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"So… what next?"
"Once it all dries I rearrange the furniture" Ianto said calmly as they looked down and grinned. "Yeah…I found this dye that you can cover a carpet with and totally change it so… green grass."
"Ooooo… nope… not right" Ton said with a frown "It's too.. too… same."
"Same?"
"You need to get some artificial flowers Taddy… some little daisy ones and the odd dandelion to poke into it… then it will be real. Real grass has flowers in it sometimes, unless it is MY lawn which would not dare deviate from green. Nah… a little flower popping out here and there… a little cluster and a fairy ring of little mushrooms in the corner over there… yeah."
Ianto stared at Ton and smiled softly as he saw his son start to embrace the idea "You know… you are right. Go see what is in the craft house, some flowers and such for winter games and projects when the kids want flowers and they are still hibernating for spring."
"Yeah… I think I saw some that will work" the large man who was really still and always Ianto's' baby boy in disguise lumbered off with a high pitched whistle that got several dogs… a cat and a Kat Child running for his Jeep.
Yes, Ton now drove a bad arsed old ex-army jeep and Ianto had gotten over his horror at the thought as Jack had pointed out that Ton was a great driver and as this village was all private property he did not need a license. But, he could more than likely pass a test for one.
Still… it seems weird seeing him get into a vehicle like that and calmly place cats and kids in the back. But also it felt nice to see him as just another man heading off with his mad family onboard.
Add to that the fact Ton never went over 20ks an hour like he was still in a Brum was also comforting, driving sedately along in the Ton Lane with a look of total concentration as Hawk made weird noises, Monkey sometimes came along for the ride to hang off the back and get dragged along on his favourite bright red roller-skates… it was a totally normalish un-normal thing.
"Anything I can do to help lover?" Jack asked.
"Well… I did have an idea for this room and was unsure how to do it. See the tree I sketched out here? I really want it to be 3D and have a limb come out into the room across the ceiling but… not sure how to achieve that."
Jack nodded and was left to stare at the corner with his hands on his hips. Slowly he started to smile. Now he understood what Ianto was doing here.
This was fun.
