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It’s 4:03 and I can’t sleep Without you next to me I Toss and turn like the sea
i do regret not putting rose in the last post i did but as much as i want to believe bisexual rose tyler i don't think it's ever been officially stated
this being said i fully believe billie piper's statement that rose would still love 13. bi rose is canon in my eyes (or possibly demi rose actually)
“I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop that I love so much.”
[rainymood] [playlist]
falling in love at a coffeeshop [ten/rose] 26/26
a place where we only say goodbye [ten/rose] 23/23
cafe tardis [ten/rose] 8/8
traveling [ten/rose] 1/1
one of the lights [ten/rose] 1/1
and we’ll drink ourselves awake [ten/rose] 1/1
the coffee shop [ten/rose] 1/1
pastries [eleven/rose] 1/1
bonus lil’ ficlets [x], [x]
A moment of calm
Rating: PG-13;
Pairing: Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler; Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler
Genres: AU, Fix-it, Hurt/Comfort, Drama Missing Scene, Romance, Fluff, Time-lapse;
Description: My vision of the series "Girl in the Fireplace".
Number of pages: 4
Glass crackling. So deafening that Rose squeezed her eyes shut and stepped back, stumbling out of the blue and falling. The landing caused a sharp pain in her spine, but the cold of the metal floor brought the girl to her senses somewhat. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around. In place of the window of time through which the Doctor had passed on horseback, now... there was nothing. No different from the rest, except for the remaining fragments of glass, a passage into one of the endless corridors of the spaceship. The realization took Rose's breath away, and she sat up with a jerk, belatedly remembering the injury and wincing in pain.
Yes, the Doctor said that the TARDIS couldn’t interfere, because they had become part of the events. That it's impossible to break through the wall. That if you break the glass, then the time window will also break. There will be no turning back. But deep down, Rose hoped the Doctor would find another way. A way to go back. To get back to her. But it's so hard to believe it, left alone with herself... taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and two images appeared before her. One is a man in a leather jacket, the other is a guy in a long light brown raincoat. It was worth thinking about them, somehow comparing them, and Rose felt her heart sink painfully. No, she can't do that! She can't compare them. They are completely different, and neither the girl herself, nor the Doctor, her first Doctor, could have known what the regeneration would turn out to be. This process is unpredictable, which makes everything even sadder.
On the other hand, she was haunted by the feeling that she regretted the missed opportunities. She regrets that she spent so little time with the Doctor before his regeneration. It's scary to even imagine how boring and insipid her life would have been if she hadn't agreed to travel with him a second time. But the Doctor admitted that he had never offered it to anyone twice before. Doesn't that mean she was special? Or did it just happen that he wanted to interrupt a series of endless lonely days, and fate pushed them together? In fact, the Autons were just looking for a place to stay, and who would have thought that the store where she works would be on the way? In her place, there could be absolutely any girl, the same Sherin, but she was lucky. She was lucky to dilute the gray everyday life with adventures in time and space.
But she was more concerned about another question. Why did she so easily trust a stranger who had saved her life three times? Was she so desperate that she was ready to believe in any miracle and rush to meet him like a little girl when she saw a man in a Santa Claus costume? No, Rose stopped believing in miracles a long time ago. Back when, at the age of sixteen, she dropped out of school for a popular guy, she was faced with the fact that not all relationships end happily ever after…
The Doctor exuded calmness and confidence. She wanted to follow him, even when he didn't have a plan. He wanted to trust, even when the truth was not on his side. Mickey, having only heard about him, discontentedly called Rose's boyfriend. But he wasn't. Nor was he a friend. It was something more sublime that the girl herself couldn't describe in words. It was only necessary to remember that the Doctor is an alien, and he is more than nine hundred years old, everything faded. Any possible thought of any sympathy faded away. How could she, an ordinary saleswoman from London at the beginning of the twenty-first century, attract someone who had seen the past, future and present countless times? No wonder the Doctor has repeatedly referred to people as "stupid monkeys". How is she better than them?
Once she even dared to ask why he took her with him.
And he answered what Rose had never expected him to say. He told me about her bravery, intelligence, and dedication. And he added:
— You are a very unusual person, Rose Tyler.
