If I Can't Love Her (AU Nine/Rose, PG-13, 9748 words)
Summary: Once upon a time, in a mighty island Kingdom, a scarred and lost survivor of the Time War waited alone to die…until one day a London Beauty stumbled on his magical ship
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“Oi!" he snarled impatiently. "Are you deaf or just daft? I asked you a question!" He stepped forward threateningly, coming out of the shadows into the dim turquoise light generated from the broken crystal column.
Rose sucked in a long breath as the man revealed himself. His face…oh God, his face! It was horrifically scarred, like the flesh had melted and run down his bones.
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Due to LJ character limits, I had to break this post into three bits. Find them here:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Hope this wasn't the wrong way to deal with the problem, but LJ wasn't letting me post the whole thing to the community, no way no how.