Drabble: Hope

[dbskyler]

For ellisbelle, who requested the Third Doctor.



He had known it would kill him, but he did it anyway, because it was the right thing to do.

He's good at it, doing the right thing. Not so good at what comes after. The TARDIS spins in the vortex, and he spins within. He really hadn't thought this through.

He doesn't want to die alone. Having conquered one fear, he now struggles with another.

The shudder of materialization brings him hope. He staggers to his feet and manages to open the door.

"Doctor!"

The sight of her is enough to make him smile.

"The TARDIS brought me home."

Comments

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

The "Planet of the Spiders" scene is one of my favorites too, which is why I decided to use it for the drabble. (I also briefly flirted with the idea of doing something between the Doctor and the Brig but Sarah won out, what can I say.) And yes, I have had similar thoughts when confronted with Doctor/Rose OTP'ers. I originally was going to title this "Home" but then decided that title might be too corny.

I'm relieved you like it. I think I could have done a better job at showing how the Doctor is feeling rather than all the telling -- more sense impressions, etc. -- but overall I'm pleasantly surprised at how well it all went. I originally under-shot the words, believe it or not, I think because I was so worried about going over. My first word count was 79. Then I started adding and got to a point where I was happy with what I had -- and it was 101! I had a hard time finding that last one word to get rid of, but finally did.