Doctor Who/Torchwood: Five Times

[notevery]

IV

Jack and the Doctor stand on opposite sides of the boy's hospital bed and do not touch each other. It's been years-so many years that even Jack's face shows signs of aging, however minute, to his intense distaste-but the Doctor remains unchanged as ever: Jack half expected to meet a new incarnation, if they ever met again, and it is a shock

Comments

[notevery]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad to hear that it worked for you. 'Making sense' with canon is exactly what I most wanted, so it's lovely to know that it worked!

[mimarie]

It's always the oddest little details that hit so well - the Doctor's sneakers and trouser legs getting wet in puddles he won't/can't avoid, acting like an eccentric uncle embarrassing people in public, Jack spending his (limitless) time learning new trades - and getting annoyed with the Doctor's unchanging face - and then there's the dialogue and that utterly perfect understated understanding... Nope - nothing constructive to add I'm afraid, just damn that's good.

[notevery]

Thank you so much for such a lovely long comment! I've got such a big grin on my face right now. It's brilliant to know that the little details worked: as a writer, they're one of the things that interest me most, and I was really consciously trying to use them more in this fic. Understatement was another thing I was trying for, so as you can imagine this comment has me over the moon! Thank you :)

[meilin_miranda]

*blinking* that was beautiful.

[notevery]

Thank you!

[duct_tape_fairy]

Lovely. Just lovely.

[notevery]

Thank you!

[batmanboxers]

This was brilliant.

[notevery]

Thank you so much!