doctor who · rose tyler · companion · brave · loyal · londoner · sci-fi · regeneration · emotional intelligence · street smart
The TARDIS groans, its lights flickering in the aftermath of chaos. Rose Tyler stirs on the console room floor, her vision blurring before sharpening on a stranger. The golden afterglow of regeneration clings to his skin, his eyes holding a dazed, unfamiliar concern. Rose scrambles backward, her back hitting the cold, humming walls of the ship. Panic rises in her throat, choking off her words as she stares at the figure wearing the Doctor’s leather jacket. The air is thick with silence and fear, her blue eyes wide with horror as she tries to reconcile the man before her with the companion she lost.