It touched her much more than Jimmy's mawkish speeches had once done. It was clearly noticeable that he had done such a "trick" more than once. The Doctor spoke from the heart. He couldn't lie. Even when he tried, somewhere in the depths of his soul there was sadness, regret for what he was doing.
But when the regeneration happened... Rose couldn't be sure that everything was the same.
He became handsome and young, vaguely reminding Rose of those former classmates who had only to look at some girl, and she already imagined a future together. No, of course she didn't want to doubt the "new" him, but, one might say, for the first time she was really jealous.
One day, Cassandra, staying in her mind, found out that the girl thinks he's cute. But the more Rose thought about it, the more strange the thought seemed to her. Where did the promise to herself "not to cross the friendly line" go? Did she make that promise for this one?
However, she easily found an answer to that. Now the Doctor reminded many of the guys she had already fallen in love with: both in character and appearance. That's probably why she got used to him quickly. Hand on heart, Rose could admit to herself that in some familiar situation she would rather meet a new Doctor than his previous regeneration.
And it was a matter of ordinary appearance. She would hardly have dared to ever speak to a man who was practically her mother's age. If he were an ordinary person, it is unlikely that they would have common topics for conversation. An ordinary person… It would have been much easier that way. Not age, not different worlds wouldn’t be a hindrance.
The only question is…
Would the Doctor want that?..
This thought stuck firmly in her head, eclipsing the others, and only the pain in her bruised elbow, on which she involuntarily leaned, made her finally return to the real world. At first, the girl didn't even immediately remember where she was and why, but the unchanging deserted corridors refreshed her memory of recent events.
Or... not quite deserted?
The creaking of machinery. The ticking of the clock. Heavy footsteps. Approaching shadows.
And the girl couldn't even run away.
The sounds were getting closer. They seemed very close. Close to capturing her. Or dismantling her for parts for the ship.
And the Doctor wouldn't come.
…
Fast running. Heavy breathing. The whirring of a sonic screwdriver. Northern accents.
This went on for several minutes. Then there was a frightening silence. Rose finally raised her head, ready to accept her fate, but was met only by worried grey eyes.
"Where are you going?" he muttered in displeasure, thrusting the screwdriver into his jacket pocket. "Is life not nice at all?"
"No, why would you..." the girl replied with a laugh, smiling for the first time in all this time. "I just lost my guard, that's all."
"Stupid monkeys..." her savior muttered in his heart and, turning his back on her, was about to leave when suddenly something stopped him. "How did you get here?"
"With the help of the TARDIS," Rose answered honestly, without thinking.
Even though she knew that this answer would entail long questions, she still wouldn't have been able to lie. In fact, how would a human end up here?
It was hard to tell from his look what he was thinking, but it was worth guessing: he didn't believe that a human could have his own time machine.
On the other hand, how can she says that a Time Lord helped her, if at the time of their meeting the Doctor was convinced that he was the only survivor of the Time War. In this case, the Doctor will understand what's what, and most likely will guess that she is talking about his next regeneration. But won't this disrupt the time continuum? Rose remembered perfectly well what such changes were fraught with: it was her fault that the Reapers appeared and were close to destroying, if not the world, then all those who were in the church.
But, nevertheless, she wouldn’t have been able to deny it for a long time. Not only because the Doctor saw through people, but also because she didn't want to lie. He might not know her yet, but she just couldn't betray all the time she'd spent with him.
"That is, with the help of the Time Lord," Rose finally decided to clarify, carefully watching his reaction.
"What does he look like?" There was nothing in his tone to betray interest.
"Brown-haired, in a long raincoat and sneakers..." Rose paused, trying to detect the slightest signs of doubt in his gaze.
Nothing. She'd forgotten how well he hid his emotions.
The Doctor turned his back on her, studying the walls of the ship carefully. Almost like the first day they met… Only on a spaceship you can't break up so easily, and they will obviously be able to talk more than once. Maybe even now?
"But when we first met, he was wearing a leather jacket," he stopped, "constantly running away," he frozed, "and he was lonely…"
The Doctor turned around, and Rose involuntarily shuddered: the feeling of deja vu that gripped her was unexpected. The man had the same look when he talked about himself on the day they met. Expressing all that pain, loneliness, guilt for the defeat and destruction of all the Time Lords. It hurt her to look at him like that. She wanted to take his hand without saying anything and just smile. To show that he isn't alone. As he always did.
