Jack glanced at Ianto as they heard a small whimper from the next room to their bedroom. They had the television on low so they wouldn't disturb their three year old son, Griffin.
"I'll see to him" Jack murmured, kissing the side of Ianto's head before getting out of their bed. "You want me to pause it?" Ianto asked with a little smile.
Jack glanced at the television, he and Ianto had been spending a rare night in with a few DVDs, they were in the process of watching Independence Day and Jack knew that he was driving Ianto insane by commenting about the film and the 'wrong' bits.
"No its ok, you can watch it. I won't be long" Jack replied with a small shake of his head. "You can change the DVD if you want to, we deal with enough aliens without watching about fake ones. I better go see to him" Jack added.
Ianto rolled his eyes as he pulled the remote out from under the covers and stopped the film before getting out of bed and starting to look through their large collection of DVDs.
Jack made his way into their son's bedroom and looked down at Griffin. He had his thumb in his mouth and was tossing and turning in his sleep, whimpering fretfully. Jack frowned in concerned and let the fatherly instinct take over. Griffin was suffering from a lot of nightmares lately and Jack and Ianto were always there to calm him, to let him know that he was safe and whatever was happening in his mind wouldn't get to him or hurt him. That his parents would fight away the demons, be they real or just in his mind.
"Hey now little buddy, its alright. Daddy's here" Jack soothed softly, picking his son up ever so gently and holding him against his chest. It didn't seem to make much of an affect since the little one was still whimpering.
"Come on Griff, you're safe. All safe with me and Da. Nobody is going to get you. I promise. Shh now" he whispered, rocking him in his arms and walking the length of the bedroom as he ran his hand through his son's hair tenderly and couldn't help but notice that heat was radiating off his son.
"How's he doing?" Ianto asked as he made his way in with a bottle of warm milk. They had gotten Griffin on to using mugs and cups but sometimes it was easier to give a half asleep toddler the bottle especially when he was fussing.
"He's calming down…oh hello!" Jack grinned as he saw clear crystal blue eyes staring up at him through a dark fringe. "Daddy?" Griffin cried, clinging to Jack's shoulders. "You should have kept your shirt on, he likes to cling to your braces Jack" Ianto chuckled.
"Yeah but that would mean sleeping in them and well you wanted to pl…" Jack started, closing his mouth again as he saw Ianto's look. No sex talk in front of the baby. "Not now Jack. Small ears are quite alert at picking up words. He's talking now remember" Ianto pointed out.
Jack gave his husband a cheeky grin before sitting on the edge of the bed with Griffin in his arms. "You ok giving him his milk?" Ianto asked as he handed the bottle over. "Yeah I'm fine. He's a good boy" Jack nodded, starting to give Griffin his warm milk.
"Ianto….do you think we could" Jack started before being cut off by his lover. "Have Griffin in our bed tonight? Yes, just as long as you don't accidentally lie on him when you turn. Suppose it's a good idea since you don't really sleep and don't need it and can keep an eye on him" Ianto smiled.
"Thanks Ianto" Jack smiled back, getting up slowly as Griffin drifted off again and kissing Ianto softly and lovingly on the lips. "What DVDs do we have?" he asked as he followed his lover back into their bedroom. "I was thinking a little bit of James Bond but we can put something else on if you want" Ianto laughed. "Yeah that sounds watchable" Jack agreed as he got into the bed and settled Griffin down. "We'll just have the sound kept at low but our son can sleep through an earthquake" Ianto replied as he put the DVD disc in the DVD player and went to cuddle up to his family in bed.