Fic: The Doctors in the TARDIS with Rose Tyler (1/?)
Title: The Doctors in the TARDIS with Rose Tyler
Author: nicnac918
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Pairing: none (yet)
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Vague through-out the series
Word count: ?
Summary: Rose has had quite enough of the Doctor making decisions for her and of being left behind at Bad Wolf Bay, and it's not as though she can't keep an eye of the new Doctor just as well from inside the TARDIS. Besides, how bad can two Doctors really be?
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Not mine, not for profit
AN: I just spent the past couple weeks powering my way through the entirety of the Doctor Who revival series, so now it's fic writing time! THis story will be a series of scenes, drabbles, bits and bobs, and even occasional oneshots, depicting the 'what if' of Rose and Ten.5 staying in the TARDIS with the Doctor. And since this is just for fun, I open it up to all of you as well. If there's any scene in particular you'd like to see, or any question about their life together that you have, throw it at me and I'll see what I come up with. Keep in mind, I'm sticking with canon pairings, and nothing above a Teen rating.
Chapter One: Everybody Lives
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“And you made me better; now you can do the same for him,” the Doctor said.
Rose was silent for several long minutes after that, appearing to think over what he had said. The Doctor breathed an internal sigh of relief. It was hard enough leaving her behind again, and on this same awful beach no less, he really didn’t fancy the idea of trying to convince her to stay.
“You know Doctor,” Rose finally said, “I’m really tired of you trying to make my decisions for me.” Before he could object - he had even seen her in years much less made any decisions for her, granted less time had passed by her timeline, but still quite a while! - she had turned around and wrapped Jackie up in a hug so tight it just had to hurt.
“I love you, Mum, and I’m going to miss you so much. Give Dad and Tony my love,” Rose said, her voice choked with tears.
“Of course, sweetheart. Now you look after yourself. Oi you, Doctor-lady,” Jackie called, motioning at Donna, “look after my daughter. I can hardly count on these two idiots to do it.”
“Hey!” objected both the Doctors simultaneously.
“Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to keep an eye on her,” Donna said, giving her a smart little salute, apparently joining in on the Tyler conspiracy to completely ignore the Doctor(s).
Well, he couldn’t very well let that stand. He would not be ignored! “No, you will not,” the Doctor said firmly, “because Rose has to stay here and take care of him.” The Doctor pointed at his part-human self, who looked entirely too amused by the proceedings. But then, the Doctor had got the sense that the other him was against this plan to begin with, which was completely ridiculous since he was absolutely getting the better end of the deal here. “He needs you.”
“And I never said I wouldn’t be helping him,” Rose retorted. She grabbed the meta-crisis Doctor by the hand and said, “Come on you, you and I are supposed to stick together apparently,” before dragging him along back into the TARDIS. Donna followed, laughing - at him no doubt.
The Doctor watched, barely able to keep his jaw from dropping at the sheer cheek of it. Here he was, trying to give Rose everything she could possibly want, her mum, her dad - well, a parallel universe version of her dad, but he was tremendously rich, so that probably helped balance it out a little bit, yeah? - a little brother, and even himself, but an himself that could age with her, could give the rest of his life to her. Not to mention he had a piece of TARDIS coral is his pocket to give them, since he knew his Rose wouldn’t be happy without some adventure in her life. He was going to give her everything and yet there she goes, waltzing off again. But that was Rose for you, completely infuriating, always wandering off, never doing what she was told, and just totally and utterly-
“Hey, Doctor!” Rose called, leaning in the doorway of the TARDIS and smiling that tongue-touched smile of hers. “Are you coming or not?”
-perfect. “Oh Rose Tyler, you are brilliant,” he breathed.
“Of course she is,” Jackie said. “She’s my daughter, innit she?”
“Too right she is!” The Doctor agreed enthusiastically. He gave her a hug and a quick kiss on the lips (he would remember that with much regret later). “Give my regards to Pete,” he told her. Then he turned and ran. To the TARDIS, to his more-or-less brother, (away from Jackie), to Rose, and to forever.
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Next chapter is here.