And So Things Go, Chapter 10

[jlrpuck_fic]

Title- And So Things Go (10/34)
Author- jlrpuck
Rating - T
Pairing - Peter Carlisle/Rose Tyler
Disclaimer - Characters from Blackpool and Doctor Who are the property of the BBC, and are used with the greatest of love and respect; no profit is intended from the writing or sharing of this story.
Summary - The story of how Peter Carlisle moved to

Comments

[fishface44]

I am sorry Peter is tired, Rose-less, and frustrated, but on the other hand, how lovely that his working relationship with Elias seems to be making him cheerful! And I loved Ruby's reaction to him: our Peter deserves to be appreciated!

[jlrpuck_fic]

Peter's finding happiness and comfort in some very unexpected places on this case. Which is good for him--he needs to be reminded that not everyone is a misery. ;)

[jvgymnast]

Both the front and back doors had had devices rigged to them
So it was sort of like that SMK episode.

Peter hadn’t been able to get out of the house fast enough
I'll bet.

He was a bloody idiot.
Well... yes, but detecting is your job. Just maybe more precautions were in order.
Does this mean that lady they talked to is in on it?

Rose was going to kill him…assuming she found out.
Oh she has ways...

“Ruby’ll have your head too, you know,” Peter offered conversationally.
“I’m not the idiot who went in.”
“You flipped the coin.”
Doesn't want Elias to tell on him, eh?

“Ruby’s going to find out,” Elias replied morosely.
“Not from me, she’s not.” Peter’s voice was firm.
But with her connections with this operation? I'd say it's not long before that happens, and I'll bet *she* tells Rose.

He found himself unaccountably missing Ian and his team, missing the security of knowing what the group could do, who he could trust;
Does this compare to when he was working with the unfamiliar Torchwood team?

but he wasn’t entirely sure he’d be able

[jlrpuck_fic]

So it was sort of like that SMK episode.

Sort of ;)

Doesn't want Elias to tell on him, eh?

Ah, no. It's a bit like during the cold war, with mutually assured destruction: if Peter tells Ruby, Elias'll be dead and Rose will find out; if Elias tells Rose, Peter'll be dead and Ruby will find out. So it's best to keep this as a dirty little secret.

Does this compare to when he was working with the unfamiliar Torchwood team?

Very much so, but with a bit less UST. ;) (sorry, the grapefruit juice is kicking in, which means I'm getting a bit goofy)

So they've got Oz, then? Any changes to it?

Amazingly, no. Well....Buddy Ebsen played the Tin Man, but that's it.

Poor Peter-- how'd he end up with someone's iguana?

They were working a case, and the suspect tossed his iguana at Peter and Penny as they went to collar him. (no iguanas were harmed in the imagining of this story)

As protection? Surveillance?

Both.

Speaking of which, are there any recording devices in the interrogation room?Only the tape recorder on the table--which was

[liber_noctuae]

They were working a case, and the suspect tossed his iguana at Peter and Penny as they went to collar him. (no iguanas were harmed in the imagining of this story)

That would do it. I had a friend who owned a very clingy iguana and he would scratch her sometimes when trying to crawl up her arm, though bizarrely they found that he'd hung himself with his heat lamp cord one christmas morning.

[principia]

...though bizarrely they found that he'd hung himself with his heat lamp cord one christmas morning.

:(

[pixystixy99]

Great chapter! And as much as I'm loving Ruby and Elias ( and their interaction with Peter), I'm positively dying to know about the iguana!

[jlrpuck_fic]

(love the icon. So. True.)

Ah, the iguana. Peter and Penny were going to arrest a suspect in a rather dull case, and had the iguana tossed at them as a distraction (the iguana was fine, if not a bit angry). Penny got the suspect, Peter got the iguana to the torso. Rose got a lot of laughs, once Peter explained to her why he had scratches on his arm--and his torso.

[principia]

A suspect. Threw an iguana at them.

Torso scratches. I was right on the mark with the Indy comment, then. :D

[jlrpuck_fic]

As ginamak has said, the suspect was a Stoner. The iguana seemed like a perfectly acceptable deterrent.

;)

[heather916]

I just have to say first that I adore Ruby! She's fantastic.

And I'm so proud of Peter - playing nicely with people and making new friends. I enjoyed his "Car!" prank on Elias.

I'm very interested to see where this case is going. And to see if Peter's gut instinct regarding the reports will turn out to be valid. (I suspect it will.)

[jlrpuck_fic]

Ruby is yet another of those characters who was meant to just be...window dressing. And then she spoke up, and became this insanely fun woman to write.

And I'm so proud of Peter - playing nicely with people and making new friends.

He's slowly returning to being the person he was before Loreen.

See you Monday!

[nattieb]

I love this, simply love it and I have to say this chapter is my favorite. I know I comment all the time how much I adore Elias but in him Peter has found a partner that can be a partner. Someone who knows the ropes who can give and take from Peter and who Peter can have not only a proper friendship with but a proper partnership.

And Ruby- please tell me we will see more of her.

Finally I like how this story is moving Peter to the realization that he needs to move to London. I think something like this is what he needed to be completely sure. I hate that she wasn’t able to talk to him (and part of me would love to see what Rose is going through without him). I hope we do get to see her reaction to the bomb, though Rose better not be too hard on him, it isn’t that she has the safest job on in the world.

[jlrpuck_fic]

I have to say this chapter is my favorite.

Aw, thank you!

Someone who knows the ropes who can give and take from Peter and who Peter can have not only a proper friendship with but a proper partnership.

Quite right. I don't know that Peter's really ever had one of those types of partnerships. He could have, I think, with Blythe--had things not gone so spectacularly to hell. And I like to think that his mentor, when he was a young DC, would have shown him that it was possible.

And Ruby- please tell me we will see more of her.

You'll see more of her ;)

Finally I like how this story is moving Peter to the realization that he needs to move to London.

This, right here, is the entire reason the story exists. It took me a little bit to figure out what it woudl take to get Peter down there--but once I did, I couldn't seem to stop writing!