A/N: ASDFJKL YAY I FINALLY UPDATED! I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. I tried prompt after prompt, but nothing seemed to come out right until today in health class this cute little scene popped into my head. I'm super busy now, so another update might not come for a while, but I promise, good things come to those who wait!

"So, where are we going next?" Rose asked as she flopped down in the jump seat.

"I think I'll take you to Meridiem today. Well, not today. Specifically, I'll take you to Meridiem on what, according to the Gregorian calendar, would be roughly July 26th, 5193."

"Yeah? What's so special about that day?"

"Meridiem has two suns. That is the first and only day in documented history where they experience nearly simultaneous solar flares, exciting the atoms in the atmosphere and producing possibly the most brilliant light show in the entire universe." He grinned. "You in?"

"It's pouring cats and dogs out here!" Rose cried, pushing her wet hair out of her face as she stepped outside the TARDIS.

The Doctor tilted his head back and looked up at the rain. "Hm. Yes, well, so it is. Strange, for a planet with two suns this is an awful lot of rain..."

She shivered. "I'm going back inside the TARDIS."

He looked back down at her. "Oh, no. Don't do that. I thought you wanted to see the solar flares."

"Well, yeah," she shrugged, "But I don't really…" Suddenly, a smile spread across her face and she let out a giggle.

"What?"

"It's just…oh god..." she laughed. "You look ridiculous."

His mop of scraggly brown hair was plastered to his head, sticking up awkwardly in some places and completely compressed in others. Water was dripping into his eyes and down his face, falling in a steady stream off his nose. His suit was drenched, and his trainers were sodden.

"Oi!" he scoffed. "Not like you look much better!

She reached up under her eye and wiped away a trail of black mascara. "Oh." She blushed and choked out a breathy laugh. "That's embarrassing."

"No, it's alright, it doesn't look that bad." he reassured her.

She raised an eyebrow.

"Well, at least you don't look any worse than me!"

She smiled and looked down at her feet. "Will we even be able to see the solar flares? With these clouds and all?"

"Oh, yeah. The storm should be over in, ooh, maybe an hour's time?"

"So I guess we should just sit here and wait it out, then."

"Well, you can go back in the TARDIS if you really want to. But I'm going to stay out here."

"Can I at least go get a few things first?"

Two and a half hours later, when they're sitting on a blanket, warm and dry under a tarp, the Doctor wakes Rose from the nap she was taking on his shoulder and simply points up. And there, hovering in the sky, is the most majestic sight Rose has ever seen. The space that was grey just a short time ago has blossomed into a waving canvas of dancing lights, stretching all the way to the horizon and leaving iridescent trails across her face. She gazes up in wonder, the colors reflecting in her eyes, and the Doctor has to fight the urge to kiss her right then and there. Her face is covered in makeup, her hair damp and frizzy, and she's never looked more disheveled, but at the same time, she's never looked more gorgeous.

"It's beautiful." she murmurs in awe.

"You're beautiful." He realizes too late he's said that aloud and is grappling for a cover up when Rose, with nothing more than a small smile, grabs his hand and rests her head against his shoulder. Slowly, as if afraid he'll shatter the moment, he puts an arm around her and pulls her closer. They sit this way until the lights are long gone from the sky and it's just them and the stars.