The Doctor sat fiddling with the controls of the Tardis, as per usual, but tonight he was hiding from his feelings. He had heard Rose have her usual shower and then return to her room. Oh, how the Doctor wished to follow her, to give way to his feeling. But he continued to fiddle, once again pushing his feeling down in the back of his mind and the pit of his hearts. But they were always there, always shouting out to him, even if he had the sound at a minimum.
Rose stood in the doorway of the console room with a towel wrapped around her damp blonde hair. She stared at the Doctor, hiding her feelings for the man that sat only meters away. She loved the way he looked so carelessly handsome, as he sat cross-legged in his suit pants, an oil stained T-Shirt and his cardboard 3D glasses perched on his nose and his Sonic Screwdriver in his hand. She loved this man with all her heart, but she knew that all though she wanted to, she really shouldn't. Because he was a Time Lord and he could continue to age, regenerating when it was his time to die. While all Rose would ever have, would be one measly life span and she would get old. While he would stay the same; he could never grow old with her.
The Doctor looked up to see Rose watching him contently and he smiled sadly up at her, even though it broke his hearts even more than they were. Rose saw past the smile and stepped up closer to him. The Doctor's eyes filled with sadness, but he couldn't quite cover it up as Rose looked up at his and stared into his pained eyes. Rose's eyes filled with the same pain and she tried the same smile before she gave up and stepped closer to him. She wanted so much to scream, "I love you!" at the top of her lungs, but she didn't, even though those exact words were all that were said in both of their minds. As she came to a stop in front of him, she knelt down and looked him in the eyes.
"I was just coming down to say that I was going to bed." She whispered as she raised her hand and rested it on his cheek. The Doctor closed his eyes tight, to hide the tears that threatened to pour out and the deepening pain that lingered there. Rose desperately tried her best to stop her own tears, but the treacherous tears started to stream down her face as she quickly stood and turned away from the man she loved. The Doctor opened his eyes to see her trying not to run as she walked away from him. His hearts broke ever more slightly as he watched her walk away for the final time.
He was sick to death of all the rules. He was tired of not being able to love the woman he loved and he had had enough of the rules. What was the point in all the time that he had, if he couldn't love her? Why did they have to hurt for something that they didn't mean for to happen? Why couldn't they spend the time they had left together, loving each other?
"Rose?" he called to her. Rose turned back to him, not even trying to hide the tears running down her face. She smiled slightly as she noticed that the Doctor had tears running down his own cheeks.
Is he hurting the way I a hurting? Does he love me as much as I love him?
"Doctor-"
"Rose-"
"I love you." The cried out together as the Doctor all but ran to Rose and drew her into his arms. I love you he whispered over and over as he leant closer and kissed her passionately on the lips.
"I love you too."