Remembrance

[teleen_fiction]

Title: Remembrance
Author: Teleen (teleen_fiction)
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Spoilers: Slight ones for "Journey's End"
Pairing: Jack/Donna (gen)
Rating: All Ages
Summary: He watched her sometimes, but she never knew he was there.
Written for: jessara40k, who prompted me: Donna/Jack, memory.

 

He watched her sometimes, but she never knew he was there.  If they were any other people, he would be a stalker and she, his obsession.

But they weren’t any other people and he wasn’t stalking.

He only watched.

He watched her bring her newborn son home from the hospital.

He watched her take him for his first day of school.

He watched her cry as her baby went off to college.

One day, she looked at him and he realized that she’d known all along.

He stayed away for a long while after that, but eventually the pull was too great and he found her on her front porch, idly watching people pass by. 

“Took you long enough, Captain.”

The tone was familiar. “How long?”

“Years now.  Don’t tell him.”

“I haven’t seen him in years.”

She looked at him in surprise and he realized something.  It made him laugh out loud. “You thought I was watching you for him?”

She nodded, then looked at him with open curiosity. “If not for him, then why?”

“Why do you think?”

She considered for a moment. “I’m the last one left in this Universe, the last one of the three of him.”

He nodded.

“I don’t have any answers for you, Captain.”

He smiled a little. “I know, but sometimes I just like to see you.” He paused and swallowed painfully. “And remember him.”

“Fair enough.  Tea?”

He nodded readily. “Please.”

They spent the afternoon together, sharing memories. 

They met every few months for many years after that and despite what Donna had told him in the beginning, eventually she gave him answers to questions he’d never realized he had. 

Closure wasn’t something that Jack had ever expected to have where the Doctor was concerned, but somehow, he found it in the woman who carried a piece of the Time Lord. 

He remembered her for that.

Forever.

 

Comments

[eve-from-oz.livejournal.com]

That was just beautiful, the idea of Jackwatching and talking to Donna becuase she has that part of Ten in her - it never occured to me but now that I've read it feels really *right*

Wonderful job on the prompt :D

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[frakkin-addict.livejournal.com]

Lovely, and made me want to cry a bit. Thanks for writing - it was very moving. :)

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[jessara40k.livejournal.com]

Thanks, this was great, and I loved the double use of the prompt, how Donna remembered even after the Doctor raped her mind, and then how Jack remembered her and what she'd done for him for the rest of his long life.

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad you liked it, :). I'm not sure that I would have called what the Doctor did rape since he did it to save her life, but the more I think about it, the more I agree with you, :(.

Thanks for the prompt! :)

[bk_forever]

I like this!

I'd never expected to like Donna as I wasn't particularly impressed by her first appearance in the Christmas special, but I ended up loving her and I like the thought of Jack sort of watching over her, but for his own reasons, not as the Doctor's eyes and ears.

I'm not surprised Donna noticed him though, he's not exactly inconspicuous!

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

Not even a little, lol!

Thank you! :)

[thette.livejournal.com]

I'm glad they found each other. This is part of my new head-canon.

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you! :)