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Ianto parked and let the other two boys run inside then turned to Lorenzo, pulling him into his lap to check his nose, sure it was not broken but wanting the child to see he was concerned for him.

He then released him and headed inside to find Andy feeding them like a good man.

Carley pointed at Lorenzo and hooted with alarm as he leaned in for her to look, both eyes starting to blacken.

"I am well urinated" Ianto hissed as Andy snorted at the polite term for a common slang.

"So will Jack be" Andy surmised the reason for Ianto's annoyance, "He's incoming. I hear the doors."

"Shi….ps." Ianto snatched up the two little girls in their matching bibs and made it to the door as it swung open to reveal the handsome devil who immediately squealed with glee as he dropped his briefcase to seize them.

"Oh ho!" he crooned, "Two beautiful warrior queens come to save me from the bad, horrible boredom of this suit. Come, help me choose some better clothes my wonderful brave women."

Squealing as hands flapped and Jack strode off as Ianto breathed with relief, then did a double take as Jack passed the kitchen doorway, backing up to look into the kitchen as he lowered the girls from his hips to the floor.

Damn.

"Ianto? Is Lorenzo wearing eye liner?"

"No. He was bumped in the face" Ianto said calmly, "Nothing broken and he is feeling much better now I've fussed. You go change and I will sort the boys. When the kids are all good we can discuss it."

Nope.

Of course that didn't work.

This was not a small child who was trainable. This was a Harkness fully engaged as he placed the girls down and stormed over to look into their son's face, then turn to Dylan, "Did you get a punch in?"

"I kneed one in the nuts Captain" Grik said proudly, "Dyls head butted one full on Hoodlum style. You sure there ain't some in the blood?"

Jack blinked.

"There was five of the tossers but we decked them all down, laid out like coffins was needed" Grik gained momentum as Ianto face palmed then turned to assist the two annoyed girls who wanted the dressing of their big Daddy Doll.

"How many? Just you three? Five of them?"

"Five boys, and a girl bit she didn't count coz she just threw stuff and none of it hit us." Grik snorted, "Stupid bug didn't see this Grik man when she told them to get us."

"Ah. Her" Ianto muttered, "Should have known she wouldn't let things lie after her little put down."

"I don't know why she doesn't like Enzo man" Grik said loudly, "He's well fit. Is it coz she tried to kiss him that time and he accidently headbutted her thinking that's what she was gonna do?"

"What?" Dylan asked.

"Back in small school. She was gonna butt me" Lorenzo argued back, "I didn't hit her hard, just enough to let her know me head is hard. Not my fault she's a stupid bug who forgets she isn't really shaped like that. I cracked her casing."

"Before she was friends with Dylan?" Ianto asked with that angry fleeing returning as he now saw her game all along. Shame she hadn't learnt about the players. Pawns and kings are all disposable to a bitch queen, eh?

"Well … I've had enough of this" Jack blustered, "We need to talk about home schooling again."

"And they would have never met Grik. And this little kitten, look. Jack, would you really deny your daughter a friend here?" Ianto pouted and Jack looked a the little girls with their matching frowns.

"Awwwww, you are right as always Taddy Bear. They need to interact if only to learn how to tell the dicks in life" Jack held out his arms, "sorry my queens. Come, dress up time. We will leave this one to the expert."

Jack walked out to let the girls play with him no doubt about to get some hair clips as their daughter had now discovered his hair was well fit for them.

"OK. I want to know what you boys want to do. Do you want me on intervene more than I already have or do you want to see if it's going to calm down" Ianto asked, "Only that doesn't seem to be working."

"If she sez sorry" Lorenzo sighed, "OK."

"If she crows about it I will set her on fire" Dylan snarled in full gangster mode and then snorted as he stopped playing, "Yes Taddy. Whatever Enzo wants."

"Whatevers" Grik shrugged, "But me Da will go visit Homb's Da ya know. They know each other and Da will put the fire up his arse…sorry. Butt"

Ianto struggled with that image then nodded, rising from the table, "OK. Tomorrow you will see if she apologises, I will be ready if you call for help and hopefully you will not need it. Daddy is right, it would be easier to keep you safe here but you need to learn to stand up to the bullies in life, there will always be one waiting to trip you up. If I can teach you anything, it will be how to stand tall."

"Don't worry Doc" Grik said happily "Enzo punched that stupid Lekidi so hard on the head he's probably shorter now. We's already taller eh?"

Snorting as they drank their milkshakes and Ianto shook his head.

Hoodlums the lot of them.

Silent pride engaging.

OK.