And so he meets her at the gangplank with that welcome wonder in his eyes, trembling like the first moths of dusk. So wary of all happiness. But she knows it is in part from the wariness that springs the joy, renewing and awake and grateful and weirdly innocent.

ohohoh. I'm so happy to see this 'verse lives on. The characters are so very much the Doctor and Rose, earthbound or no, and it's beautiful to see them finding meaning in the stars like always. I liked the allusions to different concepts of eternity, and I've always loved that verse from Daniel. One of the best things about Ten/Rose is the way she's brave in ways he never can be; she has a strength that I think he can only marvel at, and you really showed that here. This was very moving, and like so much of your writing, it only improves upon re-reading. :)