Bubbles of Madness - Walter 31

by Awatere11

So you have bene asking and so... you horrible people.. is has come. The flu that is not just the flu is about to hit the lovely village of Shangri-La making Ianto take drastic action even as others scoff that it is just the flu and everyone is being silly. We shall see.

20. Chapter 20

20

"Teddy?"

"In here Dad" Ianto called, turning to find his father entering the house with wide eyes.

"Oh my god… Eugene would have kittens to see this… what the hell are you doing in there love!" James spluttered as he looked at the crazy work going on.

"Hey Dad… what's up?"

"Does anything need to be up for me to…. Oh wow. Look at that!" his father sighed, picking up a chemistry set and turning it over in his hands "You would have killed for this as a little one. Eugene always said no because he knew you would burn the house down."

"Probably, that's for Valentine. Taddy would have been the one to worry about" Ianto laughed, now able to talk about his Tad without pain. Well… without too much.

"Anyway… my students are looking for some last minute cramming before the finals for the year. I was wondering if U could borrow your office to do the Zoom thing" he asked, placing down the set then spied some little dolls that had him making noises now "Rag?"

"Yes. Some of the biddies got a pattern and went a little wild then didn't know what to do with them so we talked them down from throwing them in the street like confetti… and they will be little toppers for the Christmas stockings this year. ALL the kids get one regardless of gender … some girls will get ones in pants as well since the skirts take more material and the Biddies were happy with that idea. Only a quarter have skirts … the concept was not totally lost on them for gender equality."

"And it's a great idea with Shay, getting kids more use dot being non-binary" James smiled as he tickled a little foot flapping from said front pack bump, then frowned as he stared at Ianto "son… could you do me a favour?"

"Sure Dad, what is it?"

"Sit in on my class this afternoon. Don't let on you are there… just listen for a while and let me know if I am wrong about one of the students that seems… troubled. I may be too close to the situation and he might just be a moody child but… I sense problems."

"Child?"

"Oh… twenty four? Five? A little one still" James waved a hand as anyone under thirty was still a child to him and Ianto smiled as he agreed.

Maybe a little break from the Christmas planning will help calm him down.

He was so hyper people would think he had eggnog in here.

Not just a baby to make him as high as a kite with love.