[Fic Prompt] Ami and 11th Doctor: Old Soldiers
waterfell and thatoldthatkind
He looks like a professor, like someone who's never even imagined battle. He calls himself the Doctor, and he’s a person who belongs in an office in a hospital somewhere.
She is not that lucky. The first time she put on this uniform was tens of thousands of years ago and she was so young she should have been playing with dolls instead of learning to use her powers to fight to protect a girl who'd always be ungrateful, who didn't even want them to exist, much less for them to be with her.
She could hate him for this good fortune, this ability to carry himself with him across his incarnations when she's not even sure what her self is supposed to be anymore. She considers it, in fact. She's seen too many battles to want to see someone who looks like he couldn't even last five minutes acting like he understands.
It's an insult when she finds out that he does. They face each other and a face tight with tension looks into a face lined with experience and wisdom. She finally asks the question:
"How are you like that?"
He looks like a professor, like someone who's never even imagined battle. He calls himself the Doctor, and he’s a person who belongs in an office in a hospital somewhere.
She is not that lucky. The first time she put on this uniform was tens of thousands of years ago and she was so young she should have been playing with dolls instead of learning to use her powers to fight to protect a girl who'd always be ungrateful, who didn't even want them to exist, much less for them to be with her.
She could hate him for this good fortune, this ability to carry himself with him across his incarnations when she's not even sure what her self is supposed to be anymore. She considers it, in fact. She's seen too many battles to want to see someone who looks like he couldn't even last five minutes acting like he understands.
It's an insult when she finds out that he does. They face each other and a face tight with tension looks into a face lined with experience and wisdom. She finally asks the question:
"How are you like that?"