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"I'm a Time Lord, Chris. I'm the last of the Time Lords. They're all gone. I'm the only survivor," she says, brown eyes downcast and studying the concrete as if it holds the answer to life itself. "I'm left traveling on my own because there's no one else."

Despite the hell she's put him through the past day (has it only been that long, when his body feels like it's been up for weeks?), he knows she needs something this moment and can't stop himself from saying something monumentally stupid.

"There's me," is what comes out, and from the quirk of her lips and the glint in her ancient eyes he knows it was right. She stands a bit straighter, blonde hair catching in the breeze and obscuring her face. Her hands shove deeper in the pockets of her blue coat, and she schools her expression into steel and nonchalance.

"You've seen how dangerous it is. Do you want to go home?" she asks, her voice as guarded as everything else about her - and that thought makes him pause.

This strange, mercurial girl just pranced into his life, pulling him out of the university's library before blowing it up. One minute she was brooding, the next cracking inappropriate jokes about God knows what with aliens - aliens! - because she's an alien herself and it's perfectly ok. She lives in a blue box that is bigger on the inside and can travel through space and time. She took him to the end of his world, then told him about the end of hers. And in it all, he can see the similarities, the pull that makes him think...

"I'm all that's left, too. Not in the same, but...my wife died in a motor accident just a few months' past. Most of my friends were her friends, and all my family's long dead, so once she was gone I relocated. Didn't have anything to lose, and now you've blown up my job," he says, and it all sounds very practical. She lifts a brow, and he shrugs. "From where I'm standing, we both need someone right now, and -"

"I don't need anyone," she's quick to say, and he gives her that.

"Fine, but a bit of company might be nice. I can stay on, for a bit," he says. He pauses, nose twitching as he scents the air. "Do you smell chips?"

She blinks, then she's laughing as she nods, falling back against that strange ship of hers in her mirth. He thinks she has a rather nice smile as she grins and says, "Yeah. Yeah!"

"I want chips," he says, and he thinks it impossible that her grin grows.

"Me too," she says, and he nods, grabbing her hand and pulling her away from the box.

"Come on, then, Doctor," he says, dragging her down the crowded street. "I'm buying."


- - -

So I'm not entirely sure if I'm allowed to enter (since I won a previous contest), but I read the deetz for :icondoctor-x-rose-club:'s Contest 9, and I was hit with this idea that I kicked around for a bit, forgot in the chaos that was finals and family tragedy, then saw someone else's entry and remembered. And since the best way to lose yourself and forget Real Life for a bit is doing something artsy for fandom, I started kicking the idea around again. (Also: extensions are love. Thanks for that, admins - I never would've finished in time otherwise. C: )

I was torn between which Doctor to use as the companion, but I went with Nine because:

1.) Nine met Rose first, so it goes to say Rose!Doc would meet Nine/Chris Smith (because Ten would totally be John Tyler, son of the widow Jackie Tyler and best mates with Mickey Smith, who he runs a computer shop with) first, and

2.) I liked Nine and really wish he would've stuck around a bit more.

I also gave Rose!Doc a more post-S2 look, because at this point I'm thinking Rose!Doc would have been fresh out of the Time War; and we all remember how Nine was, with his brooding looks and leather security blanket. Her S4 look matched more with that leather and guarded look; I just tweaked it a bit. Also: can you imagine that Rose with Nine/Chris? They'd be snarking across the galaxies - I'd love to see it. :D (Also also, I know I usually try to add her roots when I'm drawing S1!Rose, but I figure if she was Time Lord then there wouldn't exactly be a question of roots now, would there?)

I'm half tempted to do a companion to this with John Tyler, just 'cause I love that idea, but we'll see. (I can see Chris leaving after a while, maybe a la Martha or not wanting to deal with the regen - or maybe dying in PotW?) Also: I love drawing the TARDIS. I don't do it nearly enough, 'cause I suck at drawing straight lines, but every time I splurge and doodle her I always have such a blast. C:

~ Ver

P.s.: Doctor Who is Auntie Beeb's.
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I CANNOT believe this wasn't in my favorites!! just slap me okay? haha :slap: after all the hype I went through saying how much I loved this!! :sheepish:

Are you still thinking about a companion to this with John Tyler? cuz I'd give nearly anything to see that XD :please: