❝ you're losing the game, that's the thing about trust. ❞

[thatoldthatkind]

Who: The Doctor and Donna Noble
When: Day 176
Where: Random sitting area in the halls
What: Feelings.
Warnings: None that I can think of.

The Doctor knew he had upset Donna; hurt her even. He was good at doing that in this body. He'd say things that were absolutely cruel without realizing it. Not until he saw the look on their face and knew he went too far. Good men don't need rules. He had plenty of them because he needed them. This was just another example of why he needed them. He hurt, lied, and left the people he loved in order to try and save them.

It never worked.

So, there the Doctor sat in a sitting area of the halls. Kore was driving him insane. The endless hallways with nothing that he could grasp onto? No TARDIS. His past was always there in the flesh. With Donna there, he was waiting for the day River Song appeared and he had to face everything he had done that caused her to be who she was; what she was.

What if Romana showed up? The Master? Susan? Rose? Sarah Jane? The list was countless and endless.

Comments

[noblexcompanion]

"Well it's about time you remembered it all! Stop carrying so much guilt on your shoulders. Don't make me smack the unholy heck out of you, mister. Because I will. Because sometimes you need a good smack."

Donna would make the Doctor smile again even if it killed her! Although, her dying would be kind of unproductive in getting a smile.

[thatoldthatkind]

"Oh, that I can't do. I'll have that until the day I die. Too many faces and too many places that have all gone away in my name. Not much in the end I'm afraid." The Doctor smiles at her. Sadly of course.

[noblexcompanion]

Donna sighed and moved to pull the Doctor into a hug. He definitely looked like he needed it. And maybe Donna needed it too.

"Doctor. Stop blaming yourself."

[thatoldthatkind]

The Doctor reached his arms around her and gave her a tight hug.

"That'll never stop. Something has to remain constant in the universe! Might as well be that."

[noblexcompanion]

"That's a rubbish constant. Pick a better one. One that doesn't have you feeling like this. Because you really don't need to be carrying all this guilt, Spaceman. No one would want you to."

Donna hugged him tighter. "You deserve to be happy."

[thatoldthatkind]

"Well, the universe is a rather rubbish place sometimes." The Doctor chuckled and patted her on the back. No one would want him to but he will anyways.

Then a hum. "I've been happy, Donna. Very, very happy." Just also very sad.

[noblexcompanion]

"You should be happy always. We need to work on that, Time Boy. Looks like you've forgotten how to do the whole happiness thing." See, Doctor? This was why he needed his best mate around, to pick him up when he's down and slap him when he's being dumb.

"We'll get you fixed up."