[ooc: Takes place sometime before this. Includes a character introduced canonically in series 7, and references a character death discussed canonically during series 6. ]

For The Doctor, it had only been a year, at most. But to everyone she had left behind, it had been nearly five. A year of her running around the past and future, wreaking havoc, saving lives, having ridiculous adventures. But it had been five long years for everyone else, everyone who was taking the slow path.

( And a lot had changed in that five years. )

Muse: The Eleventh Doctor (AU)
Canon: Doctor Who
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