Send me ⚠ to find my muse at the end of a trail of blood.
He hadn’t been home in hours, which was probably what had prompted the TARDIS to coax Dalton out to look for him. Vic was never this distant, and never this slow. It was supposed to be a trip to market to pick up some things. Now, it was getting worrisome.
When Dalton did find him, Vic was no where near the market, but rather in a small, seeming residential street some distance away. He was seated, leaning back against a wall, eyes closed and breath coming in stilted hisses.
It was the blood that would lead Dalton to him. Blood that dripped and dragged right up until it met his frame, sitting awkwardly and only partially hidden away. His trouser leg was torn, bloody, more so than the rest of him. He had torn off his suit jacket and ripped the fabric to tie it around his wounded leg.
There was no Vortex left in him right now. No energy. No swirling time. He had used up his stores, leaving himself vulnerable. His eyes, when he fluttered them open, were their old brown, tired and sad. He looked up at Dalton with those sad eyes and gave him a weak smile. “Told you to stay home,” he teased, though his expression read as grateful.