[ She doesn't hover as he recovers in the same way she might (and has) over his younger self. It's more subtle than that, the way she simply seems to be there more often than she isn't. To tell the truth, she isn't even sure the Doctor's noticed the gradual shift from her avoiding him to existing just outside (and sometimes inside) his personal space. She almost doesn't notice it herself until a conversation during Newt's movie night makes her realize...she isn't angry anymore.
It's well into the night some few days after when she settles next to him on the bed with a book she isn't even interested in, a bottle of wine, and a single glass. She offers him the glass in silence. But her silence doesn't last long. It rarely does unless she's angry. Or deeply hurt. ]
I know I'm not supposed to talk about it; you haven't been there yet. I see it every time I look at you.
[ She doesn't bother to mask her feelings, not this time. She's earned her disappointment, her heartache. ]
But we had a good marriage, you know.
[ Suddenly she laughs. It sounds ridiculous when she puts it like that. But summing up their time on Darillium any other way when they can't share in the memories seems...wrong, somehow. ]
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Date: 2022-07-27 06:51 pm (UTC)It's well into the night some few days after when she settles next to him on the bed with a book she isn't even interested in, a bottle of wine, and a single glass. She offers him the glass in silence. But her silence doesn't last long. It rarely does unless she's angry. Or deeply hurt. ]
I know I'm not supposed to talk about it; you haven't been there yet. I see it every time I look at you.
[ She doesn't bother to mask her feelings, not this time. She's earned her disappointment, her heartache. ]
But we had a good marriage, you know.
[ Suddenly she laughs. It sounds ridiculous when she puts it like that. But summing up their time on Darillium any other way when they can't share in the memories seems...wrong, somehow. ]