Hello everyone one of you wonderful friends, yes I see you all as friends because you put up with me through most things. I know it's been too long since my last update but I'm getting the hang of this whole uni thing now so as long as I get reading it should be fine :) so rather than warbling on about life and stuff I'm just going to get on with the review replies and then the story :D I missed you all!

Emzza: ooo, nice idea. If you want to have a go at writing it FEEL FREE. I'm still always happy to see other people's takes on Winter and her world. If you don't want to tackle that just yet I'm happy to have a go at it. Or You could always write something else :) or not at all *shrugs* it's just nice when readers get involved because it gives me an idea of what they ike to see. I really like the Fawks and Winter idea though so if you don't want to do it I may have a go :D Thank you so much for reading because honestly I don't think I would have written as much had it not been for readers like you and I wouldn't have had half as much fun!

Rachy Babes: Oh, Rachel, Rachel, Rachel, what am I to do with you. The Millionth time already lol. First things first, I like it when you spam my inbox, it makes me feel extra loved! I like reading the old ones sometimes too. I always spot mistakes and things I want to change but at the same time I like the mistakes because they prove to me that my writing has improved and that I have better taste in storylines ;)Oh and thanks for holding off on your updates, you can put up another update now because we're up to date :D although don't let the nemo/jack slip until it's up (let's keep them in the dark a few days more *evil laugh*)

1945: Esther had to go for two reasons. One, I had nothing to do with her her after this and I'm taking enough of a chance by putting Winter and Jack back on the TARDIS without keeping a character around who RTD could do anything with. It just makes my job easier. Two, I never got a chance to really warm to Rex and Esther so killing her off didn't upset me as much as killing other character off would. And yes, I was always a bit hard on Rhys when Torchwood was in its early stages. Somehow he crept in and made me like him so I was writing it and thought I'd give him some extra airtime as compensation for the annoyance I felt towards him when he was first introduced.

Dwatlaskrhtcm: Don't worry there'll be more updates for a while :) no need to feel empty yet. Thanks for reading my blog. I have to admit that looking back on everything I NEVER EVER want to feel that way again, but now I'm into the swing of things everything seems a lot better and I'm actually enjoying myself. It's such a lovely university and everyone is so helpful and nice. And the course is amazing.

BAMM. it'sSydney: Ah it wouldn't be Nemo if she woke up on queue. I bet Jack was hoping he would get to say his bit and she'd awaken like sleeping beauty. Obviously he forgot who he was talking to :)

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Walking the streets with you in your worn out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on the park bench thinking to myself
Hey isn't this easy?

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while, since she brought you down
You say you find I know you better than that
Hey, Whatcha doing with a girl like that?

Oh I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're about to cry
I know your favourite songs and you tell me about your dreams
I think I know where you belong. I think I know it's with me.

Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me

Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me

'How are you feeling?' Winter looked up from her game with Pip and smiled at Jack.

'Good. The wound's completely healed and the scar is so tiny I doubt anyone would notice.' Jack nervously handed her a cup of hot chocolate, she licked her lips as Amy and Rory entered with their own mugs. Rory yelped as Winter flicked a polo up onto his head and Pip leapt down from the ceiling to claim it as his own.

'Winter!' he grumbled, brushing at his, now damp trousers. She smiled and called Peregrine to her side, letting him cuddle up on top of her legs.

'Can't help it, I've been bored.'

'Bored!' the Doctor yelled disdainfully as he trotted down the stairs in his normal upright manner, 'How could you have been bored? You're on the TARDIS, you're in a time machine, a time machine with infinite rooms and everywhere as your backdoor! But you've been bored?' She sighed and sipped her drink.

'Doctor, I haven't been outside the TARDIS since I was shot. It's alright for you lot, you go swanning around the place and bring me back stories and trinkets but I'm just sitting around watching re-runs of The League of Gentlemen and eating Jaffa Cakes.' The Doctor shuffled.

'Yes well you've been healing.'

