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“Come on Ace where are you, we carpooled,” Tegan impatiently taps her foot.
“You’re telling me, Graham and I did too, but with my sister taking my room; I am staying at his place until I find a place closer to UNIT.” Yaz sighs.
“So those two have snuck off somewhere, great we could be here for hours. Hopefully they make it worth the while.”
“Tegan, please don’t put those images in my head.”
“Yaz, this is getting sad. They are both fully functioning adults and can’t admit that they love each other. If they don’t and if something happens, they will regret it for the rest of their lives.”
“Even if they do admit, there is a chance one of them won’t want to act on it.” Tegan fully faces Yaz and brings her in for a hug.
“I cannot fully understand what you went through, but I am here for you. How are you holding up?”
“Most days I am good. I just don’t want to see Graham get hurt like it hurt me when the Doctor said she couldn’t be in a relationship.”
“And I don’t want to see Ace hurt. What I do want to see is both of them happy.”
Meanwhile in a back room, Ace and Graham are attached in a lip lock. Ace breaks the kiss first. “Good you acknowledge it you dumb fuck.”
“Is this what a relationship with you will be like?”
“Maybe, now come on.” She grabs his hand and they walk out of the room with matching smiles.
“Here they come,” Yaz points out.
“Are they holding hands,” Tegan asks.
“I think so,” Yaz has a sad smile on her face.
As Ace and Graham come closer, “so who finally confessed,” Tegan asks.
“I did and I made sure it was short and sweet,” Ace says with a smile.
“You yelled, listen you little shit, I have feelings for you and it’s time you acknowledged them… from the roof.”
“It worked; wait you didn’t go to the roof.”
“This roof is too small, and I will need something that can make me be heard.” Graham looks at Yaz, “though I think that will have to wait until tomorrow. You name the place, and I will bring the megaphone,” he kisses her cheek before walking up to Yaz. “Come on, we should head to my flat.” Once they are gone.
“Hellafuckinglujah,” Tegan cheers
“Shut up Tegan.”
“Oh I will never shut up, you should know that by now.”
“I’m leaving,” Ace grabs her bag that she had forgotten was at her seat from the meeting.
“So UNIT or A Charitable Earth?”
“What do you mean,” Ace furrows her brows.
“That you’re going to have Graham say he loves you from?”
“Hmm, so people don’t think he’s a complete nutter, maybe my building. Yeah people will still think he’s one, but he’s my nutter.”
“Your nutter?”
“Well not all mine, but enough mine. Now can you truly shut it so I can think of some devious ways I can torture the man in many ways.” Ace says with a devious glint in her eyes.
The next day, Graham arrives at Ace’s building and makes his way to her office. He knocks on the door, “come in.” He opens it and Ace moves close to him. “Do you have the stuff?”
“I do, may I have a kiss?”
“Do you need one for encouragement?”
“No, I just want one. Last night all I could dream about was your lips on mine.”
“Funny, I had dreams of your lips on other parts of my body,” she teases as Graham puts the bag down and puts one arm securely around her back and brings her even closer to him. “Your dreams will come true first, mine better not come too much later.”
“They won’t, now let me kiss you woman before I scream into this Dalek Microphone that Osgood helped me sneak out of UNIT HQ.” With a laugh on her lips Ace closes the distance. When they are both out of breath, they stop the kiss and Ace shows Graham up to the roof.
When Graham turns it on a loud noise comes from it drawing attention to the roof. “Excuse me all of London that can hear me right now. If I can have your attention, I would like to tell you all that I, Graham O'Brien, is madly in love with Dorothy McShane. You could say I find her ace.” Ace just shakes her head and starts laughing again. “Thank you all.” He turns it off and faces Ace. “Was that enough?”
“More than enough,” thinking for a minute Ace takes the Dalek microphone from him. “And I, Dorothy McShane loves Graham O’Brien.” She turns it off as Graham looks at her shocked. “What, I strive to do something crazy at least once a year. You could say I learned it from the best person, or should I say alien. Now all of London will call us two fools in love.”
“The in-love part is important,” taking her by the waist again Graham takes control of her mouth with his as the Dalek microphone falls to the roof when she wraps her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss.