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[neverginger]

[A device clicks on, and a face appears on the network: a thin one with a large nose and brown messy hair. And glasses. Needs the glasses to see, you know. He grins, all teeth.]

Alright, then, this is neat, isn't it!

[He's not really saying that to anyone in particular. Don't worry, happens all the time. You'll know if he's speaking to you directly. Most likely.]

Never seen this before. Well, seen things like it, but nothing's ever quite the same in two places, yeah? Bit rubbish that everything in here's made of wood, makes my screwdriver a bit obsolete, but still...

[He laughs, and steps back from the device, standing with his hands on his hips. He's in his suite in the Wood Sector. Pretty nice place, if you ignore the lack of sonic-ing abilities.]

Right. So. I'm the Doctor, just the Doctor, thank you, and I suppose I was brought here, same as all of you. Now who's got something interesting to tell me about their time here?

[A pause, and time to ruminate over a question that's been in his mind since he got here.]

And does anyone know what this planet's base is? Doesn't seem like most other ones. A bit harder, strange in places. What's it made from?

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[neverginger]

[If she trusts him, he supposes that's good enough for now. He'll have to check back on the loving part. Doesn't come so easy.

He has to look away from her then, because blimey, that's uncomfortable isn't it? All that unspoken stuff between them? Right.]

Well, I suppose it makes sense for you to move in with me, then. Y'know. Since you're used to it and all. And it's where you lived before anyway.

[He clears his throat and looks at something in the distance, squinting at it while he waits for her reply.]

You don't have to, of course. If you don't want.

[refusing]

[A part of her's surprised he's come right out and said it like that. A much larger part of her doesn't care and is just glad that he did. She bites back a goofy grin, although she's sure it looks ridiculous anyway.]

You sure you wanna do that? Basically the same as getting a mortgage, y'know.

[The conversation they had back on that planet isn't forgotten, and she laughs as she pulls herself in close enough to give him a nudge.]

Of course I wanna move in with you, don't be stupid! [She means it affectionately, though, and the bright smile on her face is evidence enough of that.]

What about you, though? Do you... [She hesitates outright asking, if only because she doesn't want to make him feel awkward on his first day here. But then she thinks, what the hell, she's waited for him long enough to earn herself one really blunt question that deals with his feelings toward her.]

I mean, do you want me to, Doctor?

[neverginger]

[The conversation on that planet seems like a thousand years ago to him. Mortgages, settling down. The idea still makes him cringe somewhere deep inside, and if they were anywhere but here.... well it'd still be the one adventure he could never have.

Here, though. Here he doesn't have much choice, does he? Might as well make the most of it.

He clears his throat, shrugs.]

Wouldn't've asked, would I?

[Means yes.]

[refusing]

[She knows that it does, and she's happy enough to get just that out of him that she breaks their unspoken rules of whatever boundaries they have, she's a bustle of radiant energy that hugs him tightly and places a kiss to his cheek.]

No, don't suppose you would've. Couldn't think of anyplace I'd rather be, though. C'mon.

[And despite not really knowing which flat is his, she keeps a tight hold on his and and drags him off and away. He'll take the lead in a matter of seconds, she knows.]