'Yeah well healings dull. I mean come on it's been months since I've even had sex I'm BORED!' she threw her head back and then closed her eyes in shock, 'and I did not just tell you all that.' Amy and Rory sniggered. The continuation of the conversation was cut off by Winter gasping and the Doctor reaching for his psychic paper as if it was burning hot. Jack threw a concerned glance at Winter but she ignored it, handing him back the mug and watching the Doctor intently.

'Are we going?' He frowned.

'What do you mean are we going, of course we're going.'

'Even me?' he hesitated for a moment, then sighed and smiled.

'Come on then.' She grinned and pulled Pip into a hug. She was going outside!

'Please save me from the monsters.' Winter repeated the phrase that had penetrated her mind in bright gold letters. 'Who?' Jack took a few steps forward and helped the Doctor flick some switches. The man in the tweed coat stopped and grinned at his friends.

'I haven't done this in so long!' Winter had to grin back at the ecstatic look on his face but The rest of his companions were still confused.

'What's going on, what are we doing, Doctor?' Amy yelped as the TARDIS threw her into her husband.

'Making a house call.' He replied and nodded to Jack who threw up the last switch and let the TARDIS bring herself to a painful stop in the middle of a council estate. Winter grabbed Pip and threw herself out of the door, totally ignoring anything that was being said behind her, she almost stumbled out into the boring, regular housing estate. To anyone else it was just that, but to her? To her it was freedom. Her first step out of the blue box for so long, her first trip to take her mind off all of her problems. She sped forwards, Pip clutched tightly in her arms and took in a breath of, well to be honest rather stale, air. This was one thousand times better than sitting alone and trying to come up with new conversations to have. She spun around in excitement and took off towards the tall council housing, it was time to distract herself from whatever it was that kept her up at night.

'Nemo!' She groaned and both her and Pip turned in unison to see the Doctor calling her back with a finger. She scuffed her feet across the floor as she slowly swayed back to them. He narrowed his eyes at her and took her shoulders pressing her back into Jack. 'You stay where we can see you.' She opened her mouth to protest and looked up at Jack.

'I…erm…I don't know, maybe we should.' The Doctor raised an eyebrow towards Jack but Winter rolled her eyes and followed Rory as he poked around the edges of the parking area.

'What's got into you?' The Doctor asked. Jack sighed and shifted uncomfortably. 'There's a difference you know.' The older man stated a little more kindly.

'A difference?'

'Between giving her space and letting her wander off on her own and get into trouble.' He clapped his hand down on Jack's back and headed back over to Amy, Rory and Winter. 'Right come on, in we go.' He grabbed Winter's hand and pulled her into the large block of flats and opened the lift with his screwdriver.

'You know, humans have this amazing invention for opening lift doors called a call button.' Winter informed him. He looked down at her and sniffed.

'Yes well my way works faster.'

'And if we step through the doors and fall down a very large hole?'

'That was one time!' he whined.

'yeah, one time that left me hanging from the side of a rocket launch base with an open stab wound and the end of the universe to worry about.' He rolled his eyes.

'Show them the wonders of the universe and this is what happens.' He groaned. She shook her head.

'No, I saw the wonders of the universe and I ran away.' She retorted.

'Yes well that was hardly my fault, besides I saw it too.'

'Yeah well no one shot you while you were running.'

'Alright! Enough!' Amy yelled as the doors closed. The pair were silent for a moment as Jack chuckled lightly in the corner.

'You fell through a lift door?' Rory asked. Pip smacked Rory's head causing him to jump out of the little animals way and back into Jack. He leaped forwards again almost as soon as he felt the Captain's chest on his back as though he'd been burnt and hurled himself over to Amy's side like a ping pong ball. Winter and Amy burst into fits of joyful laughter and the Doctor rolled his eyes waving his leather wallet around to get their attention.

'Can we concentrate please, we're here for this.' He opened the wallet and showed them the message inside.

