9

Ianto handed everything to Yvonne knowing she would ensure the best outcome for him, especially his children then promptly forgot all about it. After all, he had all he needed.

"Taddy?"

Ianto looked up from the drawer he was sorting through and found Caden standing there with one of the older bugs, almost the same size as him peeking around the doorframe, "Yes darlings?"

"Henry wants to know if he can have a sleep over" Caden asked, "Willy is in time out and the other bugs are having some party but Henry doesn't like the one whose birthday it is."

"Wow" Ianto said softly, "That was a lot of words, very well used darling, well done."

Ianto praised and Caden grinned happily. The Bug clicked impatiently.

"So, your sister Emetine is ten today, right?" Ianto asked the bug who nodded silently. Ianto was taken with the strength of it, large for its age and already capable of lifting his son off his feet if he felt like it, such powerful friends to have. "I ordered a cake for her, you don't want the cake?"

Weird clicking and soft whistling as the creature answered and Ianto hummed as his little boy snorted and turned to his friend, "That's not really fair. Her birthday, she should pick the cake."

More noises of discontent.

"Well…I will ask Daddy but don't see why not. I know you and your hive sister do not get along, not since she shut your foot in the door that time. I know she didn't mean to and you were quite right to be upset. It did grow back, I see" Ianto said as he rose from the floor and headed to the vid-com, both children following eagerly and he keyed in Jack's office where he was sitting staring intently at a pen tipping it one way, then the other "Cariad?"

Jack looked up and grinned, "Baby! Hey this pen is so cool where did you get it? You get me cool things and … hey guys, are you doing cool stuff there with Taddy bum? Yeah?"

"Henry would like to sleep over with our son please" Ianto said calmly, "It is his sister's birthday and remember last year it did not end well?"

"It did grow back" Jack nodded "Don't see why not. Ask cook if they can have a wee picnic, maybe put up their tent thing and have a camp."

Squealing started behind Ianto as the children heard and Ianto now knew Willy would be twisting to get out of his time out as well, "OK Cariad. Don't forget to pick up Alice's dress from the cleaners please."

"OK, hey your father's people sent me some papers to sign … sort of like a post-nup. Can you believe it?" Jack grinned "I sent them to your inbox, I figured you would like a laugh."

"Well don't sign them" Ianto snorted, "What is mine is yours. How dare they assume I need protecting from you, it's them I need protection from!"

"I would sign if you want me to" Jack's face growing soft, "Baby, I would sign everything over to you if you want me to."

"Stop it, just because we are on vid-com it doesn't mean I can't spank you later!" Ianto scolded and Jack gasped theatrically.

"With the babies in the room, seriously!" Jack spluttered with glee his hands flapping as he leaned in and blew a kiss, "Love you Wolfy."

"Love you too Captain" Ianto said softly, their pet name for each other still their code names from their active days, something they both found weirdly amusing.

"Which tent" Caden demanded, "Can it be the red one?"

Ianto looked at the bug and considered "Might not be large enough, Henry needs to lay on his side love. Maybe you need to ask Carter for the yellow one so the large mattresses can fit in?"

"OK" Caden nodded "In the courtyard?"

"Might rain tonight, atmospheric was turned on for the weekend remember love, maybe inside? What about the ballroom, you can have the lighting changed to stars on the ceiling then and have the temperature nice and warm." Ianto said as he went back to the drawer, "Also, it means Willy can sneak out easier when his mama isn't looking."

Caden looked furtive for a moment, then grinned as he nodded and the two children wandered off, Alice stepping aside to let them pass as she sought her Taddy.

"Henry had grown again" she said as she settled in a chair, "Is Daddy getting my dress?"

"I reminded him love" Ianto said absently.

"Will Caden behave?"

"Caden is having a picnic and sleep out in the ballroom with one or more bugs, maybe even Kolt is he remembers to invite him. He will behave if he knows he is coming home to a treat like that" Ianto said as he considered Caden's only little human friend he allowed into his world, "Aunty Evie will meet us at the theatre and you can both sit with her while me and Taddy sit behind you."

"Good" she shone as she rubbed her hands and then rose to get some things, "Taddy? What are you looking for?"

"Found it" Ianto rose and smiled as he palmed the little pin.

He just had a weird feeling about tonight.