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“Do you, uh- do you maybe wanna get dinner sometime? Like, with me?” Owen asked, standing next to Tosh’s desk and looking anywhere but at her. Ianto and Gwen were standing in the lower level in the medical pit, both of them peeking out over the ledge watching the whole thing play out.
The night before Gwen, Ianto and Owen had all gone out for drinks the night before and Gwen and Ianto had convinced Owen to have some tequila shots. Turns out tequila was like some sort of magic key, opening up the part of Owen’s brain that dealt with emotions. After one shot he was complaining about how terrible his life was, after two he was telling Ianto and Gwen how great they were, after three he was telling them how much he loved Tosh.
So the next morning when Owen had come in and gone down to the medical pit Gwen and Ianto had jumped him, giving him a pep talk and when that didn't convince him to ask Tosh out Ianto had simply threatened him with instant decaf. He knew it wasn’t a good idea to threaten someone into asking someone else out, it was probably a little bit of a grey area, but Ianto knew Owen and Tosh would both be grateful for it in the end.
He hoped when they got married him and Gwen would be mentioned in the speeches.
Tosh blinked slowly at Owen, wondering if she was in some kind of weird fever dream. A lot of her dreams involved Owen declaring his love for her and telling her he wanted to marry her and have lots of children. She looked over her shoulder at where Ianto and Gwen were ‘hiding’, raising an eyebrow before looking back at Owen. “Is this a bet?” She demanded, frowning.
Owen quickly shook his head. “No, I swear it’s not. This is me asking you out on a date. Saturday maybe? I can pick you up, say 6? I’m thinking dinner, a movie maybe? Whatever you want?” Owen was always so confident speaking to women, he had no idea why now he was suddenly stumbling over his own tongue.
The woman hesitated a second before slowly nodding. “Right, ok. Yeah, 6 works.” She finally agreed, smiling a little bit. She still wasn’t convinced this wasn’t some sort of joke but if Ianto was involved she knew he would never hurt him.
Dinner went well, they were married 3 months later and of course Owen mentioned both Ianto and Gwen in his wedding speech. He supposed he did have to thank them after all.