"Please save me from the monsters' who would say that?' Rory asked.

'That's what we're here to find out.'

'sounds like something a kid would say.' Amy commented.

'Exactly a kid, a scared kid. So scared that somehow it's cry for help got through to us, IN the TARDIS.'

'And you traced the psychic signal back to this temporal spot?' Jack questioned.

'this spot exactly so what you lot are going to do is…'

'Split up and search for clues!' Winter grinned. The Doctor pouted like a young child.

'That's what I was going to say.' She patted his arm gently as the doors pinged open on the top floor. He shook away his childish look and pushed Rory and Amy out of the doors. 'You two take this floor.' Before either could protest the doors slid shut again and the lift headed down before pinging open again. He motioned to the doors and grinned at Jack and Winter. 'I believe this is your stop.'

'So what exactly are we looking for?' Jack asked.

'A frightened child.' The doors closed on him and Winter looked up at Pip then at Jack.

'Which way do you want to take?'

'Couldn't we go together.' She shifted uncomfortably, 'right, um, I'll take…'

'No, it's not that Jack. I want to go with you, really, it's just, it'll be done quicker if we split.' He nodded and scratched the back of his neck before stepping towards her.

'I'll go this way then.' She nodded and tried to move out of his way but he moved the same way, so they both moved to the other side of the walkway and smiled awkwardly at the little dance. 'Ah, this way.' He pointed passed her and carefully put his hands on her elbows and moved her around with him. They stood for a second in silence, glancing between their faces. Pip watched, interested in the new dynamic, from the balcony. Winter rubbed her fingers against her palms nervously and then quickly leant up on her toes, pressing her lips against the corner of Jack's mouth. Then without a word she turned and headed down her end of the walkway to begin tapping on doors. Pip followed her quickly, his tail held high and a flash of future knowledge in his eyes.

TTT

'Anything?' Jack called when they met by the lift.

'No, two no shows, a Bernie Harris who tried to hit on me and an old man who invited me in for a glass of Madera.' Jack chuckled and pressed the lift button.

'Maybe the Doctor's calculations were off.' Winter shrugged.

'I don't know, the TARDIS always takes up to places where people need help, where we can be of use. Why would she mess up now?' Jack shook his head.

'Old age, she is a type 40.' Winter slapped his chest.

'Hey, that's my sister you're talking about.' They smiled happily and glanced up at each other, the vaguest hint of awkwardness as they glanced back at the lift doors, smiles still on their faces.

'I err, guess the lift's broken.' Jack stated, making conversation.

'Yeah, looks like it.'

'Stairs?'

'Sure.' They headed over to the stairs and began to step down them one by one. Pip climbed from Winter's shoulder to the handrail and slid down on his haunches.

'We could always go back and check the calculations.' Jack offered. Winter nodded.

'Yeah, that might be best. May as well be sure.' As they walked their hands bumped gently together, each time they would pull away quickly but not for long and as they reached the bottom step her hand softly slithered into his. They both looked down at their touching palms and then, avoiding each other's faces, they continued on towards the TARDIS, secret smiles hinted by their turned up lips.

They passed the piles of rubbish and Winter pulled her key from her coat pocket, passing it to Pip who squeaked happily and raced towards the blue box. But a tumbling sound from the bins caused both humans to pause. Winter looked up at Jack, he looked back at her and his grip on her hand tightened as they edged closer. She could hear her heart thudding in her chest as Jack reached out and pulled the bags off the top to look behind them. Suddenly he was gone, she jumped a foot in the air as something grabbed her feet and everything went black.

TTT

Her head was pounding, her throat was dry and this floor was incredibly uncomfortable. Winter sat up and heaved herself against the wall behind her, looking around the dusky room for any sign of life. 'Jack?' she called quietly, her voice a little more grating than before, 'Pip?'

'Hey.' She jumped as a hand fell on her shoulder and Jack through his hands in the air, backing off, 'Sorry, didn't mean to scare you.'

