Sequel to "Cracked" and "Innocent No Longer". Finally decided this is set after "Dalek". More Nine x Rose, 115 words.
"That bloody Dalek could've killed you. Then I—I" he stops, unable to get the words out. "Why won't they just die!" he cries viciously, tears running down his cheeks.
"Shhh," Rose whispered soothingly, hugging him close to her. He hadn't meant to shatter on her. But the nightmares had come again, the instant he'd closed his eyes, and she'd known.
"They always come back. I'll never be free of them."
"I thought it was the last? You said it was," Rose said, confused.
"If one survived, others may have as well."
She hugs him tighter, until the tears are gone. Then she hums a lullaby and watches over his sleep, his pink-and-yellow guardian angel.