[She still wants him to kiss her. After all this time, all the words left unspoken, the feelings left unacted on. She thinks to not long ago for her, when she spoke to his older self in the cloisters. All the things she had to tell him then. It was part of her wake up call that had her realizing the Doctor would never let her go.
Would this version of the Doctor kill in order to save her? Would he torture himself for billions of years if he knew about her inevitable death? Every move she makes is something that will likely change his future, their future forever.
She doesn't deserve him, she realizes. He doesn't know about her betrayals, about the intensity of their connection that leads to an entire prophecy being created to keep them apart. The woman she becomes is so different from the girl that he still thinks he knows. Or maybe now he's realizing he doesn't know her at all. Even unintentionally, she winds up breaking his hearts. ]
You and River get on just fine with your timelines out of sorts, don't you?
[It's a quiet, almost desperate question. She doesn't want him to pull away.]
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Would this version of the Doctor kill in order to save her? Would he torture himself for billions of years if he knew about her inevitable death? Every move she makes is something that will likely change his future, their future forever.
She doesn't deserve him, she realizes. He doesn't know about her betrayals, about the intensity of their connection that leads to an entire prophecy being created to keep them apart. The woman she becomes is so different from the girl that he still thinks he knows. Or maybe now he's realizing he doesn't know her at all. Even unintentionally, she winds up breaking his hearts. ]
You and River get on just fine with your timelines out of sorts, don't you?
[It's a quiet, almost desperate question. She doesn't want him to pull away.]