That surprises her a little as well, although she feels even more reassured when he smiles at her like that, when he touches her hair and her face. Perhaps absence really does make the heart grow fonder-- the Doctor is usually wordy in nearly everything except in regards to himself, and Rose has spent a lot of her time traveling with him trying to parse what he's thinking, how he's feeling, what's going on in that 900 year old brain.
But now he lets her see it plainly, tells her so, I love yous exchanged and it's almost more than she'd ever expected but everything she's wanted. She smiles back at him, radiant and adoring and leans back in to hug him tightly, arms curled around his neck, tucking her face into his shoulder. "I feel like I'm home when I'm with you. I don't want to lose that again. I don't want to lose you, Doctor."
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Date: 2019-07-27 10:25 pm (UTC)But now he lets her see it plainly, tells her so, I love yous exchanged and it's almost more than she'd ever expected but everything she's wanted. She smiles back at him, radiant and adoring and leans back in to hug him tightly, arms curled around his neck, tucking her face into his shoulder. "I feel like I'm home when I'm with you. I don't want to lose that again. I don't want to lose you, Doctor."