Privately Ianto isn’t quite so sure the three of them will fit back together with perfect smoothness. They might all want to but he has a feeling it will take a bit of time to find out how to balance things out again. It’s not the sort of thing to mention just now though. Better to let it play out on its own and hope for the best.

“I know you don’t like to stay tied down long,” He answers softly. It would have been a sad observation once but that was years ago. He’s had plenty of time to make his peace with it. More seriously he added, “Would you like me to tell Spike about what happened to you? Or would you rather share it yourself when you feel ready?”