[Doctor Who: Drabble] "Spoilers" [Doctor/River, G]
Title: Spoilers
Prompt: writerverse challenge #14 october BINGO of doom!, prompt #11 ‘awareness’
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairings: Eleventh Doctor/River Song
Warnings: mentions of canon character death
Summary: Their entire relationship is on borrowed time.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Spoilers
Most of the time, he could forget that he had watched River die.
Being a Time Lord meant naturally outliving other species, and being a time traveler meant that at any point, everyone he knew might not yet have been born or might already be dead. But somehow, River’s death hurt the most. Had hurt- would hurt-
He tried not to think about it.
“Ready, sweetie?” asked River. She was wearing a long, slinky gown, her hair a halo of curls around her head, and both of his hearts skipped at the sight.
The Doctor smiled. “For you, River? Always.”
THE END
Current Mood:
snowed in
Prompt: writerverse challenge #14 october BINGO of doom!, prompt #11 ‘awareness’
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairings: Eleventh Doctor/River Song
Warnings: mentions of canon character death
Summary: Their entire relationship is on borrowed time.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Spoilers
Most of the time, he could forget that he had watched River die.
Being a Time Lord meant naturally outliving other species, and being a time traveler meant that at any point, everyone he knew might not yet have been born or might already be dead. But somehow, River’s death hurt the most. Had hurt- would hurt-
He tried not to think about it.
“Ready, sweetie?” asked River. She was wearing a long, slinky gown, her hair a halo of curls around her head, and both of his hearts skipped at the sight.
The Doctor smiled. “For you, River? Always.”
THE END
Current Mood:
snowed in