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Lily Rose had never been in this room before.
She was sure of it, the big shiny red handle had winked at her, sort of.
A room full of clothes.
Lily Rose was in girly heaven.
She gasped, cooed and clapped as she looked at the treasures on display.
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Ianto was kneeling as he scrubbed at the grating, muttering about dirty boots as the Tardis hummed at the loving attention she now received.
Lily Rose entered the room and sashayed over to stand before her father, preening.
Ianto looked up and noted her arrival, reaching for another cloth, then froze and looked back at his child.
The dress was ruby red, as were the heels. Made of some sort of glittery material, they had an alien glow to them.
"What have you got there bug?" Ianto leaned back on his heels as she twirled.
The bright apple green feather boa seemed to set it all off and she bobbed into a curtsey that would please the queen herself.
"Oh wow!" Jack cried as he looked up from his conversation with the Doctor. "Darling, what a gorgeous lady you have there, not going to run away with her, I hope"
"It's me!" Lily Rose crowed, "Lily Rose!"
"No!" Jack said, clutching at his chest. "Lily Rose is a little girl, you are a beautiful princess lady."
Lily Rose's smile lit up the room as she basked in the glow of love, then she ran to Jack with her arms out, "Up Daddy, Up!"
Jack scoped her up and buried his face in her hair, both shocked and enamoured by the title.
"My princess" Jack crooned, kissing her face as he awkwardly held her on his hip.
"Come on bug, Jack might find you a bit heavy" Ianto laughed as he retrieved her and took the chance to stroke Jack's blooming bump.
Jack smiled as he pulled Ianto closer and the two men kissed as Lily Rose giggled between them. Placed back on her feet, she ran to the Doctor and he crowed appropriately at her dress as he told her about the alien that had last worn it.
She giggled and tried to imagine a yellow skinned little lizard in the dress and then shook her head.
"You silly Uncle Doctor!" she chastised him, "You fibbing!"
The Doctor laughed and slapped his leg as he confirmed her suspicions. Yep, he was kidding.
The baby was moving and Ianto's face changed from playful to joyous as he fell to a knee and rubbed his face against the bump, Jack's sigh of pleasure not lost to the Tardis.
Her little chick was growing nicely, her family happy and she had never seen the Doctor so content. She was so eager to see their reactions to the new baby, her special gift.
Lily Rose stopped twirling and looked up at the ceiling.
"Tardis needs happy!" she declared.
"Really sweetie?" Ianto asked absently as he rose to kiss his lover.
"We happy. Tardis happy."
"Good" Ianto said as he turned to retrieve his cleaning supplies, "Tardis deserves to be happy, we all do. One big happy family"
"Tardis is family too?" Lilly Rose asked innocently and Ianto smiled.
"Of course, she's like … Aunty Tardis" Ianto shrugged, not realising the honour he was bestowing on the Time Machine.
She was shocked, pleased and unbelievably shaken.
"I love Aunty Tardis!" Lilly Rose clapped and Ianto laughed as he scooped her up again and threw her into the air.
Tardis caught her, raising her to the vaulted ceiling and letting her glide like a fairy princess as she screamed and clapped with glee.
"Look Taddy, Daddy. I'm a fairy" she crowed as she flapped her arms.
She swooped down. Missing them by inches as Ianto gaped while holding onto Jack's arm.
Finally the Tardis decided she had played enough, gently placing her back on her feet as everyone watched with surprise.
"Er … thank you dear" Ianto said after a few heartbeats.
"You old softie" The Doctor muttered as he stroked the console, "I never thought I would see the day when you would throw me aside for a pretty face."
Lily Rose was laughing as she demanded her father do it again and Ianto was mock growling at her for flying off like that.
Yeah, she was smitten.
