Years in the Making

by harmony88

COMPLETE

Halfway through her pregnancy, Rose and the Doctor are forced to go back in time and retrace their steps at the Torchwood Estate, risking a paradox and their entire life together to get some answers they are desperately seeking.

 “Of course not,” she said with a wink, and he sighed.

“I’m serious. We can snap the timeline in a second, Rose. I’d lose you. Both of you, before I could even blink,” he reminded her, his hearts breaking at the mere thought, enough so that he was talking himself out of doing this. She held his hand tightly.

“Not if it's all part of it already,” she whispered. “We just have to be careful. And we will be. I mean, it's not like I’m going to go into labor or -”

“That’s not funny,” he said, his nerves impossibly jumbled at the moment. She just took a deep breath.

 “Stop. Breathe. Believe in me, Doctor. In us?” she whispered, and their eyes locked, hazel galaxies swimming in chocolate.

***Part of the Forever With You sequel series***

Words: 11310, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English

Series: Part 17 of Forever With You: The Chronicles

• Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)
• Rating: Mature
• Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
• Categories: F/M
• Characters: Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Original Characters, Queen Victoria, Robert MacLeish, Isobel MacLeish, Werewolf Character(s)
• Relationships: Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler
• Additional Tags: Episode Related, Episode AU: s02e02 Tooth and Claw, Time Travel, Romance, problem solving, Retracing Footsteps, Sex, Marriage, Light Angst, Action, Adventure