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Title: Hopping
Character(s): Ten. Mentions throughout of Rose.
Pairing: pre-Ten/Rose
Rating: U (UK) / G (US)
Disclaimer: Not mine
A/N: A piece based around the Children in Need special from 2005 (that still doesn’t have a name).
Spoilers: None
Summary: One time we had to hop.

“Remember hopping for your life? Yeah?! Hop? With the...”

He’s babbling, and he knows he is, but he needs to keep this conversation alive. He’s desperate not to lose her, but thinks his previous incarnation’s failure to tell her about regeneration might just have tipped that balance against him.

She’s not saying anything. She’s barely looking at him, even, and he’s terrified. He died for love of her; the idea that doing so may mean he has lost her for ever cuts him deeply.

At the thought of that the enthusiasm in his tone fades, and he stops hopping.

“...no?”