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"Taddy is a car killer"
Ianto frowned as he looked at the quote, then at the photo of Ianto standing beside a totalled people mover.
"Ton … "
"It's OK Tad. Nothing to be ashamed of" Ton said calmly, "We all have an Achilles Elbow or whatever. Yours is vehicles."
"But … I do not feel comfortable labelled as a killer. I mean … not all deaths are my fault, some have been assassinations and there have even been suicides!" Ianto huffed, totally insulted now.
Ton frowned as he looked at his father closer "You really don't think of it like that?"
Ianto saw in a millisecond that he could break his child's heart with his selfish pouting and he smiled as he laughed softly "Well … maybe I … well. Not a killer. Maybe just … bad luck? Like Daddy always drops sauce on himself when eating a burger no matter how hard he tries not to. Not his fault, we all wait for it."
Ton considered.
"I guess. But … we are never ready for one of your murders"
Ianto saw that he was not going to win and looked at the photo again, his heart constricting as he saw Bets standing in the background of the photo with her hands on her hips and a look of doom. Hmmmm. Might be that he did kill this one if he remembered correctly. She did slap him with the tea towel after this was taken.
"Well …. OK. It is your book after all" Ianto sighed, giving in and Ton grinned.
"Good, because I have Walter's ready too" Ton laughed.
"Walter?"
"Yeah … I am gonna have a photo of him on fire and the quote will be …. 'Walter is so hot right now' or something" Ton said as he shuffled photos "what do you think?"
"He will be as amazed as I am" Ianto said slowly, revelling in the conniptions Walter will have as he chews the inside of his mouth and tells Ton that was a clever play on words.
Damned book.
But Ton was loving it so much and Ianto had to admit, it was interesting to see how his mind worked.
So damned clever.
And young Heather was influencing his funny bone as of late.
Damn it.
A killer indeed.