Kate Stewart. Divorcee, mother of three, keen gardener, outstanding bridge player. Also chief scientific officer, Unified Intelligence Taskforce - who currently have you surrounded.
This art was so painstaking for me, I tried to put so much into it.
After all the hate on this spike on Twitter, I wanted to do something for those who truly believe in this couple so they don’t feel like outcasts in the fandom🥺🫶🏼
“It is true, Doctor. Those things that can’t be explained, they don’t keep me awake at night because I didn’t discover what it was . At some point a person has to let go or it would drive me insane. Even if there is an explanation, it doesn’t mean I will always discover what it was.“
Kate felt guilty she wasn’t there but she doubted her father would have even known if it was as peaceful as the Doctors had said.
Kate nods “I was a mess I had barely enough time to process his death, let alone lead a team such as UNIT. Of course when there is no choice but to do, you do find the strength. “
He shook his head. "There is nothing that cannot be explained." He didn't want to fight, and he wasn't, really. He was only stating what he knew to be true. "I have never come across something that cannot be explained." Maybe he could be more understanding towards her, though. She was only human, after all. Humans did ridiculous things in their hunt to understand the world around them.
He nodded, lips pursing. He understood what it felt like to have no choice but to carry on. It was all he did, despite pain, despite loss and suffering. "You did well, though." It was a rare thing, a compliment from the Doctor, but he felt he could offer it now.
“No? But we didn’t find out how the pyramid ended up on Earth and we still don’t know. Or why my memories got distorted in there . And yet you seemed be unaffected by it?”
Kate never had time to focus on one incident , not when UNIT had pressing threats every day .
She nods, “Thank you Doctor. “ It had been difficult navigating UNIT in a mostly male dominated environment but they were getting better “I hope he’d be proud of changes I made.”
hi!! If you do write for kate stewart, id love to see either a story with her or headcanons like youve done with other characters! Do you have any recommendations for good writers with Kate?
have a great day/night! Xx
Hi! Sure! If you have any request I’d give it a go! For now, I’ll do a headcanon and leave the best to write for her 😅
And there are many who are great writers when it comes to the Kate Stewart fics, but I personally recommend @kinglivv and @iamnotoriginalphil ! I think they are really great! You should definitely check them out.
Warnings are the usual, and not my gif!
- Kate is a generous lover
- Almost to say that she’s perhaps a little careful
- She’s got two kids, Gordy and Charlotte
- (In my head she’s a girlmum)
- She’s a divorcee
- So she doesn’t want to drag her children through another breakup with someone
- You’re special
- From the moment you met you were special
- Now you could either work at UNIT or not
- If you do work at UNIT, you then later work alongside Donna when she joined
- If you’re a part of UNIT, you have been for a while
- You’d seen her fly up the ranks to become to now head of UNIT
- You’d always had a good relationship with Kate
- Good friends and same sense of humour
- It was only natural that something more was going to happen between the two of you
- She asked you out for dinner first
- She hesitated, not only because you’re younger but because she doesn’t want to ruin your friendship and because she’s your boss
- You got close quick, but she was still hesitant
- Eventually she opened up and let her walls down
- Her children adore you, and that was the final straw for her walls to finally crumble completely
- She loves you deeply
- If you don’t work at UNIT, she’s not allowed to speak of her work obviously, but she always tries to keep you safe from harm when something does happen, even if she can’t tell you
- You’re her rock
