12/01/2009 14:52:00
Set: During 'The impossible Planet' and its after (in one of the possible futures that spawned from this episode) the crew have made it out to a planet on the rocket.
Pairing: 10/Rose~
What If?
He didn't do domestic. So why was he sitting with his head resting in his hands, watching her sleep under thin bed covers and thinking about their futures? He had thought about them before, knowing that someday, somehow- either by force of by her own will, she would have to leave. That was before they had landed on the sanctuary base, and the TARDIS has been disposed of. Destroyed. He sniffed, trying to banish the thought from his head. They would find it again soon.
But would they really? It had…fallen. And they couldn't get it back without some sort of miracle, a sort of miracle that was very unlikely to happen. Especially now that they were on New New York, with no way of getting back to the space base. The Doctor sighed, his eyes peering around the hotel room that him and Rose were in, taking in the shabby curtains and the lamp that only lit dimly, the television that was slightly cracked and the crooked drawers. Was this what living a normal life would be like? He cringed at the thought of it. Him having to get a job? It sounded insane. Another boring, day to day, job. He would have to use public transport- he would have to have a stupid, repetitive routine. He didn't like the idea of that.
But when he saw Rose shift in her sleep, he was suddenly aware of something else. There was no way they could be together, and it pained him to even think it. She was human, he was time lord, yet she spoke about them getting a house together as though they were a couple. No matter how much he wanted, sought, wished for that to become a reality, he knew it wasn't fair on either of them. She would have to find somebody else. His hearts leapt, and images came to his mind of her in a white fluffed out wedding dress, veil matching, marrying a stranger with no face. He felt something pull at his stomach, and a wave of hatred was sent in the imaginary mans direction.
Was she really going to leave him for this man with no face? Was he going to be standing at her wedding, not next to her, but in the seats, his hearts breaking one by one as she said her vows and melted into her new husbands kiss? He shook his head. No need to think about that now, he told himself.
So he watched her for a few minutes, trying to keep him minds of track, but no matter what he did, it came back to Rose. Rose Tyler, and what her life would be like in the future. She would grow old, she would die. And he would have to be there to see it, probably. The curse of the Time Lords. Well, he reminded himself, the Time Lord. Only one of them left now. He sighed, what was he going to do without his TARDIS then? With Rose gone, and his beloved ship, what would he do then? If Rose ever left him, that was. Would he fall in love with someone? No. He was already in love and that was the exact reason he couldn't tell her. And that was the exact reason he just had to let her go and live her human life with someone else, someone who could offer her the normality of growing old with her. The Doctor knew right then and there though, that he would never be able to let her go.
Rose rolled over again, licking her lips and falling silent. The Doctor looked at her sadly, before leaning forwards and studying her. She was smiling in her sleep, that beautiful and simple smile than he had grown to love. What if she didn't fall in love with some one though? What if she stayed by his side forever, and what if, by whatever god that might be out there's chance, she ended up marrying him instead of the stranger? What if it was him that she kissed, and she said her loving vows to? His mind full of images, the Doctor smiled. What if was something he liked to think about. What if was good. And what if, he learnt to become domestic?
A/N: First chappy of this new fic! I'm still writing the other, don't worry! –grins- Just this was an idea I had, and I'll do a sequel if people like it! :D Thankyou and please review, I would love to hear your thoughts!!