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Chapter Eight

Seven years later

Jack watched anxiously as Tosh's computers began to wail, announcing that there was something coming through the rift. His fingers tapped away at his stomach and he paced up and down as Tosh checked the readings.

"Is it them?" he asked.

"I think so" Tosh frowned, "two life signs, it must be them!"

"Thank god!" breathed Jack.

Owen came up the stairs from the med bay, holding a small dark haired little girl.

"Tam darling" Jack called "Taddy's coming back okay?"

Tamsin looked up, her tear stained face breaking the team's heart "daddy!" she cried holding out her arms.

"Be careful Jack" Owen warned as he carefully passed Jack Tamsin.

"I'll be fine Owen" Jack said, whilst rubbing his daughter's back.

"Can you call Gwen and the others and tell them not to wait in the park? The rift opening is coming through here."

"On it" Owen said, already dialling.

Moments later a burst of light lit up the hub and Ianto was stood there, holding onto Mark tightly.

"Ianto, Mark!" said Jack relieved, walking as quickly as he could over to the other half of his family.

"Daddy" called Mark.

"Tad!" called Tamsin.

Owen finished his call and put his arm around Toshiko, both were smiling at the touching scene in front of them. Jack and Ianto held each other and their children so they were stood in a sort of circle and kissed softly.

"I'm glad you're back" Jack whispered, resting his forehead against Ianto's.

"Me too" Ianto said. "You never guess where we've been."

Jack chuckled slightly "we all broke the retcon after you left, quite frankly I don't know how we didn't before the amount that you told us and you moan about Mark giving away spoilers!"

Ianto just laughed and said "I know."

"Its a good thing that you did!" called over Owen, squeezing Tosh towards him "or else I might have missed what was right in front of me."

Tosh pushed her husband playfully "I would have told you how I felt eventually" she smiled.

Jack and Ianto awkwardly exchanged the children that they were holding and Jack held Mark tightly "you never do that again do you hear me?" he said, trying not to cry. "You could have gone anywhere!"

"I'm sorry dad" Mark whispered.

Jack put Mark down with a groan and Ianto looked at him worriedly "you okay?"

"Fine" Jack said smiling "now that you're both back."

"You should sit down Jack" Owen said walking up to them "here let me take Tamsin, go sit down and I'll get the kids some juice."

Ianto gave Tamsin to Owen after kissing her forehead and took Jack's hand, leading him to sit down on the hub's sofa.

"How long was I gone?" he asked Jack.

"Couple of hours" Jack said, laying his head on his husband's shoulder. He shot up suddenly and punched Ianto not too softly in the arm "you let me believe that I was getting fat!"

Ianto pulled a face "you remember that huh?"

"Yes" scowled Jack.

A muffled laugh let them know that Tosh had overheard them.

"Well I couldn't let on that we're about to have a third child could I?"

Jack scowled and placed his hands on his ever growing bump "still you could have come up with something better than a weight limit."

"I'm sorry" Ianto smiled, he kissed Jack on the lips and then bent to kiss his stomach "but you would have wondered why you didn't come and you couldn't exactly wander around pregnant now could you?"

"Yeah... well" huffed Jack.

At that moment Ianto was saved by Tamsin and Mark coming back with their cartons of juice and he helped them climb up onto the couch.

Ianto watched Jack tickle their children and couldn't help but smile, seven years ago the little preview that he had had into the future had clearly scared him... well for the short time that he had remembered but now he wouldn't have it any other way. Ianto thought back to that trip to the park with Jack all those years ago and how he felt that their relationship was ending; little had he known then, that it was just beginning.