To atrhoads05: I must warn it is pretty intense in this chapter as well! But there is a little more Jack! (And I have a plan to see more of Jack soon as well)

To Artemis Sherwood: I was super nervous about this episode honestly cause I was trying to think of what I would do if I knew what would happen, and thank you! I'm glad people like it! (This chapter was honestly so daunting XD I hope it ends how everyone will like!)

And to everyone else, I hope you all like this chapter! I rewrote it a few times until I got it how I think it should be.

(Also, I have become obsessed with the song Icarus by Bastille, listened to it on repeat for the last three chapters )

I love you all so much!


"I'm so sorry sky..."

All I could feel was grief and pain, grief that I hadn't been able to save her, and pain knowing the Doctor hated me now.

I keep the gun trained on the still figure in the dark, hearing the others gathering themselves up and checking on one another, I keep my gaze away from them all, feeling the Doctor's eyes on me, but too afraid to look to him, too afraid of the anger and hate I'd see there.

I take a few shaky breaths, trying to balance myself a little, knowing I had to do something unspeakable now...

I quietly go over and kneel down next to Sky, unsure if I should try and speak to it or not, then I remember how it had taken over the Doctor just by speaking, I shake my hand and stand, looking around just in time to raise my gun as the Doctor had been trying to sneak up on me, I glare at him angrily.

"Step back" I snap as he raises his hands, glaring down at me angrily.

"Drop the gun, or you'll make me your enemy" he says, my heart sinks but I keep a straight face, shaking my head seriously.

"It's already too late to turn back, now back up" I snap, he slowly does so, knowing I will actually shoot him again if he doesn't listen, I look to everyone else, seeing their eyes on me, I shake my head and look to the door behind me.

'Ok, I need to get it open quickly and shove her...it out' I go to the cockpit door and make sure it would work before I look behind me at everyone, everyone I'd be able to save doing this, I'd saved both the driver, mechanic and hostess, I can't help the sad smile on my face as I glance between them.

I can tell the Doctor is watching me closely as I speak up "alright, everyone get behind the chairs, right now!" I yell loudly, startling everyone, the mother yelping in fear as I raise my gun, nodding to them, they hesitate, glancing to each other before doing as I tell them.

"Now kneel down and keep hidden from where you can't see me" I say seriously, the only one not listening being the Doctor, I glance past him, not meeting his eyes as I do so, once everyone is hidden I sigh shakily and grab Skys arm, hauling the completely stiff woman up, her legs extending but I could tell she was gone, the thing all that was left as it ate away at her, learning already and taking over.

I move her to stand in front of the door, knowing the cockpit was gone and would not be sealed by the air shell yet, I place my free hand on Skys shoulder, my heart sinking sadly as I finally glance back, meeting the Doctors eyes as my own fill with tears, his stay cold and dangerous though, I look away and take in a shaky breath.

'You can do this, if you let that thing back to the palace who knows who else it could take and kill...don't let Skys death be in vain...'

I can feel the eyes of some of the others on me now as they watch me fearfully, hidden behind chairs.

I move closer to the still stiff woman, keeping my free hand on her shoulder "I'm so sorry Sky...I couldn't save you...and I will regret not stopping this sooner for the rest of my life" I whisper in her ear sadly before I drop the gun, tossing it away a little and hitting the door button, screaming in pain as the light hits my body, it felt like an instant sunburn, like I was physically melting.

"NO!" Screams the Doctor as he makes a run for us but I take my chance, shoving the woman out of the door just before it closes, then I fall back, shaking in pain and grief as I land on the ground, the Doctor running to the door, almost about to try and open it to save her, but he realizes its too late, the others leaving their places behind chairs as he turns to me, seething with anger and rage.

I look up to meet his hateful eyes, tears streaming from my own before I look down shakily, trying to hold in my sobs, clutching my painfully burnt arms to my chest, I flinch as I hear the others in the shuttle yelling for me to be thrown out as well, screaming that I should be killed for that, but the Doctor goes to try and calm them down, I move to the corner on the floor, silently crying as I stare at the door I had opened.

I felt sick to my stomach, nauseas and dizzy 'I killed her...no, she was already dead...' I frown and curl up more in the corner, trying to block everything else out, my mind replaying what happened over and over again.

I'm still shaking as I hear the others continue to argue, but I can also hear someone quietly coming over, I stiffen as I listen closely, keeping my eyes on the ground in front of me nervously, afraid who it could be, but when I see black jeans I relax a small bit.

