Yes, got all 22 published before my sister's wedding. As always, I do not own the song or characters.
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Former companion Graham O'Brien feels a buzzing in his pocket, thinking it is his phone with Ryan calling he takes it out. "No, it wasn't you." He feels around in his pockets as the psychic paper buzzes again. "What the?" He opens it to find a message.
'Bolivian volcano,' with the coordinates.
"On it Doc." Little did he know it wasn't the Doctor that sent that message, it was the TARDIS. He makes some calls and gets a ride to the volcano.
As he makes his way around a corner he sees a bat then a beautiful woman. She reads right through him. He follows after her and is that second enamored with her. They blow up the Daleks, while he wants to get out safely; something in him wants to stay with her.
'Down the block, there's an antique shop
And something in my head said, "Stop," so I walked in
On the counter was a cardboard box
And the sign said, "Photos: twenty-five cents each"
Black and white, saw a '30s bride
And school lovers laughin' on the porch of their first house
The kinda love that you only find once in a lifetime
The kind you don't put down
And that's when I called you and it's so hard to explain
But in those photos, I saw us instead
And, somehow, I know that you and I would've found each other
In another life, you still would've turned my head even if we'd met'
Tegan looks around the room to find her friend and the guy they met a few months ago share another look. She swears she watched as her friend bites the inside of her lip trying to discreetly flirt with the man. After the meeting Tegan goes up to her. "Ace and Graham sitting in the," she gets elbowed in the gut.
"Shut it, the whole world doesn't need to know I like him." Ace tries to whisper angrily to her friend.
"So the whole world is this small group now?"
"It is growing now isn't it," Ace points out as Graham walks up to them.
"What are you two gossiping about?"
"Nothing," Ace quickly replies as Tegan gets a smile.
"Oh not nothing, just how the two of you like each other, and should go on a date."
"Tegan," Ace says, not seeing Graham as he rubs the back of his neck.
"About that," he tries to get Ace's attention. She turns to face him with a questioning look. "I have been trying to find a way to ask you out on a date for a few months now."
"Why haven't you asked then?"
"I was afraid you would say no."
As she moves away from Tegan and steps closer to Graham, she pulls him closer to her and kisses him. "What does that tell you?" Graham blinks for a few seconds. "You didn't have to be afraid; I would have said yes."
"Really?"
"Yes, I like you a lot Graham. I didn't ask you out, because I wanted you to be ready."
"I am ready. So next Saturday?"
"Sounds good, want to meet somewhere or pick me up?"
"Pick you up?" Ace kisses his check in answer. He smiles at her and leaves.
"No shopping next weekend?"
"You can help me pick out something to wear to take his breath away."
"You could wear a brown paper bag and that will do it for him."
'On a crowded street in 1944
And you were headed off to fight in the war
You still would've been mine
We would have been timeless
I would've read your love letters every single night
And prayed to God you'd be comin' home all right
And you would've been fine
We would have been timeless
'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this
So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine
We would've been timeless'
Graham walks up to her door and knocks twice. Tegan opens it. "She's up there getting ready. Nyssa is helping her." She looks to find that Graham is holding flowers and some chocolates. "Before I go and see if she is ready; I need to ask you this?" She watches as he rocks back and forth on his feet. "What are your intentions with our girl?"
"She has captured my heart. If she gives me hers I will forever cherish it."
"Good, I'll be right back." Tegan heads up the stairs as Graham tries to calm his nerves. "Damn, you look amazing Ace, Graham won't know what hit him," Tegan tells her friend as she comes into the room.
"Is it too much? Why is this date so different than any I have had?"
"You have known him longer than anyone you went on a first date with, and you already are in love with him," Nyssa lightly says to her friend.
"I."
"Ace, it is clear to me, look how long I hid my love for Tegan."
"And Tegan for you."
"Exactly, now go and make that man forget his name." She taps Ace's butt to get her moving. Tegan and Nyssa watch on like proud parents as Graham hands Ace her flowers and chocolates, and smile as their friend tries to hold back a blush as they leave.
'I had to smile when it caught my eye
There was one of a teenage couple in the driveway
Holdin' hands on the way to a dance
And the date on the back said 1958
Which brought me back to the first time I saw you
Time stood still like somethin' in this old shop
I thought about it as I started lookin' 'round
At these precious things that time forgot
That's when I came upon a book covered in cobwebs
Story of a romance torn apart by fate
Hundreds of years ago, they fell in love, like we did
And I'd die for you in the same way if I first saw your face'
Ace and Graham have been seeing each other for a few months now, they are lounging on her couch watching a movie, when something makes Ace jump. As she jumps, a hologram pops up.
"Is everything ok Ace?" Graham stares in shock as he sees the Doctor Ace has described in front of them.
"Professor, what are you doing here," Ace starts to go stiff so Graham starts to rub her shoulder. The Doctor notices it.
