[TM] the most wonderful man in the world -- topic 116
Write about your father.
This is a question that stops her short, that makes her suck in her breath and stare for a second and then--
"Peter Alan Tyler. My dad. The most wonderful man in the world."
More silence for a moment. More staring. More thinking.
And then she doesn't need to think anymore, because it all comes out, because this is her dad and the world-- no, the universe-- needs to know about him.
I was a little kid when he died, not even that. November 7th, 1987. Just an ordinary day...
Mum always said-- before, I mean-- that he was always having adventures And that he died alone, a hit and run driver, on Jordan Road. By the time the ambulance got there, he was dead. She wished someone had been there for him.
The Doctor has a time machine. You know that?
...
My dad was shorter than I thought he'd be. He talked a lot. An' he came up with lots of ideas -- good ones, you know? He could've been an inventor, a proper one; could've made a lot of money if he did stuff right. But he sort of-- he never got 'round to it, I think, 'cause he had all those other money-makin' schemes of his--
He was a flirt -- not as much as Jack, no, nev'r met anyone who flirts as much as Captain Jack -- an' he wasn't really ... a good husband, I s'pose, like that. But he cared about my mum, y'know, he loved her. I know that.
I know that...
...it was hard, meetin' him. Spent my whole life thinkin' he was the most wonderful man in the world, an' then I meet him an' he's a right Del-boy who plays around and gets in fights with my mum in public.
But he was my dad. Is. He's all I just said an' he's also--
He's bloody smart: figured out who I was soon as things started goin' wrong. He's open-minded, an' he knows what to believe an' what's a load of crap; he'll listen. He really cares an' tries his hardest, he really does, an' I love him an' he loves me an' he's the best dad in the world; the only one I ever had.
And he's bloody smart.
He knew what he had to do. Knew it when I didn't. Knew it when the Doctor was gone an' the world was endin' an' there was nothin' else anyone could do.
So he did it. He died for me.
An' I was there for him this time. Stayed with him. Held his hand while he died. Someone was there for him, jus' like mum always wanted, an' it was me, an' ... I'm so glad I was.
I still miss him, an' I always will. My dad, the most wonderful man in the world.
muse: Rose Tyler
fandom: Doctor Who (9th/10th Doctor)
words: 477
notes: quote at top from Father's Day episode. Also -- sorry for being AWOL so long! Back. Feel free to hit me.
This is a question that stops her short, that makes her suck in her breath and stare for a second and then--
"Peter Alan Tyler. My dad. The most wonderful man in the world."
More silence for a moment. More staring. More thinking.
And then she doesn't need to think anymore, because it all comes out, because this is her dad and the world-- no, the universe-- needs to know about him.
I was a little kid when he died, not even that. November 7th, 1987. Just an ordinary day...
Mum always said-- before, I mean-- that he was always having adventures And that he died alone, a hit and run driver, on Jordan Road. By the time the ambulance got there, he was dead. She wished someone had been there for him.
The Doctor has a time machine. You know that?
...
My dad was shorter than I thought he'd be. He talked a lot. An' he came up with lots of ideas -- good ones, you know? He could've been an inventor, a proper one; could've made a lot of money if he did stuff right. But he sort of-- he never got 'round to it, I think, 'cause he had all those other money-makin' schemes of his--
He was a flirt -- not as much as Jack, no, nev'r met anyone who flirts as much as Captain Jack -- an' he wasn't really ... a good husband, I s'pose, like that. But he cared about my mum, y'know, he loved her. I know that.
I know that...
...it was hard, meetin' him. Spent my whole life thinkin' he was the most wonderful man in the world, an' then I meet him an' he's a right Del-boy who plays around and gets in fights with my mum in public.
But he was my dad. Is. He's all I just said an' he's also--
He's bloody smart: figured out who I was soon as things started goin' wrong. He's open-minded, an' he knows what to believe an' what's a load of crap; he'll listen. He really cares an' tries his hardest, he really does, an' I love him an' he loves me an' he's the best dad in the world; the only one I ever had.
And he's bloody smart.
He knew what he had to do. Knew it when I didn't. Knew it when the Doctor was gone an' the world was endin' an' there was nothin' else anyone could do.
So he did it. He died for me.
An' I was there for him this time. Stayed with him. Held his hand while he died. Someone was there for him, jus' like mum always wanted, an' it was me, an' ... I'm so glad I was.
I still miss him, an' I always will. My dad, the most wonderful man in the world.
muse: Rose Tyler
fandom: Doctor Who (9th/10th Doctor)
words: 477
notes: quote at top from Father's Day episode. Also -- sorry for being AWOL so long! Back. Feel free to hit me.