One Last Chance

[preserved_ginger]

Title: One Last Chance
Character(s): Rose Tyler, The Doctor
Pairing(s): Doctor/Rose
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Borrowed, sans permission.
Notes: I'm going back to my drabble roots in an attempt to kick-start the Muse; 100 words in MS-Word. All italicised dialogue is from the episode. This is unbeta-ed, so any and all errors are mine.
Summary: She wants something of him to hold on to, for the lonely times ahead.

"And I suppose... if it's one last chance to say it..."

She catches her breath, trying to stop the tears; she doesn't want his last memory of her to be of her weeping and inconsolable. She almost manages it.

She's just said she loves him; and not for the first time. "Quite right too" his response, as it's always been hitherto; a private joke between them to the end.

But if he will just say the words himself, as he often almost has, she'll have something concrete to sustain her through the darkness that she knows is coming.

"Rose Tyler..."

Comments

[mtemplar.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Poor Rose! It's amazing the depth of feeling you are able to convey with only 100 words. Lovely.

[rjrog77.livejournal.com]

I'm quite surprised I managed to pull this off; I thought I'd need a double-drabble to get everything in I wanted.

Glad to hear it worked and you like it :)