Credo

[preserved_ginger]

Title: Credo
Rating: PG-13
Setting: At some unspecified point post-The Fires of Pompeii
Character(s): Ten. Rose (off-camera).
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
A/N: Inspired by, but no spoilers for, 4X02 (The Fires of Pompeii). The title is Latin, from the Christian Nicene Creed, and translates as "I believe".
Summary: I dwell upon the words I'd never said

I cannot hold thee, for thou art not here;
Yet I'll not grieve thee, as thou art not dead.
But thoughts of thee reduce me, still, to tears;
I dwell upon the words I'd never said:
Thou always wert the apple of mine eye,
The one for whom my sun both rose and set,
And I can't fathom how it is that I
Had never told thee that I lov'd thee, yet
I think that I could never love thee more.
Believe me when I tell thee that mine hearts
Still belong both to thee, yet feel both sore
And sorrowful because we are apart;
And thou shouldst know that, though we bid adieu,
My mind, my soul, my body are still true.

Comments

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

I'm still a bit meeved that they didn't give a TSR shout-out (the referenced way on back to The Romans instead), but this makes me feel much better!

Ah, but to shout out for The Stone Rose would probably be too overtly shippy for them (although given that they're all onboard for the Doctor/Rose 'ship, it wouldn't have hurt).

Glad I made you feel better about it though!