Jethro slowly crouches down in front of me, and I can hear Dee Dee behind him, both watching me fearfully but also worried, I curl closer in on myself, closing my eyes shakily.

"Why did you throw her out?" Jethro asks, I shiver a little and frown more, my heart sinking sadly but I answer, my voice hoarse from my crying.

"Because...she was gone...the thing outside...it took her body and killed her mind..." I murmur softly, Dee Dee gasps a little before I whimper as I hear Jethro's mother yelling.

"She's lying! She set this whole thing up! She wanted to kill her from the beginning!" She shrieks, I finally look up, meeting her eyes angrily, though there were tears streaming down my face again, my heart racing, she gasps seeing how much of a mess I am.

"No, I had no plan to kill anyone, especially not Sky, I tried to save her, but I couldn't, so I saved the rest of us, I saved Joe and Claude, they would have died if they stayed in the cockpit, and Rakie, she would have given her life to take Sky away from us, I saved who I could, and now I just want to be left alone to suffer" I snap shakily, she stares back into my eyes in shock before looking away, not being able to keep my gaze.

"Wait...you knew the cockpit would be ripped off...?" Asks Claude, slowly coming over to stand beside Dee Dee, I look up to him sadly and nod.

"Yes, and that's why I got you both out of there" I say softly, meeting his eyes sadly before looking down again, shivering a little.

"I just wanted to save everyone I could...I wasn't sure I could save Sky, so I did what I could...I never meant to hurt anyone, I didn't even want to scare any of you...I'm sorry" I murmur, my voice sounding more like a croak now, I fight back more tears now as I listen to the others quietly talking, but I jump and look up as a hand is laid on my shoulder.

I meet Jethro's eyes shakily and he gives me a little bit of a smile "I believe you, you didn't make a move to actually hurt any of us besides the Doctor" he says softly, my eyes widen a little and tears fill my eyes again, Dee Dee nods from behind him, coming over to crouch beside him in front of me, smiling a little at me, I look to her and that only causes more tears to fall.

"I'm so sorry...I'm sorry I had to scare you...I just couldn't think of any other way..." I whisper shakily and she leans forward, pulling me into a hug, I shakily hug back, clinging onto her for dear life, needing something to keep me grounded and not caring about the pain in my arms for now, I can hear the parents and Hobbes and Joe arguing in the back, but the one voice I expected to hear was silent, the Doctor hadn't said a thing in a while, only making my heart sink more.

I pull away and thank Dee Dee quietly before slowly moving up to the chair next to me, curling up shakily as she sits down next to me, Jethro and Claude going to speak with the others while I stare hopelessly at the wall in front of me.

Waves of anxiety and nausea continue to roll over me every few minutes as I remember what I did, my mind replaying it again and again, I close my eyes and bury my head in my tender arms resting on my knees, trying to just go numb, wishing I could fall asleep or just go unconscious, the pain and despair in my head and heart only making me feel worse.

I stay there for a while, trying to not listen to the others as Jethro and Claude explain to the others why I did what I did, knowing they probably wouldn't listen to them, but as Hobbes starts to rant about me being a liar and murderer Dee Dee gently lays her hand on my arm to try and comfort me but I suck in a breath and she frowns, looking down at my arms closer, seeing the sleeves of my sweater had been melted away about half way up to my elbow, the skin that was now exposed burnt red and pink.

She gasps and jumps up quickly, disappearing from my side, I glance after her a little nervously before she returns with one of the med kits from the back, she pulls out some cream for burns and wounds and gauze and bandages, I shiver as she tells me to hold still and she gently applies the cream to the worst parts of my left arms burn, then she gently starts to wrap it, being gentle and careful but it still hurt like hell, but I manage to stay quiet.

I stare at the wall in front of me, determined to not make a sound as she wrapped my arm, once she finishes with that arm I sag a little in my chair but give her a soft smile.

"Thank you Dee Dee, you don't have to be doing this, I don't deserve your kindness" I say softly but she smiles a little at me.

"Kindness shouldn't be deserved, you saved our lives, even if it was a round about way of doing so" she says softly, gently taking my right arm, I turn so she could wrap that one as well and she gets to work.

I close my eyes and rest my head against the chair tiredly, emotionally and physically exhausted from all of this.

As she finishes wrapping my arm she pauses and looks to me curiously "if I may...how did you know what would happen?" She asks softly, I open my eyes and look to her before smiling sadly.

"I don't think you would believe me" I say softly but she smiles softly.

