After getting her mother from the gatehouse, Martha stopped by the pharmacy to retrieve pills for Jack before leading her mother to Imogen's room. When Martha opened the door to the room she found the three of them asleep on Imogen's bed. Imogen was still on the Doctor's chest while Jack was laying so close to the edge if he moved at all he would risk falling off. Martha sighed not wanting to disturb them. Right now they needed each other's comfort more than any medical care she could provide beyond monitoring them. She pulled the door closed turning to look at her mother. Francine was standing there waiting with a teddy bear for Imogen. The teddy bear was pure white wearing a blue dress with a blue bow on her ear. It was cute but vastly different from the brown teddy bear that she normally drug around.
"I'm sorry that you came all the way out here for nothing, but they are all three asleep and I would prefer not to wake them," Martha whispered to her.
"That's alright. Do you mind if I leave the teddy bear for Imogen?" Francine asked. Martha shook her head no.
"Just make sure you're quiet," Martha warned her. Francine gave her a look before walking towards the bed. She was startled to see that the Doctor also had an IV in his arm as well. She glanced at Martha wondering why no one had mentioned if the Doctor had been in the car accident as well. She couldn't question her though without risking waking them. She carefully placed the new bear at the top of the bed near Imogen's head. None of them stirred as she brushed a curl off of Imogen's face, then tucked the blanket up around her. She went around to the other side of the bed putting the bar up on the side of the bed to make sure that Jack didn't fall off in his sleep. Jack groaned snuggling closer to his sleeping family. Not wanting to disturb them any more than she already had, Francine snuck quietly out of the room.
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Jack awoke feeling groggy and confused. He hadn't meant to fall asleep. He had only wanted to close his eyes for a moment while he waited for Francine. Now the room was dark, except for the light coming from the monitors. He was laying on his side facing the Doctor. Imogen was laying between him and the Doctor with he face to the Doctor. Her back was pressed against Jack's chest. Noticing the unfamiliar white bear next to her head, Jack reached up for it. As he did, he heard Imogen moan then turn to look at Jack opening her eyes.
"I'm sorry, sweetheart, I didn't mean to wake you," Jack whispered kissing her softly on the forehead. "Go back to sleep."
"I'm thirsty, papa," Imogen told her lifting her head further. Jack looked around seeing the sippy cup still sitting on the bedside table. He picked it up, then held out her arms to Imogen. She turned over so that she was facing Jack allowing him to pull her into his arms. As he did so, though, the Doctor began to stir.
"Mine," The Doctor whimpered trying to pull Imogen closer to him again. He had been sleeping peacefully with her against his chest comforting her both physically and telepathically. The feeling of her mind slipping away from him made him react instantly.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to wake you," Jack apologized to his husband. Realizing that it was only here Papa trying to hold her, the Doctor released Imogen allowing her to cuddle with Jack. Jack handed her the sippy cup holding her close with one arm. He reached out with the other gently running his fingers down the Doctor's sideburn. The Doctor opened his eyes smiling as he caught Jack's hand in his. He kissed Jack's knuckles softly.
"Feeling better?" The Doctor wondered his voice quiet with sleepiness. Jack couldn't help the chuckle that escaped his lips.
"I'm fine, besides I should be asking you that question," Jack informed him. The Doctor smiled softly.
"No," he answered Jack honestly. His stomach was sour still and he had a headache. All he wanted to do was to curl up and go back to sleep despite already sleeping most of the day away.
"Anything that I can do to help?" Jack wondered.
"You could stop lying to me," The Doctor responded lifting his eyebrow at Jack. Jack sighed.
"Alright, I'm not fine Is that what you wanted to hear?" Jack snapped at him. It was his fault that his daughter and husband were both in the hospital sick rather than at home where they belonged. He had failed to keep either of them safe. He knew that Martha would tell him that both of them were to blame for the Doctor's pregnancy. While she was right, he was the one who didn't encourage the Doctor to use protection despite knowing the Doctor was able to get pregnant. Yes, the risk was low after Imogen's birth, but they never bothered to have the Doctor tested to see whether or not he could still get pregnant. Then they could have gone to a future drug store to purchase contraceptives that the Doctor could take or at the very least used a condom. Also, if the Doctor hadn't become pregnant there would have been no reason for Imogen to be with Ianto in the SUV that morning. It was a cascade effect that began and ended with him.
"If it is the truth, then yes. I wish that you would talk to me Jack rather than keeping it all in until you become angry and run from us again," The Doctor responded. If they wanted their marriage to last more than a few more months until the baby was born, they needed to be honest with each other. It was hard for both of them as they were used to keep secrets. When you lived a long life, secrets and lies became a normal part of it.
"Martha wants me to take pills," Jack admitted after a long moment of silence.
"Are you going to?" The Doctor questioned. Jack shrugged despite telling Martha that he would. "I think you should. I don't like taking the pills either but they do help me feel better, Jack."
"Fine, I'll take them," Jack told him feeling defeated.
"I take pills too," Imogen chimed up showing that she was listening to them. The Doctor exchanged a glance with Jack before addressing their daughter.
"Yes, you do," The Doctor agreed. Imogen had vitamins that she took every morning and then a pill that she took for her energy at least once a energy levels were monitored closely due to being half human. Martha would have checked her energy levels when she came in injured, but they could drop quickly as her body tried to heal itself. While he was thinking about it, he sat up moving towards the edge of the bed.
"Where are you going?" Jack wondered.
"I want to see what medications Martha has us on," The Doctor replied getting to his feet. He went over to the computer that was in the room. He quickly hacked it, pulling up Imogen's medical information. He read through the list of medications she was on, seeing that Martha had her on an anti-inflammatory for her leg as well as the energy medication and several others.
"Get back to bed," Martha scolded him coming into the room.
"How did you know I was out of bed?" The Doctor pouted heading to lay down again.
"I put a block on Imogen's medical information that alerts me if anyone accesses but me," Martha told him. While she trusted the others at UNIT she didn't need them poking around in Imogen or the Doctor's information. She was their primary doctor and could handle their medications. That reminded her. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a small bottle of pills. She took them over to Jack. " I brought what we discussed earlier for you."
"That's alright, he knows Martha," Jack sighed. He took the bottle from her. Opening it he placed one in his mouth. He swallowed it dry feeling it stick in his throat all the way down. The Doctor leaned over kissing him softly on the lips.
"You'll feel better soon, Jack," The Doctor informed him with a smile. Jack smiled back. He would continue to take the pills for now since it made the Doctor happy even if it did make him feel like a failure.
