Jack remembers
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He starts to get impatient and turns to the other man "Dad...when will Jethro be Home?"
Jack chuckles "Tony, it'll be anytime from now onwards...it depends on how much Paperwork he has to do"
Tony sighs "Hate Paperwork!" he looks around and spots a photo "Ooo that's Kelly!"
He turns round to look at him in shock "You knew Kelly?"
He nods as he caresses the photo "Yeah...she was a lovely girl"
Jack nods and sighs "I was worried that...that after they died Leroy would end up dead somewhere"
Tony puts the photo down and walks over to embrace him "Hey...he didn't"
He accepts the other mans comfort and returns the embrace "I...I caught him a year after their Deaths...taking a loaded gun and driving off" he lifts a hand to wipe away the tears that form "I was so scared"
Tony gives him a sad smile as he pulls back "There was no need...he didn't end up shooting himself"
Jack nods and smiles at him "I'm glad he has you around...I haven't heard his laughter for a long time...and he seems to smile more"
He bounces on the spot "I like his smile! It makes him more cute!"
A bark of laughter escapes from him "Cute?"
Tony gives him a dazzling smile "Actually I was gonna say Sexy...but I thought cute was nicer!"
He shakes his head "Come on...let's start dinner"
He glances back to the photo "I will watch after him for you" and then follows Jack into the kitchen.
Half an hour later he gets bored "Dad...is there anything I can do?"
He turns with a smile "You're just a kid at heart, aren't ya?"
Tony chuckles and bounces on the spot "Nah, I just have too much energy" he stops suddenly as he spots something and rushes over "Oh My God! He...he kept it...after all these years and...and he kept it"
Jack frowns in confusion "Tony? Leroy kept what?"
He turns to face him with a watery smile and holds up the item in question "The necklace I gave Kelly"
His eyes widen in shock "You're...you're Kellys Water Angel!?"
He shakes his head "No...not any longer...I'm now Jethros Angel"
He quickly takes a seat before his legs give way "You're the one...the one who stopped Leroy from...k-killing himself"
Tony walks over and takes the seat next to him "Yeah...I found him on his boat...with his loaded gun under his chin" he shivers at the memory "I...I had to stop him"
Jack reaches over and tugs him into a hug "I never got a chance to say this but...Thank-You"
He gives him a sad chuckle as he returns the hug "No need to Thank me...I just couldn't let him end his life that way"
He nods and pulls back as he ruffles Tonys hair "I thought I recognized your full name from somewhere" he lifts a hand to wipe away the tears that threaten to fall "Kelly use to tell me about an Angel in the water and how he'd tell her about his life in the Lake"
A smile smile crosses his face "Aye...she told me about you teaching her how to woodwork so she could help her Dad when he returned from saving the Country...she loved it when she saw you"
Jack just smiles at him "I loved it too...I just wish I got to see her more" he sighs "Leroy and me didn't get along...still don't really"
He frowns but then thinks back to the other night and how Jethro was quite blunt and confrontational to his Dad "Yeah...I noticed" he looks straight into the blue eyes "I will make him understand how precious the Bond between Father and Son should be...I promise"
Jack shakes his head "It's ok Tony...he lets me be a part of his life and...and as long as you make sure that he's happy, then" he shrugs "All is right by me"
He just smiles "I always keep my promises Dad, I-" he stops and snaps his head towards the front door "He's Home!" and with that he leaps out of his seat as he runs into the other room but stops at the sight of a gothic-looking Woman touching 'His' Jethro