'It's fine,' she stated as he helped her up, 'you ok?'

'Yeah you?' she nodded looking around.

'Where's Pip?'

'I don't think he came through.' This brought her attention to the next question that needed an answer.

'Through where?' she heard a rasping sound and looked over to see Jack light a match.

'I honestly haven't a clue.' Winter nodded brushing herself down and pulling out the Doctor's old screwdriver, the one she had taken from the beach, she fiddled with the settings for a moment then flicked it on, instead of a buzzing sound the sonic was silent and emitted a strong beam of greenish light. Jack watched his match go out and rolled his eyes at the smug look on her face, taking the offered screwdriver. 'who looks at a screwdriver and thinks ooooo this could be a little more sonic.' He murmured.

'What?'

'Nothing.' Winter wondered ahead and opened the door in front of her.

'Well, I'll take a guess and say we're in a house of some kind.' He nodded and held the wooden door open for her to step through. They looked around the grand living room they seemed to have entered and Winter ran her hand over the backs of the sofa and chairs as she made her way towards and impressive grandfather clock.

'Well going from the area of London we were in I'm guessing we've moved at least five or six miles off course.'

'What makes you say that?' Winter asked, distractedly.

'Well there aren't that many grand houses like this in the middle of London.'

'actually there are.' He looked around at her and raised an eyebrow.

'Nemo really, I know what I'm talking about, this isn't London.' She put her hands on the grandfather clock and shook her head.

'I think we are.' He frowned, 'I don't know why and I haven't the foggiest idea how but,' she knocked on the painted hands of the grandfather clock and then gave the fireplace a gently push causing the entire object to move along the wall, 'I think we're in a dolls house, and I know which one.' Jack frowned and she leant on the back of the sofa. 'down in our archives there was an old dolls house only came to us a couple of days after Tosh and Owen died. Ianto archived it but he never really looked at it, none of us were really up to our jobs at the time.' Jack nodded understandingly.

'It didn't come through the rift. It was sent to us by an Alex… Alex something or other. With a note saying it was dangerous and he wanted it gone. The living room looked exactly the same as this one, right down to the grandfather clock, I remember seeing it down in the archives.'

'Seeing it?' Jack asked suspiciously, she blushed a little and shrugged.

'Ok, maybe I played with it a bit, but really how harmful could it be.' She let out a yelp of fright as the door flew open and several large dolls lumbered into the room.

'Well at least their timing's good.' Jack muttered as he grabbed Winter's hand, 'Do you think they're friendly.' Winter looked up at him in frustration.

'Since when did anything moving towards us so creepily want to be friends with us?'

'Right.' He agreed and pulled her from the room, 'Where to?'

'How should I know?'

'You played with the doll's house, you know the lay out.' She glanced around and closed her eyes tight as a loud bang told her Jack was holding the dolls back behind the door. 'What are you doing?'

'Trying to work out where we are from memory and it's pretty hard so if you don't mind.' He put his hand up but shoved them back against the door as the dolls renewed their attack on the door. Suddenly Winter gasped and grabbed Jack's arm pulling him away from the door to a wall, she tapped gently along it as the door opened and the peg dolls giggled, getting closer and closer to them.

'Nemo, now would be…' he grunted as Winter pushed him through a hidden wall door and closed it behind her. 'wow.' He looked up at the towering staircase and back to Winter, 'You don't happen to know where the front door is?' She nodded.

'Sure, through that door…' she trailed off when she realised the door she had mentioned lead back into the living room and most likely to the dolls. 'ah.' He sighed and put a hand around her shoulders.

'Never mind, we'll find another way.' He leant down and kissed her head before he could realise what he was doing. They both froze and she looked up slightly to see the worry in his eyes, they stood in tense silence only broken by a loud bang as the door to their left and right burst open a single doll walked through from the right but didn't seem to notice them, it headed straight for Amy and Rory who sped out from the left side door. Rory pushed past but Amy stopped, caught by the larger than life dolly.

