genessia | An Invition to Torchwood and Chill

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[The Eleventh Doctor pops up on screen with an affable smile, beside his younger (if slightly older-looking) self.]

Hello, everyone, The Doctor here.

[ The Tenth Doctor is now on screen next to his older self and giving a cheeky smile]

Hullo, also The Doctor.

[The older (even if he doesn’t quite look it) Doctor nods with a smile and a tilt of his head toward the other.]

Anyways, me and chinny here -

[The younger-looking Doctor rolls his eyes.]

Oi, try and stay on topic.

[Ten puffs his cheeks in a held in laugh because *really* self]

Me and Chinny here have put together a place for the residents who find this weather a bit unbearable a place to stay.

[The Eleventh Doctor shakes his head and renews his smile for the camera.]

Yes, simple enough, heat exchanger looped through the Alpine Room in my TARDIS, keeps a few rooms at Torchwood very pleasant for anyone who’s not cut out for this sort of heat. Because that’s what we do.

[He pauses just a second to adjust his bow tie proudly.]

Make it cool.

[Ten eyes Eleven and then off screen towards Rose - they’re not charging for this right? Right? He doesn’t know what she wants and back at the camera.]

Come on over and make yourselves comfortable.

And don’t hesitate to give us a ring if you can’t get here safely on your own, we’ll work something out.

[[[FYI, both Eleven and Ten will probably answer replies, and other Torchwood people helping out may threadjack in unless threads are locked.]]]

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[The Eleventh Doctor will be around Torchwood, making sure the heat exchanger is working (and that nobody goes wandering into his TARDIS uninvited), and to brainstorm a solution just in case anyone needs help getting there. The Tenth Doctor will be around, also, as well as other Torchwood people to check those who arrive for signs of heat exhaustion or heatstroke, etc.]

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Ha, really, well, brilliant, at least there's one line I can believe.

Weak.

Thank you for playing. Clearly you can't keep up but don't worry, you get better.

[The Doctor's smile slips for a moment at that.]

Yeah, very funny, shame not all our friends agree.

[Narrowing his eyes, he puts that cold sort of smile back on again.]

'course, like you said, you don't care. Congratulations on that, Professor.

[Because there's a name he's sure not using on you, tyvm.]

[...right. Right. He deserved that]

I'll open another building if you need extra room. Cool it myself. I've got more than enough to fund it because it seems money is the one thing I have got.

[he doesn't seem at all pleased by this]

[Armfold.]

You are funding all of this.

And I don't know what happened, though I can guess. But knock it off. It's scaring me.

Then I'm funding more of it.

You're more than money! [Clenches a fist!]

[Is it about being here in a way that 12 wasn't? Or is it Rose just guessing because of her guilt to Martha and Jack and 10?]

We can talk in person. [Softer.]

[But to Bowtie:] Don't fight. Please. I'm askin, yeah? Not for you. For me.

[The Doctor barely restrains himself from interjecting his own thought on what his older self is and isn't--he has at least enough awareness to tell Rose isn't much enjoying this conversation, and enough self-control to put some kind of lid on it. He flashes a smile at her in answer to her request, but it's hard to miss that it's strained, and in the tension in his eyes is a glimmer of that anger she'd only seen from the two Doctors she'd known previously.

He may have learned new ways to cope with it, but the Oncoming Storm is still in there, somewhere; but rather than grinning and laughing desperately, or seething and growling and staring with bulging eyes, this Doctor keeps it inside, behind that mask of a smile.

Even so, it takes him a second to collect himself enough to formulate an answer he imagines she might be okay with, clasping his hands together casually.]

...'course. No fighting.

[...best not to clarify just how far this is from actually fighting, and just playing along, for now.]

[She knows. She can see it... but he still gets a glomping hug.] Thank you. I'm sorry.

[The only think scarier than the Doctor being dead, was the Doctor's hatred for himself. That would stop her stone cold faster than his corpse every time.]

[...gdi why do you lot have to go around getting so invested in him he can't even be properly angry at himself without upsetting you? The Doctor sighs as he's hugged, but doesn't really hesitate to wrap his arms around her, petting her back soothingly--the best part being she can't see the way he winces at her apologizing.

As if any of it was her fault!

He suppresses the urge to mouth LOOK WHAT YOU DID over her shoulder, and just shakes his head lightly.]

...it's fine. It's fine, I'm fine.

[It gives him long enough, at least, to focus his attention on her instead of his older self, to smother his anger deeper, to put on a (more) convincing smile. The last thing he wants is her getting upset over something that's so much between him and himself... at least, so long as it stays between him and himself.]

No, you're not. [SNUGGLES HIS CHEST, STILL NOT LOOKING UP So he can hide in her not seeing it, let his anger and grief and pain show... even if he won't, even to himself.]

But you've got a huge support network here, and don't you dare forget it. It's not just you makin' decisions anymore, remember?

You don't gotta talk to me if you can't or don't want to, but try to talk to someone, all right? Because you're still my best friend and I love you and I care. [Gently pets the back of his hair!!]

[Ah, right, good, lots of friends too--what? Drag into a knock-down drag-out fight with his future self? One whom certain among them are obviously fond of, however much it galls him? What's he going to do, conduct a character assassination on his future self, so they all have to choose one of them or else forever be super awkward around either of them?

Seriously?

He casts one brief, cross look over her shoulder before he shuts off that particular video feed, because there's no need sharing any more of that, tyvm. His smile's still a rather wry one, but he laughs softly at her trying to soothe him, petting her back comfortingly.]

If wanted not to talk t'you, Rose Tyler, I'd find a better place to do it.

[Right under her nose isn't the best choice, after all. ...even if he jokes about it, though, the thought of her, of any of his friends thinking he's holding them at arm's length, is a painful one, and he holds her tighter for a moment, his voice slightly muffled in her hair.]

And don't you ever think I'm pushing you away. Engraved on my hearts, you lot are, all of you. Don't doubt that for an instant.

[Okay THAT she pulls back -ish to look him square in the eyes.]

[Green. Like a cross between the blue of when they first met, his older self, and Fluffy's brown eyes.]

[Sorry, Bowtie, you're getting a kiss on the mouth. But it's not in the demanding way she does with the rest of him. Just a promise. Because she loves him.]

I won't.

And don't you think you can really get rid of us either, Mister. [Glances to Ten, though her hands are still around Eleven's neck.] We'll always fight our way back into your life. Somehow. Even if just in the spaces in between like this, yeah?

[He's caught off guard at that kiss, eyes widening--he really thought he'd avoided any sort of flirting, here! Mercifully, though, it's just an affectionate one and not that type, and he (mostly) relaxes, and grins just a bit sheepishly, glancing between her and his younger self.

At least it's not quite as awkward as finding out who River was right in front of Amy and Rory.

...or if his Ninth incarnation was here, too. Whew.]

...ha, well... good, not planning on it, don't think this world can handle Rose Tyler fighting for a reunion.

[He flashes a grin over at Sandshoes since he knows just as well (since his return) how far Rose will go over that sort of thing.]

Already did.

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