"I don't know, earlier I may not have, but that thing was living out there, where nothing should be able to" she says softly, I nod a little before sighing and leaning back into my chair.

"Don't say I didn't warn you..." I say softly and she nods, looking curious.

I stare at the wall in front of me as I think of the best way to explain this before I speak "I'm not from this world, from this universe...and I don't mean a different galaxy, I mean a completely different reality, and time, it was 2021 right before I came here...then I somehow...I don't know, it's like I fell into this world, fell from my old home to this new one...I can't ever go back...and sometimes it hurts...knowing that" I murmur.

She scoots a little closer as she listens intently "I miss my family...I haven't seen or spoken to them in over a year now...and I expect I won't ever see them again...but in this old world of mine, there was...well, a tv show, about this world, about a specific someone in this world...his adventures" I murmur, she nods a little before her eyes widen and she looks behind us then back to me.

I nod softly "ya...the Doctor, it showed his life, well most of it...but In my universe there were no aliens, none of this" I gesture around "and he was a fictional character...but I somehow fell into this world and right into his life..." I smile sadly.

"I'm supposed to marry him someday...but I expect he will probably hate me for a while after this" I murmur and she frowns softly.

"I don't think he hates you" she says softly, I smile sadly.

"I know he does...we have...sort of a psychic link...I can feel his emotions, his anger...he hates me right now, and I don't blame him, I expect he will drop me off someplace and leave me for a while" I say softly, shrugging a little as I look down at my bandaged arms.

"I probably won't see him for a while...he never has been good with time" I say, my heart sinking just at that thought "or he will just have me locked up for a while to pay for my crimes, either way, he will be leaving without me soon, I wouldn't be surprised if he just leaves me here and takes off" I say softly, she frowns more as she watches me.

"Why would you want to marry him if he seems to care so little for you?" She asks, I gulp and my shoulders slump sadly.

"Because I love him...with my entire being, but I know what I did wasn't the best, so I know there will be consequences" I say softly, leaning more back in my chair, frowning seeing the tattoos on my left arm mostly covered by the bandages, for a second I hope that they haven't been ruined by the burns.

"I suppose it makes sense for him to be angry about shooting him, but it didn't hurt him physically, he shouldn't be this angry with you, especially if he knows you know the future of his life" she says confused, I shake my head softly.

"He hates guns...for good reason, I hate them too...and in his eyes I just killed a brand new life form...I murdered an entire possible species to him" I explain softly.

"Then explain it to him, tell him why you...sent her out, explain that it was the only way to save us" she insists, I smile more sadly at that, wiping away quickly at a few tears in my eyes.

"When you get on his bad side it's best to keep your distance until he's calmed down...but that could be days to weeks..." she frowns more at that and shakes her head.

"I'm going to have a word with him then, because he should not turn his back so quickly on you if he loves you at all" she says seriously, going to stand, my eyes widen and I grab her arm gently to stop her quickly, looking up at her afraid and nervous, shaking my head quickly.

"Please don't, I don't want him to be angry with you too, just leave it, please Dee Dee" I plead, she frowns down at me and glances toward the back of the shuttle before she sighs and slowly sits back down next to me.

"Do you have anywhere to go if he does leave you?" She asks softly, I nod and relax, smiling a little.

"I do, I'll be fine" I say softly and she nods.

We wait the rest of the time in an uncomfortable silence, and once the rescuer ship arrives we board it and get driven back toward the palace, I stay seated in the back silently, out of the other's sight, just hoping I wouldn't be arrested once we were back, if I could get away quick enough Jack could come pick me up hopefully.

I grab my phone only to find the Doctors sonic still with it, I sigh softly and get up, setting it down on a seat a few rows in front of mine before returning to my seat quickly, there was no way I could face him now to give it to him.

Once sat back down I pull my phone out again.

'Hey Jack, any possibility you could pick me up soon...?'

I wait a good five minutes before I get a reply.

'Went that badly? Do I need to come and talk to him? Maybe knock some sense into him?'

I shake my head 'no, its ok, I just want to get out of here as soon as possible'

'Sure thing short stuff, text me again when you're alone and I'll come get you' he replies, I sigh softly.

'Thank you Jack' I text before putting my phone away and curling up in my seat tiredly, trying to sleep for the rest of the hour long trip back, but I can't sleep so I just get lost in my thoughts, trying to ignore the constant images flashing into my head of Sky.

When we finally arrive everyone else leaves the shuttle first, but Dee Dee comes over and gently shakes me, thinking I'm asleep, I look up and she gives me a sad smile.

