A series of post-ep drabbles from various Doctor Who episodes. I've just watched the season 4 finale, and I have to write something to save my sanity. Probably several somethings. So here you go.
Was anyone else extremely pissed that he never noticed her several attempts to contact him prior to everything completely going to hell? Because I was.
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Journey's Start
She dropped to her knees when her legs couldn't run any longer, falling forward on her hands. She dug her fingers into the sand, a grey, dismal putty that had already been imprinted on her hands from the first time he left her here. This God-forsaken beach.
She heard a soft thump behind her and turned around out of instinct. She was too wary these days not to do so. He was on his knees ten feet away, breathing heavily. He had run after her. Somehow she hadn't expected it. She turned around to face him, staring unabashedly, looking for anything that would distinguish him as not-her-Doctor.
"You're a bloody idiot," she found herself saying.
He swallowed but didn't look away. "How is that?"
"I crossed worlds, just trying to get your attention! I called your name, over and over, and you just," she punctuated her last words with a pounding fist in the sand, "wouldn't hear me!" She gave a last defeated sigh.
He looked pained. "I'm sorry, Rose… for everything you had to go through. I'm so sorry. But I'm here now. And I'm not going anywhere. I'll keep you safe, Rose Tyler."
Beyond "I love you," those were the words she wanted so desperately to hear. She felt cold tears run down her face but didn't brush them away. She knew she would find the strength again someday, but for now, she just wanted to stop running.
"You're you?" she asked, blinking, trying to push down the tightness in her throat. He rose from the sand.
"I'm me." He walked carefully over to her and held out a hand, the other resting in his pocket.
And when he pulled her up and held her in his arms, she knew it was true. For the first time in years, she felt safe.