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John winked back, holding up a box of 1000 patches with glee, and then handing them to Jack with a rough thump into his chest that sent him staggering away from Ianto who he had still been eyeballing.
"Right Eye Candy…. Give it to me!" John demanded with wide eyes, sooooo excited.
Ianto smiled softly and reached out to cup John's cheek and then leaned in close as if to kiss him as John's eyes widened with anticipation … then he stopped, their eyes locked together as he stared at him, then Ianto slowly let his breath out. John flew back from him with a yelp as if stung, his hand gong to his cheek as he stared at Ianto then he moaned. Low and decadently he mooned, writhing against the wall like an invisible being was attacking him or something, his eyes unseeing as he struggled and grunted, and then he slid down the wall to sit panting with his eyes now locked on Ianto once more.
"What the hell was that" he finally croaked.
"Me blowing your mind" Ianto replied "Why… not enough?"
"NO!" John staggered to his feet with his hands out "Wait. That… I was not prepared. I mean… oh wow. That…. Next time I want to be naked and laying down before you… wow. Oh by the delightful Gods of Sex… I need a shower or a bath or a scrubbing machine… that was… dirty."
"There may not be a next time. That was not easy to do with your firewalls, not enjoyable for rme" Ianto replied, opening the box he had plucked from Jack's arms and opening it, he turned to the team "Everyone is to take one of these before we begin. Keep it in your breast pocket in case you feel you are compromised. Also… at the end of this when we know we have triumphed we will each take another patch flr us and our significant others …. To be safe… until we are sure."
"Agreed" Jack said, now feeling foolish for thinking Ianto would touch John or let him have sex with him but that… what the hell had he done?
"And you need home for your family too" Gwen reminded him "You have Rhia, the kids…"
"I will need six more … I will not need one I think. I can just reset like Jack" Ianto said as he held out his hand.
"Rhia, David Micha…" Gwen pressed.
"My neighbours. Cairn and Eddie and little Daniel" Ianto finished the count with something in his eyes that warned her to cut it out.
"Neighbours" Gwen didn't catch it as she moved closer "So ... they have a son? A playmate for David? "
"A ward" he corrected "Daniel."
"Nice name. So… how old is he?" John leaned forward "Six? Seven? Same as Gwen's spawn?"
Ianto turned slowly to face him and Jack interrupted as he pushed off from the desk "What's it to you John? Ianto needed someone to help with his family sometimes, the neighbours look after the kids for him and Rhia … they are a nice couple."
"You checked into them already?" Ianto asked with dread.
"Asked Beckett… yeah. They fostered the little boy from a baby, live next to your holiday house where you pop in to visit their place to babysit the kid every week or so. Every weekend and holidays are spent there by you, sometimes with the others too. Daniel spends time with you, loves your playing and apparently you are a lively 'uncle' to him." Jack said with a smile.
John made a noise in his throat at the 'Uncle' title and Ianto had one more glare of warning before John asked "And tell me.. does he take after his father? Or his Mummy? If I jump ahead a few decades who would I find? A Hotty or a Tease? Clearly given his parentals he will be shaggable"
Ianto swung, catching John on the jaw and John crowed like he had won something as Ianto stepped back, breathing heavily. He then snarled in a low voice "You ever come near my son and I will kill you. I don't care if I bleed you out on his shoes.. I will kill you before you EVER touch Danny!"
John folded his arms and turned to look at Jack with glee "THAT baby!"
"So what" Ianto stepped back, recovering himself "I have a son. So? God forbid, you might have offspring too. Jack does … so?"
John looked at Jack and then at Ianto again "See? I knew it. I knew it. Javic said we could not have kids as he could not seed a man so I seeded him. Our child did not survive. All this time… all this time I believed him and felt that life inside him grow under my hands each day, then die. All this time… he lied to me because he didn't trust me to be the one to carry out child. Thought he stood the better chance. Well … more fool him right? Died anyway. Really…"
"What makes you think Daniel is his?" Ianto demanded, his face now cold as stone. Granite... Pale… Marble.
"Because… he is, isn't he" Jack sighed softly "Why you lived. The baby inside you … that was the thing that saved you in Thames house."
"Your jizz from our most recent coupling that morning …. My child resurrected me, yes. I woke in the TARDIS not only alive but pregnant as the Doctor apologised for the 'mistake' someone made called Bad Wolf. For some reason the … resurrection caused the creation of a life within me from our shared DNA. An anomaly … a singular event. The Doctor was almost beside himself with anger. For some reason he kept scolding the TARDIS. Daniel is an immortal too. But he grows, he ages. I don't know if it will stop when he reaches adulthood… the Doctor cannot say." Ianto did not look at Jack as he shot his cuffs to show his dismay "I went everywhere and anywhere seeking answers, a cure. Help. In the end I must endure and simply wait and see."
John preened as he pranced about like a feckin show pony, so glad he had caused the upset as Jack looked intently at the man he loved so damned much.
"You hid him from me." Jack gave his default accusation.
"Ad yet… here we are" Ianto gave the same old response.