Nine x Rose "Just leave me ALONE."
“Just go,” Rose mumbles into her mug of tea.
“Just leave me alone,” Rose says, “please Doctor.”
“If you really want me to go,” the Doctor hedges, and Rose looks up. Whiskey-coloured eyes are bloodshot and the bruises beneath them are like smudged ink. Her chin wobbles and the Doctor moves.
Rose comes apart in his arms. She dissolves and the Doctor holds on for dear life.
Today had been a hard day - one of those days where not everyone lives - and the Doctor should have known better than to leave Rose to see to herself without him.
“It’s not fair,” Rose says, her voice muffled into his shoulder. His jumper is damp with her tears.
“I know Rose,” the Doctor says, and cradles the back of her head in his palm, “I know.”
Send me a pairing and a line and I’ll write you some angst.