Title: Bad Habits

Summary: Rose has a fixation and it's bothering the Doctor.

Author's Notes: I can't be the only person who's noticed how many times Rose has done this…


"Can you not do that?"

She looked at him. "Not do what?"

"That thing you do. You know…" He stuck his tongue out a little between his teeth. "That thing."

She did it. "What, that?"

The Doctor growled. "Yes, that."

"Why?"

He groaned. "It's just… it's distracting, is what it is. It's a bad habit, Rose, and you need to kick it."

She did it again. "Why?"

"Because if you don't stop doing it, I'm going to have to make you stop by means of my own imagination."

"Such as…?" She did it again.

He marched forward, grabbed her by the shoulders and planted a firm kiss on her lips. When he pulled back, the tongue was gone. "See? You've stopped."

She eyed him mischievously. "I think I feel the urge to do it again." The tongue reappeared.

He sighed. "I can see we're going to have to spend a lot of time solving this problem, Rose Tyler."

She cleared her throat. "Well, you'd better get to it, hadn't you?"

"So I had."