21
"Hey" Connie's partner said softly as Ianto turned from the letterbox, "We seemed to make a poor first impression."
"It's OK" Ianto smiled softly, "I believe in second chances."
"I'm Taylor" he held out his hand, "Connie and I were hoping for a little help and really asked politely, didn't we."
"How can I help?" Ianto asked politely.
"We were hoping for a guide, to help us up the mountain to the avalanche site" he said and Ianto gripped Hector and Betty's mail a bit tighter.
"Why are you going up there?"
"We're doing a documentary on the event" he smiled, unaware of who he was talking to, "Hope to do some interviews and such. The old couple lost their son, didn't they?"
"Sean. Yes" Ianto said shortly, knowing where this was going.
"Oi!" Bobby yelled as she stormed over, "You gonna give us some names or not. Ya did ask him, right?"
Ianto frowned and Taylor cleared his throat nervously.
"We want to know if there is a support group or something, some way we can contact the families and the survivor." She said boldly, "This Jones dude."
"Harkness-Jones" Jack's voice boomed over top of them and Jack stepped out from the side of the house. "It's Harkness-Jones actually and he is certainly a gentleman, not a dude or he would have already told you to bugger off."
Bobby opened her mouth to argue and Taylor suddenly gasped and turned, slapping his hand over her mouth. "For godsake sis, do you have to fuck up everything with such flair?"
"What?" she frowned.
"I am so sorry Mr Harkness-Jones. We never got clear pictures, god. I kept trying to place where I knew your face from. The wee man. That was the baby in your arms! Wow he's grown" Taylor said and Ianto still glared at Bobby then turned to politely smile again.
"Ianto" Ianto said, "Please, call me Ianto. Yes Noah was the baby in the photos."
"Noah!" Bobby crowed, "I told you it was something biblical!"
"He was so little, so like a skinned rabbit that the nickname Babbit seemed to stick" Ianto smiled at Taylor, ignoring the rude one.
"So, you come back to visit now and then?" Taylor asked and Jack snorted.
"We own that cottage over there" Jack pointed, "Betty and Hector lost their only child and has sort of adopted us instead. One big mad house."
"You live here?"
"We live in Cardiff, this is our holiday home now." Jack confirmed, "We call this our "other" home."
"Wow, that's nice for them."
"Nice for us too" Jack smiled, "We love them dearly."
"Thank you sweetie" Betty said as she arrived, looking for her mail.
She kissed Jack on the cheek and wandered off as Ianto looked lovingly after her.
"She called me sweetie" Jack whispered and Ianto snorted.
"Well, you are sex on a stick" Ianto muttered and Jack laughed.