FIC: Doctor Who - Time Knot (1/1)

[fajrdrako]

Title: Time Knot
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Nine/Ten
Challenge: Written in answer to a 'first kiss' challenge from order_of_chaos, who asked that I write a Nine/Ten kiss.
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers. Cross-posted to dwfiction.


Time Knot

The walls of the TARDIS shifted with the force of the gale. The Doctor cursed and braced his foot against the valve of the hypothermiun drive, one hand on the stabilizer lever. It had no effect.

"How can I help?" shouted Martha, but she was blinking in and out of existence. No help there.

"It's under control!" he shouted back, but she was gone, and the walls of the TARDIS seemed to throb and whimper. "Easy, old girl," he murmured, his palm flat on a panel. "We'll get through this."

He thought he saw a glimpse of Jack Harkness and Rose. Then Peri. Then someone he didn't recognize, probably from his future, if he had any future. Then they were all gone, and he was face to face with himself in his ninth body, all ears and nose and cockiness, with the U-boat Captain look.

"Not again," he murmurred.

"Good shoes," his other self said. "I'll remember those."

"Don't come too close!"

"I'm not daft. But if we don't do something, we'll lose the timestream." He looked around. "The walls are imploding. Soon we'll be bigger on the outside than the inside. Don't let it happen!"

"Suggestions?"

"Emergency rudder?" They staggered and regained balance.

"Lost that eons ago, remember?"

"Redirect vortex energy, then."

"How?"

"A kiss would do it."

"Fast work! We only just met."

"Liar. You've always known me."

"It's dangerous!"

"It's kinky."

He grinned at himself, both ways. "Right, then. Buy me a drink, first."

"I'm easy, but not cheap."

Something blipped and both selves disappeared and returned. The TARDIS yelped psychically.

"We're running out of -"

"Kiss me, Hardy!"

Leather jacket approached pinstripe suit. "Getting any practice these days?"

"Kiss me, you fool."

Breath mingled with breath. "Live a good life for me."

"I'm doing it." Another flash of humour. "Just for you. Wouldn't do it for just anyone."

"Obliged." Their mouths were almost touching. A jolt, and they slipped sideways, almost colliding, drawing back from each other in a flash of mutual panic. Time steadied. Lips approached lips again, and golden energy glowed between their mouths as the heady flow of temporal flux rushed through their bodies, mingling.

"Just pretend I'm Jack," he quipped.

"Should smack you for that."

"Like you said: kinky."

Lips touched. The universe moved - actually just the TARDIS, lurching under the shock. It was like floating. It was like death. It was like losing one's place in time.

"Nice meeting you," one of them said, and disappeared.

The Doctor gasped. The TARDIS sighed. The universe snapped back together again.

"What the bloody hell was that?" asked Martha, hanging on to the back of a chair with both hands.

"Nothing much," said the Doctor cheerfully. "Whatever it was, it's over now. Allons-y!"

Comments

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*claps loudly* Wonderful! What a fantastic idea - I love the back and forth between them, just right.

"Just pretend I'm Jack," he quipped.
You know, I'm so glad I'm not reading this in public as I can't stop giggling :D

Great, great stuff.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the so-very-kind words. I'm delighted you enjoyed it - I didn't think I could write a story with both Nine and Ten, but once I tried, it was fun to do.

[lmondegreen.livejournal.com]

I love it!! I haven't been reading any Dr Who stories because I just don't know the characters that well yet, but this one I couldn't resist, and I'm ever so glad I did :-)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm glad you read it, then, and particularly glad that you liked it.

And you know, you can still come over and see more episodes any time you like!

Any chance of a brunch some time?

[lmondegreen.livejournal.com]

I'll take you up on that as soon as I have free time again (i.e. after my trip, when work settles down and when I've finished my living room). I think Josie mentioned a brunch maybe the weekend after next; I'll send out an email.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

after my trip

I'm dying to hear about it! Tell me again when you'll be gone?

I'd like a brunch! That would be good.

[lmondegreen.livejournal.com]

I'll be gone the last two weeks of June. I'll tell you about it at the brunch :-)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Okay!

June 9 or 10 are good for me, for brunch.

[loreleif.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love it. Of course, now I want to see the two of them meet in canon, with the back-and-forth and all. If only they would be that cute! :) Thank you so much for sharing.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

now I want to see the two of them meet in canon

Chuckle. There have been shows in which different versions of the Doctor met, haven't there? I see to recall having seen one or two long ago, mostly comedy.

Thanks for the nice comments!

The Nightcrawler/Wolverine story is done and I'll post it soon.

[loreleif.livejournal.com]

There have been shows in which different versions of the Doctor met, haven't there?

There have been! "The Three Doctors" (One, Two, and Three), "The Five Doctors" (One through Three and Five - Four never really met anyone), and "The Two Doctors" (Two and Six). Unfortunately, Russell Davies has apparently vetoed the idea in future. *sigh* Ah, well.

Yay for Kurt/Logan! :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Russell Davies has apparently vetoed the idea in future. *sigh*

I'm not really hankering for a batch of Doctors together, I'm sure whatever Russell T. Davies has in mind will be just as good. Resources only go so far, even for the BBC.

[order_of_chaos]

Wheeeeeeeeeee! Thank you!!! *incoherent glee*
Love the dialogue! All of it - I tried to pick out a favourite bit, and ended up giggling instead.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

*incoherent glee*

An eloquent comment! Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. Come and inspire me more often.

(Yeah, I know, I should try challenge things more often - I get such a kick out of it. Thanks for the prompt.)

[damalan.livejournal.com]

Is there nothing that a good kiss can't solve? ;-)

A fun little fic, and I agree that the "Just pretend I'm Jack" is great, and still has me chuckling! As if anyone would ever confuse Jack with the Doctor! ;-)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Is there nothing that a good kiss can't solve? ;-)

I hope not!

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

As if anyone would ever confuse Jack with the Doctor! ;-)

An irony of which he was well aware.

[myfavouriteplum.livejournal.com]

Love it！Now I really believe they're all the same person after all.

It all seems so easy, so comfortable. How did you manage?

The Jack reference is great, I'm sure everybody has told you that. 'A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh...'

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Now I really believe they're all the same person after all.

In general I have a problem with the idea of the same psyche in different bodies, because I believe bodies and minds are essentially the same - our personalities are made up of genetic material and neural links and chemical soups. But I also find the way they handle it on Doctor Who suprisingly convincing - that is, if you could have the same spirit in a different body, I think it would manifest in that way - same type of mind, same memories, same values, but a different personal style and different tastes. So each incarnation is the same, but different.

Fun to play with.

It all seems so easy, so comfortable. How did you manage?

Uh... sheer luck? Good characters to work with?

'A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh...'

Absolutely!

[myfavouriteplum.livejournal.com]

"But I also find the way they handle it on Doctor Who suprisingly convincing - that is, if you could have the same spirit in a different body, I think it would manifest in that way - same type of mind, same memories, same values, but a different personal style and different tastes. So each incarnation is the same, but different."

I agree. And woould't the same spirit like to explore all the possibilities, in the different times and incarnations?

Oh, may I translate this into Chinese? I believe some of my friends have not thought of Nine/Ten yet...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

And woould't the same spirit like to explore all the possibilities, in the different times and incarnations?

Yes, exactly.

may I translate this into Chinese?

Yes, of course you may. I'd be delighted. I only wish I could read your translation! I've had my stories translated into French in the past, and it was fun to read the results. It was like incarnations of the Doctor, the same but different.