- Even if you don’t work at UNIT, she comes home after a rough day or week to you and instantly feels slightly better
- Your scent is very calming to her
- You could be cooking and she’d come up behind you for a short hug and breathe you in before stepping away
- She isn’t much for PDA, specially not at work, but home she can’t help but leave small touches and she sometimes kisses your head in passing, not very often but sometimes
- Home Kate is your favourite Kate
- She wears her glasses more often
- Drinks tea
- Wears jeans and normal shirts, not her usual outfit
- Is a wine person, but wouldn’t say no to a beer
- Outstanding bridge player
- Gardner 101
- Her little garden is her heaven
- It’s beautiful and well cared for
- Loves baths, specially with you
- She smells of vanilla
- She’s a great cook
- Loves experimenting in the kitchen, she just doesn’t always have the time
- Has tailored clothes so doesn’t really like to share but if she finds you in one of her t-shirts she wouldn’t be too upset
- Wears heels all day so coming home to you willingly giving her a foot massage is heaven
- She likes to dance
- But rarely does it
- At Gordy’s birthday party she’d a little too much to drink and let loose on the dance floor
- You like to tease her about it
- She thinks it’s dreadful
- When it comes to secrets outside the job she’s absolutely terrible at keeping them
- For example, you tell her what you got Gordy for Christmas, she accidentally tells him
- Her children tell her they are surprising you with something you’ve wanted for a while
- She accidentally blurted it out one evening
- She’s terrible at keeping secrets like that
- So when Christmas or birthdays come around the corner, you’re the gift buyer and she doesn’t know what it is you buy until the gifts are opened
- So she’s just as surprised as her children
- She’s very serious about her work and in some way it comes first
- She’s responsible for many things and she can’t just leave at the same time every day
- You have to respect that or it wouldn’t work
- Kate feels lucky you do respect it
- You know of the Doctor
- You’ve met him
- He thinks your relationship with Kate is funny, but in a good way
- She’s always so well pulled together and strong, he finds it funny she’s with someone so loose and fun like you
- When the events of the toymaker happens and they turn off her zeedex, she attacks you as well
- She doesn’t mean what she said, and she feel awful
- Guilty
- She’s very quiet when you get home
- She doesn’t exactly cry about it but she’s very careful Incase she really hurt you with what she said
- You reassuring her that it’s alright, and that you know it wasn’t really gives her some form of comfort but she still feels guilty
- She’s quite a private person
- Keeps work and her private life separate
- Even if you work at UNIT she tries to separate the two
- She has such huge responsibilities at work, she likes to come home and just be Kate
- Donna likes to tease you about Kate
- Makes all bunch of comments that leave you flustered and leaving with a blush on your cheeks
- Kate isn’t one for the dominant role in the bedroom but she has figured out that there’s some things you do like
- Like for example, Kate has a low voice, and she lowers it even further to tease you because she knows what it does to you
- Slowly backing you up against the wall in the hallway, leaning down and whispering things in your ear only to walk away and act like nothing happened
- She’s obviously taller than you
- She’s 5’8 without heels
- She’s very caring in the bedroom
- Always makes sure you’re comfortable with what’s happening
- She has clear boundaries and if you respect them and her job the way she respects you
- There’s no trouble at all
- You mean a lot to her, and to her children
- She’s not too keen on getting married again but Gordy has talked to her about it
Please make the part two of the headcanons with Kate Stewart!!
Some of you asked for a part two, so here it is! Hope you like it xx
Hope it’s not completely out of character!
