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r0sequarks · 4 years

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Hiatus Classic Who Watchlist

so, you’ve got a 10 month hiatus and need more doctor who...why not give the original series a try?

Classic who is a bit hard to get in to - the pacing of the episodes is much slower - but it’s still well worth it. This list is seperated by doctor, with ‘must watch’ and ‘reccommended’ if you don’t want to watch every episode ever.

First Doctor

Must Watch:

An Unearthly Child: the very first episode. Even if you skip the entirety of the first doctor, you should at least watch the episode where Doctor who began.

The Daleks: the second episode - that’s right, the daleks are the first villains of doctor who, ever! I think this is probably the best episode of the first doctor, and one of the best to show people.

The Gunfighters: All I’m going to say is that I watched this, and so y’all better watch it too.

Recommended:

The Edge of Destruction, The Aztecs, The Sensorites, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Rescue, The Chase, The Time Meddler, The Tenth Planet*

*The Tenth Planet would be on the Must Watch, because it’s the introduction of the Cybermen and the First Doctor’s regeneration, but the final episode is missing, so ymmv.

Second Doctor

Must Watch:

The War Games: The only ‘must watch’. Very long - the longest serial ever, but if you’re only watching one episode with 2, it may as well be this one. Features the first appearance of Gallifrey.

Recommended:

The Tomb of the Cybermen, Ice Warriors*, The Enemy of the World, The Invasion*, The Seeds of Death

*Partially animated due to missing episodes

(lowkey i recommend basically every episode from here on out, but ...)

Third Doctor

Must Watch:

Spearhead from Space: Introduction of post-regeneration Hijinks, UNIT as major characters, and autons.

Terror of the Autons: First appearance of the Master

The Three Doctors: First ever multi-doctor episode.

Recommended:

Doctor Who and the Silurians, Colony in Space, The Daemons, The Curse of Peladon, the Sea Devils, Frontier in Space, Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Planet of the Spiders

The Fourth Doctor

Must Watch

Genesis of the Daleks: This is maybe one of the important episodes of Doctor Who of all time.

The Deadly Assassin: Gallifreyan politics! What more can you want.

The Invasion of Time: Gallifreyan politics, part 2.

The Key to Time Arc: all of season 16 is a single arc, introducing new companion Romana. While still individual episodes, they’re best watched all together.

The Keeper of Traken/Logopolis: Final episodes of the 4th Doctor.

Recommended:

Robot, The Sontaran Experiment, Pyramids of Mars, The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death, Destiny of the Daleks, City of Death, Full Circle, State of Decay, Warrior’s Gate

The Fifth Doctor

Must Watch:

The Five Doctors: Crossover episode but this time there’s 5 of them.

Planet of Fire/Caves of Androzani: the finale episodes, with one of the best regarded final episodes of classic who.

Recommended:

Castrovalva, Kinda, Earthshock, Timeflight, Snakedance, Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment, The King’s Daemons, Resurrection of the Daleks

The Sixth Doctor

Must Watch:

The Mark of the Rani: First appearance of the Rani.

The Two Doctors: It’s not my fault, the crossover episodes are really good.

Recommended:

The Twin Dilemma, Attack of the Cybermen, Timelash, Revelation of the Daleks

Trial of a Timelord: season 23 is also a season long arc and introduces a companion, but it’s not all that great or important, so it’s going in Reccomended instead.

The Seventh Doctor

Must Watch:

Time and the Rani: Regeneration episode + the Rani.

Dragonfire: introduces Ace.

Remembrance of the Daleks: introduces Dalek Politics.

Survival: the final episode of Classic Who.

Recommended:

Paradise Towers, The Happiness Patrol, Battlefield, The Curse of the Fenric

The Eighth Doctor:

Doctor Who: The Movie. The only

Bonus! The ... ninth doctor?

Scream of the Shalka was a 6 episode animated web series produced by the BBC in 2003 in the hopes of getting a new Doctor Who series on the air. They were planning to have Doctor Who continue in this format, but instead we got nuwho.

Still need more Doctor Who? Don’t worry, the extended universe has got you covered, in both book and audio format:

The Novels!

