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Frank was struggling as he tried to hold it together, his sister a serene slow blink as she watched Jack race past screaming with his sleve on fire, slamming it into the little pond.

Ianto was sedately walking past in the other direction with a plate of food like it was no big deal the side of the house was on fire as Ton made weird siren noises and Imp pulled a fire extinguisher out of somewhere yelling that they needed to stand back before she blows.

Ianto placed the food down, turned and accepted the extinguisher, firing it at the house then placing it down as he clicked his tongue, shaking his head, "I hope we can match the paint colour Cariad, I did say we needed an extra bucket of that stuff."

Jack was standing behind Babs panting with wide eyes as he peeked out at the BBQ, "Did you get the meat?"

"No Cariad, I aimed behind the BBQ, the food was not hosed" Ianto replied as he handed the extinguisher to Ton and began turning said meat, "Looks pretty well done love."

"Good, good. Crunchy" Jack straightened up and puffed as he walked back like he hadn't just acted like a three year old running from the bogey man, "Wow. Didn't even melt the spouting that time. I think a little too much kerosene there love."

"Hmmmm, especially with the briquettes" Ianto nodded sagely, "Still. Made a wonderful boom sound, popped my ears no problem."

"Yeah?" Jack grinned, then looked at the seared wood of the house, "You did say I had it a bit close."

"Yes" Ianto drawled.

"Sorry love. I should have built the pit further out. I did get extra paint, we can buff that right out, right?" Jack made a face as Ton leaned in to sniff the wood, then turn to his father.

"I suggest we hose it down and then see how bad it is. Might need the big hose for this" Ton said as he tapped his chin with a knowledgeable nod.

Jack stood beside him, "Get the big tool belt."

Ton stomped off as Sam finally started to giggle, Walter letting Curtis fuss over him in the deck chair as Ben pulled off the blanket he had covered himself with.

"Is it over?"

Curtis knew the little boy was remembering the fire and he knelt to soothe, "Covered yourself, good idea. When there is a fire you wet a blanket and cover yourself, they do that in the movies right?"

Ben nodded with big eyes.

"Wow, you are so clever" Curtis hugged him gently, "So you stayed with Walter, what a big thing to do, thank you Ben. I knew you would look after him."

Ben dripped the blanket and grinned as he looked at Walter who nodded, "Yeah, I wasn't scared. I had you right there to help me if I needed to get way, right? My superhero with lightening speed would have whooshed me away."

Ben sat on the edge of the seat as Walter let his hand rest on a little shoulder.

This is what it felt like? To be a Tad?

Walter saw how addictive it could be.