bossily: (clara231)
Clara Oswald ([personal profile] bossily) wrote 2021-09-13 05:33 am (UTC)

[She really doesn't want to be crying. But she's humiliated and the sting of rejection continues to worsen the more he tries to make her see reason. She can't go and tell him that their timeline issues don't matter because this is all that's left for them. After they leave the station, she'll never see him again.

Tears slip free from her eyes and slowly track down her face as she looks up at him. He's breaking her heart, but he isn't the first to do so and she knows he won't be the last. There's the edge of fear creeping in that she's just ruined their friendship, and he'll pull away and refuse to be her closest friend all in the name of protecting her or keeping things from becoming more awkward.

A protest dies before she can ever verbalize it, and yet she can't bring herself to look away from him. She has to eventually though, so he won't see the self-loathing that's in her eyes. Her fingers curl around his wrist, and she stands there with a stubborn refusal to meet his gaze again.
]

You'll go back after this and be back with your Clara, just the way things should be. Be back in the proper timeline and all. Just...just forget I said anything, yeah? It's not important.

[She's desperately trying to salvage what she can of their friendship, terrified that it's not going to work. She doesn't bother telling him the things she wants, because it's not her place to force him to listen and understand. He's given her his answer and viewpoint on things, and she can accept that. She'll just need some time to nurse her wounds and everything'll be fine.

Won't it?
]

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