"We're back" she says and helps me up before we leave the shuttle, I thank her quietly before quickly making my way away from the group, praying the Doctor wouldn't notice me gone, I slip down a few smaller hallways, trying to get deeper into the palace so I wouldn't be found.

I'm nearing the middle of the place when I slow down and find a small room I could hide in to meet up with Jack, but just as I'm pulling my phone out I hear footsteps outside the doors, I quickly hide, afraid of getting caught, who ever it is pauses outside the door before it opens, I hold my breath to quiet myself more.

Who ever it is walks into the dimly lit room, seeming to pause for a moment before the man sighs softly, I stiffen as he speaks.

"Rose...I know you're in here" he says softly, my heart sinks more and I cover my mouth to keep myself quiet, I close my eyes desperately, wanting him to just go away, but he doesn't, he stays standing between me and the door.

"Rose, we need to talk, please come out" he says softly, his voice not sharp but definitely not happy in the slightest.

I debate with myself for a few moments before giving in, knowing he'd force me out of my hiding place if I didn't listen, I slowly step out of the shadows, hands in my pockets to hide the bandages, my head down and eyes trained on the floor.

He seems to regard me for a moment before speaking again "show me what happened in the episode" he says seriously, my heart sinks but I nod, slowly walking up to him, I hesitate but he moves closer, gently pressing his fingers to both sides of my head, I close my eyes and show him the episode, showing every detail that would have happened if I wasn't here.

Once I finish I step back quickly, hands still in my pockets and head down, he stays silent for a moment and seems to process what he just saw, keeping his eyes on me, I wait for the yelling, for the anger or hateful comments, but after a few moments I gasp and stiffen as he launches forward, pulling me into a tight hug, I stay stiff for a moment, my eyes wide as I try to process what's happening.

He buries his face into my neck and shoulder shakily "I'm sorry...I should have trusted you" he murmurs, my heart sinks more and I can't stop myself from hugging back shakily, clinging to him as I try not to break down.

I close my eyes and bury my head into his shoulder shakily, unable to speak for a few moments, just needing something solid to grasp onto, needing to know I wasn't going crazy, and that I wasn't in some kind of nightmare.

"You could have died..." I whisper shakily "if I had...had not done that you would have been controlled by it...they would have thrown you out..." I whisper shakily, tightening my hold on him, grasping fistfuls of his coat, desperate for him to understand.

He tightens his arms around me and pulls me closer, I press closer, my heart racing painfully as I try to keep the tears at bay "p-please...don't leave me here" I plead softly, voice cracking shakily, only for him to tighten his arms around me more.

"Never...I will never abandon you" he whispers into my shoulder, the tears start pouring now as I cling to him shakily.

"I-I'm so sorry for shooting you...I was so afraid if you took the gun more people would die...I couldn't risk it...I'm sorry" I whisper shakily, he reaches up, gently cradling the back of my head as he holds me closer.

"I forgive you, for all of it" he says softly, his own voice a little hoarse, I hesitate for a moment, fear rolling over me but I try to push past it, closing my eyes tightly and opening the connection, sending him love and desperation and fear, but only moments later I'm swarmed with love and concern and forgiveness, I relax against him shakily, my knees nearly buckling in my exhaustion.

He pulls back enough to softly kiss my forehead and look down to meet my watery eyes, I meet his brown orbs, I could see his fear and pain and worry swirling in them, more tears well in my eyes as I shakily reach up, very gently cupping his cheek sadly, he leans into my touch.

I smile through my tears, gently stroking his cheek softly "if there is anything I can do to make up for this, for shooting you, for any of it, tell me" I whisper softly, he shakes his head and leans more into my touch, his eyes closing tiredly.

"Just don't leave, please" he says softly, my heart sinks remembering that had been my plan, but I nod softly, leaning up and softly kissing his forehead.

"I'm not going anywhere" I reassure, hugging close to him again, resting my head against his chest tiredly.

We stand there for a while, just trying to calm down and process this all, after that we pull apart, I yawn tiredly and sigh, he smiles a little down at me, gently taking my hand in his tightly, almost afraid I would disappear if he let go, but thats when he seems to notice the bandages, he frowns and looks down, gently pulling my hand up closer for him to see in the dim light.

I grimace a little as he very gently looks over both hands "is this from the sunlight...?" He asks softly, I nod a little, frowning more as the memories resurface forcefully, flashing images of what happened before my eyes.

