So I'm back again, posting another drabble when I should be working on Reincarnation.
This is an AU of Journey's End, because god dammit I want something fluffy and happy and YOU CAN'T STOP ME! I have a lot of RosexTen feels, and I needed some happiness in a sea of angst.
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It had been too long. As she looked at his face for the first time in years, she couldn't help but feel every tear she had shed, all the pain she had felt, the sleepless nights she had spent thinking about him, wash away. She had to pinch herself to make sure this wasn't some sick dream that she would wake up alone, still trapped in that cursed parallel universe.
But nothing happened. Her pinstriped Doctor stood at the other end of the street, beside Donna. His face was a mixture of shock and joy and she couldn't help a choked sob escaping her mouth. For the first time in what felt like years though, it wasn't tears of pain, but of joy.
She started moving towards him, slowly at first, picking up speed as she went. He did the same and they soon met in the middle. She didn't fall into his arms like she had imagined herself doing so many times, but instead lifted a hand to touch his cheek.
God his skin even felt the same. Smooth and cool to the touch, all screaming the Doctor to her. Another sob forced it way up and she let out a laugh. The Time lord leaned into her touch and closed his eyes. She did the same, revelling in his closeness. Noise erupted around the pair, but hearing the familiar laugh of Jack Harkness and smelling the familiar smell of her gun's discharge, Rose knew they had a few more minutes left.
"Doctor" she managed, wiping her cheeks off the best she could. The Time Lord opened his eyes and his gaze was met with the most amazing sight. His Rose, his pink and yellow human, the love of his lives. He hadn't made it all up. She was actually standing in front of him. He swore his two hearts faltered for a moment of time.
"Rose Tyler" He said, the name rolling off his tongue. The name rolled off his tongue. As soon as the name left his lips, the human had made up the short distance between the two and wrapped her arms around him in the tightest hug she had ever given. She felt almost the same, if not a little bit skinnier, the Doctor couldn't help but notice.
They stood in each others arms for a few moments, everything they hadn't said to one another being said.
"OI SPACEMAN! DON'T WE HAVE A BLOODY PLANET TO BE SAVING?"
Donna's loud voice echoed around them and Rose and the Doctor reluctantly moved away from each other, hands still clasped together. Both Jack and Donna had wide grins on their faces and Rose noticed the remains of another Dalek sitting a few feet away. Looking back to Jack, the captain lifted a heavy duty looking gun and grinned, similar to the one she had shot the first Dalek only minutes ago.
The Doctor looked over to Rose, then to their joined hands, before grinning broadly and shouting "Allons-y!"
As if the walls of space hadn't separated them for two years, they set off at a run, past Jack and Donna towards the TARDIS, not waiting to see if they followed.
They had an universe to save after all.
It was over. The planets were replaced, the Daleks destroyed and the fabric of reality itself saved. Jack, Mickey and Martha had been dropped off, along with Sarah Jane seen off safe and sound. The Doctor had returned Jackie to the parallel universe and a heartbreaking moment he feared that Rose would want to stay. His fears were not sustained as after making her tearful goodbyes as well as pushing a set of letters into her mother's hands and she moved back to hold his hand. Donna watched from the doorway of the TARDIS.
The temp had been quiet ever since they had dropped off Jack and the others in Cardiff. The Doctor had barely noticed, his excitement and adrenaline still high. Rose on the other hand, had noticed and was curios. The few times she had met Donna Noble before she had seemed loud and full of life. Now she was quiet and withdrawn though, and Rose was determined to find out why.
The Doctor had his hands full getting the TARDIS through the closing walls of the universe so Rose slipped out, letting the TARDIS guide her towards Donna.
"Thanks old girl" Rose whispered stroking the wall feeling a soft nudge at the back of her mind in acknowledgement.
A single doorway sat in front of the blonde, so she gently knocked. Getting no response she knocked again before pushing the door open. An open suitcase lay on the bed and the red headed temp was facing what Rose was left to assume was her closet. She was packing.
"Donna?"
The temp spun around, her hands filled with clothing. She smiled weakly at Rose, but continued towards the bed.
"I figured with you back and all I better start packing up my stuff now. Let you two get on where ya left off an' all."
She refused to meet Rose's eyes and the blonde girl suddenly understood. Donna felt that with Rose back in the picture, she was no longer important in the scheme of things. Just a temp from Chiswick, not someone who had saved the universe.
"Better not be leaving on my account. I mean you've been travelling with the Doctor for a while now, you know what it's like. The daft idiot isn't always the best to talk to. It's nice to have someone else around." She could see the redhead was still doubtful, so she quickly added "We both want you here. Stay"
Rose left Donna surrounded by half packed stuff and she swore that as the door shut that Donna had started unpacking. With a smile on her lips, the blonde made her way back to the console room.
After making sure they had made it through safe and flying through the vortex, the Doctor turned and for a moment panicked when Rose wasn't there. This was too cruel a dream, so when the TARDIS nudged his brain he turned with a wide smile to see his Rose standing at the edge of the room.
They met in the middle once more and after double checking they were alone, grabbed her face between his hands and planted a kiss on her. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders as they snogged like teenagers in the middle of the console room. When he finally pulled back, both were breathing heavily. Their foreheads met and the Doctor could not help but reach up and push a bit of her hair out of her face.
"Rose Tyler, I love you"
"I love you too, Doctor."
As they stared at each other, the Doctor couldn't help but ask something he had asked once before.
"How long are you gonna stay with me?"
"Forever"
They sealed the words with another kiss. The Oncoming Storm and the Valiant child were united once more.
