“I—I’m not me. I’m trapped, Jack.”
“Trapped?”
“Cell. Me. I’m… I’m trapped. I can’t get out.”
“You’re free,” Jack reassured. “You’re safe with me. We’re in Cardiff, Doc, in an apartment on the edge of the city. There’s a beautiful view of the sky, especially at night. There are so many stars. Galaxies, even. You’ll love it.”
“No.” The Doctor shook her head. “There are no stars, Jack. I’m trapped and I’m lonely and I’m scared, Jack. Nothing’s here. Nobody’s here. You’re not here. Not really. It’s just me. Without the stars.”
*
The Doctor is breaking. Jack can see it in her eyes. Every day, he can see her crumbling slowly, shrinking away from the world, folding into herself. And now she's fallen ill with an infected wound that racks her body with a horrible fever that sends her body haywire. Struggling to cope with this new Doctor, this shadow of the Doctor he used to know, Jack has to save her before he loses her entirely.
The Doctor is trapped. Trapped and confused, unsure of what's reality and what isn't. She can't break out of her head. She knows she shouldn't be like this. With time running out, she knows she has to fight this fight by herself. As soon as she can find the strength...
Words: 3193, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
- Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Categories: Gen
- Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Jack Harkness
- Relationships: Thirteenth Doctor & Jack Harkness
- Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s12e10 The Timeless Children, Angst, A LOT of Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Platonic Relationships, Panic Attacks, mental health, Recovery, Injury Recovery, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Whump
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