Fics like I’m falling down, below the ground, please show me the way

“It’s a nice place you’ve got yourself,” the Doctor says. He stands with his hands buried deep in the pockets of his coat, shoulders drawn in, facing the glass as though the skyline might offer him an escape route. His reflection hovers faintly over the city, fractured by rain. For a moment, he doesn’t look like the Doctor at all—just a man lingering where he isn’t wanted. Then, as if remembering himself, he turns slowly. His eyes find hers, and whatever lightness he’d been wearing slips, leaving something raw and unguarded behind. “Katie,” he says softly. “I’m so sorry.” “Don’t call me that,” Kate hisses. The words are sharp, immediate, her arms folding across her chest as though she can physically keep herself from coming apart. “I thought it would be your older version,” she continues, voice trembling despite her effort to keep it steady. “But I suppose he’s too carefree now to notice.”

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