As Good As This

by miranda_wave (miranda_askher)

You were—

“Doctor?”

Oh Rassilon, you were—

“You were…were you dead?” she asks, peering over her knees, her voice barely over a whisper.

You jerk your head up and down briefly, unable to trust your stomach if you open your mouth. Yes. You were dead.

But there was something else.

Words: 1750, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Backfile

• Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who
• Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
• Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
• Categories: F/M
• Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler
• Relationships: Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler
• Additional Tags: Season/Series 01, Episode: s01e08 Father's Day, Grief/Mourning, Suicidal Thoughts, Developing Relationship, the Doctor has excellent literary taste, POV Second Person, Two hearts, Reapers