Fic: The Methodology of Lying (1/1)
Title: The Methodology of Lying (1/1)
Author: momdaegmorgan - My master fic list
Rating: All ages
Characters/Pairings: Rose
Summary: There's more than one way to lie to the person you love.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who owns my soul. I own nothing.
Thanks to: Let's see, greyorm and rachelbeann for their opinions on the last few lines, ladychi for her suggestions for the last few lines, and sinecure for saving the last few lines...oh, and the beta too.
Rose Tyler, twenty years old, knows there's more than one way to lie to the person you love.
There's the outright lie:
"There's five of us now."
"You're not...?"
"No."
The more elaborate lie:
"It's mum. She's three months gone. More Tylers on the way."
And then there's the lie of omission. The one where he looks at her with relief in his eyes and she does nothing, says nothing, just lets him believe.
It's easier that way.
~~~
Rose Tyler, forty-six years old, no longer believes in the things she believed in when she was younger. She knows that, though patience is a virtue, good things don't always come to those who wait. She understands that love doesn't always find a way, and fairy-tale endings only happen in fairy tales. She's also come to the conclusion that her lies will never catch up to her, no matter how much she wishes they would.
And as the bullet burns a hole through her already broken heart, she wonders if it's the piper come to collect his due
Author: momdaegmorgan - My master fic list
Rating: All ages
Characters/Pairings: Rose
Summary: There's more than one way to lie to the person you love.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who owns my soul. I own nothing.
Thanks to: Let's see, greyorm and rachelbeann for their opinions on the last few lines, ladychi for her suggestions for the last few lines, and sinecure for saving the last few lines...oh, and the beta too.
Rose Tyler, twenty years old, knows there's more than one way to lie to the person you love.
There's the outright lie:
"There's five of us now."
"You're not...?"
"No."
The more elaborate lie:
"It's mum. She's three months gone. More Tylers on the way."
And then there's the lie of omission. The one where he looks at her with relief in his eyes and she does nothing, says nothing, just lets him believe.
It's easier that way.
~~~
Rose Tyler, forty-six years old, no longer believes in the things she believed in when she was younger. She knows that, though patience is a virtue, good things don't always come to those who wait. She understands that love doesn't always find a way, and fairy-tale endings only happen in fairy tales. She's also come to the conclusion that her lies will never catch up to her, no matter how much she wishes they would.
And as the bullet burns a hole through her already broken heart, she wonders if it's the piper come to collect his due