If You Close Your Eyes

[alimoseby]

Yes.  This is a fic.  And it's sad.  Very sad.  I'm sorry.  But...I got this thing while listening to the radio a few days ago. Had to wait until the hubby was at work though because it's really hard to write with him around.  It'd be even easier to write while Cheeky's at pre-k, but I like to take that time to sleep in

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[bas_math_girl]

ARGH!!! *sobs* That was beautiful and wonderfully bittersweet. I love it. This seems so apt; and so right.

[alimoseby]

I'm so glad you liked it. =) Thank you so much for the comments.

~Ali ♥︎

[serenityslady]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. And fitting. Of course, he would spend centuries trying to find a way to change things. And when he failed, he had to create a memorial, even if he was the only onw who knew it existed.

These two lines got me: "the day she’d seared herself upon his hearts" and " He had buried his Tenth self with his love to be together forever". No one else would ever see or touch those two garments that so represented the wearers.

[alimoseby]

I'm so glad you liked it. I spent a great deal of tim trying to think of what he'd do for a memorial. I'd like to think he'd tell someone, like Jack, about the memorial, but you never know.

Thank you for the comments.

~Ali ♥︎

[tkel_paris]

GUH.

Ouch. That hit some powerful feelings right there. A memorial only he knows about. A memorial that will die with him. :'(

Wow. Eleven is the one I know since I haven't figured out a way to watch BBC or BBCA stuff on my computer. Not that I've had much time. But it could've easily been either him or Twelve. But given how much running Eleven did, I think Twelve is more likely. Especially after my hearing about those lines about not being seen.

Bravo. Beautifully painful.

[alimoseby]

I'm so glad you like it. Like I said above, I'd like to think he'd tell Jack at least about it.

I wrote it with Twelve in mind, but Eleven can work. As for watching BBC stuff, I use the Hola Better Internet extension on Chrome as a VPN proxy to unblock iPlayer. You can find it in the Chrome Web Store and it's free. I used to use Media Hint, but they recently required an account, and $3.95 a month.

Thank you for the comments.

~Ali ♥︎

[dm12]

Sorry I'm so late, but the holidays and all...

I knew Wilf would find him. He might have figured the Doctor would try to be there.

Twelve would be quite appropriate, actually, considering his connection to Pompeii. I agree with Serenityslady, those two garments so represented their wearers, and the fact that he wrapped his coat around her dress so well expressed his desire to protect her and keep her close, even in their deaths. So tragic that Donna's time with him was cut so short and that she was forced to leave and he was forced to leave her. Eleven, on the other hand, was trying to run away from all of that, so it didn't seem that he would ever go back. Twelve is trying to resolve the mystery of where he knew his face from, so it would be the right thing to do for him.

Every time I hear that song, I think of Donna and her memory loss. Well done!

[ext_2980597]

I just read this and it made me cry. Absolutely love it. Hope you come back to writing soon; feel better.