He watches her, watches the fond touch along the TARDIS, and only steps in after her half a second later. He pulls the door shut, sealing the world away for the time being. And in that moment he exhales a breath that he hadn't realized he'd been holding. She's really here, back in the familiar surroundings where they had spent so much time together, flung across time and space but safe and secure within the TARDIS.
The Doctor is quieter than he usually is, all the words that are usually so ready to spill out of him in a burst of whatever emotion has taken him are still and absent.
Rose. His Rose. His chest aches, but it's a sweet sort of pain. "Then stay. As long as you can, stay." But that was the kicker wasn't it? He didn't know what brought her here, or if it would unravel and take her away again. But oh he planned on finding out.
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Date: 2019-07-15 04:50 pm (UTC)The Doctor is quieter than he usually is, all the words that are usually so ready to spill out of him in a burst of whatever emotion has taken him are still and absent.
Rose. His Rose. His chest aches, but it's a sweet sort of pain. "Then stay. As long as you can, stay." But that was the kicker wasn't it? He didn't know what brought her here, or if it would unravel and take her away again. But oh he planned on finding out.