Rating: K
Summary: Post Doomsday AU. After losing Rose, the Doctor makes the ultimate sacrifice to relive the moments he had with her.
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who or the plot of this fic!
Author's Note: This fic is based on a fanvid by Mister Anderson. It's the best Doctor/Rose vid you will ever see! I just hope the site works:
http://misteranderson(dot)imeem(dot)com/video/7c-W7k9Q/misterandersonbacktothestartdoctorwhovid/
Back To The Start"I… I love you," said Rose, choking back the tears.
"Quite right too," the Doctor said softly, his face reflecting his heartbreak. "And I suppose … if it's my last chance to say it … Rose Tyler…"
The Doctor stared at the wall of the TARDIS, the tears making their way down his cheeks. He'd searched for months for a way to get through to Rose, and he still didn't get the time to say it. And that was his last chance. He was never going to see her again. All he had left of her were memories. And oh, what memories! Dancing after the Blitz, the frozen waves of Woman Wept, the kiss that sacrificed his life for hers…
The Doctor lowered his head. He'd give anything to see Rose again. To feel her hand in his, to smell her scent, to comfort her in times of darkness … and then he realised – he could. Time Lords could do more than pilot TARDISes through time and space. They could, in fact, go back through their own timeline. You would arrive at your chosen point in time and go through all the experiences you'd had up until the exact moment when you'd gone back. And each time, you would be living the experience like it was your first time. But with this gift came a terrible price. Once you reached your final destination, you would go back again, and again, and again. It was a never-ending loop that would trap him for all eternity. But the Doctor was willing to make that sacrifice.
He closed his eyes and concentrated hard. He thought of Rose and all they had experienced. Beads of sweat made their way down his forehead as the pressure built up inside his head. The sound of the TARDIS singing was ringing in his ears. He opened his eyes, and looked around. All around him, he saw his own memories rewinding as time reversed itself. Rose was falling back from the Void. Daleks and Cybermen retreated. He and Rose walked backwards down a street in 2012. Sacred vases repaired themselves. He and Rose rode backwards on a scooter. He went back through glass on Arthur the horse. He and Rose ran backwards through the apple grass. A killer Christmas tree started doing its work after he fell unconscious. He regenerated back into his previous form. He watched as Rose looked at him with all the power of the time vortex. He danced with Rose in backwards motion. A car coming towards Rose's father backed away. Rose ran towards what they had thought was the last Dalek. Big Ben repaired itself. Hundreds of Gelth entered the mouth of a young servant girl…
Then suddenly time was flowing normally once more. There he was, standing just inside the TARDIS with the doors open, inviting her in. The moment that the Doctor would forever go back to, because it was the beginning of the best time of his life.
"Did I mention it also travels in time?"
If you haven't watched that vid yet, go do it now.
Just so you know, I'm working on another one-shot that should be up soonish.