6

The first room was complete. The gaudy lounge suite now in the middle of the room like someone had dropped it there off the back of a truck, sinking into the shag pile carpet that mimicked grass springing up around it, the flowers scattered about making it more real and Ianto had even placed one of the chairs facing away from it like it had fallen off last, facing in that slightly skewed direction.

Jack loved it. And the sofa, sitting on it and groaning as he appreciated the comfort of it.

Ianto was on a roll, excited with the next room getting done and when he saw Ton enter with a crate of things he was intrigued, walking over to investigate while scooping Shay up onto his hip while Jack snoozed on the sofa now "What have you got there love?"

"Leaves."

"Leaves?"

"Yes, artificial leaves from the craft house. For the tree" Ton rolled his eyes like Ianto was being thick "I found the right one, Dad has to use the chainsaw though… I don't trust Monkey."

"OOOOOOOOK?" Ianto turned to watch Jack levering himself off the sofa and leave, then Ianto buried his face in the baby he now had all to himself. Score.

Ianto waited and soon the sound of a chainsaw was heard, then to his excitement a tree was being carried in... well… sort of.. a quarter of one. The trunk fitting into the corner and the limb poking out into the room about three feet off the ceiling. Perfect.

"See? A tree. The leaves are already gone so we can glue more on… add a birdy nest and stuff… see? It eve has that little hole for an Owl family" Ton was really on a roll, hands flapping as finally he showed that not only cake decorating appealed. He had his Taddy' s love for art.

They had never suspected, he had never even been a big drawer of colourer but look at this… apparently art installations appealed to the man and right now he was more enthused than Ianto.

"Ton… that is brilliant."

"It is strong enough and big enough for a swing to be attached. We can attach a small ringbolt to the ceiling beam and tie it to it for extra strength… I will put a little path in here with some flat stones and have the grass become moss around the stones… some border stones and flowers … a little garden bed… oh Taddy… mind if I also add a white grand piano over there? I can really make it look like it was old and sunk into the ground."

"Go for it" Ianto said with amusement as the room he had pegged as the 'Tree Room' became the 'Piano Room' just like that.

With Ton onboard, Jack was too and Shay got shoved into Ianto's arms with a harried "Take the baby."

Now Ianto was sitting in the shade with a sleeping baby in his arms, the little toddler hugging him like a koala as he slept and Ianto happily hugging Hir back while revelling in the fact he had a baby again.

And the Play House was taking shape.