taxonomites | [Video || Location: Doctor & Rose's house] Take me into your darkest hour

Rose is walking up the stairs with a tray of tea things. She takes a deep breath, pauses and leans against the wall, cocking one hip out to support the tray while she starts singing:

♬Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now.
Don't be ashamed to cry, let me see you through
Cause I've seen the dark side too.♬

She moves to the landing a bit more, twirls around smoothly as not to disturb the things on the tray then approaches the door while she continues to sing:

♬When the night falls on you, you don't know what to do,
Nothing you confess could make me love you less
I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you.

So, if you're mad get mad, don't hold it all inside,
Come on and talk to me now.
And hey, what you got to hide? I get angry too
But I'm alot like you.
When you're standing at the crossroads, don't know which path to choose,
Let me come along, cause even if your wrong
I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you.♬

Finally she opens the bedroom door and steps inside. The Doctor is there in bed, looking a bit rough. She sits the tea tray on the nightstand and continues her song:

♬Take me into your darkest hour, and I'll never desert you.
I'll stand by you.
And when, when the night falls on you baby, you're feeling all alone,
You won't be on your own, I'll stand by you. I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you. I'll stand by you
Take me in into your darkest hour and I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you.♬

[ooc: All broadcast because what fun is it if it's not. Billie Piper can actually sing as you'll all see later this month and here's what she's singing]

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"Well, stick to it. He's my responsibility and I'll make my own decisions about what happens with him."

He knows it sounds crazy, but he can't care. it's too important.

"Doctor, I've been in world where you died, 'member?" Rose says, her back still to him. She's leafing through her book more to give her shaking hands something to do. "Selfishly, I don't want to lose you. Ever. You're supposed to live so much longer than me. You're supposed to remember me when I'm dust in my grave. Outside of all my selfish reasons for wanting you to live, there's also the rest of the Universe. You make it a better place. You save us all. And if you save us all then you save other worlds too. If you die, the entire human race becomes extinct. After that, I'm guessing everyone except the Daleks."

"I don't care," he says, his voice cold. "When it comes to the Master and I, just let it go."

Her response is just as cold as his. "Alright then. Guess it's a good thing Mickey and I ended on good terms. Won't be dyin' over him and leaving the rest of the world to fend for itself."

The truth is, she knows when she's up against a wall she doesn't have the energy to climb just to see if there's a way over. She'd rather just let it drop for better or worse. She sighs a little and turns around. She has his glasses perched on her nose.

"Also on the list of things we don't discuss. Me givin' back your suit jacket or your glasses."

She hates fighting with him. That could be another reason their conversations never get finished.

"I'm serious," he says. "I'm sorry, Rose, but---it's too important."

He makes a face. "And I like those glasses."

"So am I. You're going to die here by choice and leave us all alone with him. He'll then kill us all probably painfully. You've made up your mind, Doctor. You're the one who sees all of time and space. Not me so who am I to change your mind. I've known I was going to die beside you or for you or with you for a long time now. Yeah, it scares me. I don't want to die but I don't have to tell you that."

She looks down at the book in her hand, leafing through it a moment. "I can see why. They're brilliant."

"You don't die," he says. "I know how it ends, Rose, and you don't. That's not how it works out."

He gestures for her to come to the bed.

"Please."

The Doctor doesn't play fair. He really, really doesn't. Rose bites her bottom lip, resisting for maybe two seconds before she caves. She stands up and slinks to the bed, lying down beside him and curling up against him with her head on his shoulder. She's not as careful about hurting him right now but she figures he's a not!alien boyfriend. he can take it.

"And you don't die here, Doctor. I know because the last thing I remember before coming here was running to you. Besides, you said I save you."

"You already did," he says. He presses a kiss to her hair and shifts so he can put an arm around her.

He's just grateful she didn't ask him to choose. Between her and the Master, he knows the answer.

Oh Rose is ridiculously easy. At least she knows she's being ridiculously easy. She snuggles up against him, pressing a kiss to his chest. "This all it takes? Because I could've gotten the Ninth you to stop brooding a lot fast if I'd realized he just needed cuddles," she teases him.

Rose does too. It's the reason she didn't ask. She knows he loves her but she's still just a 21 year old girl in love with a much older man. Her insecurities wouldn't ever allow her to assume he'd pick her.

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