It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they?
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o p t i o n s 01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.
02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.
03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.
04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...
05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.
06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?
07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.
08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.
09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.
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This probably explains how her head ends up pillowed on his chest and both an arm and a leg are slung over him a few hours later. She'll probably be incredibly embarrassed when she wakes up, but right now, she's blissfully comfortable after a rough few days of trying and mostly failing to sleep.
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Except when he tries to move to check on her, he can't. Which is very weird, because this isn't supposed to be a problem for him. Is never a problem for him, so why? Did something break aboard his ship while her defenses were down? Was he captured? Did he need to launch a rescue mission for him and Martha--
Martha.
Feeling a bit foolish, he supposes his ship wouldn't seem so happy if there were intruders boarding her.
He remembers that there's another body in his bed, and realizes that some of the fault in the entanglement is on him, just as much as Martha. He also realizes that he's awfully comfortable, and doesn't really want to deal with the awkwardness of pulling apart yet.
Besides, humans need more sleep than Time Lords. He's just doing Martha a favor. It'd be rude to wake her up so early in her sleep cycle.
So he doesn't move and goes back to sleep. It's the right thing to do, after all.
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Oh god.
Martha jerks awake with a start and pulls away frantically, pressing against the wall. "Sorry!" she apologises quickly, in a bit of a panic. "I didn't mean to, I swear, I just-"
Actually felt comfortable while sleeping for the first time in ages?
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"Don't panic," he murmurs, "I know you didn't," and he seems very certain in his words.
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Though it's probably better than waking him up with nightmares, if only because then she'd have to explain.
"I. Er." She settles back down into the bed instead of trying to worm her way down the sheets and out the foot of the bed. "Sorry." She said that already, didn't she?
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Ah, but she is settling back down. He can. He can work with that. They're adults.
He wishes he'd fall back asleep, that would make this a whole lot easier, just to ignore the situation completely.
"You don't have to keep apologizing." He gets it, really.
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"I tried to tell him everything, you know," she says after a long pause. "I couldn't keep living a lie. That's not the sort of person I am, not the sort of person I could be."
Besides, it had been getting harder and harder to keep everything hidden. The scars on her back and the nightmares had been tricky enough, but everything she did for work? It made it impossible to conceal.
"He didn't believe me." She shrugs, trying to look more casual than she feels. "Thought I was mental. Said it couldn't be real, not any of it. He died for me before, Doctor. I thought- I thought it would work. I thought he'd listen."
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Sometimes he wishes he could take it all back; that he was the only one on the Valiant to remember what happened. The Jones family, and Jack, and Lucy... None of them should have suffered because he couldn't stop the Master before that year started.
But at least the world forgot.
"Events change people, for better or for worse. Without those events though, they can't be what you want them to be."
He tightens an arm around her in a squeeze to mimic a hug.
"I'm sorry."
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Martha scoots a little closer to him again. "I had a great dress, too." She knows he doesn't care about the dress. "I was going to make you dance with me, just once. You would've hated it." She thinks about John Smith, dancing with Joan, about how the way it had made her feel - although at the time, she'd also been fairly concerned with saving the Doctor and the village, so jealousy hadn't been her top priority.
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And he didn't mess the timing up.
"I would have, but I'm sure your mum would've glared at me if I said tried to weasel out of it, and that would be rightfully terrifying." He wishes he was joking. "You would have looked beautiful, had there been a wedding, Martha."
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"I don't know why you think my mum's so scary." Martha rolls her eyes. "Just 'cos she slapped you." Among other things. "Just be glad she hasn't got any sisters; you would've skipped the wedding just so you wouldn't have to meet any more of her relatives."
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"All mums are scary, Martha. It's their job." He's not even joking, that's the sad part. "And that's when you have two ceremonies; a big one with all the craz--alll the relatives, and a small one for all your strange friends like Jack and I. You do not want him with your mum's relatives."
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"I don't want him with my bridesmaids," she points out. "Or groomsmen." Or her relatives; he's got that one right. "Bit of a moot point now, though, I reckon." Martha sighs, settling back into the pillows. Even she has moments of feeling sorry for herself.
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He hadn't meant to make her--sad? Upset? Feeling something not entirely great, sure.
"It's good to keep in mind. For the future. Because Jack's still Jack." And Martha's still Martha, and he assumes one days she'll be happy with someone.
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Assuming she finds someone who can accept all of her and her past. It's daft to feel sorry for herself; she's still young, and there are plenty of fish in the hypothetical sea. And she doesn't have to get married, anyway - she'd like to, but it's not really a necessity. She's perfectly capable of leading a happy and fulfilling life on her own, even if her mum keeps pestering her about grandchildren for the next couple decades.
"Though I'll probably have to count on you to keep Jack from inviting himself along on the honeymoon," she adds wryly.
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No, Martha, they'd make the worst witnesses. Never invite them. Save yourself.
"I'm sure I could convince him to follow me back to the TARDIS and you'd be free. Although, then you might have to save me from him, eventually. An eternal pass-Jack-off, which in the end, really, it might just be best to take him on your hypothetical honeymoon, anyway. I'm sure he could hook you up with all sorts of discounts just by flirting with every single person you meet."
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"He'd hook up with my husband," Martha points out acerbically. "I can do without the discounts, you're stuck with the hot potato." If Jack were here, he'd argue for the benefits of a threesome on one's honeymoon, which, really, is why it's a good thing he isn't.
(Actually, if Jack were here, he would be arguing for the benefits of a threesome right now. This is why Martha's allowed in the Doctor's bedroom and Jack isn't.)
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He swallows.
"You know, the TARDIS is back to some of her usual self."
Not that it seems like he's entirely willing to move at the moment.
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Maybe.
"Good to hear. Maybe we'll be able to get going soon."
Although she doesn't seem inclined to move, either. It's so damn comfortable.
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"Yeah. Soon."
So soon. So very soon. Yup.
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Please don't answer that question. Also ignore the fact that she's scooting just a little bit closer now.
"That's practically like inviting him to come aboard and shag both of us. Or try to shag both of us."
Which she is definitely not thinking about right now. Super definitely not thinking about at all.
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"Good for us that the TARDIS won't let him aboard for long, then."
Errr.
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"I think he'd regard that as a challenge." Martha rolls her eyes.
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"He is not seducing my ship to get on board," he says firmly. "No. Just... no. It's not happening and I don't care how much he think it might work; it's not going to."
He's linefacing right now, just so you know.
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"I meant-"
...there is no non-awkward way to say what she had in mind, and it's probably just best to give up right here and now.
"...never mind," she finishes lamely.
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