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Hope was watching her Taddy as he moved around his archives.
"Taddy?"
Ianto turned to look at her with surprise, "Hope? What are you doing here. It's Daddy Daughter Day isn't it?"
"Yeah" she sighed, "Dad has Rose."
"What?" Ianto blinked with confusion, "But you and he always spend the day together doing the activities and things."
"Yes, but he has Rose" she said again slowly, her bottom lip wobbling as Ianto realised she had been jilted.
"Oh darling. We are both a bit redundant lately aren't we" Ianto sighed and then he smiled softly, "Does this mean I get you instead?"
Hope looked up at him with surprise as he gleefully clasped his hands together, the realisation that he was happy to have her a lovely idea, "Really?"
"Daddy. Taddy. Same difference right?" Ianto tasked, "You can be my baby for the day."
She lit up as he offered his hand and they walked down the tunnels to one of the supply rooms where Ianto ratted through a box of things muttering to himself, "HAH!"
"What is it?" Hope asked with confusion.
"These are parachute harnesses, see Bonny has cut up the parachute for other things but the harnesses are still good. This is a tandem one, for two people. I can turn this one so you face me and you can be my bubba in a front pack." Ianto explained as she gaped at him, "Now, where is that teddy bear Onesie that fits you? Come on, a bubba needs the right clothes"
Hope blinked, then started to giggle as she saw the game and ran to get the outfit, retuning to find Ianto had worked out the straps and already had his harness on. "Come on darling, this is a child's one that will clip onto this one, come on. Lets get my bubby wubby sweetie bum hooked on."
Hope eagerly clambered into the harness and her dam effortlessly lifted her up to clip on, his extreme strength made her no more than a slight weight to him as he adjusted it until satisfied and she hummed happily as her legs went around his waist to hook her ankles together in his lower back. Her head lay on his chest and his arms held her tightly, but were able to let go without dropping her this way.
It was a huge baby front pack and she was so excited.
"Come on Bubba, Taddy is gonna take you walkies" he said is a silly voice and she giggled gleefully as he strode down the tunnel with pride. As they walked Ifan came along from the Under Farm.
"Hey! Poppy! Look. My baby is having walkies" Ianto called out and Ifan looked at his grandson, seeing the child and he laughed softly as they came along side, Hope grinning happily.
"Well now, what a buxom baby you have there, boy" he laughed softly, "My, she has a lovely head of hair."
"Yes, and she can brush it all by herself Poppy" Ianto said proudly, "She is soooo clever."
She giggled and cuddled against her loving Taddy more.
They entered the Family Place where the Daddy Daughter day was underway as the men tried to do girly things with their daughters and look pleased about it, all the feathers, pink organza and finger sandwiches everywhere screamed a girly day.
Jack sat proudly rubbing the back of his baby as he talked to Owen and as Ianto entered Jack looked over with surprise, "Babe?"
"There you are" Ianto said with a soft frown "Seems you forgot to come get your daughter and she seems to think you didn't want her."
Jack blinked, then his face dropped as he looked down at his sweet daughter's face, her eyes closed as she listened to her Taddy's heart beating.
"I…" Jack faltered, "Shit. Hope, honey, I am so sorry. I am a baby brained silly Daddy. Of course I wanted you with me, my first and most cleverest child."
"It's OK" she said sadly, "I know I'm not your Rosebud anymore, not now you have a real Rose. Taddy still wants me."
Jack looked at Ianto and Ianto saw Jack's genuine horror at his misstep with their daughter and although he was angry as well, he knew it was his job to support him as well as her.
"Of course I want you, the first gift Daddy ever gave me was you" Ianto crooned, "Come on. Let's all sit and eat then we can all go have cuddles and an afternoon nap. Daddy and I can swap bubbas then and that way we all spend the afternoon together. Yeah?"
Hope lit up at the suggestion and Jack looked gratefully at his mate, relieved that he had soothed her for him.
"I am sorry" Jack said softly as he settled next to Ianto to eat little sandwiches with the crusts cut off, Hope humming against Ianto's chest as she wriggled in his lap.
"I know Cariad" he whispered, "But you need to remember you have other children, not just Rose."
Jack nodded forlornly as he looked down at his sweetling.
"Anyway, I don't know what I shall do come nappy change time" Ianto said loudly in a high pitched voice, "I fear she shall have done plops the size of a horse's."
Hope giggled as she slapped at him growling that she was not wearing a nappy.
"No nappy?" Ianto squealed with horror, "No nappy? Oh for the love of gods, don't you pee on me!"
Hope screamed with glee and more than one child asked why they didn't have a front pack as fathers groaned.
Jack hoped he was forgiven for his idiotic move.
How could he have overlooked his little girl?