Growing (Eternity-verse 13)

[amythest_n_ice]

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Link to Prt 12 Timing

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Link to Prt 14 Wales Again

Growing

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Jack sat in the rocking chair in the nursery, Kalen cradled against his chest, sucking hungrily on the bottle he held for her, her fingers flexing in contentment as she looked up at him. Bobby sat on a cushion on the floor, watching closely, fascinated by this tiny little thing that had appeared in the TARDIS recently. She finished the bottle and yawned widely, burping when he put her to his shoulder to wind her. Bobby shuffled over and pulled himself up, leaning against Jack's knee as he reached out a finger to touch the little hand. She instantly closed her fingers around his and he giggled, grinning up at Jack.

"Want to come and sit up here until we land?" Jack asked him. Bobby nodded and held his arms up. Sliding to the edge of the chair, Jack balanced Kalen in one arm, and reached down with the other one to grab Bobby, settling him on his lap as he slid back onto the seat properly, Bobby leaned into Jack's chest, one thumb popping into his mouth, and his free hand reaching out to gently explore the little foot that was close to him.

"Little." He said around his thumb.

"Yes." Jack agreed.

Bobby brought one dinky sneaker clad foot up next to hers, looking at the two together.

"Not little." He said, still talking around his thumb.

"Not as little as hers, no." Jack agreed, wondering where this was going. He realized that Bobby's eyes were on the little racecar bed on the other side of the room. 

He had so far refused to sleep in the bed, wanting to stay in his crib instead. It wasn't that he didn't want Kalen to get his crib, she had her own, which stood at right angles to his in the other corner of the room. He didn't mind sharing the nursery with his baby sister either, in fact there was no sign at all of the usual jealousy toward a new sibling. He just hadn't been interested in the new bed.

"Do you want to give your new bed a try tonight?" Jack asked him. He shrugged, his eyes skating back to his familiar crib. Jack kissed the top of his head lightly.

"Bobby, you know we won't take your other bed away, don't you? If you don't like the new bed, your other one will still be there until you're ready to try again."

"Can Bear go to new bed too?" 

"Of course he can. I think Bear would be very sad if he got left out." Jack said seriously. Bobby sucked his thumb silently for a moment, then slid down off Jack's lap and toddled over to his crib, picking Bear up he walked over to the bed with it. 

"This our bed now Bear." He told the teddy, holding him up so that he could see the bed. Then he cuddled the bear close.

"Mama says if we don't like it, we can have our bed back." He told the bear.

Returning to Jack, he waited to be picked up again, tucking himself and the teddy in against Jack's chest again.

"Bear says OK." He said, before shoving the thumb back in his mouth. Jack grinned down at him, wondering what anyone who had known him in the agency would think about this. Jack Harkness, flirt extraordinaire, mated with children, and loving every minute of it. There was a flash, and Jack looked up to see Ianto in the doorway holding a digital camera.

"And what was that in aid of?" Jack asked, his eyebrow going up.

"My mam will love a picture like that." Ianto grinned at him.

"Great." Jack said, but his smile said he didn't really mind, he adored Ianto's mother.

Ianto came over and showed him the picture on the screen of the camera, and Jack grinned at the image, seeing the contented look in his own face as he sat looking at his children.

 

“I really came to tell you that we would be landing in about half an hour. Do you need a hand getting them ready?”

“Sure, thanks Ianto.” Jack said, letting Ianto take Kalen so that he could stand up with Bobby.

 

The quiet moment slipped away as they bustled to get the two children ready to go out, but the TARDIS would remember it, she decided, as she lifted a copy of the image from Ianto’s camera.

 

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Just a quiet little moment between Jack and his children. This was originally supposed to head straight into the visit to Wales, which is why it has taken so long, but something just wasn’t quite ………right………if you know what I mean, so much of it was deleted. The next story will pick up just after this one, when they land, just as soon as I can figure out what was bugging me!

Comments

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Awwww ...

[amythest-n-ice.livejournal.com]

Good Lord, what are you doing up at this godforsaken hour of the morning? lol.

Glad you liked it

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Waiting for fic! Well, and watching Heroes.

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[darklady7.livejournal.com]

It was beautiful details to describe character behaviors and actions between Jack and Kalen and Bobby

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Aaaawwwwww. Jack's such a cute daddy.

[kinkyvampire.livejournal.com]

love, lots of love. I was 'awwwww' -ing through the whole thing. and I hate it when you write and write then you go back read what is was you've just spent the last hour or so writing and you realize it's A. total crap or 2. just doesn't feel/flow/read right. it is one of the MOST aggravating things ever. there are a few dents in my walls proving as much.

hope you figure it out, I have one fic I started writing when I was 13 (I'm 18 now) that that happened with and I still haven't fix to my satisfaction. sad but true.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

awww....very sweet.

[pfyre.livejournal.com]

ooh very sweet interlude.... do love even Jack surprised at how content and happy he is with his life - his children and his mate....