He suddenly freezes and just stares at her. That outburst explains so much, and now his irritation at her being angry with him for wanting to spare her the pain seem so trivial.
Taking a step forward, then two, he speaks in a quiet voice.]
One thing you should remember is that there is a reason for what they do, and that reason lies in their past. Which is me.
[Against his normal gentlemanly demeanor, he suddenly takes a step back again and strips off his jacket and the white t-shirt beneath, tossing them aside. The shyness has disappeared, mainly because baring his chest has a purpose behind it, and he can ignore the fact that he's bare-chested in front of Rose Tyler for a moment.
He takes her hand gently, if she'll let him, and rests her fingers against a wide scar in the center of his chest, between where his hearts would be, if he had two of them at the moment.]
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He suddenly freezes and just stares at her. That outburst explains so much, and now his irritation at her being angry with him for wanting to spare her the pain seem so trivial.
Taking a step forward, then two, he speaks in a quiet voice.]
One thing you should remember is that there is a reason for what they do, and that reason lies in their past. Which is me.
[Against his normal gentlemanly demeanor, he suddenly takes a step back again and strips off his jacket and the white t-shirt beneath, tossing them aside. The shyness has disappeared, mainly because baring his chest has a purpose behind it, and he can ignore the fact that he's bare-chested in front of Rose Tyler for a moment.
He takes her hand gently, if she'll let him, and rests her fingers against a wide scar in the center of his chest, between where his hearts would be, if he had two of them at the moment.]
I didn't always spare the ones I love the pain.