rose tyler (ex_rosetyler358) wrote in aternaville, |
There was venom in his voice but she would have been more surprised, and maybe more concerned, if there hadn't been. He was never prone to giving her an overt benefit of the doubt, much less coddling her, and if he had really wanted to get up and walk away, leave her, then he would have. Nothing was ever easy, at least nothing that was worthwhile or supposed to be, and while she might have given up easily on things in the past, Rose had learned a thing or two in that time.
"A lot of things are dangerous," she said. "People who go out and save the lives of others in ocean whirlwinds put themselves in danger, so do plenty of others who run into burning buildings and all of those other things in between. And I know, I know, I'm human..all of that. I just.." Her mouth went dry and she had to swallow to give herself the means to speak again.
"I don't want to lose you again. You can go ahead and tell me I'm daft or whatever you want to try and disprove me, and I don't know if I'll be able to completely contradict you and tell you that you're wrong, because I know it's not easy. And it never will be. But I don't know if I can stand losing you again."