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Ianto frowned as he watched the dog race past, then sat back and considered things, rising to look again.
"Hawk?" he called out "What is that dog wearing?"
"A cape" came a faint reply and Ianto frowned as he knew dammed dwell it was not a cape it was… oh no… Ianto moved quicker than he probably should have as he raced to the back stairs where he found chaos.
The door to the cupboard was peon, boxes pulled out and clothes thrown about like a fucking maniac had come in to kill Ianto one paper cut at a time. Ianto stood gaping at the mess, the entire fucking mess… oh my god.
Jack was tinkering with a mower and looked up as the dog raced past, Hawk pounding along as he chased after him shouting "Ringo, wait ya natta!"
"Ianto?" Jack called back as he saw Ianto in the doorway of the Lake House "Is that stupid mutt wearing one of Ton's froggy baby bibs?"
Jack turned to face him and asked again adding that he thought they were saving those as they had been handmade specially, gaining a glare that could turn a normal man to flames. Jack however was not normal at all and he added "You know… he liked that one. We should have kept it. You don't think the dog could catch in a branch and strangle himself would he?"
"No my Cariad, I will have strangled them both long before that" came a faint reply as Ianto disappeared back inside and Jack followed him inside to gape at the mess.
"Where did they come from?" Jack asked "Jesus Ianto… what a mess!"
"The little cupboard under the stairs. All morning, I spent an entire morning sorting them for various things and that little…. Cat loving Fucker…."
Jack blinked. Oh boy. This is not good, Ianto is cursing out his baby… shit. "I'll fix it love, you go have…ah… a soak in the bath or something, Yeh?"
Ianto's face told him that would not help much really.
"Shit" Jack said out loud, looking again as Ianto proceeded to kick everything into the cupboard with reckless abandon, then slam the cupboard, open to kick things some more until it closed with a soft thud once you shoved on it.
"Right. Hammock and a book" Ianto said calmly as he stalked off and Jack remembered the child, racing out to check for the bright red jacket in the trees.
Jack had no idea what the payback would be for this, he had never seen Ianto this angry at a little one before and he could only hope it didn't mean something he would have to argue with him over. God. Hawk had no boundaries. Was that his fault? He supposed he did baby him more than the others but he was the last one right?
Shit.
