Deeper Shade Of Blue 4/?

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Title: Deeper Shade Of Blue – Sequel to Torn
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Martha, 10^th Doctor, Donna, Andy My OC's: Caden, Eloise, Claire, Damien, Chloe/James, Ben/Sandy, Ianto's family
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately.
Summary: An unexpected event throws their lives in chaos, both personally and professionally ...
Spoilers: Minor ones, no surprises if you have seen the programmes - Set far after season 2 – completely AU
Warnings: Mentions of Mpreg, angst, language, slash
Rating: PG - NC17 For series.

Previous series (Mothers Day/Celebrations/One Week In Cardiff/Heaven and Hell/Be Careful What You Wish For/First Christmas/Torn) can be found here: Fic Master List: http://missthingsplace.livejournal.com/14374.html#cutid1

They both looked so young to be going to school Ianto thought as he put on his own shoes and coat, checking they had their new school bags and everything in them they needed the three of them headed out the door.

Caden and Eloise walked just in front of him, holding each others hands. Ianto felt so proud of them as they walked the short distance from their home to the school, Eloise with her pretty features, her daddy's blue eyes and a head of shiny brown curls. Caden with his daddy's jaw line, dada's eyes and his daddy's trademark smile. Yep, he couldn't deny it, he and Jack had produced gorgeous children.

Ianto watched them as they happily queued up with their new classmates to enter their classroom for their first day, he had thought they might get a little tearful when they got there, realising they were going to be with lots of people they had never met before but they were excited.

Ianto was feeling a little rejected as he watched them, he knew it was an irrational feeling as they would always love and need him but at that moment they were all entering a new part of their lives and things were bound to change a little.

“Breaks the heart a little, doesn't it.” A woman's voice said next to him.

Ianto looked to his side, a pretty brunette was standing next to him.

“That's my third and youngest off to school now and it doesn't get any easier.” She continued.

“I feel a little lost.” Ianto admitted, missing them already even though at that time of the day they would normally have been with Claire.

“Your wife not with you?” She asked, spotting the wedding ring on his finger.

“Husband.” Ianto smiled to himself at her slight blush. “He got called to work.”

“Oh right.” She replied, as if not what to say next.

Ianto held out his hand. “I'm Ianto.”

She smiled and shook it. “Jenny.”

They watched as the kids filtered into their classroom till they were all gone.

“Well, it's only for three hours. I'll survive.” Ianto told her laughing softly.

“So it is, eases them into it they say, does it for us to.” She smiled back. “See you at noon?”

“Work permitting, nice to meet you Jenny.”

They walked off in different directions, Ianto back to the house to collect his car to drive to work. He popped into the house first, telling Claire that he and hopefully Jack would pick the twins up again from school as long as nothing came up.

She nodded and told him to just call if they needed her to get them, Ianto left again for the hub. When he arrived it was deserted, putting on his bluetooth earpiece he contacted Jack. Jack sounded a little frantic as he told him they were still out trying to find whatever it was and he would let him know when they were on their way back.

Ianto spent the next couple of hours in the archives, catching up on some things that needed doing waiting for Jack to contact him in the hope he would be back in time to pick the twins up from school. It seemed it was not to be when it got to about twenty minutes before they were to come out, so Ianto grabbed his coat and car keys and headed towards home knowing it would be easier to park there and it was only a short walk to the school.

Ianto found Jenny as his side as he waited in the playground from the twins to be let out of school, he chatted happily to her, a little pleased as it seemed fathers were in the minority in the the playground.

They had promised the kids they would take them and pick them up as much as possible but said that Claire would be doing it mostly, the kids weren't worried by that. As soon as the classroom door opened the kids streamed out, Caden and Eloise shrieking with excitement when they saw Ianto.

“Dada, dada.”

Ianto crouched down and pulled them close, then took their hands for the walk home. By the time they left the playground there were barely any other parents or kids in it. Ianto saw Jenny walking away in the other direction with a little blonde haired girl, he found himself wondering absently if her little girl was in the same class as Caden and Eloise.

They reached home just as Jack pulled up in the SUV, jumping out and running towards his family and picking Eloise up and twirling her around as she giggled.

“I thought I might make it in time to pick them up, total waste of a morning that was.” He told Ianto.

“Nothing major then?” Ianto asked as they walked into the house.

The kids ran off to find Claire, both hungry and wanting their lunch as she had promised them something special for when they got home from school.

“No, just some bits of what looked like a spacecraft. Nothing dangerous but it took forever to find all the pieces.”

“Maybe we can take the kids together tomorrow, no matter.” Ianto told him.

“But it was their first day, I should have been there.” Jack frowned.

“I felt a little redundant actually, as soon as we reached the playground they ran off and left me, no tears or anything.”

“That's a good thing though, right? Means they aren't upset about going?”

“Yeah, I 'spose so. Anyway, I made a friend.” Ianto grinned.

“A friend?”

“Her name is Jenny, she took pity on me.”

Jack slipped his arms around Ianto's waist. “Should I be jealous?”

Ianto gave a grin. “Well, she's very pretty ....” Jack halted him by kissing him tenderly on the mouth. “But she's got nothing on you.” Ianto finished when the kiss broke.

“I hope you told her you were taken, wouldn't want her getting ideas?” Jack chuckled softly.

“She noticed my wedding ring, don't worry as I said, she took pity on me.” Ianto replied before they indulged in another kiss.

“We should get back to work.” Jack sighed.

“Daddy, dada.” Two excited voices called them as they heard their little footsteps running towards them.

“Slow down.” Ianto told them as they skidded to a halt in front of their parents.

“We want to tell you about school.” Caden told them.

“And we want to hear, but daddy and I have to go back to work but as soon as we get home you can tell us everything.” Ianto told him.

“Will you be home before we go to bed?” Eloise asked.

“We'll do our best sweetie.” Jack told her.

“Okay.” Eloise smiled and they rushed back off to find Claire again.

As they drove towards the hub neither of them said much, they were both thinking how grown up their four year olds were. They had seen a lot of things in their young lives that most people would never see and they had had it instilled in them from a very early age that it was secret and they shouldn't tell anyone about their fathers jobs, maybe they had grown up a little faster than normal.

When the tests on the kids DNA had finally been finished they weren't too amazed to find that they had enough of Jack's DNA in them that would mean they would probably live longer than normal but neither of them were immortal. As much as this would mean he would eventually lose them like Ianto, Jack wouldn't want to wish his immortality on them.

The one thing that did surprise them though was that it seemed Caden had inherited his father ability to bear children when he was older, they hadn't told their son this yet as they felt he was too young but they would have to broach the subject when he was older. Of course they had no idea what his sexuality would be but they couldn't risk him getting accidently pregnant if he was that way inclined. That was one talk they would have to have with both of them, not just their daughter.

Climbing out the SUV when they reached the hub they agreed that they were going to do everything in their power to get home in time to listen to their kids account of their first day at school, praying that the rift would behave for the rest of the day.

TBC

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They are both trying hard for another baby, so maybe ...

Yes, that conversation would be very interesting!

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