10
"OK, there is another reason I separated you" Ianto said as he turned to her in the toy store.
"Wanna zap me?"
Ianto sniggered as he nodded, liking her moxie and quick mind. He tazered her and then waited as she came back with a grimace, "God, that hurts."
"Sorry. Gotta be sure" Ianto apologised, "Like I said, we have kids."
"OK" she rose and straightened her clothing, "Let's get to it. We need anything for babies or are they all…what?"
"No but we might. Um…talk of future babies so thanks for reminding me. Yes, we will gather cloth nappies and stuff .. bottles….thank you." Ianto was flustered and she wondered who the lucky lady was, now knowing he was out of bounds. Seems that Jack fella was a bit in love with himself given his body language so that left Henry.
"So…Henry. He got someone waiting for him to come back?"
Ianto hid the smile, subtle…not… then shrugged, "No. He's alone. A good man who loves the kids to death. A good man."
"So… right." She nodded as she considered, then reached for baby monitors, "Hey these would be good to make some intercoms if there is more than one building."
"See? Good minds, these Amy girls" Ianto said and she grinned as she placed them in the pram. "We can fit this somewhere right? Prams are good."
"Yes, Prams are cool" Ianto deadpanned.
Sniggering as they worked for another fifteen minutes then Ianto sobered, "We need to move."
She tuned to see where he was looking and on the horizon there was a faint light.
Dawn.
They got back to the Fire House to find Lefty loading things in to the back of the rig, his face bruised from where he must have hit the ground when Jack tazed him. The camo netting was over the rig and it looked pretty damn good actually. They had been thorough.
"Cariad, room for me pram?"
Jack swung and looked at Ianto, then the pram and he smiled softly as he stepped into Ianto's personal space, drawing him in and kissing him.
"Nice pram ya got there mister" he whispered.
"Prams are cool, we decided" Ianto agreed as he hugged Jack and took another kiss before letting him go.
Amy was shocked then she snorted while she watched Jack's grin of affection as he reached for the pram. "God, all the best ones are taken or gay."
"I'm omnisexual" Jack corrected, "I would have a go at anything with a pulse…wait….well there was one time…"
"Jack. Don't terrorise her" Ianto scolded and Jack laughed as he loaded more gear.
"Right you lot head out, Ianto and I will follow" Jack said as he watched Henry head next door for the four wheeler then he turned to Amy, "He's not taken and I swear to god, he is ready to explode for the want of a good going over."
"Jack!" Ianto barked, then laughed as he shoved at him, her face showing her humour as well.
"So, I follow Henry" she called back, "Watch that arse all the way back do I?"
Laughter as they all got ready to roll, Ianto and Jack hanging on the back of the rig. They would get off at the horses.
The doors came up as the motorbike roared past and they swung out, Amy showing herself to indeed be a Land Rover Kinda Gal with an expert swing of the wheel. Ianto looked around the side of the rig and saw the lizards down a side street as they slowly turned to see them, then start to gallop after them, Jack laughing at the weird sight of them running.
"They are gonna be so pissed they missed us" he called to Ianto and both men stood on the back of the rig watching them blast into the street and look around with confusion, then refocus and lumber after them, slowly getting smaller until they disappeared.
"Wonder how long they will run" Jack called.
"Long enough to remember the direction, Good thing we turn left up ahead before heading home. Stupid fucks will keep going straight."
More laughing as he turned back and when the horses came into view they slowed and the two men jump off, Jack slapping the back of the rig so it would speed up again.
"Hey there guys, did ya miss us?" Jack called and the horse ambled over with a disinterested chewing of grass like it was saying 'oh, did you go somewhere' then it farted.
"OK. That one is clearly yours" Ianto snorted.
They rode in silence, keeping an eye out and listening for anything around them. They checked there were no tracks left by the vehicles and despite the worry that there might be a problem they reached the end of the line at the turn from the river to the homestead to find the vehicles waiting, Henry with the brains to stop them and wait in case there was a tail so they didn't lead them home.
"We all good?" Henry called as he stood up on the bike.
Jack waved and Henry nodded, then kicked the bike's kick started, firing it up and heading for home as the others followed.
Ianto was cold, tried and his feet hurt.
He was glad to be home.