- Kate is a hugger
- But only with people she knows
- Short hugs, but tight
- She’s a very caring person
- Comes with being a mother
- But frankly it comes from trying to keep the world together
- She has a VERY stressful job
- She handles it like a champ
- But she has doubts like everyone else
- Kate has severe trauma and PTSD
- There’s no denying that, and she was a single mother trying to make a life as well when Gordy was little
- Let’s not forget when she was literally thrown out of a plane
- She doesn’t talk about it
- Of course she has to talk to someone after a major incident to get cleared for duty but she doesn’t go to therapy
- She doesn’t talk about it to anyone
- It frightens you
- She deals with it alone
- Sometimes she opens up a little but it’s never the full story
- She feels like she needs to prove herself to people, and specifically her father
- Not that he wouldn’t be proud of her, and she knows that, but because she doesn’t want to let anyone down
- When she was younger, when she first meet the doctor, she was more loose and wasn’t as firm as she is now
- The higher she ranked, the more pressure got put on her shoulders
- Don’t get her wrong, Kate loves this job like a child, but she always worries about it not being enough
- To speak of something else
- Kate has zebra stripped heels
- She loves them
- You tend to tease her about them
- She doesn’t understand why, because they are nice as she says
- Kate isn’t really one for fashion, as seen when she wears coloured heels that does NOT match her outfit
- You miss her scarfs she used to wear
- Now it’s all blazers and suits
- She looks amazing of course, but you sometimes do miss the old Kate
- Kate understands because she sometimes does too
- Complains about the paperwork 24/7
- Absolutely HATES it
- She has a desk in the main room with everyone and an office
- She always keeps a brush and some makeup in her drawers
- Clean socks as well
- One thing you should never do is insult her father
- If you hurt Kate, she has a very hard time forgiving people
- She likes sandwiches
- At home she always makes them
- You do halfsies
- At home Kate is as much softer version
- Specially after a few glasses of wine when she’s fully relaxed
- Likes to just sit by the fireplace with a record playing softly in the background
- She doesn’t get much time like this, so when she does it’s very precious to her
- Loves whenever her kids come over
- Even though they do annoy her like kids annoy their mother
- Seeing you get along so well with them really means a lot to her
- Loves flowers
- Not roses though. They aren’t her favourite
- There’s a clip of Jemma dancing at the 73 yards showing. That’s how Kate dances
- Mum dancing
- She’s so funny at home
- Loves her humour
- It’s very dry and typical British
- After one too many glasses of wine she pulls out the jokes
-Her children have a hate/love relationship with their mother’s jokes
- Of course she has Jemma’s laugh
- The honk
- It’s the most precious thing in the world
- She sometimes covers her face when she laughs because she sometimes finds it embarrassing
- You remind her that it’s not
- Even though you can hear her from across the room
- Kate is very much her own person and isn’t too much for cuddling and all that
- She does not like it if you over compliment her
- She knows she’s a good looking woman, and if you compliment her once or twice she doesn’t mind, but if you go overboard with it she gets uncomfortable
- Very protective
- Very great with aftercare
- Always makes sure you’re alright, and gets you a glass of water
- She might even cuddle after sex
- She’s a great kisser
- Isn’t one for rough, tongue down your throat kisses
- She doesn’t say ‘I love you’ a lot but she says it in her kisses, her actions
- It’s the small things
- If she’s making tea, she makes you a cup
- If she’s passing you, she always gives your shoulder a squeeze
- She uses old words
- Does not understand the young language at all
- Wears gold jewellery
- Lots of rings and different necklaces and bracelets
- She has hung up her children’s drawings from when they were younger
- I feel like she’s a fan of national geographic documentaries
- She only brings out her gun if things get really bad
- She doesn’t really like to use it
- But it sometimes can come in handy
- You do argue sometimes
- It can start with little things and build up
- Doesn’t matter how bad it gets, Kate doesn’t let you leave the room until you’ve both cleared it up
- She sometimes throws the mum card on you
- But understand this, Kate cares very deeply for you, and the reason to why she won’t let you leave in the middle of a fight is because she wants to get to the bottom of why you are suddenly fighting and make up as quickly as possible
- She gives you space if you need it, and is very respectful
- But you are someone who makes her feel safe, and she needs you
- She doesn’t say it out loud, but you are someone who makes her calm by just being in the same room
- An encounter with the doctor sometimes leaves her one big question mark
- Sometimes she’s so done with her job she just wants one day
- One normal day
- When Donna joins the UNIT team and works alongside you, you tend to gossip
- She scolds you like a school teacher sometimes
- Threatens to separate the two of you
- Seeing Kate die from the dust of death was horrible
- It takes you a while to figure out how to get passed it
- Sure, everyone died
- But Kate died
- As the most understandable person in the universe, Kate does everything she can to reassure you she’s very much alive
”Not always and that’s okay , “ Kate tells him . She could feel that maybe the Doctor wasn’t impressed not that she was expecting him to do cart wheels .