The Past Doctor Adventures + the Virgin Missing Adventures are the main series for the 1st through 6th doctors.

The Virgin New Adventures are a continuation after the show ended, focused mostly on 7 and Ace. There’s also the Bernice Summerfield spinoff series for a well regarded companion.

The Eighth Doctor Adventures are where most of the Eighth Doctor’s personality comes from, so if you’d like to meet him check out those books.

You also have the New Series Adventures for nuwho doctors, as well as Torchwood novels, and a bunch of other series you can find a full list of here!

the Audios!

Big Finish Audios are mostly in one series, the BF main range - Doctors 1-8 with various companions, no real order. there’s tons of lists, I’d recommend picking out serials based on doctors + and companions you’re interested in.

They’ve been doing more and more nuwho stuff recently, so you can find quite a bit for 9-12, including a series focused on the tenth doctor. A fairly comprehensive list of all the big finish series is here and a few of them are on spotify so you don’t even have to buy them!

There’s also the spin offs, most notably Gallifrey, a series that focuses on 4th Doctor companions Romana & Leela doing Gallifrey politics on Gallifrey in the direct lead up to the Time War, and which I highly recommend (it’s what got me into the eu stuff)

Oh, and Torchwood. There’s quite a few Jack and/or Torchwood audio series, including some with Ianto, so. you know. go check those out.

and if you’ve watched all 17 days, 4 hours, and 55 minutes of Classic who, and listened to all 7 weeks worth of Big Finish Audios, and read all 450+ books, and still need more Doctor Who,

...try ao3? sorry, dude, i’ve done my best.

#dw #doctor who #classic who #doctor who hiatus #the timeless children

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cherrylattesims · 5 years

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GET TO KNOW ME TAG

I got tagged by the lovely @cloud-9-sims!

RULES: Post a pic of your simself with your traits and answer the questions!

Tags: @magnoliasimmer, @simeaz, @ladykendalsims, @strawberry-milkshake-stuff, @oaski, @kseandra and uhhh everyone else that wants to!

all questions are under the cut

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Y’all can call me Cherry tbh

2. WHAT IS YOUR NICKNAME? whatsyourface

3. BIRTHDAY? sadly

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK SERIES? harry potter

5. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS OR GHOSTS? everyday when I work retail hell (it’s me, i’m the ghost)

6. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? I don’t play favourites

7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION? records or go home

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ANYTHING? cuberdon.

9. WHAT WORD OR PHRASE WOULD YOU USE OFTEN TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING GREAT OR WONDERFUL? noice

10. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONG? thank u, next

11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD? weeeeeeell

12. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? thank u, next

13. WHAT TV SHOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR EVERYBODY TO WATCH? Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE TO WATCH WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN? any HP one

15. DO YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES? really?

16. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? who set you up to this, don’t use my fears against me

17. WHAT IS YOUR BEST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? hahahaha

18. WHAT IS YOUR WORST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? where do I start

19. DO YOU LIKE CATS OR DOGS BETTER? corgi’s.

20. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? sweater season

21. ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP? yes it’s been seven years I think he caught on

22. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU MISS FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? simplicity

23. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? my best friend

24. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR? grey-green-blue

25. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR? poo colour

26. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOVE? what is love

27. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST? baby don’t hurt me

28. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? no more

29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY EXCITED ABOUT/FOR SOMETHING? nope

30. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST OBSESSION? Sims

31. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A CHILD? pokemon probs

32. WHO OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER CAN YOU TELL ANYTHING TO, IF ANYONE? my boyfriend

33. ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? are you?

34. DO YOU HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PHOBIAS? looking into the fridge and not finding anything to eat

35. DO YOU PREFER TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND IT? neither

36. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY? gaming

37. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? no idea tbh

38. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? a simple request

39. WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? /

40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? corgi

41. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE TUMBLR BLOGS THAT YOU FOLLOW? @hiddenspringss, @poiresims, @paechay, @magnoliasimmer, @sim-bubble I have so many more so sorry if I didn’t tag you I hate this question I like all of the blogs I follow :)

42. WHAT SUPERPOWER DO YOU WISH YOU HAD? invisibility! oh wait

43. WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL MOST AT PEACE? my bed

44. WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE? petty revenge

45. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? hahahaha

46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? alcohol

47. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WROTE A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER OR NOTE TO SOMEBODY? I don’t remember.

48. ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? No.

49. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE?

50. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT? yep

51. ARE YOU VEGAN/VEGETARIAN? nope

52. WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? taller

53. WHAT FICTIONAL WORLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN?

54. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WORRY ABOUT? my future

55. ARE YOU SCARED OF THE DARK? only when I close my eyes

56. DO YOU LIKE TO SING? no

57. HAVE YOU EVER SKIPPED SCHOOL? no

58. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON THE PLANET? my bed

59. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? in a house

60. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? does a boyfriend count

61. ARE YOU MORE OF AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL? i’m an afternooner

62. DO YOU LIKE SUNRISES OR SUNSETS BETTER? see the above answer

63. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE? yes

64. DO YOU PREFER EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES? headphones

65. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES? yes

66. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC? bit of everything

67. WHO IS YOUR HERO? /

68. DO YOU READ COMIC BOOKS? yes

69. WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST ANGRY? these damn questions

70. DO YOU PREFER TO READ ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR WITH A REAL BOOK? either is fine

71. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? english and law

72. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? if you mean do I have to share my inheritance then yes

73. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? things I don’t need but wanted

74. HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5′8 (172cm)

75. CAN YOU COOK? i’ve yet to poison anyone with what I make so

76. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE? seeing the end of these questions, finishing these damn questions, not having to fill in these questions

77. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU HATE? these damn questions not ending already, all 125 of these questions, these damn questions

78. DO YOU HAVE MORE FEMALE FRIENDS OR MORE MALE FRIENDS? probably equally who’s counting

79. WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? straight

80. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE? in an appartment

81. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TEXTED? my boss

82. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? last year hurrr

83. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBER? cowchop

84. DO YOU LIKE TO TAKE SELFIES? hahahaha

85. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE APP? reddit is fun

86. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENT(S) LIKE? good enough

87. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN ACCENT? Gallifreyan

88. WHAT IS A PLACE THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO, BUT YOU WANT TO VISIT? london

89. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 22

90. CAN YOU JUGGLE? i’m clumsy as hell so no

91. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? eh

92. DO YOU FIND OUTER SPACE OF THE DEEP OCEAN TO BE MORE INTERESTING? spaceeeeeeeeeee

93. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE A DAREDEVIL? yea

94. ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING? dust so watch out new avengers movie i’ll be sneezing a lot

95. CAN YOU CURL YOUR TONGUE? no

96. CAN YOU WIGGLE YOUR EARS? no lmao

97. HOW OFTEN DO YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING? whenever I’m wrong

98. DO YOU PREFER THE FOREST OR THE BEACH? forest

99. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF ADVICE THAT ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU?

100. ARE YOU A GOOD LIAR? am I?

101. WHAT IS YOUR HOGWARTS HOUSE? hufflepuff

102. DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF? yes

103. ARE YOU AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT? extrovert

104. DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL/DIARY? no filling these in is already too much hassle

105. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES? yes

106. IF YOU FOUND A WALLET FULL OF MONEY ON THE GROUND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? depends who saw

107. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE? ye

108. ARE YOU TICKLISH? nope

109. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A PLANE? nope

110. DO YOU HAVE ANY PIERCINGS? nope

111. WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER DO YOU WISH WAS REAL? bella goth

112. DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS? nope

113. WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU’VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR? don’t do this to me

114. DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA? nope

115. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS? glasses

116. DO YOU WANT CHILDREN? maybe someday

117. WHO IS THE SMARTEST PERSON YOU KNOW? this really smart kid

118. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY? hahaha nope not reliving that

119. HAVE YOU EVER PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER? more like do I ever sleep

120. WHAT COLOR ARE MOST OF YOUR CLOTHES? black like my soul

121. DO YOU LIKE ADVENTURES? sure

122. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON TV? yes

123. HOW OLD ARE YOU? 26

124. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE? Do I think? Does a submarine swim?

