Jack's words weren't meant to admonish, but Ianto blushed anyway, his face going even hotter when Jack's arm snaked around his shoulders. He knew he used to be more confident than this, in better command of his faculties, but all the time away from home must have started to take its toll. Just having Jack here turned Ianto's world upside down in amazing ways.

"I've met some people, yes," he answered Jack's question as he looked toward the buffet to find the tray he'd brought. "A woman from UNIT, even. Kate Stewart. I didn't recognize her name, though. And, well..." he went on, flustered now in a different way. "I met a woman named Maggie. She runs a coffee shop here, and her family is Irish."