Rose returns but she carries a secret with her and when the Doctor discovers it his world crumbles down around him. The solution might be too terrible to contemplate but the alternative would be too painful to bear. Both will be forced to make choices which have the power to either save the universe or burn it down.

Rose Tyler is a woman with a mysterious, troubled past. A past that compels her into a life of dangerous deceit, fueled by a fierce distrust of men. But her life as she's known it is about to be turned on its head when she's caught at her own game by one John Smith, a man like no other who uncovers her past, confronts her present, and may forever change her future. Ten/Rose AU.

S3 Alternate. She was almost lost to the void, but Rose held on just long enough to stay with her Doctor, to continue their adventures through time and space. But despite the near loss bringing the Doctor and her closer together, Rose is uncertain about the smart, beautiful Martha Jones joining them, or the obvious crush she has on the Time Lord.