ficlet: Jealous 1/1 Ten, Martha
Title: Jealous
Author: Shannon
Rating: G
Character: The Doctor (Ten), Martha
Disclaimer: They don’t belong to me, they belong to RTD and BBC.
Summary: The Doctor feelings on Martha working for Torchwood.
Spoilers: Through Journey's End
Notes: This was written for voicegrl who asked for Ten/Martha and the Doctor’s reaction to Martha working for Torchwood.
She had left UNIT. Just quit, told them she had a better offer. Why would she do that after he went through so much trouble to make sure she had a good job, a safe job. Well, not safe exactly but as safe as a job tracking down alien threats could be. A job where he could still watch over her, make sure she was okay. Now she wasn’t there. She’d moved on to Torchwood, told UNIT she felt she could do more good there.
Torchwood. She had gone to Torchwood Three to work with Jack. He should’ve realized that would happen, he had known Jack was looking for a new medic and Jack did like Martha. Rationally he knew Jack would keep Martha safe. He’d never let any harm come to her, not physical harm anyway. He’d keep her safe from any alien threat. He also knew that Torchwood was a good job for Martha, it wasn’t as if Torchwood 3 still considered him their number one enemy. It was a job Martha would be good at.
So she was at a job she’d be good at, one she’d be happy with, she’d make a difference. She was working with someone who cared about her and would protect her with his own life, in a manner of speaking. Torchwood Three was small and operated much like a family, so she’d be with people who she could care about and would care for her. She didn’t want to travel with him anymore, and he understood that, was even relieved in some ways. Now he didn’t have to worry about how she felt about him. Except he wasn’t happy, he didn’t want her at Torchwood Three. Not with Jack.
All he could see was the way Jack flirted with her. The rational part of his brain said Jack flirted with everyone and was already involved with someone, but the other part of his brain, was ignoring the logic of that statement and was pushing the necessary buttons on the console to take him to Cardiff to find Martha and convince her to travel with him again. As he felt the TARDIS enter the Vortex and head toward Cardiff he wondered why it mattered so much to him if Jack flirted with her, or even if she was involved with Jack. He didn’t have an answer, not one he’d admit to anyway. The only reason that came to his mind, was that he was jealous, and that couldn’t be right. He wasn’t jealous of Jack, and he wasn’t in love with Martha Jones. He just didn’t want to see her hurt, that’s why he was going to Cardiff, just to be sure she didn’t get hurt.
The end
Author: Shannon
Rating: G
Character: The Doctor (Ten), Martha
Disclaimer: They don’t belong to me, they belong to RTD and BBC.
Summary: The Doctor feelings on Martha working for Torchwood.
Spoilers: Through Journey's End
Notes: This was written for voicegrl who asked for Ten/Martha and the Doctor’s reaction to Martha working for Torchwood.
She had left UNIT. Just quit, told them she had a better offer. Why would she do that after he went through so much trouble to make sure she had a good job, a safe job. Well, not safe exactly but as safe as a job tracking down alien threats could be. A job where he could still watch over her, make sure she was okay. Now she wasn’t there. She’d moved on to Torchwood, told UNIT she felt she could do more good there.
Torchwood. She had gone to Torchwood Three to work with Jack. He should’ve realized that would happen, he had known Jack was looking for a new medic and Jack did like Martha. Rationally he knew Jack would keep Martha safe. He’d never let any harm come to her, not physical harm anyway. He’d keep her safe from any alien threat. He also knew that Torchwood was a good job for Martha, it wasn’t as if Torchwood 3 still considered him their number one enemy. It was a job Martha would be good at.
So she was at a job she’d be good at, one she’d be happy with, she’d make a difference. She was working with someone who cared about her and would protect her with his own life, in a manner of speaking. Torchwood Three was small and operated much like a family, so she’d be with people who she could care about and would care for her. She didn’t want to travel with him anymore, and he understood that, was even relieved in some ways. Now he didn’t have to worry about how she felt about him. Except he wasn’t happy, he didn’t want her at Torchwood Three. Not with Jack.
All he could see was the way Jack flirted with her. The rational part of his brain said Jack flirted with everyone and was already involved with someone, but the other part of his brain, was ignoring the logic of that statement and was pushing the necessary buttons on the console to take him to Cardiff to find Martha and convince her to travel with him again. As he felt the TARDIS enter the Vortex and head toward Cardiff he wondered why it mattered so much to him if Jack flirted with her, or even if she was involved with Jack. He didn’t have an answer, not one he’d admit to anyway. The only reason that came to his mind, was that he was jealous, and that couldn’t be right. He wasn’t jealous of Jack, and he wasn’t in love with Martha Jones. He just didn’t want to see her hurt, that’s why he was going to Cardiff, just to be sure she didn’t get hurt.
The end