Human, Being (Drabble Project, Day 316
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were_lemurWhat if "Human Nature" had been a Seventh Doctor story?
"Remember, Professor Smith," Ace says, "you have a faculty meeting." She holds up his gray coat. He stares at her for a moment, as if there's something he's forgotten (but of course, he's forgotten everything), then takes it from her.
"Do you want me to come with you?"
"Don't be silly, Dorothy," he says. (Because no professor would call his secretary by so familiar a nickname as 'Ace.') "I may be growing old, but I don't need a nursemaid yet.
He taps her on the nose, and she has to turn her back to hide the tears in her eyes.
"Remember, Professor Smith," Ace says, "you have a faculty meeting." She holds up his gray coat. He stares at her for a moment, as if there's something he's forgotten (but of course, he's forgotten everything), then takes it from her.
"Do you want me to come with you?"
"Don't be silly, Dorothy," he says. (Because no professor would call his secretary by so familiar a nickname as 'Ace.') "I may be growing old, but I don't need a nursemaid yet.
He taps her on the nose, and she has to turn her back to hide the tears in her eyes.
