ㅤㅤ 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻'𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑼𝑺𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑨 𝑮𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑸𝑼𝑶𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑰𝑭 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑪𝑨𝑵'𝑻. . . 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬 IT.⠀⠀⠀ —? ⠀ ㅤㅤ* .ㅤ☂️ . ㅤㅤ

. . ( slow raising of his arm, waving back. like he's learning ! )

( a few more hand gestures. to his mouth —— ah, no ! the stomach ! ) . . hungry. ( ah. yes. )

( happy tiny child ! ! boy, it was so nice not having to struggle to find something to eat. practically . . bouncing on his feet from excitement over here. )

( while silent, the child was visibly very happy as they scurried along next to him into the room to look around inside. )

( mono didn't seem to know what those were ! ) anything . . not. rats ! ( his diet was clearly not amazing. )

( nod nod. the child is still bouncing around a little. ) no rats ! ever ! ( aww, he's mimicking him. )

( more nods. and with some scrambling and jumping, he climbed onto the chair. he's swinging his little feet back and forth over the edge. )

( without exaggeration —— this is the best food he's ever seen in his entire, tiny life. lifting his little paper bag a bit so he could eat like he hasn't eaten in . . well, ever. )

( very enthusiastic nodding from the tiny child ) mh - hmm ! ( this was the best food he's ever had. truly. )

thanks ! ( hopping down from the chair, the tiny child running over to hug his leg. ) safe here !

it's mono ! . . he's just seen something terrifying yet again.

very tentatively . . he let go of what he was holding onto, quickly sprinting into his hand and clinging onto it.

" t-tall—— tall- " was all he managed to get out, shying away from the nearest television. something had spooked him.

the boy breathed heavily, almost hyperventilating from the fright. he clung onto the other, trembling.

quietly, mono began to work up the courage to speak. " the . . the telly- he's in there . . "

" . . he comes from the telly- . . " this poor child was terrified of it —— yet comforted by the embrace of the other.

the child closed his eyes under the bag . . he felt his breathing eventually come to slow. every day was a fight for this child's life . . and still unbeknownst to him, it would still be taken too soon.

he was right to be worried. a fate that kept haunting the child before it would even happen. " he gets closer . . every time . . "

⠀⠀ ❛ ⠀⠀〝 Peri . . . always one letter away from peril.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 〞 ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ . . . a cruel joke of the Doctor’s, & one that had stuck with her, even though he’d only ever said it the once. ⠀⠀ ❜ ⠀⠀