intimeofperil:lissy-strata:I need a fic of the Doctor and Ian going tie shopping. Keep reading“Ooh.
intimeofperil:lissy-strata:I need a fic of the Doctor and Ian going tie shopping. Keep reading“Ooh. Very nice.”The Doctor was busily perusing a rack of moderately priced, rather sedate ties in a rainbow of shades. Ian, meanwhile, was close by, having found a near-exact match for the Coal Hill pattern.“Doctor!” he called, sotto voce.“Doctor!”“Hmmn? Oh, what is it, Cheddarfield?”Ian sighed and simply waved his elderly companion over.“This one is perfect,” he insisted, cautiously stroking the silky fabric.“Oh? Perfect, hmm? Perhaps you’ll let an expert be the judge of that, my boy.”The Doctor leaned in quite close to the indicated item, almost pressing his nose against it.“Hmm. Well, Chattersley, perhaps you think this a good enough example. That simply shows how little you truly know. It’s clearly of inferior quality! Besides, far too expensive. This example, meanwhile…”The Doctor held aloft a tie of pea-green knitted material, rather knubbly looking. Ian guessed it might itch, even through a collar.“Oh Doctor…” he began, but then halted. If Barbara were here, he might have the guts to argue, knowing she would at least back him up. Barbara, however, was off looking at… Feminine things with Vicki.“How about this one?” Ian sighed diplomatically, leaning past the Doctor and retrieving a sedate, dark blue tie.“Hmm. Hmm. Quite nice,” the Doctor nodded.“Come along, Chesterton. As you’ve been so accommodating, I’ll even pay.”“Bless you, Doctor,” Ian grinned.As the Doctor struggled to puzzle out the money for the tie, Barbara made her appearance, carrying a wrapped parcel from the ladies department.“Well,” she asked, “did you find everything all right?”“Oh, of course,” Ian intoned.“The Doctor was most helpful. You?”“I picked up a few odds and ends. Vicki wandered off toward the pet department. Last I saw, she was helping some other girl and a portly fellow in motley find a scratching post.”“Well,” the Doctor chimed in, “we shall have to swing through and find her on the way out, hmm?” -- source link