The Private Universe (Part 1/3)

This is fourth in a series featuring Ten II and Rose, following immediately after Tenses and Pronouns. Obviously, there are spoilers for Journey's End. There is also adult content.

Thanks as usual to nonelvis and platypus, who provided their usual excellent beta input including much gnashing of teeth over the appropriate title. In the end, the title is borrowed from a Crowded House song, which does not feature at all in the story.

( Despite his assurance to Rose that he was the same man, he felt like a stranger to himself in a way that he never had before. )