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Owen and Toshiko arrived first, bags and bottle of booze zoomed past as they were taken to the blue room. John and his bit of fluff no one knew the real name to but he kept calling 'poodle' got the Royal Suite. Of course he thought it was hilarious.

Then came a handful of ours from the circles Ianto liked to move in, not surprised to find them all knowing Jack. Isn't it strange? How often had they missed one another. Ships passing in the night, one arriving as the other was levering not never noticing one another until now? Seems fated.

Ianto knew his father was enraged, had gone to the Lake House to demand some sort of explanation and the distant sound of a shotgun blast even made Jack pause. "Shit. The old man still got some pot?"

They ran for the lake House, across the lawn as Ianto's father ran towards them, his eyes wide with terror as Ifan yelled "Next time I will aim for yer arse!"

"Father!"

"Fuck" Hew decided he was safe to stop, bending over and coughing from the exertion "Old bastard is armed."

"So I see" Ianto nodded.

"Ianto… what the hell is going on!"

"GrandTad gave you the house while you were raising your family. You raised us. You no longer need the house and as it IS Grandtad's he deigned to give it to me. So…. It's MY house now. I am making some changes, prettying it up and if you don't like it you can go live with your other family. Your other wife might welcome you but I don't know… the fraud squad may have already been there to get a copy of that marriage certificate. Even if it's not real… conning her into thinking you are married is still illegal."

"What?"

"Your wife? Two kids? Yeah… I know everything. So does Mama, god knows what she sees in you to want to salvage this… personally I think you need to take a long walk off a short pier. Or neutering. Mama still has her room, her place here. You however… if you do stay it will be under my roof and my rules. However... once the police start getting into your life I may not want that so of scandal in my house." Ianto stopped talking as he struggled to keep his face straight with the bluff because he had not gone to any authorities over what he had found. His mother had asked him not to and he would honour that promise… but his father didn't need to know that right? "I suggest you take what you can and run. After all… you do have that offshore account with about a million in it right? I only took back…. Some."

His father paled and made a noise of horror, taking off for the house as Ianto turned to watch him go.

"What off shore account?" Owen asked.

"Buggered if I know but he seems to have one after all, if that reaction is anything to go by" Ianto said wistfully and everyone roared with mirth.

"OK, one more question. Jack… why don't you have pants on?" Owen asked calmly. Toshiko glanced down and giggled as Owen covered her eyes with his hands "Christ woman … come on. That can scar you for life… or me!"

Jack looked down at his happy dick and shrugged "the Wee Guy needed air?"

Seems many had seen this not so 'Wee Guy' before and were not the least bit phased as they wanderer back into the house and Jack had the decency to pull his shirt out to help hide the bouncing happiness.

Ianto's mother was on the stairs and she called out as they entered "Ianto? Duckling? What I going on?"

"GrandTad gave me the Big House for my Christmas gift and some friends have come to stay while I settle in" Ianto said with a grin as Jack slid past the pretty lady with a modicum of decorum… if that is possible given the arse flash behind her at Ianto who tied not to acknowledge the moon. Or Jack deftly picking her pocket for three ribbons.

"And… these are your friends?" she asked looking around at all the young faces "Oh, how lovely."

"So... put on your glad rags, tonight we are having a lovely big meal in the big dining room. The table will be full for the first time in years" Ianto said with glee.

"Oh, well now" She said softly as she looked at the young faces and felt the energy of the place "Your father will not be best pleased I guess."

"Nope" Ianto popped the P.

"Good" she decided "I think he can… oh dear… fuck right off… is that how you say it Kitten?"

"Yes Mama and… Mama, I am not a kitten anymore" Ianto said as he hugged her, whispering in her ear "I am a fully fledged Tiger now. Rwoarrrr."

She giggled as she clung to him, relieved that he was happy.