing him deeply till they pulled apart breathlessly.

'Work to do.' Ianto winked at Jack and left the room chuckling.

Jack spent the rest of the day surfing some more, trying to get all the information he could about high blood pressure. He came across various sites about pre eclampsia and read them intently, he suspected this was what Chloe was worried about. He would do everything he could to try and not let it get that far.

As well as the surfing he caught up with his emails and phone calls, avoiding ones that might stress him out deliberately. The rift was staying quiet, for that he was rather grateful as it meant he wasn't worried about anything happening to his team, or god forbid, Ianto.

By five o'clock Jack decided they might as well all go home, setting the hub on automatic would alert him if anything happened with the rift. He popped to the bathroom to get the sample Chloe wanted and then went to find her.

Chloe was sitting on the sofa reading a medical paper, she glanced up as he walked towards her, the pot proudly in his hand and she smiled.

'Ready?' She asked.

'Yeah, lets get this done and we can all go home.'

They walked to the medical bay together and Jack sat on the edge of the table as Chloe put the blood pressure cuff around his arms and told him to relax. They were both silent as the machine took it's reading.

'It's the same as it was this morning.' Chloe told him.

She picked up the sample he had given her and he watched her dip as piece of what looked like narrow paper in it and then hold it against the pot she had taken it for, which had little coloured markings.

'I know what that's for.' Jack told her. 'What's the result?'

'It's showing a very tiny amount of protein in your urine, we need to keep a close eyes on that.'

'I read what it means, I'll do anything for this pregnancy, babies.'

'You're going home now?'

'Yeah, Ianto promised me a relaxing bath and a massage.'

'Make sure that's all that happens and I'll see you first thing in the morning.'

'Yes ma'am.' Jack grinned and went to find Ianto.

TBC

A/N So happy, emails from play.com telling me my Torchwood books are on their way in my inbox ...

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: sofa
Current Music: S.E.X. - Adam And The Ants

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"Work to do" - love that line every time.

Thanks for the update!

I have to wait for my books until December - one big delivery with DW 4 and John's new CD!! Enjoy them!

Looking forward to the HUB next weekend - will get my pic taken with them!

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