Life Viewed Through an Amber Focus

                              
A/N:  Just some fluffery for Ladychi who has been feeling rather miserable of late.  Based on a prompt from Ehmi which was: The Doctor meets Rose as a little girl and she is upset about something and he comforts her.  Much thanks to amyo67 for the beta.  PG for a couple of innuendo laden exchanges.

                                                                         I Believe in Santa Claus

The Doctor had always been helpless in the face of Rose Tyler’s tears, but this was entirely a different matter. She was sobbing as if her little heart was breaking, as if her entire grip on reality had been loosened, as if nothing would ever be the same in her life again. And he ached to go to her, to soothe her, to find some small way in which he could make it better. He knew that he couldn’t, knew that he would be risking too much if he did. Still, the urge to swoop down and pick her up in his arms and hold her tightly to him and cuddle and comfort her until she stopped crying and kiss away every hurt ever inflicted on her was violently strong.