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Henry.

Ton and Henry both liked dress-up and dogs. Henry did not have much opinion on babies though, telling Ton with a serious face that he had never had one so he was still reserving his thoughts on that.

Two heads nodded with a solemn air, then they went back to looking at costumes.

"The Players, the wee theatre group that meets once a week for practices, talking and just fun. Then once a month they put on a show" Henry's proud mother was explaining, "Most are able bodies but they do have some special people in there too, a little girl with Cerebral palsy in a wheelchair, there is a boy who is deaf and mute, but he is so clever. He does a lot of the sets, paints like Michelangelo, I kid you not"

"I've never heard of them, how remiss of me not to look further afield for him" Ianto muttered and Jack pulled him onto a hang.

"Hey, don't' stat that. You live and breathe for our boy" Jack scolded, "If he would let you chew his food for him you would."

Henry's mother, Anna laughed softly "It is easy to do, Henry makes me drop him off and pick him up. I'm not allowed to stay anymore because I fuss too much. Apparently there is a time in a man's life where Mama has to stop fixing your hair in public."

They laughed softly as Ianto nodded.

"Ton is…well my baby. We have four. Stephen, Walt, Babs and our wee Tonny here." Jack said happily, "My brother met Ianto's sister because of us and he was their youngest child. We lost them…the family in an accident but Tonny there was with us as he was a baby and too little for the camping trip. He is all the more special because he is both us us. And out lost siblings. He is…perfectly wonderful"

"It's nice when they are loved and accepted" she smiled, "My sister is a midwife and she used to tell me stories of the parents who rejected their babies because of defects and stuff. Then Henry came along and I told her to never tell me such vile things again. How they can resist them…I will never fathom that."

"Yeah, he fills my world with joy" Ianto whispered, watching as the little boy and the young man gushed together over a little pair of goggles that Badger seemed to endure, looking back at his master with that calm acceptance that it would all be over soon.

"Mister Badger, you need to go Beep Beep" Ton giggled. "You are Mister Toad now."

Badger blinked, then chuffed twice.

They both roared with mirth. Rolling back on the floor as the dog looked over at the Grups for guidance.

"You look wonderful Badger, it will keep the grass seeds out of your eyes out in the field" Ianto suggested, "I do worry about that. Dogs get things in their eyes ya know."

"Oh" Ton squealed, "He will need a hat too!"

They took off, all on their four limbs and as Anna watched her son's arse wriggle out the door she turned to Ianto and Jack, "He is so excited. He doesn't make friends easily, that's why I made him join the group, he loves the interacting but this is different. They are having so much fun"

"Here's my card" Ianto handed one over and she looked down, gaping at the Mayoral chains in the photo of him. "Oh ignore that, I'm retired now."

"I know this place" she said softly, "They won Best Little Village"

"Two years running" Ianto said with pride, "I own the Chalets. Henry must come for some play dates, there are more kids than you can shake a stick at…believe me. Ton shakes sticks all the time"

She laughed softly as she looked at the couple again, seeing their love and sweetness.

"I am sure he will…" she stopped talking as a scream issued and they ran for the other room, flinding Henry clasping a book and leaping up and down with glee.

"Henry?" Anna rushed to him "Love? What's wrong?"

He opened the book to the back here the picture of Ianto was and pointed, screaming again.

"Oh my god, you wrote the Myfanwy book?"

"Oh. I didn't know you were a fan, hello there" Ianto smiled and then Anna squealed as well.

"Walt and Babs. Oh my god, you did say Walt and Babs. Oh god! That's where I know you from, you're Piney's fathers!" she roared with excitement.

"They will not believe me" Henry sighed.

"Yes they will" Ton assured him, "I'll bring them to show. We're gonna come for dinner, Taddy said so."

Jazz hands actually look as sweet on a big one as a little one ya know.