6

"Cooeeee"

Caden wriggled from Jack's arms and ran naked from the bathroom as he cursed softly and was left holding the towel he had been drying the imp with.

"Evie! My Evie"

Yvonne scooped up the toddler and kissed his cheeks, then looked at the marks on his skin with a quick yet critical eye.

"Hello there Yvonne" Ianto said gently as he entered, Alice settled in her bed after he had laid in the bed with her for a while so she could see he was OK. Today had shaken all of them.

"Evie, I lost my Willy" Caden said with a sad face as she blinked as she tried to understand, looking to Ianto for help.

"The toy bug you gave him, he named it after one of his friends. He had it in the car during the accident and dropped it, I don't even know where the car is let alone the toy" Ianto sighed, "Baby, Taddy is sorry."

"Awwwww" she crooned as she kissed his cheeks again, "Aunty will fix it darling."

She reached into her pocket and removed a coms device, "This is Me. Get the Harkness-Jones Hover and find the toy my little man dropped in it. A bug. Get it, bring it here ASAP!"

"There darling" she crooned as she placed the device back in her pocket, "He will be here soon."

"Oh Evie" he sighed as he laid his wee head against her chest, "You so good!"

"Awwwwww" her joy was evident as Ianto placed a blanket over him, accepting that a naked boy was a happy one right now.

"Hello Yvonne" Jack finally emerged and she smiled, watching him lean over for Ianto's affection then ruffle a little head of hair as he checked the CCTV, "who's that?"

"Mine" Yvonne replied as the man allowed himself to be frisked by an overly abrasive Mavis, a grimace the only indicator that she was a little rough.

He entered the room and held out his hand, the toy bug pristine in his palm and Caden gasped as he sat up to look, clapping his hands and then throwing his arms around Yvonne's neck. "Oh Evie, lovely!"

Soon he was sitting on the floor with his toy without a care in the world as Yvonne turned to look at them.

"Right, the one who hit you with his vehicle was called Franks. The one who tazed you was called Markil. They are both gone now" she said softly, "That department had been…dissolved."

Ianto had an image of people sinking into a huge vat of acid, Brenda screaming as she sank like in the Terminator Movie that was re-mastered a few years back. He didn't even blink.

"Thank you Yvonne, you are a wonderful friend and I am sure our son would be the first to tell everyone that you are a treasured member of this family" Ianto said with a soft cant of his head and she looked delighted with that as she reached to to stoke the little boy's head.

"I never thought about being a parental, thought Torchwood would be my child" she frowned softly, "I now see that I missed something."

"Never" Ianto said softly "He is right here waiting for your affections. Always. His beloved Evie, he will always love you. You are the mother figure in his life, you and I both know how much he loves you. You will never let him down, never fail him like a fucking Terminator. A machine. I trust you with his life. Always."

"Besides" Jack said as he motioned for the man to sit as well, "We have grown accustomed to you around here, you are family."

"Are you staying for tea?" Ianto asked as he rose, "His nibs would love to show you how well his knife skills are these days."

She smiled as she nodded enthusiastically and leaned forward, "Can I sit next to you at Tea sweetling?"

"Yeah, I have a knife and fork with my name on them" he said excitedly, "You got them for me"

"That right" she grinned, "Gold."

"Pretty, yeah" he shone, "And sissy has some too, pink gold."

"Rose gold" Ianto corrected and he nodded.

"What Taddy said."

"You were too generous there" Ianto said and she snorted at what was obviously an old argument. "You know she is not yet asleep if you want to poke you head in."

Yvonne made a noise in her throat as she rose and left the room to visit Alice, Ianto knowing the little girl was still watching her movie and would welcome the lady who always gave lovely gifts.

"Second time this week" Jack said after a moment and Ianto hummed.

"I think she's lonely" Ianto admitted as he messaged his grandtad for the third time that evening that he and bubs were fine, "She sees what we have, what she passed by. Better she be on our team Cariad."

Jack nodded as he was forced to agree.

If the shit hit the fan she would have the best umbrella.