But for the first time, time wasn't on her side. The moment of their acquaintance has not yet come. She had no right to interfere... though, what was she talking about? The Doctor had already sent her to Earth once, but she didn't sit idly by, but returned and saved him! And this proves once again that not all rash actions have a bad outcome.
"I felt the presence of another TARDIS on the ship. I should have guessed that my future incarnation would be there. And my future companion is with him." He spoke, emphasizing the word "future".
Rose felt awkward and breathed a sigh of relief when he changed the subject.
"This place is quite dangerous, why are you alone now?"
The girl turned her gaze to the scene of the accident and nervously bit her lip. During all that time of the short dialogue with him, she practically didn’t remember the ill-fated movement of the Doctor, and the old emotions flooded in with renewed vigor. They covered her in such a wave that Rose lowered her head, hugged herself, and sobbed loudly. Tears were gathering in the corners of her eyes, but she stubbornly squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to completely break down.
The Doctor had mixed feelings. The realization that he (even from the future) could cause someone to cry put him in an awkward position. Something made him freeze in place, preventing him from calmly turning around and leaving. Something made him sympathize with a strange girl. Or is it because he intuitively feels that he wouldn't take a bad companion with him? The future he must have found interesting qualities in her. Bravery? Mind? Dexterity? And he can't even asks: breaking his own timeline is too much. But to leave it like that too!
The man didn’t understand how it happened. As soon as he thought about it, he discovered that... he took a stranger by the hand. The strangest thing was that the girl didn't pay any attention to it, as if this was how it should be. It's so weird… And an unusual feeling. How long has it been since he touched anyone… Why is he so worried about this? His hand squeezed hers slightly, and Rose flinched, her gaze shifting to him.
What is it? Why didn't he want to let her go? And did this happen to him from the future? A lot of questions were forming in his mind. But perhaps the most amazing thing was that she was calming down. The crying became quieter and the breathing calmer.
"Thanks." She gasped and seemed about to pull her hand away, but didn’t dare.
"For what?" The Doctor looked into her brown eyes, trying to understand what a hurricane of feelings was raging in her soul.
To think that he was interested in a human girl.
"For being here for me," she replied with a chuckle, after which a wide smile appeared on her face.
The man involuntarily noticed an interesting feature: smiling, she bit the tip of her tongue. And for some reason it made his soul feel better.
"I'm sorry for interfering with your timeline. I don't want to create paradoxes, so we'd better go our separate ways."
"I think meeting you will be the highlight of my life," the Doctor said, smiling slightly. "I do not know what your Doctor has become, but he will definitely come back. He can not help but appreciate a fantastic companion like you."
"Goodbye, Doctor. See you soon," Rose whispered, slowly releasing his hand.
After taking another look at the girl, the man strode off in the direction where he had left the TARDIS. When he almost reached the police box, he heard a man's voice and laughter through tears. Opening the door slightly, the Doctor smiled with the corners of his lips and went inside.
TENTOOROSE APPRECIATION MONTH 2023
“She knocks the timelord edges off and humanizes him, just as he timelords her. They are that the other was lacking, they are inseparable." - RUSSELL T. DAVIES
It’s the middle of the night, but I can’t stop thinking about the Doctor burning up a sun to say goodbye to Rose. He hates goodbyes, actively avoids them, but he knew she’d want closure even if it hurt him. He didn’t even visit a library to give River a proper goodbye, and that’s much easier than burning up a sun. I get that it was different because he knew it was coming with River and he was a different doctor, but still, I think it really speaks to how much he loved Rose
You’ll grow old at the same time as me? Together.
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It’s hard to think what to say when only two minutes left.
Try three thousand years of bad luck.
“I will miss her. Forever.”
DOCTOR WHO + TEXTPOSTS: S2 (5/?)
— tentoorose month 2O22.
“you’ll grow old at the same time as me?”
“together.”
SWEET JESUS I DIDNT KNOW THAT DOCTOR WHO ONLY HAS TWO EMOTIONS: FUCKING PAIN AND SUFFERING IT FEELS LIKE WATCHING SHERLOCK BUT WORSE