Lost Memories [Pantalone x Dottore] Season 2

2.

Dottore slowly turns around to look at the homeless person yet he is stunned and froze in place for a moment seeing they looked exactly like Pantalone. The doctor grows angry thinking it is one of his hallucinations so he looses it completely and slaps the man hard across the face before grabbing the collar of the tattered jacket "stop haunting me! I dont know why you wont leave my mind!"

It is directed at Pantalone yet he is yelling at a complete stranger right now and when he spoke he would shake the other violently even hitting the other into the wall behind him.
When he stops he is confused why this man has not changed back yet as he just stares down at the homeless man who is absolutely terrified...a homeless man who looks exactly like Pantalone...he slowly lets go of the other seeing the pale complexion of the man get a red hand mark on his cheek as it totally feels like this is the real Pantalone yet he isn't? When Dottore lets go of the other he watches the other back up against the wall terrified of the other and has tears rolling down his eyes since he only had wanted to ask for help....for maybe some bread to eat.

The homeless man looks down and hugs himself avoiding Dottore his gaze yet he feels the other stare down at him so he feels vulnerable like prey cornered by a predator "im-...sorry sir...i am sorry i did not mean to startle you i just wanted to ask if you had any food to spare "

Dottore just stares and listens. He is speechless...the man sounds exactly like him aswell. After all that happened today how is it that he encountered a perfect clone of him on the streets he often walks on?  Knowing nobody is around on the outskirt of the city which most of the time is the more so poor and not so pretty district he kneels down infront of the man and reaches out to him.

Obviously the man flinched and moved away thinking he would get slapped again but to feel Dottore his touch so gently and light on his cheek makes him look at the man confused. Why is this stranger touching him like he has known him for a lifetime? They are just strangers right?
The man in all honestly does not want Dottore his help anymore finding him rather weird and scary so he takes the other his wrist and moves his hand away from him "sir-...please leave..."

Dottore tilts his head not listening and inspects the other more and every single detail Pantalone had was there on the other his face yet he can see the other does not know him so why is Dottore getting his hopes up? This is not the real Pantalone...he died a year ago. Pull yourself together Dottore thinks to himself so he stands up and turns to walk away yet thinking about it...could he truely leave this person that looks like his ex-lover all alone in the streets to freeze to death? This whole year Dottore has been heartless yet now he just feels his heart skip a beat...he feels like he should help this man. Stopping in his tracks once again he turns around to look at the other who still seems very scared of him yet from far away he can see the man is not wearing pants and is only covered by a coat and due to his slender almost entirely white legs exposed he can see the bruises on them and the scabbed knees; he might get a idea what happened to him when living in the streets with no where to run or go to, nobody that would help "you wanted help correct?"

The homeless man furrows his brows and looks down at his legs. Two days ago a group of drunk men assaulted him just because they found he had a pretty face yet now with somebody offering him help he almost did not dare to refuse since he does not want this to happen again aswell for that he is hungry and cold due to only have a coat to cover his body. Hesitating to take help from this stranger who not only slapped him but also shouted in his face he would give in.
It is better then nothing right? He waited so long for somebody to help him, for somebody to safe him.
"Yes" is all he awnsered but it came out as a whisper.

Dottore slowly extends his hand to the homeless man not to startle him and feeling the other take his hand just like how Pantalone used to take it when stepping out of the carriage makes his heart skip another beat as he helps the man stand up. Seeing the man is barefeet and his feet are bleeding he takes his cloak off and puts it on the other his fragile and slender frame since he himself is not bothered by the cold easily so that is why he gave his cloak away.
Now that the man is standing his own clone was right...he has gotten a little smaller...or this...whatever Pantalone was is taller then the real one...it doesnt matter since Dottore is still almost as tall as the other so the heigth difference is not that big.
The Doctor takes his scarf off aswell and wraps it around the other making sure it sits right and with his cloak, in harbinger atire Dottore is sure this is a reincarnation of Pantalone. "I will carry you, you cannot walk with your feet like this?"