The Gatekeeper Revealed tag to lizfirestarter
Jack pulled the bandage tight on his arm like he was punishing it for not working fast enough, when really he was punishing himself for being so stupid. He hadn't felt ready to reveal to his wife how much he has changed. But he'd felt like he had no choice in the end, it was either fight or risk Liz and the younger Doctor getting hurt. "It was the right thing to do," he said aloud knowing the only one who could hear him at the moment was the TARDIS.
She hummed gently in his head and he chuckled. "I know I know," he says softly as he finishes the first aid on his arm. "We all do what we have to like it or not," he tells the ship as he strokes his hand down one of the medical bay's walls. "I do hate all this bouncing around time wise. It would be nice, just once to be able to tell my wife, age or not, the truth."
She hummed gently in his head and he chuckled. "I know I know," he says softly as he finishes the first aid on his arm. "We all do what we have to like it or not," he tells the ship as he strokes his hand down one of the medical bay's walls. "I do hate all this bouncing around time wise. It would be nice, just once to be able to tell my wife, age or not, the truth."