That pain – her pain, and he’d have done anything at all to spare her this – on top of everything else was almost more than he could take; he was scared, so very scared, that he’d regenerate and her return would all be for nothing because she wouldn’t want to come with him, wouldn’t want to learn to love a new him all over again. He couldn’t lose her, not again, it would break him – and it was that all-encompassing fear, more than anything else, that brought him close to tears.
And equally, I think she's worried he might turn into someone who doesn't want her anymore.
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And equally, I think she's worried he might turn into someone who doesn't want her anymore.