The Doctor

Here to help! //#RP, MV MS, writer is 21+. #Winter

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

Who Am I?

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[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact of Trasel--/OOF/!"

She'd gotten as far as hopping off the bed while asking at the same time, but the second she tries to put confident weight on her foot, pain reintroduces itself and down she tumbles towards the ground.

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact determination to /get better/, the Doctor tries to do that thing where she springs to her feet and darts around madly like nothing ever happened, but the myriad of injuries she's covered in /really/ don't like that too much. "Have you ever seen the purple waters --

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact she's had in many years, and it warms her more than the tea.

Where would she be without Jack?

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact I am a firm believer that it /is/ -- then I simply need to remember how to give myself a little more. And I will. I /will/, Jack. Thanks to you."

Of course it's not that simple or that easy, but it's a /start/, a pebble to build around, a drop in an empty glass. It's more than--

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact Instead, though, feeling like someone is talking for her, moving her lips like a puppet, she murmurs out, "I'm not quite sure 'good times' are something I'm still capable of, Jack."

Better to disappoint him now than string him along with false hope.

Again.

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact It feels cowardly to look away, but that's exactly what the Doctor does, stalling with a long sip of overly-sweet tea and staring off into the distance until her eyes stop stinging.

Just go along with it. Just let Jack comfort her. Just.../go along with it/. --

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact "I think you're one of the only true friends I've ever had, Jack, and certainly one of the best." Would be /the/ best if it weren't for Donna, who can never be usurped. "....And I...missed you, too. I did. I really, truly did."

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact risked more to save her than perhaps anyone else ever has.

"Only complaint about them is they were too short. And -- let's face it, I was a bit of an arse." The Doctor's laugh is only /slightly/ forced, and more than slightly thick. She sniffs once and powers on. --

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact I am..../so/ happy you're here." /With me./

[The Doctor @DoctorOf_Hope]

@EternalFact You are alive, but you deserved to have a /life/, and at every turn that chance has been robbed from you." The Doctor squeezes his arm, weak but purposeful as she offers up her own soft, honest smile. "You deserved better, Jack. But all the same, selfish as it may be,--