So I was driving in the car on the way home from vacation and I couldn't get this out of my head. And then I just kind of thought about Amy leaving 11, which will eventually happen, and how he'll lie and say that she won't be happy with him because he's afraid of what traveling with him 'forever' will do to her as she ages. It's just sort of a 'What if' piece because I think he secretly loves her, like Rose, but fears what'll happen.

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

Well that's all right because I like the way it hurts.

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

Well that's all right because I love the way you lie.

-Rhianna and Eminem

She stood in the doorway, watching as he looked upon with regret ridden eyes. The blue-green of them had once shined so bright but now, there was barely a dull roar of the life that had once taken place there. She slowly let the tears fall from her hazel eyes, resisting the urge to run to him and pull him to her. She wanted to be in his arms. She wanted him to remember what it was like when they were together.

She let the flames of despair consume her as he sat back and watched. Gently, her eyes closed, taking away the pain of watching him leave. Anything had to be a relief from the burning sensation that was coursing through her. "Please," she muttered and for a moment, she thought he would change his mind. Her eyes snapped open and she looked to meet his, searching for an answer to her prayer.

He stood in the doorway of the TARDIS and watched her breakdown. He watched her burn, and he stood and did nothing. It broken his hearts, he wanted nothing more than to close the gap between them and run to her. He wanted to have her as his. They were meant to be at each other's side, it was the way he had seen it since he had obtained his new face. New face, new love. She would be his saviour, his grounding point, so why was he leaving her behind?

He let the tears fall from her eyes because it was what he had to do. He couldn't rip the joys of life from her. She deserved more than that. He wanted her to live her life to the fullest and it would be the outcome of him leaving. But it hated that he couldn't be apart of her happiness.

"I can never be your fairytale ending. After all, the girl with the fairytale name deserves a happy ending." He smiled sadly as he moved towards her, his hands cupping her face once he closed the gap. "I can never make you as happy as he can." And through all of it, through the pain that she secretly loved, through all the heartache, the thing that Amy Pond loved most was the way that her raggedy Doctor lied.