'Rory!' she screamed. Jack gripped onto Rory as Amy shuddered and changed before their eyes, her head grew larger and rounder, her hair matted into braided twists of wool and her limbs became stiff and wooden. She was a doll. Winter's eyes widened and she pulled out her sword holding it level with the mop Rory was using as a weapon. The three of them backed up the stairs as Rory whimpered his wife's name quietly. Winter placed a hand on his arm and shooed him up the stairs.

'We'll get her back Rory, we'll get her back just get up the stairs, come on move, up the stairs go!'

'Rory!' the three of them looked around to see the Doctor, Pip and another man on the ground floor fighting off the dolls with a large pair of pink scissors.

'Doctor!' Rory yelped.

'Pip!' The monkey looked up at Winter's call and screeched, speeding towards the stairs towards her.

'Where's Amy?' Pip made a leap for Winter but overshot slightly and landed straight in the arms of the Amy doll. He yowled in fear as they watched him shudder and shake. His fur became scruffy and warn and his eyes glazed over, when his head turned back to look at them he was grinning in an overstated and creepy fashion and in his hands he clasped two tiny cymbals. Winter launched herself forward but Jack held her back from her old friend.

'Peregrine!'

'Ah…I guess I don't need an answer anymore.' The Doctor turned towards the front of the house and yelled into the echoing room. 'George, George you have to face your fears! And you have to face them now!' Jack pulled Winter behind him and tugged Rory down a few more steps but the dolls just kept advancing in time to the beat of Peregrine's cymbals, 'you have to open the cupboard or we'll all be trapped here together in a living death. George! George listen to me! George! Please, George you have to end this! End this end this! End it now' One of the dolls reached for Winter and she stepped back misjudging the steps and tripping down. Jack span around and caught her in his arms like a scene straight off the silver screen in some 1950's romance. She looked up at him, completely distracted by the danger around her and put a hand to his face.

'Thank you.'

'No problem…' they stared deep into each other's eyes moving ever so slightly closer.

'DAD!' both Jack and Winter jumped out of each other's arms and looked around nervously like naughty school children. The man the Doctor had brought with him was racing down the stairs and pulled a young boy into his arms, hugging him tightly against his chest and whispering words of comfort into his ear. Jack frowned and leant over to Rory.

'Who's the kid?'

'I have no idea.'

'What the hell is going on?' Winter asked the Doctor. He waved a hand back to her.

'Shh, you're interrupting a touching family moment here.' She opened her mouth to retort but looked down at the scene and noticed the white light erupting from the windows.

'Jack.' she whispered.

'Yeah?' she leant over and grabbed his hand.

'Hold on.' They closed their eyes against the white light and felt a rough tugging sensation in their guts. Jack's hand tightened around hers and she felt herself thrown on top of him. Winter opened her eyes and looked down at Jack underneath her, his eyes still tightly shut. She giggled and got off the ground looking around at the rubbish bins and then over at the TARDIS a few meters away. An old woman was lying a few feet from them and she jumped over Jack's legs to help her to her feet. 'Are you alright?' The woman looked up at her in confusion.

'I, I don't know what happened, I was only here to take the rubbish out and…well it was night…but… it's light now.' Winter gave her a slight brush down and lead her away from the bin bags.

'You must have taken a fall, go back to your flat, make yourself a nice cup of tea eh? That might help.' The old woman nodded absentmindedly and Winter giggled as she tottered off towards the flats. A groan behind her informed her that Jack was standing up from the rubbish and stretching out his muscles.

'Well, that evening was a bit…'

'If you say 'rubbish' I may be forced to slap you.' She turned to smile at him and he grinned, kicking a rubbish bag away.

'The effectiveness of that threat depends on where you intend to slap me.' She laughed and he smiled back at her cheekily. A large ball of fur propelled itself into Winter's arms and she looked down to see a traumatised Pip shuddering and curling up around himself. She tutted and pulled him into her chest, letting Jack lead her towards the Doctor, Amy and Rory on the wall a few meters away. They sat down on the wall and looked over to their friends happily.

