{"id":192938,"date":"2014-09-03T23:43:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/09\/03\/but-also-imagine-that-cas-and-the-doctor-always\/"},"modified":"2014-09-03T23:43:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T23:43:02","slug":"but-also-imagine-that-cas-and-the-doctor-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/09\/03\/but-also-imagine-that-cas-and-the-doctor-always\/","title":{"rendered":"But also imagine that Cas and the Doctor (always Ten idk) manipulate time through different channels so they both have a kind of grudging respect and it’s a not-quite-friendly interaction between the two that leads Cas to meeting Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"

jazzforthecaptain<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The TARDIS jumped like a sedan going over a raccoon. Jack felt that \u2018bump\u2019 would have been a far less gloomy comparison, but given the circumstances, death was more likely than turbulence.<\/p>\n

Maybe that was just a year of torture talking. Or, you know, witnessing the actual death of the universe.<\/p>\n

The TARDIS\u2019s brief founder had everyone\u2019s attention. Martha joined the Doctor at the console, who bent over a tiny monitor. Jack thought about doing the same, then thought better. He\u2019d done some important prioritizing during his stay on the Valiant; no sense in making himself part of the rhythm now. He\u2019d be leaving soon, this time probably for good. Jack didn\u2019t WANT it to be forever\u2026 but he felt a twinge of permanence when he thought about his practiced speech.<\/p>\n

Maybe he\u2019d just go pack. Whatever hadn\u2019t been raided from his room, anyway. Sheesh. Opportunist wolves, these companions since him. He turned to head down the corridor.<\/p>\n

“\u2026Jack?”<\/p>\n

Jack turned at the Doctor\u2019s summons. \u201cYes, sir?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Doctor pushed up his glasses and looked down his nose at Jack over the top of the console. \u201cYou mind getting the door? For a friend. Well. Colleague. We-ell\u2026\u201d He searched for a more appropriate descriptor while Jack followed the request. He pulled the door open to the whirling time vortex. His joints remembered the screaming cold pain of clinging to the TARDIS.<\/p>\n

A stranger\u2019s hand swept through the doorway, catching Jack\u2019s wrist in a ferocious grip. The force nearly yanked Jack out with it, but then Martha was there anchoring him, and the two of them towed their strange cargo aboard.<\/p>\n

Like a wine cork coming free, the stranger tumbled through the door and rolled both Jack and Martha to the bridge floor. He landed mostly on Jack\u2026 who landed completely on Martha.<\/p>\n

“Oye!” She yelped.<\/p>\n

“Everyone all right?” The Doctor asked, without looking up. Jack shifted himself and the stranger sideways with a grumpy apology. Until he looked down\u2026 and found himself looking up into a pair of the most brilliant blue eyes he\u2019d seen on a human face.<\/p>\n

Brilliant\u2026 and pissed.<\/p>\n

“Captain Jack Harkness,” Jack smiled, and who are *you?*“<\/p>\n

"Jack,” the Doctor\u2019s voice held a note of warning.<\/p>\n

“Castiel,” the stranger replied, rose as indiffently as if he *hadn\u2019t* been sprawled between Jack\u2019s legs, and proceeded to the console. There, while Martha and Jack looked on in bewildered amusement, he proceeded to engage the Doctor in an absolutely splendid argument. Terms like \u2018megalomaniacal amateur\u2019 and \u2018delusions of heroism\u2019 were bandied about.<\/p>\n

Martha raised her eyebrows at Jack and made a shooing motion towards the combatants. He grinned, poked his pinkies in his mouth, and let out a piercing whistle that (momentarily) brought things to a halt.<\/p>\n

“Doctor?” Jack asked, “Everything ship-shape?”<\/p>\n

“Oh, yes. Just a friendly theological discussion between time travelers. Castiel\u2019s a concerned citizen. He does this periodically.”<\/p>\n

Castiel\u2019s already stormy disapproval whipped into a squall. \u201cDoes *what* \u2018periodically\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

And Lord if he didn\u2019t have just the sexiest angry voice. Before Jack could insert himself into the discussion, it closed him out again. Martha nudged his shoulder.<\/p>\n

“Hey,” she smiled, angling her head towards the corridor, “I smuggled in some chocolate biscuits, last stop. Fancy a coffee?”<\/p>\n

Jack\u2019s frustration soothed. He remembered again why he\u2019d made his decisions, where he was going, and why. Saving his most dazzling grin for the beauty at his side, Jack offered her a gratious arm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

jazzforthecaptain: The TARDIS jumped like a sedan going over a raccoon. Jack felt that \u2018bump\u2019 would have been a far less gloomy comparison, but given the circumstances, death was more likely than turbulence. Maybe that was just a year of torture talking. Or, you know, witnessing the actual death of the universe. The TARDIS\u2019s brief … <\/p>\n

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