Brilliant!

He was quiet. Sat on the edge of a rooftop, one leg drawn up to his chest, overseeing the city.

Pensive, some would say. Maybe sad could be read from the slump of his shoulders, the loose grip around his limb. His mask off; gaze soft and distant.

You can't save everyone.

It's always a - jarring realisation. That moment of discovery. The failure of it all. The hand, a few seconds too slow - too many bodies to pick from - the breath of indecision that ends it all.

The last thing he wants now is company, clutching his leg tighter as he pressed his face into the side of his thigh and inhaled sharply, glazed eyes filling with tears.

“    and that’s just my luck, ain’t it? y’try and be nice ‘nd it just makes everythin’ harder!    ”    there’s no tardis; no warning, and certainly no evidence of a strange woman having ever gotten up there without the attention of peter parker. in fact, the doctor hadn’t even noticed him herself yet, as she flailed a little, taking in her new surroundings.

He jolted around violently, as he heard someone start speaking - his senses hadn't alerted him, which was strange, because even in his foggy, distracted state, he was generally really good at telling who was around him. Well - decent enough, at the very least. He got up to his feet as she kept speaking - before realising -

well, she saw that. spider-outfit. and the identity clicked at the same time as he told her who he was. eyes widening, and with an intake of shocked air, she motioned to him, excitement filling her.     “    no way! a real life superhero; always wanted t’meet one. told m’kids about you; earth heroes. i gotta say; it is very nice to meet you, peter parker. my name’s the doctor, and i’m temporarily displaced in time and space. probably. maybe. well, i hope it’s temporary, cuz the fate of mercury and therefore the solar system falls on dan at the mo, and i -- well. i think he’s gonna need some help with that.    ”    with her screwdriver already firmly in her hand, she beeped at him, then around; getting readings for where and when she was.

He was quiet. Sat on the edge of a rooftop, one leg drawn up to his chest, overseeing the city.

Pensive, some would say. Maybe sad could be read from the slump of his shoulders, the loose grip around his limb. His mask off; gaze soft and distant.

You can't save everyone.

It's always a - jarring realisation. That moment of discovery. The failure of it all. The hand, a few seconds too slow - too many bodies to pick from - the breath of indecision that ends it all.

The last thing he wants now is company, clutching his leg tighter as he pressed his face into the side of his thigh and inhaled sharply, glazed eyes filling with tears.

“    and that’s just my luck, ain’t it? y’try and be nice ‘nd it just makes everythin’ harder!    ”    there’s no tardis; no warning, and certainly no evidence of a strange woman having ever gotten up there without the attention of peter parker. in fact, the doctor hadn’t even noticed him herself yet, as she flailed a little, taking in her new surroundings.

she didn’t know why, or where the memory came from. in fact, she knew for a fact that it came from the furthest corners of her conceivable mind. i made my choice a long time ago, and i’m never going to leave you. it was hard to dismiss the signs when they were staring you straight in the face, especially when it was so obviously apparent that yaz was saying the exact same thing as what rose had said, just in different words. swallowing down the lump in her throat, she dismissed it quickly, searching her mind for a way out of this that didn’t involve sending yaz to the tardis.

(  more  angst  to  devastate  your  writing  partners.  metaphorically.  )

❛ you’re a weapon, and weapons don’t weep. ❜

❛ you can’t save everyone. ❜

❛ it should have been you. ❜

❛ did i do good? ❜

❛ i’m sorry that i can’t save you. ❜

❛ wait for me, will you? ❜

❛ i can’t lose you again! ❜

❛ you were dead, i saw you die. ❜

❛ we won’t forget each other, right? ❜

❛ i’m real. i’m here. ❜

❛ you already know how this will end. ❜

❛ it’s always my fault, isn’t it? ❜

❛ i don’t want to go. ❜

❛ can you remember how you died? ❜

❛ i love you, but you’re not mine. ❜

❛ have you ever lost someone? ❜

❛ i didn’t ask to get made. ❜

❛ you’re as beautiful as the day i lost you. ❜

❛ i never meant to hurt you. ❜

❛ is it really you? ❜

❛ their blood is on your hands. ❜

❛ it would have been better to die. ❜

❛ i’m not ready to lose you yet. ❜

❛ i wish i met you sooner. ❜

❛ let’s just stay here. grow old. ❜

❛ you’re the first friend i ever had. ❜

❛ i told you not to fall in love with me. ❜

❛ you always push people away. i just thought you’d never do it to me. ❜

❛ everyone i’ve cared about has either died of left me. except for you. ❜

❛ i know i have a heart because i can feel it breaking. ❜

❛ they’re not coming back. ❜

❛ i’m sorry, have we met? ❜

❛ in my dreams, we’re still together. ❜

❛ you’re the one good thing left in this world. ❜

❛ i hate the way that i don’t hate you. ❜

❛ it’s okay. you can let go. ❜

❛ you mean nothing to me. ❜

❛ we’re on our own now. ❜

❛ you can’t kill me, i’m not alive. ❜

❛ it wasn’t supposed to end like this. ❜

❛ do you remember when we first met? ❜

❛ we’ll see each other again. ❜

❛ there’s nothing you could have done. ❜

❛ we did it. we won. ❜

❛ let’s not go back. not ever. ❜

❛ thanks for playing with me. ❜