Drabble Series: Little Moments - Morning Tea
Title: Morning Tea
Author: whosintheattic
Pairing: TenToo/Rose
Rating: K+
Words: 225
Rose is sitting at the kitchen table having tea and a breakfast muffin, and the Doctor emerges from the bedroom, yesterday’s shirt thrown on and buttoned haphazardly, hair disheveled, and his ‘spare’ brainy specs perched on the bridge of his nose; he’s wearing his pants but no trousers. “Good morning,” he says cheerily, his voice still casting off the last vestiges of sleep.
Rose smiles at him, and lifts the kettle from the Formica tabletop and offers, “Tea?” he nods and reaches under his specs to rub his eye before leaning down to plant a kiss on the top of her head, pausing a moment to enjoy the flowery scent of her hair. She hands him the morning paper and fills the empty cup that she’d previously set in his place as he settles into his chair.
“Sleep well?” he asks, opening the paper.
“Very,” she sips her tea and gives him a knowing look as his face disappears behind the newsprint. “And you?” she asks, eyebrow arched and tongue poking at the corner of her smile. He lowers the paper enough so that she can see the skin around his eyes crinkling with the effort of a smile, eyebrows waggling. “Very.”
If every morning were like this morning, and every night were like last night, this new stationary life on Parallel Earth would be…fantastic.