If you had to choose...
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flydye8
Title: If you had to choose….
Author: flydye8
Rating PG
Pairing Doctor/Donna
Prompt Word: Rooftop
Summary: The Doctor (11th) goes back to a location from his previous regeneration and finds a visitor he was not expecting to see.
Author Notes: The story came to me while watching the Christmas Special 2010 (for the third time) and was inspired when Kazran asked the Doctor “If you could choose one last day to live with your beloved what day would your choose?” (I think I got the quote right).
This is a response to Travellers Tales prompt word rooftop at Doctor_Donna Community.
The Doctor stood on rooftop of the building formally known as Adipose Industries he looked down at the skyline his tweed coat flapping in the wind along with his still unruly hair that crowned a very new face.
His recent adventure of playing the ghost of Christmas past was still fresh in his mind, it all worked out in the end, like he knew it would, even though the story of Kazran and Abagail was bittersweet ending.
A question asked of him during that story prompted this return to the rooftop he currently stood on. Oh how he would love to choose one more day with his beloved Donna but he knew deep inside he wouldn’t have the strength to only have one more day with her, he would want more and that is something he couldn’t have.
Feeling the tears emerging in his eyes he remembered the day when his former self and Donna stood upon this very roof staring at the new little children made of fat. He remembered vividly when Donna turned her head to his chest hiding her face from the horror of the doomed matron.
It felt so good to have her in his arms that evening surrounded by her scent as her hair tickled his face feeling so glad that she had found him again. It was on that day when he started to fall in love with her. Actually, if he was honest with himself the first ember of love emerged much earlier than that on another rooftop looking over the Powell Estates.
Even then he admired her ability to accept him for who he was and not try to change him into something else. Allowing the tears to fall down his new angled cheeks he cursed his former self for being so daft and not bring the relationship further then just “mates”.
A voice interrupted his thoughts, a voice he never thought that he would hear again spoke behind him, “Oi, what the hell are you doing up here?”
Turning around he faced his beloved unable to speak because of the joy that leaped into his heart which was soon followed by fear.
“Hey are you going to answer me or not?” Donna demanded.
Finally finding his voice the Doctor answered, “I am enjoying the view and thinking. Why are you up here?”
Donna looked at the man in front of her noticing that he was quite handsome even with looking like someone that just stepped out of a university lecture. His eyes seemed to her to be older than his age but also very familiar. For some reason she felt her heart do a leap inside her chest almost if those greenish brown eyes spoke to her soul.
Realizing that she was staring she adverted her eyes and replied, “I come up her for the same reason you just to think.”
Knowing he was tempting fate he gestured for her to join him at the edge of the building, “Well why don’t you come here and we can think together, the skyline is very soothing.”
Not sure why she was trusting this stranger, with old eyes, she walked closer to him. As she approached he sat on the edge allowing his legs to dangle over the side, with only the briefest of hesitation she sat down next to him and did the same.
Smiling at her he asked, “So what do you think about while up here?”
She returned his smiled, “I usually come here when things get a bit hectic with work and I just need a moment to clear my head.”
“But why do you come to this roof, the building has been vacant for some time?” The Doctor inquired.
“I don’t know I just feel safe here almost …it is just silly never mind.” She hesitated.
“I have found in my travels that nothing is just silly everything has a reason so please go on.” He encouraged.
“It is almost like this rooftop knows something that I don’t when I am up here it is like the universe is trying to tell me something.”She finished her previous statement.
Curious he inquired further, “What do you think the universe is trying to tell you.”
“I think it is trying to tell me that I am loved more deeply then I could ever imagine by someone out there.” She gestured toward the stars before continuing, “I don’t know why I am telling you this I have never told anyone before.”
Smiling lovingly at her he stated, “I just have one of those types of faces, so I have been told.”
Looking at him she slowly lifted her hand and caressed his face tracing his features. The Doctor used every bit of self control to keep from doing the same to her, while doing his best to remember her touch.
After she had finished feeling his face she realized what she was doing and quickly dropped her hand while apologizing, “I am sorry I should not have done that. But it is almost like a know you.”
