Phantom Boy//The Doctor x Male Reader [On Hold]

//Chapter Two

Being with The Doctor was fun, after that first day I started travelling with him and helping save the galaxies from different aliens and weapons alongside him. We became closer, I had been his constant companion now for over 200 years.

In the beginning, it was hard, after going outside the TARDIS to help him The Doctor began to realise after a few trips that he was the only one who could see me. I could turn tangible and opaque and at the very most they could get a flicker, but even that didn't happen often. I had been a phantom so long I was hardly human and turning into my tangible state outside the TARDIS was taking more and more effort.

I didn't mind though, my Doctor could see me and that was good enough for me, plus my mind was intact, unlike the spirits I resembled. The Doctor had offered time and time again to help me figure out why other's couldn't see me, but I just shook my head- I already knew. I was invisible because of my species and only The Doctor could see me because of my destiny.

I had gained a new name from The Doctor as well.

DEATH

WIth my long black hood, seemingly endless and ageless lifespan simular to his and the fact that all who saw a flicker of me believed me to be the Grim Reaper, Hades, a Demon or a Lost Spirit of some kind. I liked the name though, it was like The Doctor- not attached to anything or anyone, I wasn't the boy I used to be and my new name represented that.

I had begun to love my new life full of adventure but I could tell that I wasn't enough for the Doctor. He wanted someone he could truly go places with, hug, touch, have conversations and share meals, he was lonely and I wasn't enough, but I was okay with that. I knew that one day my curse would be lifted and I could be everything he needs and keep him happy- but right now I couldn't be that person.

That's how Rose Tyler came into the picture.

The Doctor was on a chase by himself after some living plastic as I was trying to brainstorm ways to bring someone else into our crazy lives, I had briefly talked to him about getting another companion as I couldn't help as much as another could and couldn't truly converse with him. I would have loved to go with him but my current distracted nature made me feel like I would be more of a burden, though he was taking so long I was beginning to get worried. It was a long time after that thought before he came back, stepping into the TARDIS. I saw him take a sad glance back and wave slightly before closing the door, I ran over and gave him a large grin, tilting my head so the lighting hit the lower part of my face and witness my smile. He smiled back.

"I'm happy to see you Death, the situation got a little sticky." I looked at him in question hoping he would elaborate. "Nearly became a suicide mission though I met this girl named Rose Tyler who helped me out." He elaborated, walking over to the control board and starting up the TARDIS.

This is my chance I thought! Someone to make him happier, another companion. I pointed to me and him as well as the TARDIS and then the doors, making a 'come here' motion to them. This was how we communicated usually though I would also often write things down.

"Her names Rose, she didn't want to come, said she had a boyfriend to look after which was true as he was clinging to her like a toddler." He said. I grabbed my notepad and pen and made myself tangible, as he started adjusting knobs.

'Did you tell her what the TARDIS does?'  I wrote in my loopy script I had perfected over many years.

"Yes I told her all about the space travel and how it's bigger on the inside." He exclaimed, pulling down the lever that started our journey.

'I think she would be good for you Doctor, did you tell her that it also travels in time?'  I wrote, questioning him. He made an excited face, stopping his walk to the doors to see where we ended up.