Chapter 7
A.N.: Final chapter! Enjoy!
A low groaning noise sounded from the space beside your bed. You look over with old, tired eyes in an old, tired face at the blessedly familiar blue box. TARDIS blue ought to be a color, you think, not for the first time. The door, as ever, creaks loudly open.
"You called?" The Doctor said, for once, not masking the sorrow in his voice and on his face. He looked entirely defeated, because he already knew what was happening. One of the very few things that could send a message to the psychic paper was a dying mind, calling out for one last friend.
Golden light fills the room, flooding through the window. You and The Doctor gaze at the awe-inspiring sight.
"We finally meet at morning, Doctor," you remark, realizing that this was, indeed, the first morning you'd shared.
"Too bad nothing gold can stay," he adds, looking to you. "You certainly didn't."
"I'm truly sorry for the last time we met. But I suppose that I needed one last friend to say goodbye to." The Doctor remains silent, looking at the floor.
"I've got another hour, tops. 93 though; can't say I did too bad," you say. He looks at you, looking so, heart-breakingly sad.
"Stay with me?" you implore. He steps forward and takes your hand in his, squeezing gently.
"I wouldn't pick anywhere else."
You both sit together for a while, occasionally talking about companions or kids. You tell him that Dean and Samuel said their goodbyes yesterday and were currently at home, probably drowning their sorrows in a bottle of rum. The conversation fell after that.
A tear slips from your wrinkled eyes and rolls along your temple to the pillow below. The Doctor, seemingly realizing that it was about to happen, holds your hand in both of his, both gnarled and aged. He looks to you as you look at him, one last, sad, shared smile between you, before everything fades away…
A.N.: The end! Please tell me what you thought and bonus points if you can name the poem and the author that I referenced in this chapter. (Obviously, I don't own the poem.) Even more bonus points if you can name the book it was featured in as dialogue. Also tell me if you would like me to write a piece with actual plot, rather than just quick shots. Thank you for your time and GOD BLESS!
