The Proof's in the Testing

Title: The Proof's in the Testing
Character(s): Ten. Rose mentioned passim
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
Rating: PG
A/N: What possessed the Doctor to send Rose into the parallel universe? This drabble explores his motivation a little. The summary is from Walking Away, by C. Day Lewis. The text of the cut is from The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot.
Setting: Doomsday
Disclaimer: I am borrowing, without permission, what will never be mine.
Summary: Love is proved in the letting go.

( These fragments I have shored against my ruins. )

Tested, and Not Found Wanting

Title: Tested, and Not Found Wanting
Character(s): Rose. Ten mentioned passim
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
Rating: PG
A/N: Rose's thoughts on why the Doctor has sent her into the parallel universe. A companion piece to The Proof's in the Testing. The summary is an amended line from The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot.
Setting: Doomsday
Disclaimer: I am borrowing, without permission, what will never be mine.
Summary: She's his perpetual star.

( The ties that bind can choke you, in the end. )

Touch

Title: Touch
Character(s): Ten, Rose
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
Rating: PG
Setting: Doomsday
Disclaimer: I am borrowing, without permission, what will never be mine.
Summary: There's nothing good about this situation, but the worst thing?

( He can't *touch* her. )

He Who Would Valiant Be

Title: He Who Would Valiant Be
Character(s): Ten, Jack, Master
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
Rating: PG
Setting: Last of the Time Lords
A/N: The title is from the hymn by Percy Dearmer, who wrote a modernised version of John Bunyan's poem Who Would True Valour See for the English Hymnal (thanks to tree_and_leaf for the info!)
Disclaimer: I am borrowing, without permission, what will never be mine.
Summary: He's close to breaking point.

( And who knows how long it'll take him before he passes it? )