14

Jack was asleep and so were the kids. Only Ianto was awake in the house as he stood at the foot of the bed looking down at Jack and their chicks in repose, Gabriel on Ianto's pillow with a soft snore that matched his Daddy's and the little Judoon was buck naked in Jack's other armpit, her sniffling so damned cute.

Don't worry… there was a towel under her from Jack changing her before dropping off and Ianto moved around to gently finish the job so she was 'safe' before he pulled the bedding up over his little family.

He paused as he looked at the small bump, Jack's growing child now clearly apparent and he leaned over to kiss the smooth skin. It still amused him no end that Jack had not a hint of body hair, bar what was on his head. Took him a while to grow a moustache or beard too. Smooth, sleep and so damned sexy, even as he always told Ianto that his throwback body hair from a recessive gene that was rare these days was a turn on for him.

He made sure they were warm, not worried about Jack rolling on the baby… Judoon. You could drive over her by accident and she would get up to throw something at you. Comforting thought given the fact once crawling she will be strong enough hot force doors open.

He prepared a bottle for the Judoon, all ready to go. The goat happy to have been milked even as her own half-mad little kid bunted and pranced about. Little bugger was making a meal of the marigolds. Never mind. Knowing he was now on solids meant Ianto did not feel so guilty about taking the milk from the mama.

He headed into the bedroom and find the baby waiting silently, too warm and happy to alert vocally for her needs … or maybe she just knew Ianto was about to arrive the moment she was hungry. He had not let her down yet! She accepted the bottle as Jack stirred, then settled gain.

Gabril's snoring never faltered. Could drive a Hover Tank through the house and it would not phase this one.

He padded out to the main living area and chose a spot, placing down by his hair the book he had carried out and then he made a snack in the kitchen, revelling in the early morning silence that filled the house.

Ianto settled with his snack and book only to freeze a blue hand appeared from behind the chair, reaching for one of the biscuits on the plate. It disappeared and Ianto fought the urge to scream, slowly turning to look around to find his son crouched behind the chair munching away wearing some elbow length dark blue silk gloves. Where he got them from? Fuck knows.

"Nice gloves" Ianto finally managed.

"Blu."

"Yes, they are. Oh. I get it. Part of your disguise?" Ianto asked.

Gabriel lit up as his Taddy understood, "Yesh. I need some shoes. Got the top and bottoms… no blue shoes."

"Too and bottom… oh. Pants and shirt?"

"Yeash."

"Wow. You know… if you ask Missus Humphries nicely, she might be able to crocket you some sort of hat with woolly danglies on it like their dreads. She makes those cool octopus toys for the little ones, their legs look like the dreads right?"

Gabriel stopped hewing as his eyes bugged out at the thought of instant dreads. His own seemed to take sooo long to grow in. He turned to grin at Ianto, biscuit crumbs stuck in his teeth.

"Later, it's too early and she would like some have cuddle time with her kitties. We will go before lunch and ask if it's possible. Maybe we can then go and choose the wool and things, she might like the challenge." Ianto sighed settling back as the child took off for his room, no doubt to go over his Blu things again.

"Hi Ianto, good you're up" Alice called out as she entered "saw the lights on."

"Good morning darling, yes been up for a little while" Ianto relented, placing the plate of biscuits where she could reach one and rising to get her a cuppa. He automatically made another one as well, holding it out as Jack rushed through the kitchen with the baby in his arms.

"Oh god, thanks. Gotta dump this one… I mean… dunk… he-he" Jack said as he disappeared around the corner for the laundry and Alcie raised her eyebrows.

"Her first dump for the day. He calls it the dump and dunk as she gets plonked in the big tub for a hose off. Who knew their shits were so… ergh. Glad it's his job"

"He does seem to have a stomach of metal" she grimaced "Gross."

Ianto settled back, thinking she might be waiting for her father but she started to speak to him instead "the Judoon would like to invite you to their council meeting this afternoon if you are free."

"What?"

"They want to include you in the elder meetings as you have a youngling now and as you treat her as yours, they think it a good idea to treat you as theirs. Whatever that means" she frowned.

This was a big deal.

They did not invite outsiders to their council meetings.

He hoped it would not be all shouting at one another and nothing sorted.

But it was an honour.

"Lovely, want to come as my PA?"

"What about Rhiannon?"

"I asked you!"

Oh.