“I wasn’t there at very end either it happenned in the early hours of the morning he passed away in his sleep . I found out later that day. I hope he’d approve of who I’m marrying . I mean at least it’s not Jack,” she chuckled .
That was okay? Of course it wasn't okay. How could she, of all people, say that it was okay that some things couldn't be explained? The head of UNIT! "Neither of those things are true." Yes always, and no, it wasn't okay when it couldn't be. "Everything has an explanation. If it doesn't, it's not real."
He nodded, lips pursing. He regretted many things, but that was one that stung more than others. "I'm sorry," he said, because it felt like the right thing to say. "I'm sure he would be happy as long as you were."
“It is true, Doctor. Those things that can’t be explained, they don’t keep me awake at night because I didn’t discover what it was . At some point a person has to let go or it would drive me insane. Even if there is an explanation, it doesn’t mean I will always discover what it was.“
Kate felt guilty she wasn’t there but she doubted her father would have even known if it was as peaceful as the Doctors had said.
Kate nods “I was a mess I had barely enough time to process his death, let alone lead a team such as UNIT. Of course when there is no choice but to do, you do find the strength. “
“I was skeptic at first but sometimes there are things out there they can’t be explained . Or rather when they is a ghost floating around your apartment they can only really be one explanation.”
"Everything can be explained. Especially ghosts." He was surprised, and he didn't approve, two things he had no issue with being made known. Ghosts, of all things! The woman was practically family, and he didn't like her getting wrapped up with supernaturalists.
At least they could agree on the topic of her father. What would he think of her daughter marrying a ghost hunter? "I..." he sighed. "I'm sorry I never got to see him, in the end." That he hadn't gone to see him. That he'd avoided him for so long.
”Not always and that’s okay , “ Kate tells him . She could feel that maybe the Doctor wasn’t impressed not that she was expecting him to do cart wheels .
“I wasn’t there at very end either it happenned in the early hours of the morning he passed away in his sleep . I found out later that day. I hope he’d approve of who I’m marrying . I mean at least it’s not Jack,” she chuckled .
“He.. Peter that is he works in the supernatural area. So Similar areas , although recently UNIT has been coming across more supernatural things than Aliens. “
Kate paused . “After Dad remarried and then retired I’d still find him within the corridors of UNIT.” Kate chuckled at the memory.
Supernatural? He scoffed, unable to keep his opinion to himself. He bet he hunted ghosts. He expected better from her. "Supernatural?" he asked aloud this time. "There's nothing supernatural that can't be explained with fact."
Something sad bloomed within him as she spoke of her father, and he gave a small, sad smile. "That sounds like him."
“I was skeptic at first but sometimes there are things out there they can’t be explained . Or rather when they is a ghost floating around your apartment they can only really be one explanation.”
This art was so painstaking for me, I tried to put so much into it.
After all the hate on this spike on Twitter, I wanted to do something for those who truly believe in this couple so they don’t feel like outcasts in the fandom🥺🫶🏼
“Let me guess you pissed them off, ‘ she muttered before she did for some unknown reason had managed to get her to fly, although she had no idea what direction she should be going in or have an understanding of a Time Machine.
"I never had one." Sure, it happened now and then, but that wasn't the way he'd started, and it wasn't really the way he liked it, either. Sure, it was nice, but he hated having people in his way. Which was why he wasn't enjoying this. Still, she was getting lucky, which he supposed was impressive. Or would have been, if he was at all able to be impressed.
“What about you Doctor, are you married ? “ Kate knows a lot about him but not really a lot about his personal life . Or when they are things in the files it’s all rather messy . “ Dad was married twice, although he worked every waking moment, more of a workaholic. They really should be a balance. “
Well, that was a question, wasn't it? A tricky one, maybe one that turned him into a hypocrite, but in his defense he'd married someone who understood the life he lived, because she lived one similar. "I was," he answered, and let that be that. "There should be. But there never is."
