Unforeseen Complications 43/?

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AU: When it all changes: Life, Love and Family in Torchwood.  

Title: Unforeseen Complications (Series 11)
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Andy, My OC's: Caden, Eloise, Claire, Chloe, Damien, Ianto's family.
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: After the hell of their daughter being kidnapped and their wonderful family holiday they return to Cardiff and Torchwood to tell their team mates of Jack's pregnancy, after a few weeks of relative normality they find themselves on the hunt for something that's slipped through the rift unseen ... with an added complication.
Spoilers: Probably not, but you never know ...
Warnings: Angst, slash, language, fluff ... the usual!
Rating: PG - NC17 for the series.

Previous series/chapters: http://missthingsplace.livejournal.com/165103.html#cutid1

A/N Tomorrows chapter might not be till the late evening as we've been roped into helping my son and his fiancee move into their new flat ... oh joy!

Over the next week Jack and Ianto stayed home, they told the twins, Claire and Teyla that Chloe had ordered him to rest as he wasn't sleeping and that it wouldn't do him or the baby any good. They all accepted this explanation without question, the twins being on their best behaviour so that daddy could sleep. All expect Claire that was, she had lived them long enough to notice the signs of something being wrong but she didn't push the issue, just waited until they were ready to tell her what was worrying them.

Whatever was going on she knew it was keeping them awake at night, she could hear them whispering in the still of the night and from the tone of the hushed whispers it wasn't sweet nothings that were passing between them. She also thought it was strange as neither of them barely left the house, if Jack was home to just to rest she felt sure Ianto would have gone into work but apart from the odd phone calls back and forth work was almost forgotten.

Then in the middle of the night, one week after they had announced that Jack needed to rest Claire had to get up to use the bathroom, she crept quietly past their room so as not to disturb them, hearing their whisperings once more. She was on her way back though when she heard something that made her stop dead in her tracks through the crack in the door.

“Jack, the baby's okay, we listened to it's heartbeat only this evening.” Ianto voice was soft and reassuring.

“But I'm only fourteen weeks pregnant Ianto and as the baby grows so does ... it.”

“You know Chloe wants to scan you again, she's going to keep an eye on it, she's doing everything she can to make sure this baby survives.”

“But look at me, my bump is growing too fast, I look more pregnant than I am!” Jack hissed back. “It's growing too fast.

“It's still barely there Jack, it just seems like it is.”

“Are you trying to tell me it's all in my head?” Jack snapped.

“No, just that you're worried and it seems worse than it is.”

“How could it possibly seem worse than it is? My baby could die before it's even born, before it get big enough so survive outside my body.”

“Jack ...”

“How the hell do we tell the twin I might lose the baby? Do we tell them now to prepare them and worry and scare them for the rest of the pregnancy? Or do we wait until we know what's going to happen and then just dump it on them when the baby does?” Jack's voice raised a notch.

“Jack, shhh ..”

“Don't tell me to shhh.” Jack bit back at him.

“Jack, we have to think positive, that Chloe is going to find a way to deal with this.” Ianto replied, trying to remain calm. “Getting stressed over what might not happen won't help us or the baby.”

“What the hell do you know? I'm the one carrying the baby, you can't tell me how to think.”

“Fine.” Ianto told him, getting out of the bed.

“Where you going?” Jack asked.

“Somewhere, anywhere I can't fight with you.”

“Ianto ...”

“Go to sleep Jack, get some rest for OUR baby.”

As Ianto moved across the room to grab his dressing gown Claire raced back to her own bedroom wondering what the hell was going on, once she had heard Ianto go downstairs she emerged again and crept along the passageway. Pausing out side Jack and Ianto's bedroom door she could hear Jack sobbing softly, sadness flowed through her as she headed down to talk to Ianto.

She found his sitting curled on in the corner of the huge sofa staring out the window into the night sky, he glanced around as he heard her enter the room but them turned his attention back to the window. Claire sat down on the sofa, leaving a gap between them.

“Talk to me Ianto.” She told him, hugging her arms around herself in an attempt to keep warm.

“Nothing to talk about.” Ianto replied.

“I know something's wrong Ianto, I've been sensing it all week.”

“It's nothing. It's fine.”

“I might be able to help.” Claire suggested.

“No one can help, it seems, that's the problem.”

“Is it the baby?”

“Yes, no ... sort of.” Ianto told her as he finally turned to face her, she couldn't miss the tears glistening in his eyes. “Claire, the baby, it could die.”

“I heard you and Jack arguing, I didn't mean to, I went to the bathroom and overheard you.”

“I don't want to fight with him but he's got it in his head we will lose the baby, it's just a matter of when.”

“Start at the beginning Ianto.” She encouraged him.

Ianto slowly told her about the findings they had made when Chloe had performed the scan a week beforehand and filled her in on the problems it could cause, including crushing the baby before it was ready to be born.

“Oh Ianto.” Claire said softly, moving closer to him on the sofa. “You should have told me, I wouldn't have told the others, you know you, and Jack can talk to me anytime.”

“I don't know what to do Claire, losing this baby will devastate him.”

“And you?”

“Yep, and me, but I have to stay strong for Jack, one of us has to be positive.”

“You can't fight over this, you have to be there for each other.”

“I know, but I find myself getting so angry with him.”

“Just be there for him, it's all you can do. Has Chloe come up with anything yet?”

“Nope.”

“What about Gwen, or Damien?”

“They don't know, we haven't told them.”

“Then I think you should, hell, you're Torchwood aren't you, between you you should be able to come up with something, having something buried in those archives that might help save the baby?”

“Claire, you know what?”

“What?”

“I think you're right! I'm going to suggest it to Jack in the morning.”

“And now?” Claire asked as Ianto wiped away the tears from his cheeks.

“I'm going back to bed, with my husband.” Ianto replied as he got to his feet, pulling Claire with him and giving her a hug. “Thank you.”

“Get some sleep.”

“I'll try.” Ianto released her from the hug and moved towards the door. “Night.”

“Night.”

Ianto slipped back into bed, he could tell Jack was awake still from his breathing, spooning against his back he whispered in his ear. “I love you.” before closing his eyes as he held him tight. “I love you too.” Jack whispered back.

Neither Ianto or Claire had spotted Teyla rushing away from where she had been eves dropping and rushing to the twins room where she had been 'camping' on the floor with them, with a smile on her face and an evil glint in her eye.

TBC

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