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Marv came the next morning in the Duck, the all terrain that made Hawk scream with excitement, lifting up to his toes as he shrieked then ran for the door opening. Marv clambered down to catch the child with delight, cuddling him close as Jack strode over to shake hands with him.
"Hey Jackie. Thought Hawkeye might like a putter around the lake. Maybe take the controls a little" Marv said, enjoying the gaps of glee as the little one looked at at him, then over at his Taddy.
"Go on then. Just don't get a speeding ticket!" Ianto called out from the patch of garden he was weeding, sitting back on his heels to watch the men lift the little boy into the vehicle and then drive into the lake to bob before the vehicle grabbed the water and became a boat.
Screaming in the distance told him Hawk had the controls as Jack pretended to be afraid and Hawk laughed with glee. Marv would let that kid ply all day in that thing… and Hawk. They hadn't taken the dog who didn't really like the lake. Her breed is not good with water ya know. She preferred to sit and watch Ianto work, the water bowl close by and the food giver close by too.
Finally Ianto rose and stretched, headed in to make some lunch and wait for the mighty marauders to return famished from the day on the high sea… even if it was just for about three hours. They rumbled in and sat, eating , talking and Hawk interjecting with radon words like 'Poop the deck" or form some reason "Dorkus" seemed to be there. Ianto filed that away for later knowing it was likely a word Marv had used and Jack had somehow deserved giving the way as Hawk would point at his father while saying it.
Knowing Jack he pushed the wrong button again or something but no one died so … let it go.
"I hear the serenade last night went well" Marv said after a while "Was that really your voice?"
"Where Walt gets his gifts from" Jack said with pride "Ianto has the voice of an angel and the body of the devil himself."
"Stop that!" Ianto said, pretending to be scandalised but secretly pleases as Jack leered at him.
"Daddy, stop looking at Taddy like that. I am eating!" a little voice demanded and Jack grinned as he settled back again, Marv roaring with mirth as the child chastised his father.
What a lovely family.