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Rose Tyler Will Defend the Earth (plusone) wrote in somerealityrpg,
@ 2020-03-08 20:35:00

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Who: Rose Tyler and the Doctor (10)
What: Awkward roomie run ins
When: Shortly after the Doctor's arrival
Where: Their flat
Warnings: Some angst, plenty of feels, an angry Rose...

Goodland was...weird. Rose wasn't overly fond of how settled people seemed to be here. On the one hand, she was sort of grateful for the break. Just having the time to breathe after over a year filled with dimension travel and...errors. That part felt good. And getting the reprieve from dealing with whatever she was about to face back 'home' certainly didn't hurt. But knowing there was no way out and that her usual team wasn't there to back her up? Not her favorite thing ever.

The one really good thing so far was that Goodland was a city. And cities, Rose knew. It wasn't London, hers or her real one, but it still felt familiar. There was a comfort in the bustle of the city. Obviously she still had work to do getting a new wardrobe together but she tossed on denims and a t-shirt and threw on her reliable jacket before heading into the living area. Having roommates was also going to be a little weird.

But then she froze.

Either she had finally snapped and was hallucinating, or this was not the roommate she had planned on.

"You've got to be kidding me..." Nope. Nope nope. Turning on her heel, she went back to 'her' room that definitely still didn't feel like hers yet.

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plusone
2020-04-06 12:53 am UTC (link)

At that, Rose admittedly had to blush. He made a good point. Obviously it had to have been hard for him to see but how could she not have reacted the way she had? She had longed for those words for so long. And even then, when at least one of them had gotten it in him to say them, they'd been whispered, only for her.

Being in love with a Time Lord was hard work.

"Lapse in judgment," she admitted. She knew it might have been expected that they'd wander off into the sunset hand in hand for their happily ever after. Maybe someday something could happen and they'd make it work. But at the moment, Rose couldn't even begin to picture it.

Sighing, she stepped forward. It actually physically hurt, being this close to him. "I'm not done being mad at you. And honestly, you have every right to be angry with me. But I have to believe there's a reason we're both here."

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doctorfun
2020-04-07 11:53 am UTC (link)

"Angry with you?" He repeated in disbelief, eyes snapping up to meet hers. Although she moved closer, the Doctor remained rigid in place. Even at his worst, enraged over Daleks or the next threat, he could never bring himself to be genuinely upset with her. Rose always put her heart in the right place when push came to shove. It was knowing that she had also wanted to give it to him that complicated matters.

That was why he wanted so desperately to know, in some way, they could still be together. Even if it couldn't be him.

"What--what?" He stammered in confusion, head shaking as he tried to understand why she would say such a thing. "Rose, you've done nothing wrong. Ever. Well. Busting through the dimensions could make it on one of my lists of reasons to be cross, but I couldn't -- I wouldn't ever be angry with you. Not for any lapses in judgment or anything else. Haven't got the right to be."

She, on the other hand, had the grounds to be angry with him for the rest of her life. As much as he wanted to believe that there was a reason they were both there, that it could be some kind of second chance, the purpose of leaving the Meta-Crisis with her still burned at the forefront of his mind: he couldn't live a human life with Rose. One day, just as he had that day, he would have to go on without her. Alone.

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