"The lengths that I will go, the distance in your eyes…
Oh no, I've said too much, I haven't said enough"
-R.E.M, Losing My Religion
The characters: A girl, hopelessly in love with a man who can never truly love her back without pain. A man, who is hopelessly in love with a girl he fears will leave him (has left him) and break his heart.
The plot: He has lost her, like he promised he wouldn't. She is trapped somewhere far away, where he can never reach her without destroying the universe.
The plot twist: He finds a way to say goodbye. He doesn't want to do it, but he will. He knows how badly it will hurt her, and how it will haunt him for the rest of his days. But he will give anything to see her face, once last time.
The setting: An vast, desolate beach in Norway, ironically named, that practically screams 'miserable' and 'desperate'. She stands there, and an image of him (no touch) appears.
Her: Am I ever gonna see you again?
Him: You can't.
(She is crying, and he is nearly sobbing along with her. He is so, so sorry that it's ending like this.)
Her: I lo-… I love you.
Him: Quite right too.
(She nods, a tiny smile through her tears.)
Him: Rose Tyler…
(He is pulled back into his own world. He can't even tell her. Can't even say he loves her.)
(She weeps inconsolably. He cries too, silently, his mouth still open to say the words, the words that hadn't left his lips. The words meant for her, always meant to be said. It hurt so much, it burns.
Because he never said it.
And he knows he never will.)
"I love you."
He says it to himself, now, because he needs to hear it. Even though she'll never know it was said, at least he knew it.
Yes. I have converted to Doctor Who. And yes, I am obsessed. Sorry.
