A/N: This is just a fluffy one-word prompt I came up with to try and overcome my writer's block. Set somewhere in Series Two, but after School Reunion. Ending that would make it AU. Hope you enjoy it, please R&R!
Compatible
Huh, thought Rose, no harm in having a go. She clicked on the species compatibility reader that had flashed up on screen.
Rose was on the ethernet, exploring after another one of the Doctor's show-offy moments,
"Rose, the ethernet is way better than your internet back on Earth could be. It's that and all the other internets in the universe!" He had boasted.
Type your name:
Rose glanced at the door to make sure he wasn't coming and entered her name.
Type in his name:
Rose stole another glance at the door.
He still wasn't coming.
She typed in 'The Doctor'.
Your Species: Human
His species: Time Lord
Calculating result: …
Rose was extremely nervous now, willing the site to hurry up and drumming on the what seemingly resembled a laptop with her fingernails.
You are 100% compatible!
Rose involuntarily beamed. She then recalled a conversation, which made her smile freeze and fall.
"Humans decay. You wither and you die. Imagine watching that happen to someone you..." "What, Doctor?"
Rose always liked to imagine that he had been about to tell her he loved her. She willed it to be true with all her might. Because she loved him with all of her heart.
That's when the Doctor walked in.
"Ooh!" He said, peering over her shoulder "What'cha do-oin?" He saw the compatibility test, "Oh, those are a load of rubbish, they are." He scoffed. Rose felt her heart drop. "'Ere, I'll show you." He took the looks-like-a-laptop and typed her name and his into it. "Huh." He said, when the result popped up.
"'Huh', what?" She asked, smiling as the same result came up.
"Maybe it's not rubbish." He murmured. Rose fought to hide a blush.
"What, you think we're compatible?" She asked him.
"Yeah, 'course we are." He sniffed and Rose let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding. "I mean, we save the world nearly, what? Every day?" He asked. "We don't argue, or fight-"
"Doctor, it's not that sort of compatibility. It's a relationship compatibility." She told him, smirking.
"Oh." He said, biting his lip. Rose laughed.
"How did you not know that with all the pink and what-not?" Rose asked, but the question went unanswered.
"Well, we would." He told her.
"Would what?" Rose's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"We would make a good couple." He told her. Rose's face grew hot.
"We-we what?" Rose squeaked.
"Weeelllll, we-we would." He said, tugging on his ear. "Don't you think so?" He asked as if remarking about the weather. Rose looked at the floor.
"I...well-well...well, yeah." She mumbled. She looked into the Doctor's eyes and saw more than she'd ever seen before in them. Her gaze was trapped in his. A smile was tugging at her lips. He was not avoiding it. Not this time. She had as good as told him how she felt and he wasn't backing away. In fact, he was actually coming closer. Rose moved her head forward to meet him and her eyelids fluttered shut as his lips met hers. Rose had never felt so complete in her life. As he deepened the kiss, Rose knew they were compatible.
