for better or for worse- open to andiwilldie

[fobwatched]

It's not unusual for Harry to have dreams about it.  After it happened, they were fairly frequent- all entirely normal, the relevant people had assured him- but they've been less so since the Doctor moved in with him.  Which makes sense, if he were to think about it; dreams are supposed to be the unconscious mind's way of processing the events of

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[fobwatched]

'Mmm? Oh, no, it's fine.' Harry's not particularly ticklish, and he's distracted by memories at the moment anyway.

'On the Valiant. It was- you remember I told you about the Toclafane?' The first time he'd met the Doctor- or, well, this Doctor- he'd mentioned the Toclafane, which had turned out to be some figure in Gallifreyan myth. Harry nods, drawing a deep breath. 'That morning, just after eight. The... Toclafane materialised, and killed the American president, and then after that

[fobwatched]

'Oh, I am,' drawls Harry with mock relish. 'I'm a lawyer and a politico, Doctor; I take tea with the Devil every other Thursday.'

He lets the Doctor kiss him, and grins against his lips, enjoying the casual intimacy. 'Mmm, I don't know. I was quite looking forward to it, once I'd set my mind on it. Put your hair back in a nice blue ribbon-' he twirls one of the Doctor's bed-mussed curls around his fingers idly, 'but I suppose we can forgo it if you really insist.'

[andiwilldie]

"That would be preferable, thank you."

He laughs again, and shifts around so his arm is more comfortable, inching closer to Harry in the process. He hadn't meant to, of course, but it is a nice side-effect, so he doesn't move back.

"Did you have any plans for tomo-- er, later today? I was thinking perhaps we could go to an aquarium. Aquariums are fun, it's been ages since I went to one, how does that sound?"

[fobwatched]

The way Harry adjusts himself in turn as the Doctor shifts is the easy, thoughtless familiarity of someone who's used to sharing a bed. It's nice to be able to go back to that, even if he doesn't intellectualise it like that. It's not as if the Doctor is serving as some kind of replacement for Lucy, after all; that would be frankly rather disturbing

[andiwilldie]

The Doctor's face splits into a huge grin, and if he wasn't so horizontal right now, you can bet he would be bouncing on the balls of his feet.

"Well, I was thinking we could go to the one in my universe," he begins, talking a hundred miles an hour, "It's Saturday there, so we won't have to worry about any school trips making it very crowded. At least, I don't think it will be very crowded. This isn't the time of year when people generally go to aquariums, is it? That's more of a summer thing, isn't it? Oh well, it'll be fun regardless. Oh, and the one here has the penguin exhibit closed for maintenance anyway, so if we go to mine it will still be open and we can see those. Hmmn, I can't remember if they allow you to bring in outside food or if you have to eat from their cafeteria. If they do we should take something. Of course, they may let us get our hand stamped or something for re-entry, if we wanted to leave when we got hungry."

He smiles.

[fobwatched]

Harry blinks. And blinks again. And then he breaks out into laughter; he'd shake his head, but his current position makes that difficult.

It takes a moment to sort through all the Doctor's blather and decide on one thing to respond to, but eventually Harry does. 'We're neither of us short on money, Doctor,' he reminds him wryly. 'We can eat at the aquarium if we have to.'

It's such a funny thing to focus on, but Harry supposes he should be glad the Doctor's thinking about it at all. This is, after all, the man whom he occasionally has to remind that sleeping and eating are good things, even when you're a high and mighty Time Lord.

[andiwilldie]

The Doctor frowns. "No, no, that's not what I meant."

Honestly, he knows they don't really have a money problem. The worst that could happen would be them accidentally take money from a year that hasn't happened yet to the Doctor's universe, and get strange looks. That, of course, would be assuming whoever they handed the money to even looked at the date. And it's not as though he's one to really care about spending money either way.

"Have you ever had aquarium food though?"

[fobwatched]

Well, now, that's a different matter. And clearly serious business. Harry meets the Doctor's gaze with feigned gravitas to match his. 'I didn't have very discerning taste as an eight year old, I'm afraid.'

Packing food it will have to be, then. Harry's got no objection to that.