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Ianto was waiting patiently, his fingers drumming on the steering wheel as Ton sang softly in the back.

There were three cars ahead of him at the intersection and he was silently cursing the midday traffic as he tried to see ahead for the arrow to turn left, needing to get down to the butcher before he had his appointment with Owen.

He looked to his left, then to his right and the through lane where the young woman sitting in her car next to him had leaned forward no doubt changing a CD or something while they waited patiently at the lights.

Then, as is his habit, his looked back at his sons, both in their respective seats waiting, wee Ifan waving at him enthusiastically as he bopped in time to the music. Wee man loved music, any noise really as he showed his time growing in his mama's tum had built him battle ready for all noise.

"Soon babies, then we see Mister Havers. He has a lovely roast waiting for me today ... tomorrow night's tea" Ianto crooned, watching the wee baby wave some more as Ton smacked his lips and rubbed his hands together.

"Taddy?"

"Yes daring?" Ianto refocused from the baby's car seat to Ton and then he saw it.

It was coming fast and he barely had time to panic as he saw how large the truck's grill was getting while it bore down on the intersection at way to fast a speed to brake in time and he knew in that heartbeat his babies were on the wrong side of him and danger.

Ianto slammed his foot on the accelerator not giving a goddamn about the car ahead, shunting it forward and then the spun the wheel to mount the curb as people leapt out to the way, his hand slamming on the horn.

The truck let off the air horn as the driver realised too late that he had been asleep at the wheel and two tons of angry metal devoured the intersection of traffic, the six cars on the carrier it was towing adding to the mayhem as it jack-knifed to catch vehicles on all sides.

Ianto had known it was going to hurt, his only though for his babies and as he heard that indescribable crunch of metal and felt his vehicle's tyres loose traction he kept his eyes locked on his beloved boy.

"Ton, Taddy loves you" he cried as the back of the vehicle started to crumple.

Ton's scream was the last thing Ianto heard before they hit the building.