SJ screwed up his little nose and pondered if a cry was warranted for the delay as Ianto wondered if he was still windy or was filling his nappy. Ianto placed the now empty bottle in the waiting bucket by the bed then smelt the tell-tale sign of a deposit being left. He smiled at Jack and motioned that SJ was full.
"We still need a name" Ianto whispered to Jack as he retrieved the bundle from Ianto's arms and the little china doll replaced her sturdier brother for her turn. "Can't call her Ladybug forever!"
Ianto reached for the bottle sitting on the heating pad and tested the temperature against the inside of his wrist as Jack flicked SJ onto his shoulder to burp him, blissfully unaware of the waiting task.
"I've not broached the subject and we both know how he felt about the possibility of a sister. He may not want to!" Jack growled as he stroked her cheek and then grinned as little fingers wrapped themselves around his finger.
"Aren't you the daisy!" he crooned down at her as he extracted his finger so he could pat SJ's back. SJ was finally in the position he liked the best and showed his approval with a loud milky belch.
"Dad! She's not a daisy. They're all bare feet and blond hair with flowers in it and stuff. Dancing about like bloody great fairies!" CJ admonished as he entered the room.
"Oh? Is there one at school bug?" Ianto asked as their little ladybug latched on hungrily.
"Three. All stupid!" CJ agreed as he climbed up to watch her feed.
"No. She's not a daisy. Or a Daphne either. They're always reading with their tongue in their teeth!" he snorted at his baby sister. "No. You are like a Rose. Delicate, pretty and with a good thorn if you need to be protected!"
A good thorn? That you buggy?" Jack smiled knowing the answer before CJ nodded enthusiastically.
"Yep, I have to protect her. I'll whoop anyone who hurts her. So I will" CJ declared as she paused her suckling to stare at him with a milky grin around the teat.
"So how about the rest? Rose sounds … well. Nice" Ianto shrugged.
"Rose-Jessica Tosh Harkness-Jones" CJ declared.
"Huh? I understand the Tosh bit, won't she be impressed." Jack crooned to his son then groaned as the smell finally said hello to his nose. "Jessica?"
"Yeah. Like Jessica the rabbit. Our little rabbit." CJ smiled and Ianto looked at his husband as they both remembered the soft toy that had made their life a misery when CJ was two and lost it at the shopping mall.
"You remember Jessie Rabbit?" Ianto asked and CJ nodded.
"I think it's my first one. I remember she was soft and smelt good and I used to sing to her" CJ said as he reached for his baby sister.
Making sure he was fully seated in the pillows, Ianto carefully placed her in her big brother's lap and he eagerly repositioned the bottle. As she drank her fill she looked adoringly up at the face that looked lovingly down.
CJ had found his Jessie Rabbit. JR became RJ.
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