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Ianto was making the bed up for Grace, Hawk surprising everyone by demanding room in it for him too. LB and Jackson looking at the trundle bed with excitement. Ianto sighed as he now saw he was right in placing the old trundle under the queen bed Ton now resided in. Ton would be happy with Hawk and Maisey in with him, LB and Grace in the trundle. After thinking about it for a while he saw the solution, the trundle from Imp's room soon on the other side of the bed to create a weird three tiered bed. Ianto snorted with mirth as he knew Hawk would slither from the bed to lay with little Jax sometime in the night.
Ianto shook his head, standing with a pillow in his hands as he wondered if he needed to throw a few more on the bed for shit and giggles. Ton was in his bathroom making room for 'all the toothbrushes' while really making faces at himself in the mirror. A noise had Ianto turning to find Maisey watching silently, Warren in her arms.
"Hello Maisey Girl. Hello Warren" Ianto smiled softly, sitting on a trundle and patting it "Would you two like to come sit with me and enjoy the silence before the madness starts? Hmmmm?"
Maisey moved silently to the bed and settled, looking uncomfortable. Ianto wondered what was wrong and addressed the one who might help "Warren? Maisey, Warren looks sad. What's wrong with him love?"
"Taddy and Daddy are warring" she whispered.
"Warring … at war? Oh. What did Warren see?" Ianto said with wide eyes.
"Daddy got drunked. Loud and mean. Taddy came to keep us safe, protect us from him since he might come to hurt us" she sighed "Daddy was not my Daddy. He was the Paw I knew. It was scary."
Ianto sat in mute shock as the little one sighed theatrically, then looked up at him "But Paw is gone … right? Daddy is not like that? Mean… Taddy didn't cry or anything."
Ianto felt sick. Physically ill and he swallowed thickly as he thought calming things like his husband's laugh, Ton's smile … Lisa's soft body in his arms when dancing, Jack's mouth against his … calm. Calm.
"You know … people are all different. Like … I am sorry you were scared Warren. You were lucky Mama Maisey was there for you. I know it was scary but it was not real. Not like … not like before time. Taddy and Daddy love each other but they fight sometimes. Like … Grampy and I fight ya know. I shout and he shouts, he sulks and I slam pots about. We would never hurt one another and we love each other so much … Daddy and Taddy are like that. Like …like Mama Maisey and your Uncle Pen had a set-to and she shut his hand in a drawer. They were both angry and upset but loved each other and forgave each other for being stupid. Right? People get stupid. We all do. The thing is Warren … You have an empty head too so you can be silly too. We still love you though."
Maisey looked at the doll for a moment then relaxed "So … Taddy and Daddy are OK?"
"Yes. If not, I will confiscate their cell phones until they behave" Ianto said sternly and she giggled at the thought of that, nodding as she rose and walked off, Ianto now incensed.
As was the Toninator in the bathroom listening.