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Aiming for the trash with a balled up piece of paper. Accidentally hits the reader.

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or foreboding. Before he can dwell on it for too long, however, the TARDIS finally leads him to a door, and Jack elbows it open without even adjusting his hold. Val's light, for a timelord.

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Jack only grins down at her, masking the nagging worry he supposedly has no reason for. "I shall take full advantage of you being too tired to argue back." The hallways look different back here. Sort of dim and narrow, like they don't want to be found. Jack can't decide whether it's cosy +

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I sleep when I sleep. Yeah, that sounds familiar too. Jack doesn't technically neeeeed to sleep, but ... he gets a bit weird when he doesn't. Weirder than usual. He carefully folds the paper with his name on it, and pockets it as he gets up. "Does that mean I'll see you for breakfast?"

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That grin is so /familiar/, it stabs Jack with a little dagger of nostalgia. "2026, if you can believe it," he says, shoving his hands in his coat pockets. "Still deep in the 'gets worse before it gets better' era. —You stopping by to refuel?" Why else would one come to /Cardiff/?

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"But being me means wanting to check in on the people I care about. Ah-hah. Checkmate." These hallways are /very/ long. Jack's already glancing at the ceiling, wondering if the ship will ever let him arrive anywhere. This seems to be a room that never changes places. Interesting.

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Jack smiles down at her, shifting his hold a bit to keep her comfortable as he continues walking. "Then what's the point of me?" From what he gathers, she's learned to be self-sufficient to a fault. So even if he doesn't /have/ to worry, he's still gonna fuss a bit.

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looking a little under the weather. It's not condescension, it's Jack's protective instinct ringing the alarm.

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"You sure?" Jack bites his tongue almost as soon as he asks it. On the one hand, constantly second-guessing others is a habit he's trying to unlearn. On the other— he really wants her to be /sure/, not just say stuff for his sake. Especially when she's sleepily burrowing into his chest and +

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Much too warm, enough for him to feel the raised temperature through his shirt, and Jack sports a concerned little frown when he notices. "I think you're running a fever. Are you getting sick on my watch?" He's just going to trust the TARDIS to lead him where he needs to go.

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"....You really don't, huh." Jack strokes her hair, then rests his hand on the back of her head to cradle it, encouraged by the way she leans into his touch. "C'mon. I'm gonna relocate you." He makes sure she's comfortably wrapped in the blanket, then scoops her up without further ado.

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glancing towards the door himself. It was easy to forget where they are while in the library. "Do you ... do you do regular days and nights on the TARDIS? I never figured out how much you people actually /need/ to sleep. Always figured the Doctor was just accommodating for us."

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"I'll keep it!" Of course he will. It'll be a nice souvenir of their first meeting and Jack's (first ... ?) day back on the TARDIS. Going back to his old room feels a bit ... Jack doesn't know /how/ it feels. It's very thoughtful of Valerie to offer an alternative. "Thank you," he says, +

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"Are you just saying that because you're too tired to get back up?" He's crouching, comfortably, but also poised to —for example— pick up a sleepy timelord and carry her to bed.

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everyone's sleepy around here.

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Aw, look at you, not being rude. And that heavily depends on what you count as peaceful. World hasn't ended yet, though, so that's something. [A break, and he smiles.] Good to see you, Doctor.

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for those we have lost. @angelicbotterfly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Just me. —There are comfier places to fall asleep, you know," he says softly, tucking a strand of her hair back behind her ear. "Like a bed?"

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i don't understand. i can't ever find it. not the right answer. not what normal is. the world is so very, very far away. it's in a place where i can't reach.

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"━Sorry," he says, smiling sheepishly. "It really has been a long day." Week. Month.

