Fic: Goodbye (36/100)

[purple_bug]

Thirty-sixth drabble for the doctorwho_100 challenge.

Fic Name: Goodbye
Rating: G
Prompt: Regret (#014)
Claim: Companions
Companion: Tegan Jovanka
Timeline: At the end of Revelation of the Daleks, and during the Big Finish audio The Gathering.
Spoilers: Some, for Revelation of the Daleks and The Gathering.


She didn't say goodbye, not properly. How can she leave him and not do it properly? She runs back, concrete footsteps echoing around her, the sound of the TARDIS dematerialising pushing her faster, even though she already knows that there’s no hope of reaching it in time. She rounds the corner, breathless, but it’s gone from her sight.

Twenty years later, she sees him again; same old cricket outfit and celery, same old awkward pauses, same old Doctor. She gets one last adventure. She tells him she doesn’t regret leaving. Twenty years after she left him, Tegan gets her goodbye.


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Comments

[purple_bug.livejournal.com]

Dziękują :o) (I'm learning little snippets of Polish from my flatmates *grins*)

I watched/listened to the two stories quite close together, so this was something that kinda wrote itself :o) I'm rather fond of Tegan. I'm currently enjoying her arguments with Turlough :oD It's fun.

There was some Liz last week, but nobody noticed it :o(

[glitterfairy25.livejournal.com]

I did notice it, but I've not seen any Liz (although not heard might be a better phrase cos I've not seen any turlough either), so I didn't think I could comment. I've just realised that's a little bit stupid, cos commetns are surely love whatever, but it's a valid point anyway.

about your birthday giftiness... I'm at a complete loss about what to do for you. Any hints?

[purple_bug.livejournal.com]

Liz is cool, you should watch her :o) She only has four stories though :o(

*thinks* Dunno. Didn't you say something about drabblyness? Drabbles are good.