#also yellow roses symbolize regret hehe

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I had this idea about a year ago for a Doctor who fic during s4--Ten and Donna are on present-day Earth for a bit, and suddenly on their way to a location that Ten has refused to specify, he hands Donna a bouquet of yellow roses and asks her to keep them safe for him for a bit. She's completely mystified, but before she can ask why, they are suddenly attacked/assailed by some sort of alien threat or monster-of-the-week. The roses miraculously stay in excellent condition, and when they resume their trip Donna demands to know what the heck about these roses is so important (she went through a LOT to keep those safe), but Ten is weirdly quiet about it until they arrive at their destination--a graveyard. She follows Ten as he winds his way through the headstones and cremation memorials until he finally comes to the name Tyler--and wordlessly takes the roses from her and lays them by their names.