I try to shake it off and focus back on him, he looks up to meet my eyes sadly "lets get back to the Tardis, I can take a look at these properly there" he says, I nod a little before my stomach plummets as I remember I would have to face Donna, he senses my nerves and gently cups my cheek, making me look up at him.

"Everything's alright now" he says, I shake my head a little, leaning into his touch and closing my eyes sadly.

"I...I don't think I can face Donna..." I whisper, he sighs softly and gently kisses my forehead.

"We will just not tell her what's happened yet then, come on" he says, gently pulling away and taking my hand again, being very gentle of the burns as he pulls me out of the room and back down the hallways I took, back toward the others and the Tardis, I gulp as I hear the others from the shuttle talking with the authorities of the place, I press against the Doctor's side nervously.

Afraid they would take me away and lock me up, but the Doctor pulls me closer, wrapping his arm around me to hold me close as we pass them, I glance in their direction a little and can't help but smile a little as I make eye contact with Dee Dee, I give a small wave and she waves back before we disappear down the hallway toward the Tardis.l

Once at her doors I gently press my hand to them and she opens the door for us, I step inside but the Doctor stops, I turn to him as he speaks "I'm going to go and get Donna, go and get changed and then meet me in the med bay" he says softly, I nod a little and he softly kisses my forehead before he's gone, I watch him go sadly, forgetting the connection was open as he sends me warmth and comfort.

I smile a little and relax, quietly closing the door and going to do as he says, I go and change into some clean joggers, a black t-shirt and some warm wool socks before I find my way to the sickbay, quietly sitting on the bed there, looking down at my bandaged hands, I sigh softly and very gently start to unwrap them, knowing the burns probably needed to be cleaned.

Once they are unwrapped I stand and go to the sink at the side of the room, carefully washing the burns, wincing in pain, but very glad they weren't really bad, once they are washed clean I grab a few paper towels and very gently begin to dry them, not rubbing, only patting so as to not mess up the skin more.

I jump as I hear the door open, looking up to see a worried Donna, I relax a little and smile softly as she rushes over.

"Rose! are you alright? The Doctor said you would be ok, but that you had some burns?" She asks worriedly, I nod and hold up my hands to show her the burns, she sighs in relief seeing they aren't bad, I smile softly at her.

"Thank you for your concern Donna, but I'll be ok, I'm mostly just really tired" I say softly, she nods and smiles more.

"Good, then let me go make you a cup of tea and then you can get some sleep, the Doctor will be in any minute" she says before running off to the kitchen before I can stop her, I smile softly and sigh, my shoulders sagging in exhaustion as I sit back down on the bed, wanting so badly to just fall asleep right here.

However before I can the Doctor enters, smiling a little when I look up at him, he comes over and pulls out his sonic, I hold my arms out and he gently starts to scan over the burns before he nods.

"Good, ok, they aren't bad, the burns will be tender but no lasting harm done, do you want me to wrap them to ensure they don't get hurt anymore?" He asks, I nod softly as I watch him quietly, not even an hour ago I had been so afraid he wouldn't want to ever see me again, that he would just dump me off on some random planet and leave, but here he was attending to my burns like nothing had changed.

I smile a little at that thought, he didn't want me to leave, at least not yet, I relax a little more as he grabs some clean bandages.

A thought suddenly comes to me and I frown in worry "did...did the shot hurt...?" I ask hesitantly, he pauses for a moment before he sighs and comes back over with the bandages, setting them onto the bed beside me.

"Not badly" he says softly, my heart sinks and I hesitate for a moment as he comes closer before I reach up and gently lay my hand on his chest, being very careful as I ask "did it leave a mark...?"

He leans into my touch and smiles a little at my concern, he gently kisses my forehead and lays his hand over mine "no, love. No mark, I'm alright now" he says, gently taking my hand from his chest and he starts to wrap my arm gently as I watch, guilt starting to overwhelm my mind and heart.

I close my eyes quietly, trying to push away the invasive thoughts but they only get worse, flashes of me shooting him hitting me, along with more flashes of Sky and the others looking terrified of me.

Then flashes of his eyes, full of anger, then again of me shooting him.

I flinch back and open my eyes as I feel a hand on my cheek, I look up wide eyed into his soft sad ancient eyes, I relax a little and lean into his hand shakily, not even realizing I had started crying until he gently wipes away a tear, I stiffen and look away nervously, my heart racing.

He leans forward and gently presses a kiss to my forehead, still holding onto my half wrapped arm with his free hand "I can take away those memories" he says softly but I shake my head softly and sadly, looking down, almost wishing he could.

