Broken Clocks (1/8)

[stormwolf10]

Title: Broken Clocks (1/8)
Author:
stormwolf10 
Rating: Teen
Characters: Ten, Rose, Mickey, Madame de Pompadour
Word Count: 3282
Summary: A fairly routine first trip for a new companion turns into a hard lesson for the Doctor about love.
Spoilers: Through The Girl in the Fireplace
Authors Notes: Written for the Time In Flux fic-a-thon. I have to admit, when I

Comments

[lorelaisquared]

Ahhh, Lovely start. I liked the little scene you included with Rose and Mickey in the beginning and how he appologized. I also like the fact that the Doctor interupted Rose before she could say how she felt about him. Very, very interesting. Can't wait to see where you go with this.

[stormwolf10]

Thanks. :) I felt I really had to add a scene like that because it was a bit weird that Rose was pissed off at the end of School Reunion, and then suddenly they're buddies again at the very beginning of GITF without so much as a televised conversation between them.

And yeah, the Doctor wants to avoid the inevitable at all costs. I was telling my beta that I think it has something to do with all the things that happened in the Eighth Doctor audio plays after he had opened up and allowed himself to be in love with his companion Charley. Once the two of them gave their "I love you"s, all hell broke loose to the point where Charley decided she didn't want to travel with him anymore and the Doctor himself almost died for good, and then exiled himself to another dimension. I see the Doctor as capable of love, but very inexperienced in it, so after that happened, it scarred him and he balked at any sort of expression of love, even though he can't really deny he loves Rose. He just can't say it...well, until the end of my story that is. ;)

[lorelaisquared]

Oh, I haven't heard the Eight audios but between your comment and a friend of mine who adores them I think I'm going to have to seek them out. They sound really, really good. It makes sense that that experience would add to the Doctor's reluctance.

[stormwolf10]

My suggestion is to start with "Storm Warning". That's when he meets Charley. The big emotional issues are in "Neverland", "Zagreus", "Scherzo" and "The Girl That Never Was".

And yeah, they're all VERY good. They made me love Eight. If you like the emotionalism of Nine and Ten, you'll definitely love Eight. He makes both of them look fairly reserved in contrast. ;)

[othermewriter]

I love the paternal twist that you gave the Doctor here.

[stormwolf10]

Thank you! I actually love the concept of the Doctor having once been a father before, but that his children are gone. It makes his story even more sad than it was before.