Fic: A Pretty How Town
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dwfictionTitle: A Pretty How Town
Author:magibrain
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Jack Harkness, 9th Doctor, Rose Tyler, the TARDIS
Spoilers: Through The Doctor Dances
Summary: A character study of Jack's first night on the TARDIS. Navigating a foreign set of rules. (Technically feeds into thedamaged_people massively multifandom crossover, but can be read as a stand-alone and isn't a crossover in itself. More information on the Damaged People universe can be found in the community front notes.)
And then there were moments like these, when he'd checked on the computer to see which room was Rose's, and arrived only to find the Doctor leaning with his back to the doorframe, waiting like a cat outside a mousehole.
Jack stopped, trying on half a dozen excuses before he realized that he had no idea what sort of rule he was breaking. None of this had come with a manual. "Doctor?"
"Late-night stroll?" the Doctor asked, with a voice too genial to be venomous and too dark to be genial.
"Not so late."
He tilted his head. "Rose is asleep."
"Oh," Jack said, and wasn't sure if he was just supposed to turn around and walk away. "...fast asleep?"
The Doctor's eyes narrowed. "I don't think you should bother her."
"I just wanted to check in with her," Jack protested. "She said she'd like--"
The Doctor didn't even have to raise his voice to shut him up. "She's nineteen and human. She doesn't know what she wants."
Jack raised his eyebrows. "Really," he said, and could have mentioned age-of-consent laws for all sorts of planets, including the one they'd just left. Instead, he was thinking You were quick enough to steal my dance, too. "Is the problem that she's nineteen and human, or is the problem that she's yours?"
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magibrainRating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Jack Harkness, 9th Doctor, Rose Tyler, the TARDIS
Spoilers: Through The Doctor Dances
Summary: A character study of Jack's first night on the TARDIS. Navigating a foreign set of rules. (Technically feeds into the
damaged_people massively multifandom crossover, but can be read as a stand-alone and isn't a crossover in itself. More information on the Damaged People universe can be found in the community front notes.)And then there were moments like these, when he'd checked on the computer to see which room was Rose's, and arrived only to find the Doctor leaning with his back to the doorframe, waiting like a cat outside a mousehole.
Jack stopped, trying on half a dozen excuses before he realized that he had no idea what sort of rule he was breaking. None of this had come with a manual. "Doctor?"
"Late-night stroll?" the Doctor asked, with a voice too genial to be venomous and too dark to be genial.
"Not so late."
He tilted his head. "Rose is asleep."
"Oh," Jack said, and wasn't sure if he was just supposed to turn around and walk away. "...fast asleep?"
The Doctor's eyes narrowed. "I don't think you should bother her."
"I just wanted to check in with her," Jack protested. "She said she'd like--"
The Doctor didn't even have to raise his voice to shut him up. "She's nineteen and human. She doesn't know what she wants."
Jack raised his eyebrows. "Really," he said, and could have mentioned age-of-consent laws for all sorts of planets, including the one they'd just left. Instead, he was thinking You were quick enough to steal my dance, too. "Is the problem that she's nineteen and human, or is the problem that she's yours?"
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