Six

[preserved_ginger]

Title: Six
Character(s), in order of appearance: Ten. Mention throughout of Rose.
Pairing: Ten/Rose
Rating: 12
A/N: Coming to terms with this is more difficult than I’d expected ... hence these drabble!fics. This particular one comes from seeing a parallel between Ten’s behaviour on the beach in Journey’s End and his treatment of Harriet Jones in The Christmas Invasion.
Disclaimer: Not mine
Spoilers: Journey’s End; I’ve borrowed language and themes also from The Christmas Invasion.
Summary: Six words.

Six words. Just six. Six words in which he comes the closest he’s been in years to admitting to somebody just how much he needs them. And although he needs Rose more now than ever, the treacherous little voice in his head keeps telling him how he doesn’t deserve her and how, now his double is “a completely new man”, he should give her up for her own good.

She knows how he feels about her. She has to know. He’s done everything but say it.

And yet —

“He needs you. That’s very me.”

Just six. Six words.

Six.

Comments

[catsfiction.livejournal.com]

Well spotted indeed. RTD is quite wonderful at writing that kind of heart-wrenching, very English emotional awkwardness, isn't he, and that's why I forgive him so much.

And David Tennant is wonderful at presenting the convoluted feelings of "I love you but I hate myself. You love me. Ergo, I despise you."

I've just seen him doing the same thing to Ophelia. Ouch.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

That icon of yours, sadly, is pretty much how I feel about Rose after having seen this year’s finale. They built it up so much, and then did what they did ... *sighs*

Anyway ...

Well spotted indeed. RTD is quite wonderful at writing that kind of heart-wrenching, very English emotional awkwardness, isn't he, and that's why I forgive him so much.

He is very, very good at it; the Doctor is about as good at talking about his emotions and things that he cherishes as I am, and I’m hopeless at it. I’m not sure I’d go as far as forgiving RTD for Journey’s End just yet, mind.

And David Tennant is wonderful at presenting the convoluted feelings of "I love you but I hate myself. You love me. Ergo, I despise you."

This is also true. Although given how this season ended I wonder if they sold us all a crock back in ’95 when they seemed so adamant that yes, the Doctor loved Rose ...