"Good," the Doctor said. "Right now, I need Jack."

Having Donna here would've been wonderful. Even having Bea here, all awkward looks and pressing for him to talk more about himself, that would've been wonderful. But right now, he needed someone who understood him. Someone who could say he knew and the Doctor could know that yes, he absolutely did.

He closed his eyes and leaned into Jack very slightly. Not quite a response to the hug, but a request that Jack didn't stop.