Already missing her touch he whispered looking deeply into her eyes, “Maybe we have met in another life.”
“Maybe we have.” She replied just as quietly returning his gaze.
The beeping of her watch broke the spell of the moment glancing down at it she stated, “I got to go my lunch break is over.”
The Doctor quickly got up and offered his hand to her to assist her from her sitting position placing her hand is his Donna noted that their hands seemed to fit perfectly together and she thought for just a moment she could hold his hand forever.
Once she was on her feet the Doctor released her hand reluctantly, “Thank you for joining me and thinking.”
Brushing off her slacks she replied, “Anytime, spaceman” as she started to move toward the door leading her off the rooftop.
He smiled at her use of one of her favorite nicknames for him then called out to her, “Do you know what I think?”
Turning to face the man that was strangely familiar to her she replied, “What do you think,”
“I think that the universe is right and you are deeply loved.” The Doctor stated with conviction.
Smiling at him she replied, “I think you are deeply loved as well.”
As the Doctor watched her disappear from the rooftop he thought to himself if there was one day he could spend with his beloved today would be just the day.
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Date: 2011-01-05 06:52 am (UTC)That was utterly beautiful. I don't usually like Doctor/Donna fics when it's with 11th, but the Doctor is the Doctor, and this was absolutely gorgeous! :-)
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Date: 2011-01-05 11:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 11:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 11:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 12:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 09:44 am (UTC)Donna at least subconsciously remembers...and in EoT we saw that she wasn't a normal human since the Master's machine didn't work on her...
she and the Doctor really deserve a forever together(preferably for as long as he lives...like several centuries)
I do like 11/Donna fics but I've seen so few of them.
please continue it? PLEASE?
anyway it was just lovely. I also ADORE the bit where 11 is looking at the woman he belongs to...SO SWEET!*squees happily*
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Date: 2011-01-05 11:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 12:42 pm (UTC)out of principle I haven't seen anything past JE...the principle being that the writers were idiots and the Doctor and Donna belong together...but I did read the recap for EoT...and there is so much that could have happened there to make Donna okay-okay.
*really hate the DW (non D/D) writers but absolutely LOVE the DoctorDonna shipper fanfic authors*
at least 11 figured out what he should have done differently with his relationship with Donna...
umm...in this story she didn't marry Shaun did she? or is the time he landed in pre EoT? or ignoring EoT? or did Donna come to her senses and either start remembering or divorce Shaun?
I'm as curious as a cat sometimes. >^.^
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Date: 2011-01-05 01:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 01:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 02:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 01:41 pm (UTC)I immediately thought of Donna too in that scene. Most of the people I've seen talk about it swear it was Rose. :(
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Date: 2011-01-05 02:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 02:50 pm (UTC)I don't believe any one else in the series has ever been assumed as the Doctor's other half in that sense am I right?
plus Rose has always tried to get the Doctor to do things he knows he shouldn't and I think she's bad for him. Whereas Donna'll keep him on the right path...and smack him if he starts to stray from said path...or gets too big an ego.
oh and I forgot...in JE was it in the episode itself or a deleted scene where the Doctor is basically begging the Daleks so that he can have Donna back?
I can probably think of more D/D ship reasons shown in canon when I get some sleep.
but they are TOTALLY the best pairing EVER!
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Date: 2011-01-05 04:39 pm (UTC)I am glad for your passion on the subject.
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Date: 2011-01-05 02:54 pm (UTC)The other idea was that he was missing Gallifrey. To me that's the most plausible.
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Date: 2011-01-05 04:36 pm (UTC)Thanks for reading
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Date: 2011-01-05 05:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-05 08:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-06 01:39 am (UTC)This was lovely, and in my heart he went back there to meet up with her again because it seems right.
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Date: 2011-01-19 12:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-19 12:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-11 07:23 pm (UTC)*Cries*
*SQUISHES YOU*
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Date: 2011-11-11 07:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-11 07:39 pm (UTC)*Happy!Hugs*