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Ianto seemed calmer now, the kiddy gate removed and the boys allowed back downstairs. They all wore slippers and walked carefully to the carpeted area lest they leave a mark on the floor so well polished you could see your reflection in it. For some reason Jack suddenly had an image of a woman standing there and her knickers being seen as her dress floated around her, something he knew he should not entertain but now he had thought it, the giggles were threatening.
Oh no. He resisted.
For two days they quietly did their thing, Ianto seeming to let go of the entire thing and let the mood shift until the kids were laughing and running about sliding on those shiny floors in their socks… of course Shay did more falling over than sliding but didn't seem to mind as the little one's laugher was so sweet.
Hawk clambered up on an island stool to watch his Taddy making them something to eat on the third day "Tadda?"
"Yes love?"
"I have a sore throat." Hawk grumbled "Can I have a juicey?"
Ianto's hands froze as he turned slowly to stare at his child then he produced a weird little kit and removed what looked like a long cotton bud "Come here a second. I need you to look up."
Hawk did so, ,then he squealed as his Taddy stuck the long thing up his nose and they struggled a bit before he was released and he sat back rubbing his nose while glaring at his Taddy in an accusatory way.
Ianto ignored him as they had talked about what would happen during a test several times. He did the test and placed it down on the counter, continuing to make food that soon had the young man forgetting the attack that could have taken some brains out or something.
Ianto checked the test and looked over at Jack, then went back to making drinks to go with the food.
Positive.
Jack knew it was before he even rose to check for those two mean looking lines. Why they made the test look like a pregnancy test was beyond him but it clearly said Hawk was pregnant with the virus. Great.
Yes, fucking swell. Their week here was now two. Two weeks isolation right? Oh fuck me. Two? What… oh no.
Ianto picked up the phone and started to call Marv, his voice soft as he informed him that they were now a positive family and isolating. Those saved in the boat capsize most likely the ones who shared the love.
Jack sat heavily and rubbed his face as Ianto now calmly started to list things they needed and Marv was promising to collect and drop off on the front deck for them so they might survive two weeks in quarantine.
"Cariad, time to take the test too" Ianto said as he stood with his back to him.
"I will be fine. You know I don't get flus and colds. Besides, Owen gave us all the vaccines and shit, just the kids were too little for them" Jack scoffed as he swirled the brain poker, leering as he winked at the child who had no idea he was about to get sicker than he had ever known "I am like a bloody fine tuned machine."
Ianto grunted and placed their tests on the counter so they all lined up.
All three were the same. Little Shay's the last one to be done while a rarely allowed lollypop was waved about as an incentive.
Well now, ain't this some sweet shit. Make that four.
Ianto was now in panic mode.
