Jealous

By theanonymouslibrarians

Note: I do not own the Bartimaeus Sequence or Doctor Who or any of their characters.

Nathaniel is prepared to hate Ptolemy. Nathaniel has so few people he can actually call friends, and while Nathaniel isn't quite sure what he and Bartimaeus are to each other now, they can at least be called friends. When Ptolemy had been safely dead, Nathaniel could think of him with respect and help Bartimaeus honor him. But when a loud whirring noise resounds throughout his house, a big blue box shows up in Nathaniel's living room and a man sticks his head out asking if someone named Rekhyt is there because an Egyptian boy named Ptolemy would like to speak with him, Nathaniel can't help but feel like the other boy is stealing something from him.

But when an all too familiar looking boy emerges from the box in a wheelchair, looking worn out and older than his 14 years, but very much alive, Nathaniel can't help but feel a pang of sympathy for the boy who gave up everything in the pursuit of knowledge and love. And when Nathaniel summons Bartimaeus, and the djinni is for once at a loss of words and can only hold Ptolemy as if letting him go would mean certain death, Nathaniel can't quite bring himself to feel anything more than a slight jealousy toward the other boy.