125. DO YOU PREFER SWEET OR SAVORY FOODS? savory

#nonsims #get to know me tag #im so glad i got through this wow #also my selfsim looks nothing like me #but its my simstyle #sooo #also sorry mobile users for the scrolling

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josiewinters1999 · 6 years

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What It Feels Like 2

Rocket Raccoon x OFC (Willie)

Part 1 ... Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Summary: Rocket and Willie spend the day lounging around his ship. That is, until Willie gives into her vices

Contains: Angst, Fluff, Insecurities, Smoking, Mentions of drugs, Alcohol, Mentions of Suicide, Cursing

A/N: Thanks to the literal 3 people who read this and liked it. ( @animeaniseed @okie--loki and @youralienfriend y’all real ogs) If anyone here is new, Willie is my character for Doctor who I made almost 7 years ago that I put in everything. This was written for me and not meant to be seen by anyone so there may be some things in here you won’t understand and if you want to, DM me and I’ll tell you anything you want to know. Thanks to the guys actually reading this and here’s the part 2 y’all wanted

The sun doesn’t rise in space and as Rocket’s ship drifts through the emptiness of the universe, the light through the window does not change. Was it not for the alarm clock on the nightstand next to his pillow, he may not have woken up. However, it does go off and begins screaming at the raccoon to rise for the day.

Groaning, he flopps to his side and reaches a tired paw to silence it. He wipes his face, blinking furiously as he attempts to fully wake up. He pushes down, lifting himself into a sitting position. The first fully conscious thought in his head was the night before.

He still feels tingly from his realization. It was very uncharacteristic of him to feel this strongly about anyone let alone a woman. But, he reminds himself, Willie is no average woman. This is true, she isn’t. Willie is a six foot, 2600 year old woman with the strength of sumo wrestler.

Rocket’s thoughts are cut off when his nose starts to sniff the air. Smoke and coffee. Those two things indicated that Willie was in fact awake. Rocket smiles and quickly dresses to go meet her.

After slipping on the nearest jumpsuit on his floor, the raccoon scurries down the hall as quickly as he can, but not too quickly as too look in a hurry.

Upon entering the main control room, he finds the Gallifreyan blond in the captain’s chair, a mug full of hot coffee clutched in her right hand, and a cigarette held delicately in her left. She’s fully dressed, wearing one of her typical green tops, a pair of blue jeans, and brown work boots, the same thing she always wears.

Her legs are draped over the arm of the chair and when Rocket enters, his feet making soft padding noises on the floor, she glances over her knees at him then back at the stars with a smile, “Morning big man,” she greated.

Rocket’s heart flutters at her pet name. With weak knees, he hops into the co captains chair to sit with her, “Morning sasquatch.”

The blond chuckles and takes a drag off her cigarette. As she exhales, she turns to Rocket, “Sorry about this,” she says, “I know how you feel about smoking in the ship, but I just really needed a hit.” She pulls the tobacco roll back and examines it, the business end glowing, “I wish I could quit these damn things but if I can’t drink and I can’t get high, then I guess this is okay.” She sighs and takes another long drag.

The raccoon in the seat next to her admires her for a bit. Her long, perfectly golden, hair lay on her shoulders in the most exquisite way. The loose, middle parted, curls shine in the artificial lights of the spacecraft and Rocket could get lost in them given the opportunity.

Snapping himself back to reality, he leans forward mumbling, but not daring to make eye contact with his partner, “Here, let me get the vents going.” His fingers tap on the touch screen in front of him and the tobacco smoke filled room is suddenly clear and fresh to breathe in again.

Willie looks up as the vents suck out her smoke, “Shit,” she mutters, “I keep forgetting we have those.”

Rocket leans back into the seat again, glancing at Willie once more. This time she meets his gaze and smiles, her cheeky grin seeming brighter when her smoke was in her hand, “What’s the plan for today chief?” She questions, “I don’t think we had any job offers come in last night and Knowhere is a couple days away even with the jumps.”

The raccoon shrugs, “I don’t know, thought maybe we’d just chill for the day. Been awhile since we did that.” She nods as he continues, “You still kinda owe me a drink. We kinda skipped that last night.”