'Ah, it's good to be together again, in the flesh.' The Doctor sprang up from his seat and almost skipped towards the TARDIS, joyfully opening the doors and running up onto the platform. 'Now, did someone mention something about planets and History and stuff?'

'Yeah.' Rory replied.

'Where do you want to go?'

'Um.' Amy looked up towards the ceiling and the Doctor interrupted her thought.

'Mind's gone blank.'

'Well I have just been turned into a wooden dolly.'

'Excuses excuses.' The Doctor chastised.

'Actually Doctor.' Amy closed her eyes, 'I'm a bit tired, could we have a little bit of time. Just for a nap or something.' He looked up at her, crestfallen before sighing.

'I guess so.' Winter patted him on the back and turned around to take Pip to the library but managing to walk straight into Jack. They both coughed and stepped back, moving out of each other's way quickly.

'What are you going to do?' Jack asked, 'If you don't mind me asking that is.' She shook her head quickly.

'No, no, I'm just going to head down to the Library, do some reading, you know.'

'Alone?'

'Oh, um, yeah I guess, unless. Well, I mean, unless maybe, you want to come.' He smiled.

'You wouldn't mind?'

'No, I like company.' She told him. He smiled and motioned towards the steps.

'Oh, well, I'd like that.' They headed off together all the time watched by Amy, Rory and the Doctor.

'That's just…'

'Weird.' Amy finished Rory's sentence. She turned to the Doctor sadly, 'How long is it going to take for them to get back together. It's so awkward being around them.'

'They are together.' Rory reminded her.

'Not in the same way, you can't go back to being all first dates and stuff after being as close as they were, it just doesn't work. Now we have to put up with two teenagers with a crush.' The Doctor sighed and shrugged going about his business.

'We leave it to them, it's their relationship.' Rory nodded and started for the door towards their bedroom but Amy faulted near the Doctor. 'Yes?' She looked at him and tilted her head.

'No, nothing.'

'Amy…'

'No really it's nothing, I'll ask another time.' He sighed and let her leave with Rory.

TTT

'I want to take you out somewhere.' Jack told Winter. She looked up from the book in hand and raised an eyebrow. Pip uncurled from her lap and yawned lazily.

'Jack, seriously, you don't need to take me anywhere.' He shook his head.

'I know, but I want to. I miss that look in your eyes when we're doing something boring and human.'

'What look?' He grinned.

'The 'I know something they don't' look.' Her mouth fell open.

'I'm not that pompous.' She complained.

'No but it's true, you do know more than them. You used to have the same look back when the hub was around. You know what, we should go to Cardiff, go on a weevil hunt in the SUV!' she smiled.

'Really? Could we?' he leaped off his sofa and she threw her book aside allowing him to pull her off the sofa causing Pip to squeak in annoyance and race up onto her shoulder.

'Yeah why not, bit of nostalgia never killed anyone.' He tugged her towards the door and Winter looked up at Pip.

'You hear that Pip, we're popping home!' he chattered and clapped his hands excitedly and she skipped down towards the wardrobe with a grin on her face and Jack speed walking at her side. They got into the wardrobe and Winter headed for the nearest rack pushing coat hanger after coat hanger along the rail. 'What about that scarf? The one with the stars on it?' She asked Pip. He nodded and disappeared into the miles of clothing. 'Jack would you find me some jeans.' She called. He nodded and headed to a rack of blue.

'This is getting daft.' He complained pushing dress after dress along the rail, 'Do you even own any jeans, all I can find is dresses.' She smiled and joined him, a pair of converses in her hand, the other running down one of the dresses.

'This is my favourite.' He looked down at the dress and frowned.

'Why?' Winter looked up at him, deep in his eyes was a hope, just a glimmer and she was about to grant it.

