Help Haiti Fic: Seeing Face To Face

[wendymr]

Story: Seeing Face To Face
Author: wmr/ wendymr 
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Jack Harkness (Pete's World)
Universe:  Through A Glass Darkly
Rated: PG13
Summary: It's time. He has to go and see the lad

Written for yamx in return for a very generous donation to disaster relief in Haiti as a result of the help_haiti community fundraising efforts. I'm so sorry that it's

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[wendymr]

Your comment really set me thinking. Initially I thought But of course Jack and Nine had happy times before Schattenwelt burned - and I hadn't really thought of this story as having a particularly sad or melancholy theme. But, yes, there are the undercurrents of trouble to come, and both Jack and the Doctor's uncertainty about each other's feelings.

So... yes, you're getting your wish. I'm working on a story to follow more or less immediately after this one - the Anywhere but Earth destination the Doctor promises Jack. A teaser:

He cuffs the Doctor’s shoulder lightly. “Supercilious git.” It’s a familiar, and affectionate, insult.

The Doctor smirks. “Oi! ‘Stead of standin’ around insulting me, might be a better use of your time to - I dunno, run!”

Right. The Nagratns, now that they’ve figured out that their guns aren’t going to work, are starting to close in on the two of them. Flipping open his wrist computer, he presses a combination of keys, and immediately a loud, high-pitched screech sounds. The Doctor’s not the only one with fancy toys, and he does like having the opportunity to remind his friend of that.

“Could’ve warned me!” the Doctor yells as the Nagratns cover their ears.

“Run?” Jack reminds him with a smirk.

They run.

***

They’re laughing like loons as they run back into the TARDIS, slamming the door behind them and reaching the console in three strides. With teamwork of long-standing practice, they take the TARDIS into the vortex, then step back and just grin at each other.

There'll probably be another, set a year or so later in Jack's timeline. As for one after TAGD itself... well, I'm under the hammer in the Support Stacie auction and very willing to consider bids for a sequel *g*

ETA: I should probably consider you responsible for this! *g*

So thank you for the comment and the inspiration!