15
"Doctor?"
"Busy. Sleeping. Fuck off" Owen replied.
"Someone has been stabbed, it's quite deep" the voice was begging, "Please."
"Contaminated" Owen sang, "If they are not dead, they will need you to stitch them up then. Good luck."
Ianto looked at him with open horror and Owen winked then moved to the curtain, "Look. Is it pumping or just gushing?"
"More like dribbling"
"Then apply pressure. If his colour doesn't change and the bleeding stops he's fine. If not he's dead and ya put him in the chiller with the poor dead woman whose baby is suffering in here." Owen said.
Ianto frowned as he stared at Owen and then a bottle of milk was shoved though the curtain, Owen accepting it and handing it Jack as he pulled on his jacket, "Pass me the bag please, stay here everyone."
Owen left and Ianto waited as he watched Jack feed the baby then hand it to him for a cuddle, Ianto's fear easing as he focused on the poor wee one.
Owen looked at the man with open distain, not the least bit sorry as he was one of the pricks.
"Right, everyone bring whatever medication is in this place I need to see what we have" he demanded, glad to see people jumping to please him and soon a pile of drugs sat on a table. Owen pocketed a few items and then chose what he needed, his own supplies still in his bag as he decided they could all hang for all he cares.
After a while Owen returned to his family and sat heavily, "He's fine. A flesh wound but they now know they need me."
"Why did it happen?" Jack asked with interest.
"A small group of Fu…idiots tried to rush the guards for the doors" Owen sighed, "Don't worry, they won't try again. Those doors stay closed until the emergency crews override them from the outside."
"Well, that's one worry sorted" Ianto sighed, "Next?"
Owen snorted as Jack found himself smiling softly at the rare show of humour.
"You want to know what next?" Jack asked softly, "Next I am going to find the most senior officer in here with us so we can formally lodge a betrothal. I don't want them to take you from me, I want to protect you. If it comes to a bum fight I want to be able to claim you under my name. They would not dare touch you, this entire fucking bunker is Harkness money."
"Really? No flowers or bloody wine? Gods, not even a hamburger" Ianto sighed, "Why is it my wedding proposals suck? Lisa didn't ask me in the traditional way either, told me it was either matching tattoos or matching rings. Just like that. Oh, I do hope its rings this time too. I don't want a butt tattoo Cariad."
Jack laughed along with the rest of them, relieved to see a bit of colour returning as the antihistamines Owen had found helped Ianto breathe a little easier.
Jack returned with a retired Judge who looked around nervously, relaxing as he saw Ianto sitting up in the bed holding the baby with no sign of illness.
"See? It was allergies like we said" Jack said as he sat on the edge of the bed, "I want us betrothed so we can wed once we have settled on earth."
"Well I have my PDA with me and it's linked into the galactic grid so if you want I can actually formally wed you now." He said after considering, "Then you travel as a family and the paperwork is already being formatted while you settle. Means in quarantine and debrief they can't seperate you then."
Ianto stared at him as Jack stood and rubbed his hands on his jeans "Really? Like bond us, just like that?"
"It's all about the paperwork" the man smiled, "You can have a ceremony and shindig later if you want, right now I can ensure the bonding of your families. You would leave this place as a pair."
"Ianto?" Jack looked at him and Ianto knew it was the right thing to do, looking down at the poor baby.
"Yes, also you witnessed me promising the mother of the baban that I would care for it, right?" Ianto asked, "You can make it legal? When we get out of here there will no doubt be family he can go to but for now he will be safe?"
"Yes, not even legally here he is so new" the man nodded, "Poor wee soul. Do we have a name?"
Ianto looked at Owen with horror as he shrugged, they didn't even know the mother's name?
"Well we can't call him the Harkness Bunker Baby" the Judge sighed as he fiddled with the PDA, "We need to think of a temporary name."
"Well she called her husband Caden" Ianto said after thinking about it, "She thought I was him towards the end. Caden. If we name the boy after him for now, then it might help with ID later?"
"Good, good" the Judge said then cleared his throat, "Give me your thumb print here."
Ianto did so and Jack did as well, then watched his fingers tap the screen a few times.
"Congratulations" the Judge said after a few minutes, "You are the guardians of Caden and all I need to know is the preferred family name."
"We said, we don't know." Jack sighed.
"No ya silly man, the two of you. The new family name?" the Judge asked and Jack blinked, turning to Ianto with a look of confusion.
Who would take the other man's name?
"Harkness-Jones" Ianto said sternly, "Both our families are strong names, we must have both recognised. Harkness-Jones."
"Right, done" the man rose, "It's all settled and official."
"Just like that?" Jack asked with shock.
"Yes, I pronounce you husband and husband or whatever, now excuse me my wife is calling me" he walked off as the two men sat staring at each other.
Wed.