Willie looks down into her coffee mug at those last two words “‘Last night,’” she repeats, her smile fading.

“Yeah, remember, you sat in the rain like an idiot while I tried to get your stupid ass inside?” Rocket retorted.

Smile coming back to her face, Willie nods, “Yeah I remember. It’s just I was thinking last night…”

This makes Rocket’s ears perk ever so slightly, “About what?”

She looks up to him and then turns to snuff out her cigarette in the ashtray on the main console in front of her, “About stuff. Nothing I’d want to burden you with. Sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything.”

Concern laced his eyes as his ears dropped back down, “You okay?”

Willie shrugs, “Okay as I can get I guess.”

***

The two had spent the day playing cards. Willie had brought her deck from Earth and taught her raccoon friend how to play Blackjack. At first he didn’t understand but after Wilie explained it one more time in her smooth soft voice, he felt like he was an expert.

The entire time they played, they chatted each other’s ears off. Rocket would tell any joke he could take any opportunity to make Willie laugh. Her laugh, when it wasn’t forced, was beautiful. It was so hearty and full of life. Her eyes would squint as she smiled and through the tired bags underneath them, she looked amazing.

Willie, coming back down from one such laugh, picks up her cards to finally put them away, “You know Rocket,” she chuckles, “for a raccoon, you are fucking hilarious.”

Pretending to know what the hell she was talking about Rocket nervously laughs, “Well what can I say, I’m pretty amazing.”

He watches her for a moment as she stacks the cards neatly, having a bit of difficulty getting them in the perfect shape to fit in the box. As she fiddles with them in her lap, a piece of her hair falls out from behind her ear and into her face. Rocket can almost feel his hand reaching across the table on its own to push it back. It took everything in his power to stop it.

He suddenly looks down to his own lap and desperately tries to think of anything else. The raccoon can feel his heart pounding in his chest, threatening to burst out of his body if he doesn’t do something to satiate it.

“Hey Willie,” he finally says, looking back up with hopeful eyes.

Not looking at him as she finally slides the card deck back into the box her eyebrows raise, an indicator she was listening, “Yeah?”

Rocket begins to get up, heading to the ship’s miniscule kitchen, “How bout that drink?”

She finally closes the box and sets it in front of her, eyes meeting Rocket as he walks, “Sure!” she beams.

He walks to the big crate in the kitchen filled with Rocket’s alcohol. As he rummages through it, taking a mental inventory, he calls over his shoulder to Willie, “What’ll it be blondie? Beer, vodka, tequila? I got it all in here.”

Her shoulders drop and she bites her lip, “Uhm, Rocket…”

Willie’s tone of voice instantly reminds him of something and he scrunches up his face in embarrassment. He curses under his breath for being so stupid and stands up to face her, “I’m so sorry. I totally forgot about the whole ‘recovering alcoholic’ thing.”

He rubs the back of his head nervously and points a thumb over his shoulder at the fridge, “You want something else, I got a lot of st-”

Straightening her shoulders and with a determined face Willie almost barks, “No. You know what? Fuck it. Get me that vodka.”

Shocked, Rocket blinks a couple times before stuttering, “Uhm, o-okay. Coming right up.” He grabs his and hers drinks with some glasses and sits back at the table, pouring them each a drink.

She almost snatches the glass off the table and stares into the clear liquid, wondering if this was a good idea. She mumbles something Rocket doesn’t understand under her breath and extends her glass to Rocket, “Here’s to four centuries of sobriety, right down the fucking toilet.”

Rocket contemplates letting her take a drink but decides it’s best not to argue with her and meets her toast. They both take a drink. Rocket only empties his glass less than a quarter of the way but when he puts his down, he sees Willie completely emptied hers in one go. His eyes go wide as she goes to refill her own glass.

“You know, vodka was the thing I always drank before I quit,” she glances up at Rocket briefly before turning hungrily back to the clear substance.

“Oh yeah?” Rocket asks, taking another sip from his glass.

She nods, “Yup. Drank it all the time. All the time.” She finishes her pour and sets the bottle down between them, “I’d be drinking by ten in the morning. Sometimes I’d sneak it into my coffee, or my tea, or even have a flask in my coat to steal drinks from, anything to keep it a secret from the guy I was living with at the time.”

