Title: It's Not All About The Girl
Rating: G
Spoilers: Season 2. Rise of the Cybermen + The Age of Steel
Pairings: Jake/Ricky Jake/Mickey Doctor?
Summary: Doctor's POV ficlet for those episodes I've just mentioned
Disclaimer: Unless Russell T. Davies is a terrified, exam-pressured, hopefully university-bound teenage girl he's not me. I'm not Stephen Moffat or the BBC or any other important people or companies either.
AN: This is very small fic (232 words) which I wrote as prose but when I was typing it out I realised it looked better in poetry form. The reason it's so small is because I promised myself I wouldn't start writing any more fics until after my exams :-( I failed but it's only a small failure and feedback would make it all worth while:-)
It's Not All About The Girl
All it took was one glance and I knew.
I knew why Jake was so upset by Ricky's death
I knew what the tension between Jake and Mickey was really about.
It wasn't until they worked together as a team
As partners
A couple
That they realised it too.
And now he's left Rose to be with him
And he's left me all alone with Rose.
He says that's the way it should be.
Just Rose and I.
And I remember a time when it was
And that was enough.
But it hasn't been like that for a long time.
Not since…
A long time.
I brought Mickey onboard to keep Rose company.
I haven't been good company for her lately.
My mind is distracted.
My hearts are distracted…
By a past companion.
A companion lost
Then found
Only for me to leave them behind.
Now Mickey's gone too and it's just
Rose and me.
She's got to be my sole focus now
I've got to put the past behind me.
I've got to stop replaying the scenes in my head
Wondering what would happen if I rewrote the script.
I took time for granted.
Then ran away when I got given a second chance.
I thought I could leave before I got too close to you.
I was a coward.
And wrong.
I'm sorry Jack.