Doctor Who | Decay

[eponymous_rose]

Title: Decay
Author: eponymous_rose
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler
Author's Note: I seem to be physically incapable of writing something cheerful for Nine.



They're silent, watching from the TARDIS as the smoke mushrooms up, billowing and spinning into ash, innumerable lives and possibilities snuffed out in cascades of flame.

Jack swallows, and the Doctor can barely hear him whisper a faint prayer, words out of place on a con man's lips. Rose steps forward, closer to the spectre of death. "Can't we go back?" she whispers. "Change it?"

"We can't," Jack says, and his voice is broken. "It doesn't work that way."

The Doctor touches the console, pauses, listens to the terrible stillness. "Shouldn't work this way, either," he says, and they disappear.

Comments

[rosa-acicularis.livejournal.com]

*is broken, and oddly happy about that*

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Ah, the wonders of angst. :)

Thanks so much for reading! *offers glue for the fixing of brokenness*

[rachelbeann.livejournal.com]

That...hurt. Even so, I enjoyed it.

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment! :)

[northern_magic]

The Doctor touches the console, pauses, listens to the terrible stillness. "Shouldn't work this way, either," he says, and they disappear.

Huh. I wonder...

(and I seem to be challenged writing full angst for Nine. Somewhere between us, there is middle ground. *nods*)

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Somewhere between us, there is middle ground. *nods*

Indeedy doo! We'll probably come across it eventually.

Thanks for reading! :D

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

"I am become death, shatterer of worlds." Nine is Shiva - I never thought of that before, but it fits! But with guilt and conscience.

Nine is quite the little angst bunny, but he could be so goofy and so sweet, too. It's just sometimes harder to capture that because it was always like quicksilver.

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Nine is Shiva - I never thought of that before, but it fits!

Does it ever! Thanks for that thought - I'd love to see that expanded at some point.

It's just sometimes harder to capture that because it was always like quicksilver.

Very true!

Thanks so much for reading. :)

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was heartbreaking, but so perfect. So much in 100 words.

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[nightrider101.livejournal.com]

*sniff* Very sad, but beautifully written. Thank you for sharing.

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading! :D

[elliptic-eye.livejournal.com]

"Shouldn't work this way, either."

Perfect.

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[oursoliloquies.livejournal.com]

Heartbreaking and so, so beautiful. ♥

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed - thank you! :)

[eers.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful. *falls silent*

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[infiniteviking]

...

Well done. Gripping; rending... the paradox of the Ninth in his darkest moments. Very well done.

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! Now I just need to get a handle on cheerful!Nine and I'll be all set...

[wwwiamasheep.livejournal.com]

I had to go back and read that s-l-o-w-l-y, as the only thing my frazzled brain could come up with was 'OMG. you just broke the TARDIS.
*headkeyboard*
I know.