Willie lifts the glass and downs half of it before continuing, “But when I really drank, I’d go to this little night club in Harlem. Small little Russian owned place, and since I had helped the owner with something a while back, he’d let me drink for free sometimes there, others I’d get a discount. Man would I drink. I’d drink until I blacked out, only to wake up next to someone I didn’t know. Sometimes I’d get drunk and I’d have a bottle of this shit in my hand and blow up my nose.”

Shaking her head before finishing her glass she speaks softly, “I was so lost back then...”

Rocket reaches to refill her, “So you were a drunk, it’s no big deal. I’m a drunk and you still ride with me.”

She sits back watching the raccoon, “Yeah but you don’t get it. The way drinking made me feel, the escape it gives me, I was hooked. But here I am, giving into it again,” she gives a sad smile before grabbing her drink and chugging the whole thing, slamming it back on the table.

Christ this woman can drink, Rocket thinks to himself as he refills the glass yet again.

The sadness in her face seems to grow the more she drinks and Rocket wonders if maybe he should put his foot down and stop her from making any big mistakes, “You’re a good man Rocket,” she says as she drinks from her fourth glass.

He chuckles, unsure of what else to do, “I don’t know about that.”

She downs another swallow and coughs, her voice becoming slightly hoarse from the burning drink, “I mean it,” she starts, “you’re smart and you know what the fuck you��re doing. You could do anything you wanted. Question is,” she leans forward and lowers her voice, “why the fuck are you dicking around with me?”

Rocket laughs nervously, realizing Willie is already drunk off her ass, “Why wouldn’t I?”

Willie sips the last of what was left and starts, tears welling up in her eyes, “Because I’m fucking worthless, because I’m a monster…” she pauses before whispering, “because I don’t even deserve to be alive right now…”

“What the hell are you talking about, you’r-” Rocket starts.

“Don’t fucking pull that shit on me,” Willie barks. “I should have died all those years ago in the war. When they took my home, they should have taken me.” A tear falls down her face and she sniffles, “But they didn’t, the universe let me, me of all people, live. I just don’t get it. I killed and fucking ate my own kind and I was allowed to live?”

“Willie-”

“No!” She sits up, “Do you know what it feels like to live your life as me, completely alone, knowing you can’t die. No matter how hard you try?” She yells this last piece, the tears flowing from her face freely now. She’s abandoned her drink as she slouches back in the chair, averting her gaze from Rocket, “I can’t even resist a damn glass of vodka…”

There’s a moment of silence that Rocket realizes even his hard wit can’t fill. He begins to slowly gather up the bottle and glasses, putting them in their respective places.

When he’s finished, he turns to check on Willie but finds her gone, presumably to her room for the night. He checks his watch, the small device reading that is was in fact late.

The raccoon makes his way to his own room, preparing himself for bed. As he lays down into his blankets he hears noises from the next room over. Instead of muttering in her sleep, Willie is sobbing and quite loudly. Thinking of nothing else to do, Rocket drifts off to sleep himself, his heart aching and his journal untouched.

***

The next morning he wakes up before Willie and waits for her quietly and nervously in the kitchen a coffee for himself and one ready for her should she need it.

When she walks out, she’s dressed, still in the same clothes from last night, an indicator she slept in them. She squints her eyes, grimacing at the bright light as she runs a hand through her tousled and ratted bed head.

“Mornin’,” was all Rocket muttered.

Willie sees how upset he is and realizes she needs to make this quick, to save them both. “Rocket,” he looks up from the untouched mug in front of him, “I have to apologize. My… outburst last night was uncalled for. I said some things last night that were very personal and that was my fault. I shouldn’t have given in to the alcohol.”

She looks down at her feet and back up, “And that’s why I’m leaving as soon as we dock in two days.”

Brown eyes going wide Rocket almost chokes on the moisture in his mouth, “You what?”

Sitting down in front of him, Willie gives him sorry eyes, “Rocket you don’t need me around. You’d be so much better off without someone like me hanging around. I can’t stay,” she reach out and cups his face, rubbing a calloused thumb on his cheek, “I’m sorry.”