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He waits for the gel ink to dry, then carefully traces the letters, counter clockwise. "Messy suits me. ━Thank you, by the way. You could've written anything, but you write my name in my favourite colour. That's very sweet of you." Annnd that's the moment his body decides it's time for a big yawn. +

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"Well, screw those people," Jack says evenly. He's always up for a bit of 'us against the world' sentiment. It's nice to see her relax, the tension seemingly leaking out of her when she goes along with his joke, and Jack winks at her for it. "Oops. caught me." +

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Sneaking up. Draping a blanket over her.

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/Is/ it? ... on second thought, I'm probably not the guy to take life advice from.

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You cannot live on tea and biscuits forever.

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she's written his name, because that seems like an obvious thing to jump to when you're asked to write something, but it's really just pretty circles to him. Pretty blue glitter circles. And some dots. And lines.

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Ah, the 20th and 21st century have really rewired his brain on social cues and what's acceptable. "Well, Valerie, this is the best Gallifreyan handwriting I have /ever/ seen," he says with his chest, taking a closer look. "—What does it say?" If Jack had to take a wild /guess/ he'd say +

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for those we have lost. @angelicbotterfly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"Are you sure? People usually tell me to shut up," Jack grins. "Then again, I'm usually flirting when they do that. Apparently. I don't always notice." He probably shouldn't be flirting with Valerie, though. Right? Would it be weird? /Why/ would it be weird? It's just a bit of harmless fun. +

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I'm a better person now. I'm a better person because of them. Because of my friends.

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The Doctor @songforten.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hello! Sorry to just drop in like this. My name's the Doctor.

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★ Jack. ★ @eternalfact.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

no wonder he's all over the place.

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★ Jack. ★ @eternalfact.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Oh, here comes the Focused Face™. He's shutting up and letting her do her thing. Gallifreyan always looks like bigger circles that had little bites taken out of them. Or maybe a kitchen table with a mess of sprinkles after a cookie cutter has gone haywire. If the Doctor's thoughts are like that, +

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★ Jack. ★ @eternalfact.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"All worth it," Jack replies, and he really means it when she smiles at him like that. "—I can't even draw straight lines, let alone decent circles." Should he be talking? He doesn't want to distract her, but he also doesn't want to just ... stare at her. "My cursive is alright, though." +

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Jacob @jacobaugust.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alas, poor Fifteen

Ncuti Gatwa as the fifteenth Doctor from Doctor Who

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for those we have lost. @angelicbotterfly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The truth is, I wanna be happier. More than you could ever know.

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I'm very ready to just watch you draw some pretty blue circles for me now." He flicks his eyes up at her, to let her see he means it.

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"I'm not bored," Jack returns softly, making himself comfortable with one elbow on the table, resting his chin in his hand. "Done an awful lot of running and fighting today. Met this girl. Went to a pub. Did some semi-heavy talking and went down memory lane a bit too far. +

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He doesn't have gel pens, though. Administration and the crown both frown at official papers signed in anything but black or blue ink. (Ask him how he knows.) "Let's see those timey-wimey circles."

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"Yes ma'am." Jack winks at her and takes a seat, noting that besides purple and pink, she also seems to like glitter. And clutter. As coincidence has it, Jack's desk at the hub often looks like this as well. Too much paperwork, too little fucks given. +

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And yet. Jack already knows he's not going to leave until something /makes/ him leave.

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deciding to watch Val in her natural habitat instead. He can't believe he's allowing something that can only be called /bonding time/, mere hours after meeting her. He's not supposed to get attached to anyone, no matter how long their lifespan. Friends with /long/ lives are kind of ... worse. +

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Jack takes in the library, trying to figure out what has changed since he was last here, but he hasn't spent that much time in here when he traveled with Rose and the Doctor. There was always some new place to travel to, some new adventure to chase. So he gives up on that fairly quickly, +

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"Do you spend a lot of time in here?" He's unconsciously lowering his voice. It's a library, after all.

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She's /adorable./ Jack's chuckling again, and also feeling quite /warm/ in this new, cosy place, so he takes off his cap and deposits it on the nearest table. He slides off his suspenders as well, and rolls up his sleeves a bit as he walks. That's his idea of leisure wear. No, really. +

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