A/N: This is what I get up to with new episodes feeding my imagination and several hours of not otherwise usable time. I write. And I share. - Please note, this is not beta-ed, because it is so short - a drabble, obviously. In fact, this is a series of drabbles.
Title: But then... (my original idea for a title was "Wheel in the Sky" - don't ask, just popped into my mind)
Rating: T (I believe)
Disclaimer: If the BBC were nice, they gave me the rights and WtD would never end.
Summary: It's drabbles...seriously. 100 words. "Waking the Dead"
I.
Retirement looms. He tries to ignore it most of the time. But they shove a new person down his throat - damaged goods, certainly, but of equal rank - and he can't help but think that this is his replacement in the making. She's strictly by the book, which irks him. Her appointment is as much to control her as it is for him and his 'merry band of rogues'. It takes the fun out of the game and irks him even more. So, retirement looms, but as he exchanges a smile with one other rogue, it doesn't sound half-bad.
Thank you for reading. Comments would be appreciated. (And extra cookies to people who manage to write a longer review than this story)