Stump the Author double drabble: Tell Me a Secret
Title: Tell Me a Secret
Author: karenor
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Ten II/Rose
Word Count: 200, exactly (which was HARD!)
Disclaimer: BBC owns, etc. etc.
A/N: For unfolded73 who stumped me twice in the stump the author meme. She requested Ten II/Rose, sharing secrets. A bit more angst than I was going for, but Rose was insistent.
“Tell me a secret,” she whispers, though they are alone, curled up on warm sand, under the stars.
He shifts, grips her tighter, but doesn’t answer.
“Doctor?”
“Thinking. I have a lot of secrets,” he says seriously. Three waves crash before he speaks again. “You go first.”
“Me? You know everything about me.” Not quite everything, but she’s getting to that.
“From when we were apart,” he suggests.
She stiffens. Already this isn’t going how she planned. Still, it’s an opportunity.
Heart hammering, she takes a deep breath, and the words slip out over his chest. “In Norway, the first time. When I saw your face, for a second I wanted to tell you the baby was mine. Ours.”
His gasp is barely audible. “That would have been… cruel, Rose.”
“I know.” She sniffles against him. “Your turn.”
His hand caresses her hair, then he tilts her head, his eyes shining brightly in the moonlight. He swallows.
“I wanted you to tell me that too.” It’s almost drowned by the sound of the surf.
“Even though…?”
“Even though,” he confirms.
“Do you still want that?”
She stops breathing until he speaks.
“I think… I do.”
“Doctor, I… have another secret.”
FIN
Author: karenor
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Ten II/Rose
Word Count: 200, exactly (which was HARD!)
Disclaimer: BBC owns, etc. etc.
A/N: For unfolded73 who stumped me twice in the stump the author meme. She requested Ten II/Rose, sharing secrets. A bit more angst than I was going for, but Rose was insistent.
“Tell me a secret,” she whispers, though they are alone, curled up on warm sand, under the stars.
He shifts, grips her tighter, but doesn’t answer.
“Doctor?”
“Thinking. I have a lot of secrets,” he says seriously. Three waves crash before he speaks again. “You go first.”
“Me? You know everything about me.” Not quite everything, but she’s getting to that.
“From when we were apart,” he suggests.
She stiffens. Already this isn’t going how she planned. Still, it’s an opportunity.
Heart hammering, she takes a deep breath, and the words slip out over his chest. “In Norway, the first time. When I saw your face, for a second I wanted to tell you the baby was mine. Ours.”
His gasp is barely audible. “That would have been… cruel, Rose.”
“I know.” She sniffles against him. “Your turn.”
His hand caresses her hair, then he tilts her head, his eyes shining brightly in the moonlight. He swallows.
“I wanted you to tell me that too.” It’s almost drowned by the sound of the surf.
“Even though…?”
“Even though,” he confirms.
“Do you still want that?”
She stops breathing until he speaks.
“I think… I do.”
“Doctor, I… have another secret.”
FIN