Okay, an idea I originally had for a completely different fandom (Pellinor) but I couldn't think of any rules, and then I thought I could do it for Dr Who! :D

Most chapters will be ludicrously short, but at least they'll be quick XD

RULE ONE

The Doctor was bored. Very bored. So bored, he was tidying up one of the TARDIS' many cupboards. And he hated tidying. It was too…domestic. But Donna was asleep, and the Doctor had nothing to do, so here he was, tidying.

Pulling out a small notebook, he opened it to reveal a list with 10 points, written in his own writing. As he looked at it, a faint memory came back to him; about a week after his regeneration into his ninth body, he had written a list of rules for himself. His memory didn't stretch to what the rules had been, so he read the first with curiosity.

1) Never absorb all the energy of the Time Vortex.

Yes, well, that worked, didn't it? the Doctor thought, rolling his eyes and remembering.

He was lying on the floor, watching Rose step out from his TARDIS. Perhaps step was the wrong word - materialise maybe. Anyway.

How had she got back? He had sent the TARDIS back to Rose's home, London, 21st century. He'd told the TARDIS not to bring her back.

What on earth had she done?

As the truth was revealed, the Doctor grew more and more afraid for her. He could not leave her to die.

"Come here," he said. With one kiss, he separated Rose from the energy she had absorbed, took it into himself. He absorbed the energy of the Time Vortex, just as he said he shouldn't. He broke Rule One. For Rose.

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