"I see you don't need me."
"We are watching a movie."
"Are the two of you together?"
"We are." Ace replies with a large smile on her face.
"I'm glad, he's a good one."
"He is right here."
Ace turns to him, "I know," she kisses him then.
'In the fifteen hundreds off in a foreign land
And I was forced to marry another man
You still would've been mine
We would have been timeless
I would've read your love letters every single night
And run away and left it all behind
You still would've been mine
We would've been timeless
'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this
So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine
We would've been timeless'
"Ace," Graham knocks on her bedroom door. "We are going to be late. Jo needs us."
"I know, I just don't know what to wear to something like this, come in." He enters to find Ace in just a slip.
"Are you sure you want me in here, you're not exactly dressed."
"Can you tell me what color is best for Jo's ceremony for her award about her time in UNIT?"
"According to her, her Doctor wore orange a lot." He points at the red dress.
"This is red."
"I know, but it's close." She unzips it then steps in.
"Please help, zip me up." He zips her up, she finds a necklace. Graham takes it from her and fastens it around her neck.
"You look amazing, I love you."
Ace turns around, "did you just say, what I think you just said."
"Maybe, did you hear me say, I love you?"
"I did," she gets an inch away from him. "I love you too." The two meet in a slow kiss.
'Time breaks down your mind and body
Don't you let it touch your soul
It was like an age-old classic
The first time that you saw me
The story started when you said, "Hello"'
The following Christmas; Ace, Graham and Ryan are over at Tegan and Nyssa's. While Ryan is in a corner talking to Graham, Tegan plops down next to Ace. "So you are going the distance."
"What do you mean?"
"You and Graham, you brought him here for Christmas. You have never done that."
"I am thinking about asking Graham to move in with me."
"Doesn't he already live with you?"
"No."
"He's always there, and I mean always."
"I guess he is," Graham looks at Ace and the two share a smile.
'In a crowded room a few short years ago
And sometimes there's no proof, you just know
You're always gonna be mine
We're gonna be
I'm gonna love you when our hair is turnin' gray
We'll have a cardboard box of photos of the life we've made
And you'll say, "Oh my, we really were timeless"'
Not a month later, Graham is carrying a box into the condo when Ace comes running out. "Welcome home."
"Home," he looks at her.
"Please save that until after I leave. I finally got my house to myself," Ryan jokes.
"This is my first time living with someone that I love more than a friend," adds Ace as she goes to take a box from the car. Hours later Ryan has gone home. Ace and Graham are laying in their bed.
"This has been home for a while now," Graham quietly says.
"Why do you say that?"
"They say home is where the heart is, and my heart is with you."
"My heart is always with you Graham," the two kiss and show each other how much they love each other.
'We're gonna be timeless, timeless
You still would've been mine
We would've been
Even if we'd met on a crowded street in 1944
You still would've been mine
We would've been'
Ryan gets a knock on the door one sunny afternoon. "Ace, what are you doing here? Is Graham ok?"
"He's more than ok, just doing an errand for Kate, well I asked Kate to get him to do something."
"Why?"
"So I have time to do a few things."
"What things?"
"Visit your Gran's grave and to see you. Can I come in," Ryan can see how nervous Ace is.
"What is going on?"
"You know that I love Graham and only ever want to see him happy right?"
"Yes, are you breaking up with him; that would do the exact opposite."
"God no, it is not that. Never that. I love him. I went to see your Gran's grave to tell her that both of you are important to me and that if Graham says yes to my question that you will have a place in our family, because you are family."
"Question and family?"
"I am going to ask him to marry me."
"He has told me that he is ready for the next step with you; just wasn't sure you were ready."
"I am, so are you ok with me asking him to marry me? I won't do it otherwise."
"I would be more than happy if the two of you got married."
"Really, thank you." Ace goes over to hug him as her phone rings.
"Graham," Ace looks at Ryan, "he gets the same way when you call, a large smile."
'Down the block, there's an antique shop
And somethin' in my head said, "Stop," so I walked in'
The day has come, Ace and Graham are finally getting married. Everyone is there from the Support Group Meetings and laughing while Ace is getting ready. "Come on Ace, just a little bit of makeup, it's your wedding day afterall," Tegan says.
"Yes, and my soon to be husband doesn't care about that."
"Nyssa please help me."
"Tegan, you and Ace have been having the same argument for weeks, actually months. It is her wedding. She knows better what Graham likes."
"Thank you Nyssa."
"Fine, have it your way."
"It's my wedding."
"I know that Ace." A few hours later the ceremony is over and Ace and Graham are sharing their first dance.
"It may have taken me many years to find you, but I am glad I did. I love you Graham O'Brien."
"I am glad that I ended up in that volcano. I love you too, Dorothy McShane-O'Brien."