Chapter 5

He knew he was supposed to be doing paperwork, but his daughter was only about ten meters away from him. His daughter! He'd given up on having an actual biological child when he realised he was in love with Jack, although apparently the laws of nature were just more of those things Jack didn't seem to obey.

OK, he thought, I have a daughter. That's not so strange, loads of people have daughters. I just have a rather unconventional daughter, with an immortal guy from the future that I actually know next to nothing about! He took a deep gulp of Tanwen's coffee to calm him down. It could be worse. She could be a homicidal maniac like most people I meet. He watched her carefully.

Please don't let her be a homicidal maniac.

"Got it!"

Toshiko's yell pulled Ianto back to reality, Jack away from his paperwork and Tanwen away from annoying Gwen.

"How do we get her back?"

The desperation in Jack's voice was clear. Tanwen's face fell slightly. Maybe her Dad hadn't wanted her back then (or now, or was it here? She made a mental note to actually listen to the Doctor next time he tried to explain time tenses to her.) Although perhaps he just wanted his timeline back to normal? The second explanation hurt less, so she decided to use that one.

"You need to push these buttons in the right sequence," Tosh pointed to each button in turn, "And they have to be right, otherwise you might end up in the Jurassic. It's a very imprecise system really."

Tanwen was amazed. Tosh had solved the puzzle of the disk completely within about four hours. She had never met Tosh before. She was quite disappointed she never had. Or Owen. And again she was disappointed she never met the sarcastic doctor . She'd realised pretty quickly that this meant they must have left before she was born- or perhaps even died, so she had annoyingly had to keep ridiculously quiet when she was around them- she didn't want to accidentally warn them and change history. When she got back home she'd need to ask Dad and Tad about them.

"So, I press these three, then this one?" she asked.

"Yep!"

"And I'm back home?"

"Yep!"

She grinned and took the device. She turned to the younger versions of her parents. Dad was exactly the same, but Tad… he smiled less. Obviously back home he had a few wrinkles around his eyes, but his eyes looked a bit sad just now. He wasn't looking at her strangely anymore, as though she might bite him any minute, but there was something unusual about his expression. It must be pretty weird for him.

She hugged them both, and hugged Tosh and Owen for good measure.

"Dad, please don't bust me for this when I get back. Blame Roan."

Jack smiled, "We'll see in… how long did you say?

"Seventeen years"

He nodded, "Seventeen years"

Ianto grinned and kissed her on the cheek. She gave a final wave and pushed the buttons. As she faded from sight Ianto began to miss her all ready. If everything Tanwen had told them was true, he'd be a dad. He realised he couldn't wait, but time said he'd have to.

He glanced to his left and caught Jack's eye. He smiled and winked cheekily. Ianto couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face.

"Well, back to planet normal- where we don't get invaded by our future children- please! In case you lot haven't noticed the pterodactyl's gone missing," Owen yelled from across the hub as he grabbed the SUV keys, "My turn to drive!"

Jack grinned, "I'm shotgun!"

Ianto rolled his eyes. With a life like this would having children be a good idea?

A/N: As always, thanks so much for the reviews- I hope everyone is getting the promised warm-fuzzies!