PHOENIX. [sequel to 067]

14. he's kind of cute when he rambles.

dottore's cheeks move slightly upwards, causing his eyes to seem to be a bit more closed; he's smiling, despite his efforts to hide his face. you could tell easily and the look seems slightly cute on him, if you had to be honest.

though, overall, it's not like he was the worst looking man on earth. his red eyes are the most noticable thing about, beyond his sharp teeth when he speaks, and the few facial scars. though, his bed head kind of suits him. it's cute, he's cute.

   "tell you about zander? as in the situation or who he is?" dottore asks you as he moves towards the other side of the bed. he gets onto it, laying down beside you, but he didn't reach to touch you at all. once again, his previous apology seemed genuine; like he's suddenly grasped the concept of boundaries.

   "both, i guess," you answer with a small shrug of your shoulders. you moved your head to look him in his eyes, seeing how he rested his head up on his fist. his eyes never left your face, not once, and you couldn't help but blush from his gaze.

   "zander was a clone of mine, hence the similar appearance," dottore starts, twirling his wrist that wasn't supporting his head as he spoke, "i was much younger when i created him and i guess he always kept the mindset i had back then. he was awful, honestly, and i always hated him. he ruined most of my experiments."

you let out a small noise to show him that you were listening to his little story. you took note of his use of the word "was". if this was going to turn into some murder-tale, you'd rather be mentally prepared for it than be completely blind sided.

   "he had an interest in you, from the very beginning. back when you hadn't died, beginning," he says, taking his sweet time to get to the point, "and i had killed him originally, for .. assaulting you. you probably don't even remember."

killed a man just because he assaulted you? how romantic of him.

   "killed?" you ask him as he finishes that bit of the story.

    "oh, you don't remember. i'm... a scientist, to put it nicely, and my experiments have brought death upon many. it's not anything new to me."

   "you say that as if it means nothing to you."

    "death? oh, it doesn't mean much. i've always been around death, fascinated with it even."

    "how could you.. be fascinated by death?"

    "i had a rough upbringing, many years ago. what were we talking of originally?" he asks after rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand. he's much older than you had first imagined, but, he doesn't look bad for whatever age he is.

    "zander, i think, i got side tricked by you saying you killed him," you say as you move to lay on your back. you stare up at the ceiling as he begins to speak again.

    "oh! right, about him.." he sighs before groaning, most likely of annoyance, "what about him?"

    "the story about what happened, dottore."

     "oh, yes, about that. so, essentially, i killed him the first time, like i said," he begins, "he had been revived, the same way i did with you, but by my other clone; that, i still haven't figured out as to why. but i have many ideas, like, firstly-"

    "stay on topic, please, dottore," you flip onto your side to look at him, laying your head on top of your hands as you look at him.

    "right. well, he was brought back, captured you because he was rather angry that i had killed him and  used you to make me find him. he probably thought that he could take me, stupid, really. anywho, he's dead."

    "use me? why?" you ask him as your brows furrowed at mention of it.

    "personal reasons," dottore says as he smiles softly again, causing another blush to form on your cheeks.

you mentally groan at his excuse for not telling you, but you suppose it wouldn't be a dottore situation without some secrets to it. though, you really do want to know why zander would specifically pick you over anything else. there has to be more things, beyond you, that dottore cares for so deeply.

    "my darling, can i call you that?" he asks you as you thought to yourself.

    "it's cute, you can," you respond shortly after he speaks. you saw how he seemingly relaxed as you called the name cute,  which of course, is kind of cute. he seems so much more gentler than yesterday. you couldn't help but appreciate the look on him.

    "how lovely, my darling. anyways, i'm not doing anything today, if you would like to .. take the becoming closer thing seriously," dottore offers before he sits up from the bed. he pops his joints as he stretches, which lifts up his shirt slightly and you couldn't help but look at his waist. his waist seemed so easy to grab, honestly.

     "what did you have planned?" you ask him as you watch how he turns to look at you, hand on his hip.

     "i'm going to pretend i didn't know you were looking, my darling, but anything. i know a small bakery, if you're interested."

    "... hmph," you pout quietly the moment he brings up how you were looking at his waist, "i'd love to go to a bakery with you."

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hi me here, yk salem !
anyways, expect a bit of filler and a lot of fluff / relationship building between you and dottore ;)
that's all these chapters are !

xoxo salem