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"BBQ?"
Ianto looked up from the meat he was slicing and froze, "Huh?"
"Steak. You have lots of steak here honey, can I do a BBQ?" Jack repeated himself with more words, "Still got those sausages with cheese in the middle he likes?"
'He' was Ton.
"Yes, a few packets in the freezer if ya want to zap them to thaw" Ianto looked around at the meat he was about to section in to meal lots and shrugged, all of it about to be incinerated, "Want coleslaw?"
"Yes please lover" Jack said excitedly, "and can you get some of those baby tomatoes? He loves them."
"Cherry" Ianto said.
"Some of those too" Jack said inside the fridge, looking like it was devouring him as he leaned into the back, "Look, we still have the pickled onions. Yum. Goes great with….relish. where's my pickles?"
Ianto sat and watched Jack fly about the kitchen as he pulled condiments out and created his little lump of colour, "Now….ah…what else."
"BBQ fuel?"
"TON" Jack roared, "WE GOTTA GET CHARCOAL FOR THE BBQ!"
"BBQ?"
Thump, thump, thud, thud.
"YAY WE HAVE BBQ?"
"We gotta get the goods" Jack gushed, "Imp? Ben?"
Ben seems rose but looked hesitant and Walter solved it by sating softly, "Is it OK if Ben stays with me? Then Curtis can help Tad with the food and I won't be alone. Ben can look after me."
Ben snuggled more, his relief evident as he grinned out of the blanket and Jack smiled as he saw "Well, sounds good. Ton can get the charcoal, Imp can get the fire extinguisher and Ben can make sure you don't overdo it. Right. FEN ARE YOU GOING TO…."
"Right beside you Dad"
"Sorry son, that was loud. Ah. BBQ"
"Right, I'll get the cover off and see if it needs a spruce up, we gonna do both sides or one?" Stephen asked like it was a military exercise and his friends watched in with interest.
"Bangers too, so both sides. Might even do some garlic bread on the side" Jack said like he was giving orders in a war, "Remember to place the cover away, bloody dog got it last time was left on the ground and played ghost in the petunias."
"Right" Stephen flew into action and Sam started to giggle as she realised it was a game. Her boyfriend was playing like he was one of the little kids in the house, then Stephen called out to them.
"Don't just stand there, we are having BBQ for the love of gods. This is not a drill, I repeat not a drill. We will be BBQing here!"
Curtis leaned over and whispered to Sam, "Just stand back when he lights it and try not to laugh out loud."
She looked at him with interest.
This place is mad.