10

Ianto was fatigued and sought a quiet spot to sot for a moment, dizzy from the overexertion of cleaning.

"Hey" Jack said softly as he found him behind a large dresser on the floor, sitting in the corner slumped like an old teddy flung there, "You OK?"

"Tired" Ianto admitted, "So much to do Cariad."

"And many hands are doing it" Jack assured him, "Come on. You can't do it all, your family are out there helping and you need to take it easy. You are in the family way. As in, you know. I knocked you up again."

"Are you ever going to get tired of crowing?" Ianto growled but his smile betrayed his shared joy.

"Nope" Jack smiled as he offered his hands and Ianto grabbed them to let his husband pull him out of the small space and into his arms.

"Gods, so tired" Ianto slumped against him now, "Thirsty too."

"Hungry too I bet, you've not had any breakfast again" Jack scolded as he brushed his love down and then started to led him from the room, "come on, let's call a snack break. I want you to eat and drink then we can have a snuggle with that grizzly messy formerly known as Jay."

"Oh gods, is he going off again?" Ianto groaned.

"I think he is just overwhelmed, so any people up in his grill" Jack said. "Each person asking him if he is OK gets him closer to putting a cap in someone's arse!"

"Jack, please stop being gangster, ya sound like a right Muppet" Ianto said softly as he pinched Jack's butt and Jack laughed.

They found their youngest walking in a slow circle with two fingers in his mouth crying softly to himself and Ianto felt terrible for bemoaning his own tiredness when clearly his baby needed attention. He scooped him up and went to the old sofa with high winged back and arms, settling in on it with kisses and a soft rub for a wee back.

Jay sighed deeply, a shudder to show how sad he was and Ianto crooned as Jack approached with a pretty crocheted blanket that was clearly Margaret's work. Jack sat and tucked the blanket around the little boy who now straddled his parent, little hand not in his mouth rubbing at Ianto's smirch as if he knew there was a kindred spirit in there. To Ianto's relief she seemed to comfort him too.

The coffee table that was the size of a dining table just lower was moved to the side of the sofa so Ianto could reach and he was touched by the display of caring as food was placed within a hand's reach with a large mug of sweet tea.

Ianto settled more as his baby started to snore loudly and more than one person cooed softly as they reached to to give him blessings. Jay finally felt comfortable as he slept on his Taddy and those wonderfully loving heartbeats lulled him.

"Anything else love?" Jack asked as he watched Ianto pick at the food delicately, his stomach having a bad day. Ianto shook his head and then let his head fall back against the large fluffy pillow that had appeared and closed his eyes as he gently ran his hands up and down his sleeping tot's body.

Soon Ianto was asleep as well, Josh firmly reprimanding anyone too loud as he stood by the sofa, one hand on his Taddy's shoulder as he lovingly rubbed for comfort and the other pointing at anyone who deserved a good telling off for disturbing them.

"My babies are sleeping" he said as Owen dropped a box of books, "You need to be careful. My sweetlings need to sleep, they grow when they sleep. I am the big brother, my job is to protect them!"

Owen knelt and smiled as he pulled the little boy to him and kissed his cheek lovingly, "What a wonderful big brother. I am so proud to be your uncle. So lucky theses little ones. I hope they know they are lucky to have a wonderful big brother."

"Don' you worry about that" Josh snorted as he leant down to kiss Ianto's forehead, "They know. Or at least I will tell them so!"

Owen didn't doubt that at all, the Harkness strong in this one.

Cheeky beast.

How Owen loved him so.