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The Doctor (timelordlastof) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-04-03 21:18:00

Entry tags:

complete, day four, rose tyler, the doctor

Who: The Doctor and Rose
When: A continuation of this
Where: The TARDIS
What: Catching up
Rating: PG-ish?
Status: Complete

After it was decided that they'd leave the party and go find someplace to catch up in private, the Doctor took Rose's hand and smiled. "Of course you can see her," he nodded, with regard to the TARDIS, where they'd spent so much of their time together in the past. It seemed appropriate, somehow, to rekindle their oddball relationship in such a familiar place, instead of the one they found themselves in at present. That, and the Doctor always felt more comfortable there.

However, after everything that had happened, it was taking a great effort to act normal around her without spilling the beans. But the more that the Doctor saw and experienced in this strange land, the more he wondered whether or not there was any point in keeping it all under wraps.

When they got to the TARDIS, the Doctor grinned happily as he unlocked the door and threw it wide. It was exactly the same, of course, with the notable difference being that the jar with his hand in it was gone. And it wasn't ever coming back.

"Welcome home, Rose Tyler," he smiled, gesturing for her to enter first.

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plusone
2009-04-05 07:34 pm UTC (link)

No matter how insane the whole ordeal was, Rose had to give a little smile despite herself. Nothing made her quite as happy as his teasing, his tiny displays of affection, and his discussions of timey-wimey stuff. "I know it's not," she countered, reaching up to trace the lines of his face with the tip of one finger. "But you also said one's not allowed to mess with their own personal time, right? I mean...the church and all..." That was a time she'd rather not remember. It'd been one of the few times he'd yelled at her, and her heart had broken watching her dad's brave sacrifice. All in all, a painful day. "So... I don't know, isn't this basically impossible? If that's all something that's already happened, but we're here, and I'm here before it happened and you're here after it happened...?" Oh, she may have been used to the fact that it happened, but she'd never get used to how it all actually worked. The very thought gave her a headache and she closed her eyes against it.

"A third time?" God, she'd been right. Everyone being back where they were supposed to be meant in his world where the stars weren't going out and everything was safe, she wasn't with him. After all she'd done, everything she'd gone through, and it was in vain. For a moment, her finger stilled against his cheek. Didn't he know that's where she was supposed to be?

But she had here and now, right? The Doctor was holding her, closer than she could've dreamed, in the TARDIS which almost hummed with energy. And though she hadn't forgotten those last words she'd spoken to him on Dålig Ulv Stranden, she could only hope he would. Or maybe she should hope the opposite. "You know as well as I do, we can't worry about that now," she told him, brushing the lightest of kisses against his cheek. She took a deep breath and forced a smile to her face, pulling away a bit so she didn't feel like she was clobbering him, but not enough so that they were no longer touching. "Suppose we're lucky we've got this, right? We've even got strangers from other planets, just like old times."

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timelordlastof
2009-04-05 10:18 pm UTC (link)

He thought back to Doctor River Song, and how he'd met her before he'd met her, and she had all of these memories of the pair of them that the Doctor hadn't experienced yet. It had been confusing, even for him, and he could understand the little creases in Rose's forehead, even as he reached out a finger to smooth them away. "Those rules are my rules - Time Lord rules - Rose," he reminded her. "And this Jareth bloke definitely isn't a Time Lord." He was operating with reckless abandon, and the Doctor was holding his breath, waiting for the whole planet to crack in half in protest.

Whoops. He hadn't meant for that bit to come out, but there it was, and he might as well foul things up properly, if he was going to at all. "You went back with your family," he said with a nod, and then scratched his forehead. He remembered watching Rose kiss his doppelganger on that blasted beach and sighed. "You were on your way to being very, very happy," he promised, and from the look on his face, it was clear that he'd sort of been left with the short end of the stick on that one.

After she was done shifting, the Doctor took her small hand in his, curling his fingers around hers, finding the spots that had been his for so long. "We're very lucky," he agreed with a grin, and then winked at her. "All we need is a good set of invading aliens, and it'll be just like London."

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plusone
2009-04-05 11:10 pm UTC (link)

That, Rose wouldn't dare argue with. Mr. Sparkly King was no Time Lord. She may have only seen two of the Doctor's regenerated forms, but both had been a thousand times more human - and better looking - then Jareth could ever be. Even if he wasn't exactly human himself.

On her way to being happy? How? How in God's name could she be happy if it didn't involve traveling with him? Did she want to ask? Oh, hell yeah. Most definitely. But she wouldn't. It had occurred to her during the course of the last few minutes that she didn't want to know about this future. Her world was safe, and so was his. That was what mattered, in the end. That and his hand was in hers the way it had always been before. "Invasions are so yesterday, Doctor," she teased him, nudging his knee with hers. "These days it's all about the ones who get kidnapped by over-dramatic goblins. And up and change genders. Oh, yeah! And vampires. Don't forget the vampires."

Was she actually getting excited? Yeah, probably. But how could she not? It really was sort of like old times. Creatures she'd only dreamed of, a mystery to solve, wrongs to right, and this extraordinary man at her side. Rose gave his hand a squeeze, leaning her head against his shoulder.

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timelordlastof
2009-04-05 11:46 pm UTC (link)

The Doctor's eyebrow of doom shot up his forehead and he looked decidedly confused for a millisecond, and then grinned, his eyes bugging a bit the way they did when he was ready to pop out of his skin and go running off in search of the newest weird thing they'd found. His grip on Rose's hand even tightened, as if they were about to start the running that they'd done so frequently through their times together. Things were back to normal, it seemed.

"Gender-swappers? Vampires?" he repeated. "Do you mean plasmavores, or actual, honest to goodness, Dracula vampires?" he asked, raking his free hand through his hair, sending it off in a million directions and looking a cross between worried and confused. Not that either emotion would stop him from figuring this all out. It was what he did, after all.

Suddenly, impulsively, reflexively...aww hell, he just did it spur of the moment, like he did most things, the Doctor cupped Rose's face in her hands and planted a kiss right on her mouth before jumping up and bouncing back and forth between each foot, beaming. He had everything he could ask for, right then, in that moment. "This is fantastic!" he beamed, biting on the tip of his tongue and shoving his hands in his pockets, looking like a little boy with a brand new bike.

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