"No...if we never know the past we are bound to repeat it...I don't ever want to have to do something like that again..." I whisper softly, he nods and gently finishes wrapping my arms, I stay quiet the whole time, smiling a little when Donna returned with the tea, I gently take it with my free hand.

"Thanks Donna, I don't know what I'd do without you, best Temp in the galaxy I think" I say softly and smile more seeing her looking much happier, she looks down as the Doctor wraps my right arm now.

"Will she be ok?" She asks, he nods softly, glancing to me then back down to my hand.

"She will be perfectly fine in a week or so" he says softly and I nod a little, sipping my tea, relaxing as the hot sweet drink hits my tongue.

Once I'm all bandaged up Donna decides to call it a night, but of course before she goes she threatens me to make sure I will eat something before I myself go to bed, and of course I listen, because, come on, she's a scary woman when she wants to be, and I'd rather not get on her bad side.

Me and the Doctor walk in silence to the kitchen, but once inside I stop, still holding my cup of tea to my chest a little as I look around tiredly, opening the fridge to see if anything sounded good, I sigh softly and shut it before wandering to the pantry.

I jump and nearly drop my cup as the Doctor comes up behind me into the walk in pantry, gently wrapping his arms around my waist from behind, pulling me back against his chest, I stiffen a little at first, still nervous about everything, but I soon relax and lean more against him tiredly, looking up to see he's already watching me, looking worried and exhausted.

I manage a tired smile up at him "I'm sorry for causing such a mess today" I say softly but he shakes his head, kissing my forehead softly.

"There is always some sort of mess going on around us, I expect it now...just...promise me, next time something like this has to happen, tell me before hand, I don't care about spoilers if it's something this important" he says softly.

I nod and press my tired mind to his "I promise, though I can't think of any other times I will need to do something so...drastic" I murmur, frowning a little as I try to push those stupid thoughts away again.

He tightens his arms around me gently, smiling softly "then we don't need to worry at all, we can get through anything" he says softly, I smile a little and nod, setting my mug down on a shelf before turning in his arms and hugging his middle gently, still nervous about if the shot had actually left a mark.

We stay standing there for probably a good ten minutes, both of us exhausted and just wanting to sleep, I yawn for probably the 15th time before sighing and pressing my face into his chest gently "why did I promise Donna I'd eat first...? I'm so tired" I mumble, voice muffled against his suit.

He chuckles a little and kisses the top of my head again "why don't we just tell her we ate and be done with it?" He asks, I sigh softly.

"Because Donna is too smart for us and will know, that or the Tardis will tell her" I say softly, relaxing more into his touch, keeping my eyes closed tiredly.

After some more time of just standing there I give in as my stomach growls and we grab a bit of food, the Doctor stopping me from just eating a bowl of ice cream, then we head to our room tiredly.

I go into the closet and find some comfortable sweatpants and one of the Doctors t-shirts before going into the bathroom to change, once done I come back out to see the Doctor still changing, though nearly done as he goes to pull on his sleep shirt, my face heats up but I stiffen when I see a bright red mark slightly showing on his side, I come over quickly, stopping him from pulling his shirt on as I turn him, my heart sinking as I see the bright pink burn on his chest.

He stiffens and frowns, I look up at him sadly "why did you lie?" I ask softly, he sighs softly and pulls on his shirt quickly.

"Because you don't need to worry about me, I'm perfectly fine, it will heal in a few hours" he insists, gently taking my hands in his.

"Rose, I'm alright, I promise" he says softly, I gently grip his hands, but I nod a little numbly, I almost hadn't really processed that I had shot him until now, and now it felt way too real.

He guides me over to the bed and pulls back the covers "come on, Love. We can worry about things in the morning, we both need sleep" he says softly, I nod softly, trying to stay calm and not burst into tears, knowing it wouldn't help anything.

He crawls into bed first before gently pulling me down to join him, I hesitate nervously to get close, afraid I'd hurt the burn on his chest but he pulls me close, pulling the blankets over us and cradling me close to him, I sigh shakily and close my eyes, pressing closer and wrapping one arm around his side, moving slowly and gently.

He softly kisses my forehead as the lights dim, I yawn tiredly again before starting to doze off, feeling safe and warm.


I may or may not be posting this at an unholy hour because I was bingeing some of tens episodes with my teen brother until 2am...

Hope you enjoyed this angsty mess!

Love you all dearly!

~Rose~