The Proof's in the Testing
Nov. 18th, 2007 02:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
preserved_gingerTitle: 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.
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.
He knows what she said, but he’s not completely sure she meant it.
He’ll test her, that’s what he’ll do; he’ll send her into that parallel universe, where she’d have her parents and everything else she’d ever wanted, and he’ll see if she comes back. He doesn’t think she will. It’ll be hard, for him to forget her, but he’ll manage.
“Doctor?”
He spins 'round to look at her, struck dumb momentarily with disbelieving joy.
“I made my choice a long time ago, and I’m never gonna leave you.”
She’d come back. Maybe he could believe “for ever”, after all?
