Life Viewed Through an Amber Focus

Title:  That Which One Cannot Be Without (2/9)
Author:  Amberfocus
Characters/Pairings:  Nine/Rose, Jack
Genre:  Romance, angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, smut (eventually)
Betas:  Amyo67, JeopardyFriendly
Rating:  Adult
Warnings:  In this story Rose will be having flashbacks to a violent incident where she was beaten by a prison guard and hurt by another man.  This is not rape fic and will not touch on that issue at all.  I will keep the explicitness to a minimum, but I know this sort of thing can trigger memories in the victims of violence so wanted to post fair warning.
Summary:  Rose has lost her equilibrium after a terrible experience and being back on a similar planet is not helping.  The Doctor isn't quite sure what to do to rebuild her spirit, but he has to try because losing her is not an option.  Neither is letting her go home.
Author's Notes:  This fic was written for Wiggiemomsi who won me and 15,000 words in the Support Stacie Auction.  Possible Tissue Warning.

Ch. 1:  http://amberfocus.livejournal.com/240768.html


Chapter Two: Confusion of Emotions

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Title:  That Which One Cannot Be Without (1/9)
Author:  Amberfocus
Characters/Pairings:  Nine/Rose, Jack
Genre:  Romance, angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, smut (eventually)
Betas:  Amyo67, JeopardyFriendly
Rating:  Adult
Warnings:  In this story Rose will be having flashbacks to a violent incident where she was beaten by a prison guard and hurt by another man.  This is not rape fic and will not touch on that issue at all.  I will keep the explicitness to a minimum, but I know this sort of thing can trigger memories in the victims of violence so wanted to post fair warning.
Summary:  Rose has lost her equilibrium after a terrible experience and being back on a similar planet is not helping.  The Doctor isn't quite sure what to do to rebuild her spirit, but he has to try because losing her is not an option.  Neither is letting her go home.
Author's Notes:  This fic was written for Wiggiemomsi who won me and 15,000 words in the Support Stacie Auction.

Chapter One:  Level of Affection

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Title:  Acceptance (1/1)
Author:  Amberfocus
Genre:  Angst, Introspection, Hurt/comfort
Characters:  Rose Tyler, implied Tenth Doctor, The Master
Rating:  PG
Beta:  amyo67
A/N:  This actually started life as a piece of Moments in Darkness, but by the time I got to the point where it would have fit into the storyline, after Reinette, I'd actually gone in a different direction.  And then I was going to change it into a Rose and Ten2 story, but I think her acceptance of him would have come much easier than this.  Then when I hit upon the idea to change it into a Rose/Master fic, everything seemed to fall into place.  I hope you'll give it a go even if it's outside your normal ship.  Set in the same reality as A Better Man: http://amberfocus.livejournal.com/86565.html and A Lesser Woman: http://amberfocus.livejournal.com/86818.html, but you don't need to have read those for this to make sense.  AU after Doomsday.

Acceptance

 

Rose wakes up screaming. It happens too often, too frequently now for her to ever consider that it doesn’t mean something. The closer she gets to him the more violent her dreams become. He is there as he always is, pulling her into his arms, holding her tight, offering her comfort. And she thinks that maybe this once she can let it all go, forget herself, forget him long enough to find some kind of hopefulness for her future.

 

 

( This bright and burning pain... )

A/N:  Ten2 and Rose in the Forward Steps Along the Path series, set nearly two years on from Inflame.  PG.

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