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Title: Mid-day
Character/Pairing: ninth doctor, rose
Setting: S1
Rating: All ages
Summary: drabble
Disclaimer: Based on characters owned and created by BBC, used without permission.
Character/Pairing: ninth doctor, rose
Setting: S1
Rating: All ages
Summary: drabble
Disclaimer: Based on characters owned and created by BBC, used without permission.
He watches her absently toy with her food. She doesn't want to disappoint him with her dislike; craving his approval. She thinks herself unimportant, he realizes. She believes he allows her to travel because her absence doesn't matter.
But history isn't linear, even if those who live it are. It's connections; a web. The "important ones" weave large, easily spotted strands. The ordinary ones are difficult. Their touch on the web is subtle, yet they can tear it apart if disturbed. In the end, they're much more important, unquantifiably so.
Would history unravel without her? Maybe not. But he would.
But history isn't linear, even if those who live it are. It's connections; a web. The "important ones" weave large, easily spotted strands. The ordinary ones are difficult. Their touch on the web is subtle, yet they can tear it apart if disturbed. In the end, they're much more important, unquantifiably so.
Would history unravel without her? Maybe not. But he would.
