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"The Brollit Delegation arrive today" Jack said the next morning as they lay cuddled together in the bed, Ianto sighing as he knew why Jack was reminding him.
"I will be polite if they are" Ianto promised, the last meeting not ending well as Ianto found a slave being beaten. They had not approved of his arguing with the head slave and when the head slave had tried to turn the whip on Ianto things had turned sour real quick, the H 4.0s all reverting to protection mode.
In the hopes of a better meeting Jack had asked the ex-slaves all take the day off, just a skeleton staff of volunteers which meant all the staff wanted to remain to protect Ianto, in the end Ianto himself talking to them and defusing another problem before it started.
Ianto rose from the bed, his lithe body being appreciated as he stretched and limbered up before getting dressed, he had found this morning yoga routine done in the nude pleased his mate no end and made his start to the day pleasurable, especially as some days Ianto might slip back into the covers once limber…if ya know what I mean.
A soft sigh from the bedding as Jack threw it back and stated to get out, no morning fun. Ianto dropping to his knees and taking in the more than a mouthful was so unexpected that Jack flopped back with a groan of delight and Ianto milked him before rising.
"I laid out your best clothes, you will match your father as I shall match your Grandfather" Ianto said as he moved around the room, "Damec will keep the spawn quiet in the rooms, only the puppy will come to us."
Jack grinned as he had been the one to start calling little Zane Puppy as his huge eyes were mesmerising and he had started to whimper when hungry. Ianto was nervous and had considered a wet nurse but unlike the other two, he did not take to another's breast. Toshiko had been a wonderful find and he knew that at some stage today his baby would have to share air with the bigoted sons of….ah. Damec stood in the doorway with Zane who was making the little noises and Ianto sat with his arms open wide.
"If we feed him now, again after the preliminaries he may sleep until the afternoon one, you can slip away without him having to enter the room" Damec whispered as he stroked the dark curls and Ianto hummed softly as he smiled lovingly as his little one.
"He is getting heavy" Ianto said after a while, "Growing faster than the twins did, he will be tall when finished."
"Yes, he is going to be a big man" Damec greed proudly, "He will be a fighter I think, those shoulders. Perhaps he will want to spar and train with the sword?"
Ianto hid a grin as the old slave who was really Jack's old Grandfather's lover dreamed big, as he did for the twins. "Rose here soon?"
"Yes, little prim will help with the babies" Damec nodded, Rose now returning from her school here she stayed during the week, the weekend something Jack's mother looked forward to, missing her daughter so much even if Storm demanded she be everyone's sweetheart.
"Good luck with that" Ianto said softly, "Storm will smell entrapment and try to escape, you know she is too much of her father."
"Yes, Harkness" Damec puffed with pride, "Jax is a wonderful boy though, he will help entertain her."
"He will rule one day" Ianto said softly, "Can you imagine Old Father? One day the son of a slave will sit at the table with his hand on the pulse of this planet."
"Yes. They hate that idea most of all" Damec agreed.
"Why I have to remember to be strong today" Ianto rose, handing the full baby back as he lamented his milk would not last much longer although it had lasted longer with him than it had the twins, "I will not let them intimidate me."
"That is right little one" Damec nodded "You are a free man."
"Not just any man" Jack said as he retuned from the bathroom and made for his son, "You are my man and the finest anywhere. Oooooo, Zanney, hey."
Damec smiled loving at the man who he loved as his own child and reached out to fix Jack's hair, Ianto not annoyed by this display. After all, he loved Jack's hair too.
"My turn in there, I shall berate my image while I wash and remind myself to be as nice and loving as they should be" Ianto said as he headed into the bathroom and Jack sighed as he cuddled his wriggle monster, Zane wanting to eat his neck.
"He will do well" Damec assured Jack then held out his arms, "Come to Grandy, Dadda has to go make nice."
Jack made a noise as the sound of the Hovers descending filled the keep and the day began.
Ianto spat into the basin and glowered out the window as the light faded for a moment, the suns no match for the bulky ships.
He looked at his image in the mirror, "You are free."
