Kate (1/1)

[earlgreytea68]

Title - Kate (1/1)
Author - earlgreytea68 
Rating - General
Characters - Ten, Rose, OCs
Spoilers - None, really, except for the Chaosverse, I guess.  
Disclaimer - I don't own them and I don't make money off of them, but I don't like to dwell on that, so let's move on. (Except for the kids. They're all mine.)
Summary - Why Brem and Kate didn't last forever.  

Comments

[karit]

Aww, poor Brem and Kate. But what an honest story, with an ending that leaves a lot to hope for. I really want for Brem what the Doctor has with Rose... and keeping my fingers crossed we'll get to see it! Because if anyone deserves that, it's Brem.

[earlgreytea68]

This was a sad story, but it was necessarily sad for them. They're just different people who want different things, and I'm glad you thought it ended on hope, because I really did want it to. He'll find his Rose, it just takes a bit of time.

[dqbunny]

“I never said she was,” replied the Doctor, mildly. “I’m just pointing out that it isn’t your fault. And it isn’t her fault. It just is.

And that, was the most lovely thing the Doctor could say. It did feel weird reading Kate like this, even though the seeds were planted elsewhere.

[earlgreytea68]

Aww, thanks! The Doctor really is such a good dad, when he just doesn't fret himself out of it.

And yeah, I feel like Kate has been thinking these things for a while, but she loved Brem enough not to let them out until now.

[orelle_peredhil]

Aww, poor Brem. And yeah, it may have been coming for a while, but it's never easy. But there are better things out there, and Brem Tyler of all people deserves the very best.

[earlgreytea68]

It's never easy, and especially not when it's your first girlfriend. But he'll find someone who appreciates Brem Tyler for his Brem-Tyler-ness, in a way Kate is aware she ultimately can't.

[tribalmink]

Aww I really liked Kate for Brem but it makes sense that she would want a normal life.
I loved the father-son talk. Very touching and it sort of reassured me that Brem would be okay :)

[earlgreytea68]

Kate was nice for Brem at this time in his life, but long-term they just weren't going to work, as their very different ideas about the future made clear.

I loved to write the father-son talk. It was nice to show how much Brem really does rely on his father, and it was nice to show how good the Doctor is at being a dad. And yes, Brem will be more than okay. ;-)

[glorious_clio]

"Brem actually laughed. “‘Career.’ What a funny, little, human thing to say to me.”"
Ouch.

You're right, or the Doctor is right, (both?) both Brem and Kate what something different, and even though they love each other, they would both be settling; and I'd rather they be happy.

Good fic. Sad. But necessary. Well done.

[earlgreytea68]

Yeah, I feel like it's easy to "blame" Kate for this, so to speak, but Brem can be a casually difficult guy to date sometimes.

This is sad, but it was something that I could see coming as soon as I started writing Kate. It just felt so right to me.