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Ianto was watching his son play, laughing and running with glee. More and more Ianto had come to accept the limitations of his child, and the joy in him. Now.. this thought that he may not be his haunted him.
The constant fighting with Lisa who blames him for their son's limitations was a sore point too. Especially as… this may not be his fucking child at all. He had always wanted a few kids, always. This was the fighting point of most of their arguments in the last few years. And her control of course but he always wanted more than one. A little gaggle of beasts. She had wanted a little girl, wanted one more try. Finally he had realized that this as a full time thing, this little boy was his forever child and he had waited until she was out of town for a week on one of her seminars to get the snip. Quiet, clean, simple. No more kids. Henry would be his world. His forever. His only truelove. God that had hurt but… he also loved her so much. She had been so important, so… everything in his life. Now… now even though he was so hopeful … really … this was his son no matter what a DNA test said. The only thing it would mean is that he was tied to her if he wanted to keep his child, she would tear him away in a heartbeat.
"Hey" Jack settled next to him. "No Owen?"
"No. All the other kids were looking at him funny" Ianto replied and Jack took a moment before realizing Ianto was joking. Jack found himself laughing.
"Right. The DNA results are in. Want to go somewhere to talk?" Jack asked.
"No" Ianto felt his stomach twist, "Just tell me."
"He is not biologically your son, just yours in life" Jack said as gently as he could, watching the man crumble for a moment, then gasp though his pain. Jack gave him time then said after a few minutes "This changes nothing. Only you know. She does not. In the eyes of the law, you are his father. At the moment, if you split you know you will get the kid right? You are the full time caregiver, she is not."
"The pre-nup." Ianto sighed softly "The only way to break it is to prove her infidelity. The only way to do that is to prove he is not my child. See? Rock and hard place meet at great velocity and pain, my balls in the way."
"I love the way you talk" Jack grinned, "OK. We keep working on it. You OK?"
"I have to be. You are right… he is still my boy. That will not change, I loved him since the first moment he was placed in my arms. Blood does not make him any more or less in my eyes. Only her!" Ianto rose and turned to look down at Jack, their eyes met and Jack saw the anger there "Keep looking. Thinking and I will too."
"Listen … we can go low and dirty. I can dig into places that are seedy, I can rip her off at the knees"
"No." Ianto said with horror "No. I … she is still the mother of my child and… I know I am a fool to love someone that…but I do."
"You know what they say" Jack rose to face him "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…"
"Yeah. I know" Ianto smiled wanly, then walked over to pull his son out of the bushes.
He still had to hold onto something and his little boy was all he had right now.
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looks like the site is fixed now, my chaps posted are finally showing. I dont know... bloody FF!