time will never

Dec 30, 2007 15:09

time will never
it wasn't just about someone, though. it was about her.
doctor who - ten/rose, post-voyage of the damned. (no spoilers)
for thebloodyxxx, surrexi, & cilly.
title from jackson browne's you love the thunder.

He kissed you, really kissed you, for the first time the moment you walked back into his life.

"Oh, Rose Tyler!"

Maybe, just maybe, his smile had never been more real.

-

You catch him watching you, as he fires up the TARDIS.

"I'm not going anywhere, you know - you can take your eyes off me for a moment. I'll still be here when you look up again."

He smiles before going back to tinkering with this and that, while he mumbles to himself about something-or-other sonic.

-

It was like it had been in the beginning, before her Doctor had this face. It was seeing things she never imagined, and holding hands as they walked along - whenever they left the TARDIS, he held onto her.

He was afraid, you see - afraid of what losing her again would do to him.

Rose Tyler was resilient, she could do anything. He wasn't worried about her.

The Doctor was worried about him. About what he'd do without her.

-

He took her to see The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, to the premiere of Gone with the Wind (which he promptly gathered her up and left when Clark Gable walked into the room), to anywhere and anywhen she wanted.

Mostly, though, he was content to know she was sitting across from him while he fixed this and that aboard the TARDIS. To have someone to have a cup of tea with, to have someone to fix his tie when it was crooked (it was always crooked, sometimes on accident)...

It wasn't about just someone, though. It about her. It was always her.

-

He was always careful, now. (Well, as careful as the last Time Lord can be when one has a TARDIS.) He tried to do more sightseeing and less saving-of-lives. It didn't quite work out that way, though.

Before leaving the ship, it was always the same.

"I love you, Rose Tyler," he say, as he pulled her against him. "Time will never take that away from us."

He would kiss her, take her hand, and out they'd go - together.

-

"Where to, Rose Tyler?"

"Anywhere with you, Doctor."

fandom: doctor who

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