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Hawk was laughing, sitting on the grass holding his feet as he rocked on his little arse, his mouth wide open laughing as Monkey did summersaults around the yard, Imp yelling that the dog poos were over there.

Ianto came outside in time to hear his son fall silent and he ran, his heart in this chest as he scooped up the toddler who sat rigid now, his eyes wide as he struggled.

"It's OK darling, Taddy is here" Ianto crooned, his fear evident as Imp ran for the house, screaming for Jack. "Taddy is here, breathe. Breathe. Take a breath love. For Tadda … come on. Come on."

Ianto shook the child gently and rubbed his back, then a shuddering intake of breath as the child went limp and Jack was running towards them calling out.

"A seizure. He … we have to get him to a hospital." Ianto rose, unsteady on his feet with shock. Curtis and Walter came out of the house and Jack yelled at them to mind the kids as he helped Ianto into t he back of the SUV, Hawk now limp against Ianto as he panted from the fear of what had happened.

"It's OK love. It's OK. Tadda has you" Ianto was terrified, so many things going through his hed and he knew it was no good getting upset here, it was an isolated thing, first ever and might be only one ever right? He focused instead on comforting the child who was terrified by the suddenly flurry of activity, staring up at him with his eyes bugging out.

"It's OK, just a silly thing, yeah?" Ianto crooned, strumming the face and feeling his heart summersault much as Monkey had been, wiping tears away now as Hawk started to cry.

Scared.

Of course he was.

Ianto could not hide his own fear, much as he tried and the little boy knew something bad had happened, burrowing into Ianto's chest as Ianto held him tightly, not caring about the seatbelt laws or the safety seat … he didn't' want to release his child ever.

As they drove Jack flicked in a CD and soon Hawks' favourite songs were coming on, Ozzy Osborne raging from the speakers and the little boy settled with his thumb in his mouth, clutching Ianto's shirt as he listened to the heavy metal he loved so much, even if he was not always allowed to listen to it.

Today he was allowed it.

Their owns hearts beating so loud it took music like that to drown them out.