Who Fic - Half a World Away
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sapphire_childTitle: Half a World Away
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/warnings: PG
Genre: angst, romance
Character/s: Ten/Rose, Donna
Spoilers: The Stolen Earth
Summary: This – he thinks – this is the most amazing feeling in the world. To want and miss somebody for so long and then to know that finally, finally you can have them. And even better, to not be afraid of wanting them. Ten’s thoughts during that scene in TSE.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all it’s associated characters/situations etc do not belong to me, I’m just borrowing them. Lyrics in the cut and used for the title are from Half a World Away by Secret Garden.
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“Why don’t you ask her yourself?”
He’s so shocked by her answer that it takes him longer than it should to realise the full implications behind Donna’s words. When her eyes flicker to a point just over his shoulder the Doctor finally manages to stop gawking long enough to wheel around and scan the street. From Donna’s words he’s half expecting Rose to be standing right behind him and so it takes him a moment to focus properly on the slightly built figure padding slowly down the road towards them.
Even from so far away he can see that the posture is stiffer and more confident than what he remembers of Rose, this woman’s stride is longer and more purposeful. In contrast the blonde hair, heart shaped face and slight build are all achingly familiar. But this – this can’t be real – and how cruel of his senses to trick him like this after missing her for so long.
He squints and tries to convince himself that through the smoke and the debris she could be anyone, any blonde woman wandering around the streets of London. He considers taking a step back and reaching for the safety and comfort of Donna’s hand but then the woman at the end of the street sees him watching her and she halts in her tracks.
They stare at each other for only a moment.
And then she smiles warmly at him and even from so far away he knows.
He turns completely towards her, still utterly gobsmacked.
And then she begins to move towards him.
His body mirrors her actions before he’s even really thought about it. His legs move first and then his arms follow suit, pumping harder and harder as he moves from a walk to a rapid jog into an all out sprint in mere seconds.
She’s running now too, her emotions as wide and open on her face as his are. The gun she carries is awkward and heavy against her hip but despite it, she’s running with a quiet sort of desperation that he’s seen from her too many times before to not recognise.
It’s the same expression she wore when she ran to him in the TARDIS after the impossible planet, when she’d been released from her possession by Cassandra. The same expression she had when she first agreed to come with him and came running into the TARDIS so long ago.
More than words, this is her way of saying ‘I’m home’ and ‘I love you’ without a damned thing being said at all. Seeing that expression on her face after so long...his love for her swells to bursting point and he can’t keep himself from breaking into a giddy smile even as he dodges through the wreckage towards her.
This – he thinks – this is the most amazing feeling in the world. To want and miss somebody for so long and then to know that finally, finally you can have them. And even better, to not be afraid of wanting them.
Because he wants her – oh yes he wants her. More than anything else in the whole universe he wants her in his arms again.
This is the first time in his long, long life that he’s ever run towards something, to someone.
And he’s not stopping for anything.
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/warnings: PG
Genre: angst, romance
Character/s: Ten/Rose, Donna
Spoilers: The Stolen Earth
Summary: This – he thinks – this is the most amazing feeling in the world. To want and miss somebody for so long and then to know that finally, finally you can have them. And even better, to not be afraid of wanting them. Ten’s thoughts during that scene in TSE.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all it’s associated characters/situations etc do not belong to me, I’m just borrowing them. Lyrics in the cut and used for the title are from Half a World Away by Secret Garden.
“Why don’t you ask her yourself?”
He’s so shocked by her answer that it takes him longer than it should to realise the full implications behind Donna’s words. When her eyes flicker to a point just over his shoulder the Doctor finally manages to stop gawking long enough to wheel around and scan the street. From Donna’s words he’s half expecting Rose to be standing right behind him and so it takes him a moment to focus properly on the slightly built figure padding slowly down the road towards them.
Even from so far away he can see that the posture is stiffer and more confident than what he remembers of Rose, this woman’s stride is longer and more purposeful. In contrast the blonde hair, heart shaped face and slight build are all achingly familiar. But this – this can’t be real – and how cruel of his senses to trick him like this after missing her for so long.
He squints and tries to convince himself that through the smoke and the debris she could be anyone, any blonde woman wandering around the streets of London. He considers taking a step back and reaching for the safety and comfort of Donna’s hand but then the woman at the end of the street sees him watching her and she halts in her tracks.
They stare at each other for only a moment.
And then she smiles warmly at him and even from so far away he knows.
He turns completely towards her, still utterly gobsmacked.
And then she begins to move towards him.
His body mirrors her actions before he’s even really thought about it. His legs move first and then his arms follow suit, pumping harder and harder as he moves from a walk to a rapid jog into an all out sprint in mere seconds.
She’s running now too, her emotions as wide and open on her face as his are. The gun she carries is awkward and heavy against her hip but despite it, she’s running with a quiet sort of desperation that he’s seen from her too many times before to not recognise.
It’s the same expression she wore when she ran to him in the TARDIS after the impossible planet, when she’d been released from her possession by Cassandra. The same expression she had when she first agreed to come with him and came running into the TARDIS so long ago.
More than words, this is her way of saying ‘I’m home’ and ‘I love you’ without a damned thing being said at all. Seeing that expression on her face after so long...his love for her swells to bursting point and he can’t keep himself from breaking into a giddy smile even as he dodges through the wreckage towards her.
This – he thinks – this is the most amazing feeling in the world. To want and miss somebody for so long and then to know that finally, finally you can have them. And even better, to not be afraid of wanting them.
Because he wants her – oh yes he wants her. More than anything else in the whole universe he wants her in his arms again.
This is the first time in his long, long life that he’s ever run towards something, to someone.
And he’s not stopping for anything.
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Date: 2009-01-20 06:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-20 07:59 pm (UTC)But wait, Doctor look OUT! Crap.
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Date: 2009-01-21 02:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-21 03:14 am (UTC)LOVE IT. :D
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Date: 2009-01-21 05:15 am (UTC)I can't say I want to deny what happened next, if only because I love Ten II and Rose so much. But in an alternate reality? Oh yes, we can have a big smushing hug and kiss, without a Dalek in sight, the moment you fade to black. :)
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Date: 2009-01-22 07:33 am (UTC)"This is the first time in his long, long life that he’s ever run towards something, to someone."
This is inspired: a brief and simple statement, but very powerful in its implication, and something I hadn't really grasped until now.
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Date: 2009-01-25 05:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-28 05:30 pm (UTC)Damn that Dalek, he just ruined the moment!
The running was the best part... but I do love watching David Tennant's facial expressions. They are something to behold!
But love love love this!
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Date: 2010-04-13 02:27 am (UTC)Aww.. poor Doctor at the mercy of The Powers That Be. Forever running to Rose and never being able to keep her.
Lovely fic! I loved it. Reading the comments got me thinking about AU. Just think, if she'd been closer in or he hadn't taken off toward her, then she might have been the one shot:-( There's angst for you. Glad RTD decided that Rose dying was not an option.
Love your works! It was a new way for me to think about it. It really is powerful imagery for the Doctor, having been running from everything his whole life to run to the one person that makes him happy. So happy! Love DT's emotion - pure joy. Made my little shipper heart about explode. And then they pulled the rug out.
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