[ post/38973970242/day-after-day-au-pt-1-the-same-man ]
It's been months and he's still having trouble sleeping. He tends to crash wherever now, the couch, the chair by the window, sometimes even the floor itself, but rarely ever the bed. The only time he ever gets any rest is when she sleeps with him, but even then it's only for a few hours.
~o~
At some point they both decided it was time for a change. She died her hair and he surprised them with a motorbike. Of course she loved it and made him promise to take her for a spin right away, after the thorough snogging that is.
~o~
Their mornings are mostly Rose walking around in a haze until that first cup of very strong tea or coffee while the Doctor bounces around the kitchen. He runs past her, leaning against the doorframe, with a brush of the hip and a hand on her bum as he rushes to get the toast before it burns. She cocks her eyebrow and narrows her eyes as he accidentally launches the toast into the air -it wasn't my fault the toaster reacted badly to being soniced! Honest Rose!- They are still burned and he fails to catch them, which makes her laugh.
~o~
He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his mobile Rose insisted on getting him, she's calling.
"Hello love!" he says on reflex.
"Hey."
He can hear the smile in her voice.
"How's your day going?" she inquires.
"Fine, it'll be better once you're home."
"What are you doing right now?"
"I just took Tony to the park. I'm watching him swing."
"I know."
"What? How do you know? You're at work!"
"Turn around!" She giggles.
~o~
"Rooooose! It says here that the Mayans believed the world will in in 2012, but I know for a fact that it doesn't! I've been to 2012 before and the world most certainly doesn't end. Honestly, where do they get this from?"
"I don't know." She laughs and emerges from the closet.
He takes a sharp breath at her gorgeousness and she spins for him. Her long hair is pinned up on her head and then cascades down her back in waves.
"You'd better put your suit on if we're going to make it on time," Rose says. "You know how mum gets when we are late to one of her events." She throws a pair of dress socks at him and he ducks.
"You know...we could always skip the event. It won't be the last time Jackie Tyler throws a party, and I know a much better place for that dress you are wearing."
~o~
"Rose! You'll never believe what I found when I went shopping. It was an ad for this clothing store. Really the clothing store wasn't that great. It was the model that caught my attention. She had the weirdest expression on her face!"
"What, like this?" Rose sticks her finger into her mouth and pulls it out with a pop and then puts on her best sultry pout that she can do with a mouth full of jam.
"Yeah exactly like that! You know Rose, you could be a model too!"
"Nah. Not for me. I'm not pretty enough," she says playfully.
She scoops out another finger full of jam and is about to put it in her mouth when the Doctor grabs her wrist.
"That, Rose Marion Tyler, is where you're wrong." He gently pulls her hand closer to his mouth and licks her finger himself. "You are far more beautiful than any model I've seen."
She blushes and looks away, suddenly shy.
"You are! I could prove to you right now that you are prettier than any model, especially those underwear models."
"And how do you intend to prove that point, Doctor?" she stretches out the first syllable of his name just to see him squirm.
"Let's just go to the bedroom and I'll show you."
Rose puts on her fake pout to tease him, but he kisses her passionately in spite of it.