Ripped Out Pieces
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In the end they broke his heart.
That was true.
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Martha Jones
But he wasn't the only one who lost.
They give him their hearts to begin with.
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Tegan Jovanka
To fly, to see the stars.
And they lose part of themselves to stay.
Or, perhaps, he rips him out himself.
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Dodo Chaplet
And what they lose, it never returns.
The hole, it gets bigger.
They lose more of themselves.
Until, finally, it gets too big to stay standing.
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Astrid Peth
And then, they fall.
Fall long and fall hard.
And he can only do one thing.
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Jamie McCrimmon
He can be there for them when they finally crash.
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Leela of the Sevateem
When time finally catches up with them.
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Zoe Heriot
When their minds have gone, and the dreams that haunt them are things they forgot.
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Sarah Jane Smith
When they've moved on.
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Liz Shaw
Or when he has to find out they've died.
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Jack Harkness
When he can't bear to deal with them.
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Rose Tyler
When he has to push them away.
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Donna Noble
When he has to cut them off completely.
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Lady Christina de Souza
So he says no.
Because a heart, even two, can only break so much before it's irreparable.
So he says it.
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Katarina
Sara Kingdom
Adric
Kamelion
River Song
Romana
Susan Foreman
Because the list has grown so long, and he's not about to add another name.
End.
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