Title: A Dying Smile
Character/Pairing: Nine, Rose; Nine/Rose
Prompt: January 2008: 19: Silhouette of a man standing on a bluff, overlooking a sprawling city and cataclysmic vista
Summary: On pastimes in past times.
The Doctor always thought there was something beautiful about a world ending – tragically beautiful, but beautiful nonetheless. He'd seen countless worlds die, made detours in time just to watch, ate popcorn and clapped during a planet's final explosion. There was a macabre humor there too, but always the tragic beauty somewhere underneath.
Character/Pairing: Nine, Rose; Nine/Rose
Prompt: January 2008: 19: Silhouette of a man standing on a bluff, overlooking a sprawling city and cataclysmic vista
Summary: On pastimes in past times.
The Doctor always thought there was something beautiful about a world ending – tragically beautiful, but beautiful nonetheless. He'd seen countless worlds die, made detours in time just to watch, ate popcorn and clapped during a planet's final explosion. There was a macabre humor there too, but always the tragic beauty somewhere underneath.
When Rose Tyler watched her world die, he kept his eyes on her and saw the way her breath came hard and sharp, the way her smile darkened to a quivering frown. She did not laugh. After that, the Doctor never quite saw them as anything but tragic.