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The twins were fighting.
The usual kind, silent ninja style shots at each other that the other family members couldn't quite catch happening.
RJ had been in tears and taken a voluntary timeout in Taddy's bed. Sleeping with her face buried into Peanut.
She had kissed Peanut and then kissed Taddy and re-entered the fight.
Now it was SJ, sniffling as he pulled at the blankets and Ianto sighed as his sleep was interrupted yet again.
"What are you two fighting about anyway" Ianto muttered.
"Nuffin" came the reply as SJ demanded Ianto's arms hug tighter.
After an hour, he was hot and fidgety, sliding out to re-join the others.
"Hey good looking" Jack said softly as he came in an hour later.
"Oh for fucks sake!" Ianto exploded, "I didn't get any sleep last night with cramps and heartburn and now everyone keeps pissing me off!"
"Sorry" Jack said in a small voice and Ianto sighed, feeling like shit.
"Sorry Cariad, it's not your fault" Ianto flopped over, Peanut reaching for the sky, "I'm just so tired and the minions are fighting and ….I'm …."
Ianto's bottom lip started and Jack crawled onto the bed to sing softly to his beloveds.
Once Ianto was asleep and Peanut had finished the gymnastics routine in Taddy's belly, Jack slid form the bed and went to sort the beasts.
He found the kids in the living room and he sat quietly, watching as SJ whispered something to RJ, who turned with a look of pure thunder.
Whatever she returned at him, he was now reaching for her ponytail.
"It's only just getting long enough to please Taddy so he can plait it, don't you do anything to her hair" Jack said softly and the two older boys whipped around to stare at the twins.
"She started it" SJ muttered.
"From what I've observed, you are both stirring each other" Jack said, "And I want to know why."
Silence.
"I can go wake Taddy" Jack went to rise from the chair and everyone gasped with horror.
"Well?" he sat down again, "Tell me?"
"It's Peanut" RJ sighed as she rolled her eyes in typical fashion.
"Look, we don't know if it's a boy or girl so…."
"No." RJ snapped, "It's not that. We are arguing about who Peanut will love the monst. SJ can get Peanut to do flips but Peanut goes quiet for me." RJ pouted.
"Wait. You're arguing over who Peanut will love the most?" Jack gaped, then sighed.
"You're both wrong" he finally said, "Peanut will love you all but the one he will love the most is the same one you all loved the most."
They all said the same name, then laughed softly at themselves.
Taddy.