your hair was long / when we first met
There. I have enough of part 5 finished to post a decent snippet. Part four is Sherlock/Amy, part is Jack & Irene. I need to add more to my wordcount...I will finish this today, I swear it.
Part 4
He scrolled through the contents as Amy checked a sleeping Melody. “She has quite a few interesting pictures on here,” he said.
“You should feel lucky I don’t get jealous,” she muttered under her breath, bringing a slight grin to his face. She probably hadn’t thought he heard her. He stopped looking and pocketed the phone and went behind her to look at Melody. “Find what you were looking for?” she asked.
“No,” he said, reaching over to lightly touch his daughter’s hair, dark and curly like his. “I’ll just ask her where the pictures are.”
“I’d love it if you chucked her and the phone outside and let them float off into space,” she said.
“Can’t do that,” he said, moving his head and kissing his wife’s hair. “She needs protection.”
“Yeah, John told me about the Americans,” she said.
“I wish he hadn’t done that,” he said with a slight groan, his lips still nestled in her hair.
She moved her head, stepped away slightly and looked at him. “Well, he did. Look, I don’t like her one bit. If you can make sure she’s safe can you also make sure she’s far, far away? Or in another century? You’d be doing the people of Britain a favor, and I think even Mycroft would approve.”
“You know I don’t do things for his approval,” he said. “Any chance I get I do the opposite.”
“I know that,” she replied. “But it would be in everyone’s best interest. Even hers.”
“I’ll see what I can do,” he said.
“Thank you.”
Part 5
“It’s not all it’s cracked up to be, time travel,” Jack said. “The 2030s aren’t bad. The world didn’t end in 2012, and things actually settled down a lot in the world in 2023. You could go back to London and settle there. Go back to doing what you do and just be more careful next time.”
She thought about it. “Have you been to London then?” she asked.
He shook his head. “No, I was in other places.”
“Where?” she asked.
“California, mostly,” he replied. “San Diego county, to be exact. It’s a beautiful place. I wanted to go somewhere where I could find a lot to do, after some bad things had happened. I’d go back there if I had the chance.”
She turned and looked at him. “Even if I was there?” she asked.
“Yeah,” he replied. “Might even be more interesting that way.”
“Do you find me interesting?” she asked.
“A bit, yeah,” he replied. “I haven’t had much of a chance to learn about you today. You’ve been busy learning about me, though. Think you could stand me for a neighbor?”
“I think so,” she said with a smile. “You’re a fascinating man, Jack Harkness. And I think there’s quite a bit more that you haven’t told me. More layers to expose.” She walked over to him. “Do you want to get to know me as well?”
He nodded. “I would like to,” he replied.
She got close to him and looked intently. “I suppose I may take your advice on this matter,” she murmured.
“It’s good advice,” he said quietly.
Part 4
He scrolled through the contents as Amy checked a sleeping Melody. “She has quite a few interesting pictures on here,” he said.
“You should feel lucky I don’t get jealous,” she muttered under her breath, bringing a slight grin to his face. She probably hadn’t thought he heard her. He stopped looking and pocketed the phone and went behind her to look at Melody. “Find what you were looking for?” she asked.
“No,” he said, reaching over to lightly touch his daughter’s hair, dark and curly like his. “I’ll just ask her where the pictures are.”
“I’d love it if you chucked her and the phone outside and let them float off into space,” she said.
“Can’t do that,” he said, moving his head and kissing his wife’s hair. “She needs protection.”
“Yeah, John told me about the Americans,” she said.
“I wish he hadn’t done that,” he said with a slight groan, his lips still nestled in her hair.
She moved her head, stepped away slightly and looked at him. “Well, he did. Look, I don’t like her one bit. If you can make sure she’s safe can you also make sure she’s far, far away? Or in another century? You’d be doing the people of Britain a favor, and I think even Mycroft would approve.”
“You know I don’t do things for his approval,” he said. “Any chance I get I do the opposite.”
“I know that,” she replied. “But it would be in everyone’s best interest. Even hers.”
“I’ll see what I can do,” he said.
“Thank you.”
Part 5
“It’s not all it’s cracked up to be, time travel,” Jack said. “The 2030s aren’t bad. The world didn’t end in 2012, and things actually settled down a lot in the world in 2023. You could go back to London and settle there. Go back to doing what you do and just be more careful next time.”
She thought about it. “Have you been to London then?” she asked.
He shook his head. “No, I was in other places.”
“Where?” she asked.
“California, mostly,” he replied. “San Diego county, to be exact. It’s a beautiful place. I wanted to go somewhere where I could find a lot to do, after some bad things had happened. I’d go back there if I had the chance.”
She turned and looked at him. “Even if I was there?” she asked.
“Yeah,” he replied. “Might even be more interesting that way.”
“Do you find me interesting?” she asked.
“A bit, yeah,” he replied. “I haven’t had much of a chance to learn about you today. You’ve been busy learning about me, though. Think you could stand me for a neighbor?”
“I think so,” she said with a smile. “You’re a fascinating man, Jack Harkness. And I think there’s quite a bit more that you haven’t told me. More layers to expose.” She walked over to him. “Do you want to get to know me as well?”
He nodded. “I would like to,” he replied.
She got close to him and looked intently. “I suppose I may take your advice on this matter,” she murmured.
“It’s good advice,” he said quietly.