Title: Two for him, Three for her
Characters: Doctor/Rose
Theme: Longing, pain, angst, christmas
By: prChung
Note: Very short. Just a thought that occurred to me and thought best to just get it down and done.
Two for him, Three for herIt’s been two now. Two Christmas’s come and gone, without her. Threats faced, danger averted, the world saved, and all of it without her by his side. First was hardest, still so fresh a loss, a raw wound, super exposed and so very tender to the wrong touch. Another, more danger and death, loss and remembrance, and still so hard without her there to grab hold of and run.
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It hurt that first Christmas without him, although he was there, just different in appearance, there was so much loss inside her then. Now, here, a different place, a different life, but the same feelings still churning inside. The second Christmas was brightened with the sounds of a new baby. The coo and giggles of a new sister helped distract from the pain, and fill in a portion of the emptiness inside her. Now, another Christmas, and still the wondering, still the emptiness. Sometimes, when she walked alone, when she looked into the still and starry sky, it was so easy to imagine his hand right there, to take in hers and run…
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