'Because you gave it to me.' She told him. He blushed slightly but she could see the joy in his eyes. 'Don't get me wrong, I love most of them but you don't buy me many things and that makes them even more special. Over half these were the ones Fawks bought me, she knew I'd never wear them but she got them anyway, more money than sense, that was her all over. Although it was generally your money that she went out and spent.' Jack chuckled.

'Yeah but she spent it on you so I don't care.'

'Oh so THAT's why you made her get rid of the car. It wasn't for me.' He shrugged and laughed but his laughter died quickly as he looked at the space behind her. Winter frowned and turned slowly taking in the figure in the doorway. The converses fell to the floor but no one paid them any mind.

'Hi.' Fawks said, grinning like the cat that got the cream. Winter's mouth was dry, her mind bare and her emotions radiated from her being. Jack pushed her gently forward and her feet seemed to drag her across the room to her dead girlfriend.

'Is it really you?' she asked, her fingers burnt as they stroked down Fawks' cheek with a feather light touch.

'The one and only.' Fawks replied. The shock faded quickly and was replaced by a burning rage, anger coursed through her veins and Winter pulled back her hand flinging it forward to collide heavily with Fawk's nose. She hardly felt the pain or heard the crunch of the bones in the nose. The demon pulled back her hands holding her nose preciously. 'OW! Ok, that wasn't the first thing I was expecting.' Winter growled angrily and smacked her hand against Fawks' chest. Jack held back secretly enjoying watching Winter beat Fawks up.

'You stupid fucking idiot woman!' Winter yelled, all those month of pain and mourning flashing before her eyes, every moment of unbearable loss reminding her of its existence.

'Anyone ever tell you, you're really hot when you swear?' Winter ignored the comment and slapped her soundly on the cheek.

'Ok, I deserved that one,' Fawks backed out of Winter's range so she took another step forward angrily flinging her arms around.

'Deserve it! You've been dead for months and the only thing you can say is HI! Have you any idea what I've been through!' Jack watched cautiously now, he didn't want to let Winter say or do anything she'd regret just for his own amusement but for now Fawks seemed to have it under control, well, almost.

'Win- Come on...'

'You and your stupid trying to be a hero shit! You said yourself there was other ways around it! Do you have any fucking clue how much this has affected everyone! How it affected me!' Had Winter been in her right mind this would have been a tipping point. Thinking back on it later she realised how much of a mess she had made of her life after Fawks had disappeared but she was too far into the realms of anger to see her own mistakes.

'Yes. Of course-'

'But you don't think do you! You just swan in and don't think about the knock on affects, you stupid selfish bastar- mmph.' The anger cut off in her mind as the impatient demon pinned her against the wardrobe wall. For a moment she considered fighting back and saying no but Fawks felt so right against her after all these months. She'd missed her so much. So she gave up on her anger, letting it go and allowing the older woman to take a step back without fear of attack.

'Can we maybe save the screaming until later?' Fawks smirked and Winter felt a sudden sense of relief, she rolled her eyes and pulled Fawks into a hug. She was here, she felt the same, smelt the same, she even had the same heartbeat. Winter sighed in contentment and Jack decided that now the fighting was over it would be the perfect time to jump in. He cleared his throat loudly and Winter pulled back from Fawks and let her saunter over to Jack.

'You're a weird man Harkness, possibly the only man to be smiling when he sees his fiancé making out with some other woman.' Winter's smile disappeared and she glanced awkwardly at Jack. His eyes asked her for how she wanted to deal with the situation but she shook her head gently. His smile grew brighter as he pulled Fawks into a hug.

'As if you'd ever be some other woman,' Winter watched happily, knowing how much it meant to him that Winter hadn't told Fawks about the hiatus she'd called on the wedding. The humiliation of the jokes Fawks would crack at his expense and the general reminder of their fight would have deeply hurt him and that was something Winter couldn't allow herself to do.

Oh Fawks, the damage you cause alive or dead can be matched by no other being from earth or the wider universe.