Still Believing

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Title: Still Believing
Character(s): Ten. Rose (off-camera). Mention of Donna
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
Rating: PG-13
Beta(s): principia_coh
Disclaimer: I am not the BBC!
Setting/Spoilers: Dialogue spoiler for 4X01; general spoiler for 3X13.
A/N: The quote at the beginning is from The Apple Tree Carol
Summary: Rose never quite left him.

This fruit doth make my soul to thrive;
It keeps my dying faith alive

In the year following Canary Wharf – and again through The Year That Never Was – Rose never quite left him.

He’d not let her.

He’d cocooned her in his memory, stubbornly refusing to forget either her or what they were to each other. She was always somewhere in the back of his mind, talking to him; where he could draw comfort from her when there was no other to be found.

Small wonder Donna found getting him to give away any of his Rose, after that first “still lost”, was about as easy as chasing a raindrop out of a hurricane.

Comments

[thatlibrarylady.livejournal.com]

Oh this is so true. She never seems to be very far from him. Loved the last line. Beautiful.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Oh this is so true. She never seems to be very far from him.

I don’t think he’s capable of letting her go, whether or not he wants to, y’know.

Loved the last line. Beautiful.

Thanks, glad you like it!

[andshehopes.livejournal.com]

oh, i love it.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[starlightmoonla.livejournal.com]

Very beautiful. I also believe that Rose was always a part of him, especially during the harder times after Canary Warf.

Great job! :D

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

I think it was either like I have it here, or something to do with the TARDIS. He never let her go — Season Three shows us that, quite clearly.

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

Good job!

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[canuck-kat.livejournal.com]

Awww.... that was sweet! *squeees*

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[requialexa.livejournal.com]

as easy as chasing a raindrop out of a hurricane.

Wow! That line just flat does it for me. Wow. It's such a powerful image, and describes so well trying to get *any* information out of the Doctor, but esp getting info about Rose out of Ten.

Well done!

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

He’s a jealously possessive man, is our Doctor about Rose, I’ve noticed.