As Time Goes By
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The Doctor said he’d never leave Rose behind, but then he did--and not in Aberdeen, but on a spaceship three millennia and two and a half galaxies from home. A conversation the next day sends him scrambling for explanations and apologies when she confronts him with how that made her feel.
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- Part 1 of As Time Goes By
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For months, the Doctor had felt the constant tension of his feelings and Rose’s, and knowing that she was waiting for him to decide what to do about them. And while part of him had known he wouldn’t be able to hold himself back from her forever, lingering doubts held him back... Until he overheard a conversation after a trip to a parallel universe and realised that, once again, he’d underestimated Rose Tyler.
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- Part 2 of As Time Goes By
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After the Coronation, the barriers the Doctor had put up between himself and Rose crumbled, one by one. They weren't quite there, not yet, but they were on the cusp, walking the line between friends and lovers.
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- Part 3 of As Time Goes By
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After admitting to himself that he's in love with Rose, the Doctor tries to figure out how to broach the topic of their relationship with her. A teasing conversation over a television character offers a chance for him to make his affections and intentions clear.
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- Part 4 of As Time Goes By
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Shall You Be My New Romance? by Chocolatequeen for whovianhalfblood
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)
27 Sep 2016
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“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen.) The Doctor didn’t need help falling in love, but it was in a ballroom that he decided not to fight it any longer.
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- Part 5 of As Time Goes By
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Kisses in the Moonlight by Chocolatequeen for ofhopesanddreams
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)
26 Sep 2016
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The day was perfect: just the Doctor and Rose, and an alien ball. Nibbles, punch, dancing, and no alien invasion. And now it was over and they were on their way home... but walks through the moonlight tend to lead to romance, and this was no exception.
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- Part 6 of As Time Goes By
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Rose learns there are penalties for breaking certain TARDIS rules, and she's just fine with that.
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- Part 7 of As Time Goes By
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In a tiny room in a Sanctuary Base on an impossible planet, the Doctor and Rose comfort each other with soft kisses and quiet confessions.
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- Part 8 of As Time Goes By
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It had been a long day, crawling through ductwork, falling into a pit, and killing the Beast. But finally, Rose and the Doctor were together again.
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- Part 9 of As Time Goes By
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When Jackie catches the Doctor and Rose snogging in her kitchen, she lays down a few house rules.
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- Part 10 of As Time Goes By
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When the TARDIS doesn't take them where the Doctor asked, the Doctor and Rose discover that sometimes, it's good to take a break.
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- Part 11 of As Time Goes By
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The Doctor might not be able to tell her he loved her, but he could promise to stay with her forever.
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- Part 12 of As Time Goes By
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The Doctor’s sudden absence during the Olympics gives Rose a glimpse of a possible future without him. When she asks him about it that night beneath the fireworks, their conversation sends their future in a new direction.
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- Part 13 of As Time Goes By
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On a visit back to London, the Doctor and Rose discover that Earth has been visited by ghosts, and everything they’ve been running from for four months hits them at once.
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- Part 14 of As Time Goes By
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"They keep trying to split us up, but they never, ever will." That's what the Doctor had said a few weeks ago, during the Olympics. Now they were going to find out if his words were a prophetic claim, or a dare the universe couldn't ignore.
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- Part 15 of As Time Goes By
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Together, the Doctor and Rose have defeated the Cybermen and Daleks. They’re ready to go home and celebrate their close call, but then Rose remembers that they still have a few things they need to tell her mum.
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- Part 16 of As Time Goes By
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No Matter What the Future Brings by Chocolatequeen for Toppbanana
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)
14 Mar 2017
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For two months, the Doctor has allowed his fears to hold him back from the bond he wants to share with Rose. But now they've faced the storm and he knows that if he'd lost her, he would only have regretted what he hadn't shared with her.
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- Part 17 of As Time Goes By
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An incident reminds the Doctor that no matter how difficult “the bits in between” are, his life with Rose is always worth it.
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- Part 18 of As Time Goes By
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The Doctor finds Rose decorating for Christmas and decides to give her the best holiday she's ever had.
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- Part 19 of As Time Goes By
- Part 8 of 31 Days of Ficmas