“He.. Peter that is he works in the supernatural area. So Similar areas , although recently UNIT has been coming across more supernatural things than Aliens. “
Kate paused . “After Dad remarried and then retired I’d still find him within the corridors of UNIT.” Kate chuckled at the memory.
Kate chuckled . “My wedding is in three weeks . So looks like I didn’t get the memo, “ she joked. “Im getting married at Kew Gardens. And I was hoping you might give me away. “ she’s not sure if the Doctor does weddings or this version . But he is the closest to family you could get.
Kate believed she could have both . Her father on the other hand had been so work focused on the Aliens, the planet that he never really saw her grow up.
He looked at her for a moment, trying not to frown. It was her choice to do so as she wished, of course, but he thought it was a mistake. One he thought she should have known. But, then again, the Brigadier had a family, didn't he? But just look how that turned out. Would he give her away, though? He shouldn't, but he smiled anyway, a small, tight thing. "I'd be honored."
“What about you Doctor, are you married ? “ Kate knows a lot about him but not really a lot about his personal life . Or when they are things in the files it’s all rather messy . “ Dad was married twice, although he worked every waking moment, more of a workaholic. They really should be a balance. “
“Well you can’t be science fiction if vast majority of people don’t know about you. “ Kate insisted. “We are UNIT, not Torchwood “ she chuckled. Kate knows it was a somewhat dig, with Torchwood hardly being discreet about their business and writing Torchwood over everything including their SUV.
Sadly they are walking around the next day not knowing of the sacrifices that were made so they get to live their lives and there’s nothing more important than that: people living their lives, getting married, having kids and so on. It’s something I sometimes forget to do myself .
He supposed that was fair enough, but then, what did that make him? Sure, he was well known throughout the universe, and he was certainly more well known on Earth than UNIT was, but only barely. Perhaps he was no more than a legend, a myth. What a lonely thing to be.
"We don't get lives. You, your people...this is your life, and you live this way so everyone else can do those things." It wasn't fair, and it wasn't nice, but it was the way things were, and it was the way they had to be. "Be happy for them. It makes the rest easier."
Kate chuckled . “My wedding is in three weeks . So looks like I didn’t get the memo, “ she joked. “Im getting married at Kew Gardens. And I was hoping you might give me away. “ she’s not sure if the Doctor does weddings or this version . But he is the closest to family you could get.
Kate believed she could have both . Her father on the other hand had been so work focused on the Aliens, the planet that he never really saw her grow up.
Sam gave him a look as if to say you must be kidding me. She sighed looking at different buttons and the levers . She pulled one towards her and to her surprise the TARDIS moved spinning around but moving all the same . “I’m sure this needs a whole crew , she glanced at him “ as she pulled a second lever , it stopped most of the spinning .
With every moment she didn't fly it, he felt a little cockier, stood a little straighter. "You're right," he said, crossing his arms before his chest, nodding. "It does. But you said you could handle it, so go. Handle it. Be careful, though. There is a combination that will initiate a self-destruct." Was he being honest, though? Well, he'd let her figure that out.
“Let me guess you pissed them off, ‘ she muttered before she did for some unknown reason had managed to get her to fly, although she had no idea what direction she should be going in or have an understanding of a Time Machine.
“Aliens yes , UNIT not really . But when people have said we believe in Aliens they just think it’s little green men or squishy stuff. Or something like ET. “
"UNIT exists to cover the world from alien threats. You're as science fiction as it comes. You're like the Avengers, only in more suits." She was right, though. When people thought of aliens, they didn't think about him. "I know what they think. That's why they're not scared."
“Well you can’t be science fiction if vast majority of people don’t know about you. “ Kate insisted. “We are UNIT, not Torchwood “ she chuckled. Kate knows it was a somewhat dig, with Torchwood hardly being discreet about their business and writing Torchwood over everything including their SUV.
“Sadly they are walking around the next day not knowing of the sacrifices that were made so they get to live their lives and there’s nothing more important than that: people living their lives, getting married, having kids and so on. It’s something I sometimes forget to do myself .”
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