ooooh okay tenrose and “secret relationship” and either “character in peril” or “it’s not you, it’s my enemies” !!! 💖🥰
thank you for the ask!!! <33
wow so secret relationship+character in peril/it's not you, it's my enemies just screams superhero! au to me so here we go...
john smith has superpowers, maybe something similar to what tim in 'about time' had, i.e; he can choose to transport himself back in time to certain events in his life to change things---which is what he employs frequently to, you know, save the world and stuff
he's in a relationship with rose, and she's the only person who knows about his powers, so they have to keep their association on the down-low for both of their sakes
except, [insert 'dw villain who's known the doctor for a while and the doctor's wronged them in some way and he never suspects them' here] figures it out somehow and they have an evil plan™, and rose ends up dead :(
so now in order to save her, he has to transport himself back in time to whenever he wronged said enemy (which let's say...was at the same time he first met rose,) and fix whatever it was that needed fixing, and when he gets back to the present, rose is alive
however, she doesn't know him, bc now, she's never met him and he thinks she's better off this way; she won't be in constant danger anymore bc it's not her....it's his enemies, lmao
obviously this doesn't work and they do meet under different circumstances and fall in love again 🥰