The blond stands up and begins to walk out when Rocket jumps from his seat, sending the chair flying back a foot or two, “Bullshit,” he shouts.

Willie stops but keeps her back to him as he continues, “That’s bullshit and you know it.” His heart is beating at a million miles a second and he can feel tears welling up in his own eyes.

Looking back coldly over her shoulder the Gallifreyan firmly speaks, “Rocket, I’m leaving and that’s final.”

He scampers to her front, forcing her to look at him, “No you’re not.”

“And why the hell not?” At this point Willie is puffing up, trying to scare the raccoon. Anything to make him hate her.

“B-because… Because…” he stutters.

“Because why Rocket? Because we’re friends? Because we’re partners? Well, I hate to break it you, but not a damn bit of that matters to me. I’m leaving. Be glad I’m doing it now before I get you killed.” She angrily pushes past him and keeps walking.

Frantically thinking of anything to prevent her from going to pack her bags, Rocket’s eyes dart to differently places on the floor as his thoughts race.

Eventually he blurts, “You can’t leave because I love you.”

As he said those words, his voice cracked a little and the second they were out, his eyes went wide as he comprehended what he just said. Willie stops dead in her tracks once again, turning on her heel to face him, “What?”

Realizing he’s said it and can’t take it back, Rocket runs with it, “I love you Willie. I love your smile. I love your hair. I love your laugh. I love how you make me feel normal when you talk to me,” his voice gets dangerously low, “I love you and you can’t leave me.”

Her shoulders losing their tenseness, Willie slowly makes her way to the raccoon and kneels before him, making them eye level. “Rocket… sweetie… that’s really stupid of you.”

He lays a paw on her arm revelling in the touch of her skin, despite all the scars, “No it’s not. It’s-”

She pushes his hand away, “Did you not hear a word I said last night? I may have been hammered drunk but every bit was true.”

Putting his hand back and adding another one to her free arm, he counters, “The hell it was. You are no monster blondie. If anyone’s a monster it would be me and you were the one who made me realize even that’s not true.” He reaches up to her face, “Willie, you are the only one who makes me feel happy. My life was complete shit when I met you but that first time you called me ‘big man,’ I felt like the most powerful being in the galaxy. I can’t let that go and I’m not letting you go.”

He glances down and then back up to her deep blue eyes, “Please stay? I need you.”

Willie closes her eyes and stands, “Rocket,” she says in a tone that made him feel like his heart was going to shatter, “honey, this,” she gestures between them both, “us, wouldn’t work.”

Ears drooping, Rocket feels like he could just curl up into a ball and die right there. “And trust me,” Willie keeps going,”it’s not because of you, or what you are. It’s all me and who I am. Maybe in a different time and different place, I would give it a shot but right now…” she sighs, “I just can’t.”

She lowers her voice, trying to comfort him best she can, “I’ve got baggage. Baggage on baggage on baggage and I don’t want to put that on you okay?” he sighs, keeping his watery eyes to the floor away from her, “You’re a great guy Rocket. But me? You don’t want me. Trust me.”

“Fine,” he spits, “you don’t love me, just admit it. I was stupid for ever saying anything. I should just let you go if you want to leave so bad.”

Willie kneels back down, “No no no. It’s not like that at all, I do care about you a lot. Just not in the way you might want me to.” She bites her lip and sighs. “Look at me,” he reluctantly does so, “I’ll wait until we get to Knowhere to make my final decision. If in that time I decide that I should stay, I will, if not, I won’t. Okay?” she lifts a blond eyebrow waiting for a response.

He nods, “Fine.” Willie’s lips turn up in the corners and she leans in to touch them to the top of the raccoon’s head. “You’re so sweet.” she whispers.

As she stretches back again to standing position, she looks down at her ruffled clothes, “Why don’t I go change and we’ll cook something alright?”

Rocket lets a smile sit on his own face, “Take a bath too why don’t you? You smell like something dead.”

She laughs and shakes her head, turning to leave.

The raccoon watches her go, a glimmer of hope in his lonely heart.

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