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Ianto woke invigorated, feeling so alive that he was walking on air.
His son was sitting on Jack's knee as Jack played chess with Andy and Ianto smiled as he saw Jack deliberately make a bad move. Ah, he was letting Andy win for a change.
"Cariad? I'm going to run" Ianto informed Jack as he slid out the door and was soon bounding the property line with the dogs galloping along with glee.
Oh how his blood boiled, his heart slammed and his breath filled his very being.
Jack watched with interest from the window with their son asleep in his shoulder as Ianto did the fourth lap without sign of fatigue. The rain seemed to make him shimmer like he was in another land, and I suppose in a way he was.
Looking down at their son sleeping in his arms, Jack felt a great peace knowing that they were safe.
Ianto was laughing as he stumbled in the door, a large dog attached to the leg of his trousers. "Bloody fool!"
The dog stole his shoe and lopped off as Ianto clung to the doorframe laughing.
"Oi!" Rhys spluttered and Ianto waved a hand.
"Let him have it" Ianto sniggered, "The sole was through anyway."
"You're full of beans today" Rhys smiled as he went back to the sink and Ianto sat by Andy, impulsively reaching out to hug him.
Andy's look of delight enough to have Rhys huff again, "You're wet."
"Calm down big bad wolf" Ianto laughed, "He is safe. No need to blow my house down!"
They all laughed as Ianto released Andy and accepted a sandwich instead, checking the bacon inside it with a soft hum.
"I see we have a litter of puppies on the way" Ianto said as he reached for another sandwich and Rhys swung with shock, "The lab is preggers."
"Shit" Rhys huffed, "That's a wrench in the works. I thought they were all fixed."
"Well, she is good and proper now!" Andy quipped, "Little ears love."
Rhys coloured at the endearment and swung to face the sink with a grin. Ianto smiled softly as he reached for the jug of freshly squeezed orange juice.
"I want a picnic" Anwen demanded, "We not had one forever!"
"Have not" Rhys corrected.
"Exactly" she nodded and Ianto grinned.
"We can have a picnic inside too ya know" he told her happily, "We can even have a tent and sleep out in the big room. Make a house out of the sofa cushions and some sheets."
She looked excitedly at Jack who made a noise of excitement too as he leaned in to speak, "I love sheet tents. We used to call them forts."
She knew who the most likely playmate would be and she was not wrong as Jack rushed to start. Soon the men were giggling as they pulled the main room apart and the sofas were dragged about to make a weird boat that Anwen stood on jiggling as she pretended to be a pirate, Jack laughing at her as he pretended to be a shark swimming around the boat and pretended to try to bite her each time she stepped down. Her scream as she clambered back up was always followed with laughter.
Ianto settled with little Tuck on his lap and the baby nuzzled at him until he pulled up his shirt and let the little man latch on. The sound was almost like purring as he drank from his male dam, his eyes shining an iridescent blue as he stared up, the Predator bond so strong between them and Ianto smiled down as he whispered, "Drink it all my son. Drink the goodness of us both."
Ianto hummed happily as his son drank the fruits of his parent's coupling and Ianto knew his milk tasted different, better somehow.
So this is how they do it?
They feed off their mates who ate their conquests and it then feeds the next generation? Ianto considered this and decided to ask Maddy next time he saw her.
If it was good for him, if it helped, he would drink off his beloved again.
For Jack was also invigorated this morning as he roared and leapt over the couch to 'swallow' the child as she screamed with fake fear.
Tuck drank his fill and licked his lips happily.
He was growing stronger each day.
His beloved Taddy was making sure of it.