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They were settling for bed with Bunny wafting through the bedroom to remove herself when she paused and leaned in for a kiss, surprised when Jack pulled away.
Now she was confused.
"Cariad?"
"Tired, just … ah." Jack seemed confused as well, "Sorry love. Just not in the mood."
"Oh. OK" she said as she went though and sat before her mirror, removing the makeup with gentle calm, then pulling on some old PJs. Obviously not a night for cuddles then.
Ianto went to his side of the bed and clambered in, then Jack was there plastered behind him "Hey handsome."
"I thought .." Ianto was beyond confused and it actually felt nice to know he was still attractive to his husband even if Bunny was a bit too much effort when tired. At least Ianto was worth a nice cuddle.
"Goodnight my love" Jack whispered in the dark and they settled.
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Ianto stared at the man with confusion, not expecting company so early in the morning let alone Adam and Rod coming up behind him as the front gate swing shut.
"Here to see Bunny and Jack" Rod said and Ianto stepped aside, glad the kids were already off on their horses with their Poppa and Nan for the day. For some reason he knew Jerry would not like this either.
"Please come in, Bunny is not currently here" Ianto led them to the kitchen where Jack was swinging on the chair and he let it slam to the floor, surprised as well.
"Hey guys, coffee? Ianto? Coffee?" Jack said excitedly as he waved them to a chair and Ianto rose to get coffee as Francine leaned back with a raised eyebrow.
"Ever since the thing last night he has been a bit weird. He didn't want to kiss Bunny, he seems to think I am some sort of … well. I don't know" Ianto frowned, "I think I did something to annoy him as Bunny but I do not understand what."
"Not like him" Francine agreed with surprise.
"Here we are then" Ianto said as he returned and Jack swung to him.
"Quinn, go get Quinn so they can meet him, yeah?" Jack asked excitedly and Ianto looked at Adam who was still sitting with his hand on Jack's arm. Ianto went to see if the little man was awake and returned to find Adam had moved into his chair and was now between Jack and Ianto's.
"Here he is, my little cherub. Ianto here is a wonder, not all child minders are as caring" Jack said and Ianto was about to ask what the hell he meant by that when Jack then demanded, "Go get Bunny. They came to see her."
Francine had abandoned her place and followed Ianto up, "Something weird happened when you left the room. He leaned in and said something to Jack that made him go … sort of slack"
"He hypnotised him last night, tried to get Bunny but was not able to. Of course someone who has my level of empathic ability can't be. I pretended it worked so he would look OK but I think he believes it. Something weird is going on here, I've had a bad feeling about him ever since he turned up" Ianto agreed, "That Adam gives off a vibe … something about him that is familiar. I wish Jerry were here."
"What are you going to do?" she asked and Ianto frowned.
"I have a weird feeling, have had it ever since they came out of nowhere like they had a mission. I want to see how far this will go." He said as he considered things, "They have an agenda. I want to know what it is."
"Well, they keep it up and someone might shoot them" Francine growled as Ianto pulled her into a hug.
"Control yourself you mad mama" he scolded, a kiss to show he appreciated her anger on his behalf, "I won't let this go too far, I just think the puppet master isn't showing his face yet."
As Francine left Ianto frowned and said softly "Or hers."
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Bunny arrived, everyone lighting up as Adam moved to pull out a chair for her, "Ah, sweetheart. I thought you were never coming down"
"I do not do mornings" she purred, "Bunnies like to play at dusk you know."
As Jack and Rod talked Adam leaned in and tapped Bunny's arm three times. She tried not to react as she now knew for sure he was trying to control them through the hypnosis.
Interesting.
"You belong to me" Adam hissed, then he tapped again before leaning back as Bunny stared at him with shock.
What?
She hadn't expected that.
Hang on ….
If she belonged to him …..
Who got Jack?
Now things were getting interesting.
