It's all AU.

Koschei hummed to himself as he unrolled the poster he'd put together, smoothing it over the message board in the hotel lobby before taking the brush and paint he'd toted along with him and signing his name at the bottom with a flourish. After a moment, he added a little doodle under it that at least vaguely looked like his face.

Nodding, he headed out of the hotel with a bounce to his step, before thinking of something, and spinning around to add a post-script, crammed in tiny script with a pen along the bottom. He smiled a moment before making a bee-line for the lake to do another check of the fireworks. That part of tomorrow evening's festivities, he hoped, would at least go off without a hitch.

( Poster Text )

As the man turned a corner, Lane had only a split-second glimpse of him. But it was enough for him to recognize something familiar, even if there was something... off.

Picking up his pace, he nearly broke into a run crossing the lobby of the hotel to keep up. Making sure the man remained in his line of sight, Lane watched and followed, still unsure, but holding his breath anyway.

Ianto had left a message in the hotel lobby for Spike before heading towards the cottage in the park, his jacket hooked over his shoulder as he tilted his head back to squint at the brightly-lit sky. No way to tell time here, but he would have a while, he thought, before Spike showed up. Long enough to get things set up.

( Cut for length )

Warning: Blood, lots of blood.