Stardust

I do not own Doctor who, well I can dream! Actually no I hate spoilers! Anyway this one is set somewhere in between tooth and claw and school reunion, enjoy!

"It's the year 9087 and over there, is the entrance to stardust falls." The Doctor said one arm around Rose the other pointing to the huge iron gates up ahead. They were currently standing on the planet Croall, a little planet in the far corner of the universe. Rose was shivering, all she was wearing was a pair of tiny denim shorts and a pink t-shirt, and the Doctor had told her to dress for warm weather! He must have got it wrong again. The Tardis had landed on a purple grassed hill a few hundred meters from two huge iron gates, with a man standing out the front in a fancy uniform. As far as Rose could see, all that was beyond the gate was a grassy field with a couple hundred people walking around, talking.

"What are we doing here Doctor? You told me to dress for warm weather!" she rubbed her arms indignantly, feeling the goose bumps prickling her skin. What was the most confusing thing was that all the people on the other side of the gate were also wearing very little clothing, and a couple of them were carrying small silver drawstring bags. Taking her hand in his he began to walk towards the gates,

"I want to give you something Rose…" he looked hesitant, unsure of himself. Well that's new Rose thought, "I… you know how…" he was stumbling over his words, blushing slightly and running his other hand through his hair.

A few weeks ago Rose had told the Doctor she loved him and that she would travel with him forever. When he responded by telling her he loved her to she could see the pain in his eyes. But today that pain seemed lessened.

"Rose do you trust me?" he asked, looking at her.

"Course I do" she smiled at him, squeezing his hand.

"Then follow me!" letting go of her hand he began to run full pelt towards the gate, skidding to a halt in front of the… guard?

"May I see your papers Sir?" nodding the Doctor pulled out his physic paper and handed it to the man with a flourish. "Why didn't you say so immediately!" he stepped back towards a safe next to the gates. Opening it he pulled out one of the silver bags and handed it to him, "there you go Sir. Should be starting in a few minutes" pushing open the gate he stood aside to let them past. Following the Doctor inside Rose looked up, wary of the dark sparking clouds above.

"Doctor!" he stopped and turned around, "what are we doing here? I think it's gonna rain…"

Stepping up to her and eloping her in a tight hug he whispers that he loves her "we are here… so you can have what you want."

"What do you mean? Please explain, I don't get it"

"Snow is about to fall from those, well I say snow, the locals call it stardust. This place is stardust falls, the only place it snows. But see it only happens once every 87 years, and you are only allowed in once. It costs billions to be allowed in, all the people here must be very rich."

"Then how did we get in? And well why are we all getting snowed on?" she was looking around, her eyebrows pulled together.

"How you get in is at least a year in advance you pay for it, a few billion, and then you get a certificate saying you can be there. If you are really rich you can pay for this stamp which means you can get a little bag to collect some extra stardust" pausing for a second, they heard the collective gasp as the first few sprinkles fell from the sky.

"The dust… it delays your ageing. One snowfall usually slows your aging by a few hundred years. That's why it's so special, why it costs so much to be here. The 'start dust' is soaked in through your skin, you can also eat it."

Rose spread her arms out looking up at the sky, wonder on her face. Looking at her palms as the sparkling dust landed, and then dissolved into her skin. Experimentally Rose stuck out her tongue, giggling in surprise at the sweet tingling feeling in her mouth. Feeling like a child she spun in circles, her arms out and her head back, laughing as she got dizzier and dizzier. Eventually she stumbled up to the Doctor the world spinning. She went to give him a hug but ended up bowling him over so the both end up rolling around in the stardust. Rose stopped laughing and rolled onto the Doctor looking him in the eyes,

"Thank you" she whispered before she pressed her lips to his, kissing him fiercely before standing and pulling him up with her. Rose walked up behind him and pulled his coat of his shoulders, throwing it to the ground. She grabbed his arm and rolled up his sleeve as far as she could before doing the same to the other. "I know you regenerate… but still"

"It will just slow down my ageing, like yours. So I will stay young in this body" with that he whispered "payback" and pushed her down into the snow, tumbling down after her to kiss her soundly on the lips and lie on his back. Giggling, Rose began to swish her arms and legs,

"What are you doing?" the Doctor asked looking curious.

"Making a snow angel! Mind you this stuff is not cold in fact it sort of… tingles!" she smiled at him, the adorable smile were she puts her tongue between her teeth and gives him a cheeks grin, "pull me up, but be careful!" he carefully pulled her to her feet and looked down at the shape she had made in the thin layer of stardust, it was in fact in the shape of an angel. They both lay down in the snow, surrounded by happy laughing people. Rose was lying on her back mouth open; eyes closed eating the stardust and soaking it in her skin, hand in her Doctors.

The doctor swiped his hand up Roses arm, collection dust onto his finger before liking it off and making a face at the tingling feeling. Picking up her hand he licked across the back of her hand causing Rose to jump pull her hand back,

"What the Doctor?!"

He just laughed at her and grabbed the little silver bag filling it with stardust from the grass. The pouch was small enough to be kept on a chain around your neck.

"Doctor, the stardust in that bag, how much would that help someone?" she asked propping herself up on her elbows and looking at him

"It would slow a humans ageing by about 50 years" he closed up the bag and put the cord it was on around her neck "that's if they eat if, if they just soaked it in their skin it would be about 20 years" she made a small sound in the back of her throat as she turned the string over in her fingers before smiling and kissing him. He could taste the stardust on her lips, and that made him smile. He would have her for so much longer now. He couldn't help but feel a bit selfish, taking her for himself, but he knows it's what she wants to.

Slowly the snow stopped and people started to leave, stopping at the gate and talking to the gate keeper before they left. Pulling Rose up from their last tickle fight they headed to the gate. Stopping at the gate the gate keeper pulled out what looked like the doctors sonic screw driver and buzzed over the doctor.

"So… that's 313 years, for you and…" buzzing it over Rose he gave her a slightly astonished look "428 years for you… most I have ever seen I think!" The doctor cleared his throat and the gate keeper straightened, "right yes well thank you so much for being here today" he nodded and smiled to them as they walked back to the Tardis.

"Doctor by 428 years…" she muttered looking shocked

"That's how much your ageing has been slowed by, say you live till 80? Now you add 428 years to that. You won't age very quickly you will still look this young when you are 50…"

"Wow Doctor…" They headed back into the Tardis both of them radiating happiness at the thought of the future and how long they have together.

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