If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save everyday
Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

Standing on a rooftop over London, Alex closes her eyes and breathes in the deep, familiar air of the city. ( Something inside of her stills, and when she opens her eyes, her gaze casts to the ground so far beneath her. )


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Cut for spoilers for the end of Life on Mars
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Muse: Alex Drake, Ashes to Ashes
Prompt: for the song meme: "Time in a Bottle" by Roger Whittaker
Verse: Open and Canon Verses
Word Count: 473

Alex Drake sits. She sits at the window and stares out over London. She sits at the window in her flat over Luigi’s and stares out over London. And she waits.

She’s not sure what she’s waiting for, if she’s really waiting for anything. She’s spent a long time waiting. Waiting for the phone to ring. Waiting to see her daughter. Waiting for a familiar voice to break through this fantasy and remind her of home. Like what happened to Sam. The way it’s supposed to happen.

( But tonight, there is only quiet. She hasn’t even felt Molly sitting behind her, or felt that painful need to turn around and try to catch a glimpse of her. But Molly isn’t real, not here, anyway. She’s just a fleeting feeling. A fading memory. )
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Cut for Spoilers: Series 1 finale of Ashes to Ashes and minor spoilers for the finale of Life on Mars.
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Muse: Alex Drake
Prompt: None
Verse: Canon
Word Count: 748