018. Fever
Nine, Rose
He had forgotten just how fragile humans could be.
The third world he had taken Rose to had been a tropical jungle – a place with violet oceans and gleaming sapphire sands. The planet had been far enough away from it's triplet suns to be pleasantly warm and yet not close enough to be a barren wasteland as it's sister systems. The lush scenery and relaxing hum in the air had proven to be a perfect reprieve after first fending off evil mannequins and then prima donna skin samples on Platform One.
After complaining about the rather large variety of insects, Rose had spent the day in the violet seas. He had pointedly stayed on the shore.
By the evening, she was red from more than the sun, and her usually bright eyes had glazed over with something he was sure he had seen in other companions before.
Confused, and saved by a not too subtle nudge from the TARDIS, he had placed a hand against the girl's forehead. She was warm – too warm, the sentient ship next knocked into his decidedly thick head.
Thinking back years in his long life, he remembered Sarah Jane and a similar experience. The first-aid kit held an advanced version of Chloroquine for the nasty tropical bugs that the human immune system was not prepared for, and that coupled with a nest of pillows and a run of black and white Cary Grant movies had the girl looking slightly better.
By the time 'An Affair to Remember' was dying down, the girl's shivering was down, and she was nodding on and off. He sat next to her bed, fighting the urge to take her hand in his – anything to ease the obvious discomfort she was in. It was quickly becoming a bit too domestic for him, and the telltale twinge in both of his hearts was telling him that he wasn't really caring.
Soft and maternal in his mind, the TARDIS whispered, letting him know that Rose was well and truly out. So, nodding, he got to his feet, and set the lighting down to a soft glow. Instructing the ship to let him know as soon as she awoke, he slowly made his way from the room, only pausing to look back before he closed the door.