24.11.2010, 17:55
starcrossed [1/1] 1,355. pg. spoilers for season 5.
river song (doctor who). amy pond (doctor who). eleventh doctor (doctor who). amy/river.
under the stars we make promises that we can keep.
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Author's Notes: Ficlet. AU. Character's aren't mine. Quite possibly a lot bit OOC. Sorry about that. Extremely cheesy, I am afraid.
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He convinces her not to kiss him anymore. He can be very convincing. If only she werenât so stubborn. If only he were better at distracting her. Oh, but she is brilliant. She is pretty much distracting herself now.
âDoctor, who exactly is she?â
âWho is who?â He fiddled around on the console, wondering what those other buttons were able to do.
âRiver Song. Who is she?â He could almost the question she was actually asking. Again. Is she your wife?
âSheâs not my wife.â
âI know that.â
âYou know that? Why did you ask then?â Oh, he knew he wasnât making sense to her. But maybe it would stop her from thinking about it. There was just something that struck him as odd about this whole situation.
âI didnât. I want to know who she is.â
âRiver Song isâ¦â He stopped to think. Who was she? He didnât know either. But something was odd about this situation, about Amelia Pond asking him questions about River Song.
*
Weeks later they are walking on a purple planet when she speaks of River again.
âDoctor, how do you know her?â
âKnow whom?â He stops, dreading her answer.
âRiver Song. How do you know her?â When she notices that he isnât walking beside her anymore she turns around, frowning and flicking her hair.
âWe⦠we first met in a library. Had a run-in with the Vashta Nerada, you know. I told you about those. She was there with a team of â well, doesnât matter. She was there and thatâs how we met.â He stops himself from telling Amy more than she needs to know. He just isnât sure if it would do any good to tell her what had happened. To tell her what River had told him. Amy would only ask more questions, would only be more insistent to know more about River.
*
She doesnât talk of River again until much much later. Something has changed within her. Oh, any normal â well, as normal as can be in a universe full of aliens â being would say that there is nothing wrong with her. And there isnât. She is just as Amelia Pond-ish as she had been the day they first met. But, oh, he knows something is different. He can almost smell it. Sheâs changed. When sheâs alone in her room she spends hours thinking and pondering to the point of brooding until she falls asleep. Sheâs subdued when left alone, wondering about the wonders of the universe, tinkering away on fantastical imaginations in her mind.
Sheâs the same and then again she isnât. And he knows this just has something to do with River Song when she asks him to make a trip to the 51st century.
*
He lets her wander off on her own. Heâs not a fan of this idea but the TARDIS wonât stop bugging him about leaving her alone, giving her the opportunity to find herself again.
He should have known that the TARDIS had it all figured out. Typical. And the only one who didnât know was he, the Doctor. But now he is observing them. Amelia Pond and River Song.
He tells himself that heâs doing it for her own good, but the TARDIS reminds him that he is a nosy Time Lord with too much time on his hands. She lets him watch his companion anyway.
[INDENT]They are almost crying with joy when they meet. They hug and hug and donât let go. Theyâre so unspeakably happy to see each other that it scares them to ever be without the other.
[/INDENT]
The TARDIS wonât let him see everything but he isnât called a genius for nothing. He has a strong feeling of whatâs going on between the two women. Theyâre kissing and hugging and kissing some more. He knew it. Heâs known that something is going on between them since the moment they said goodbye to River after the crash of the Byzantium, but he had tried to ignore it. Something had told him not to notice it. The TARDIS probably, mindful girl that she is.
But now he sees the whole story. He sees them flirt and laugh and enjoy each otherâs company and it makes him smile (all the while pretending that there is nothing creepy about staring at the monitor for hours upon hours, spying on his companion).
[INDENT]âI want to stay here,â Amy says to River, lying in her arms, a position more comfortable with this strange woman who was nothing more than an acquaintance to her than it had ever been with Rory. For a split second she felt regret and guilt. He didnât deserve her, didnât deserve her falling out of love with him.
âI want you to stay here,â River replies, planting a soft kiss on Amyâs hair. âBut you canât.â She continues stroking Amyâs arms, trying to fill her with the love that has taken place in her heart the moment she had seen Amy.
âWhy not?â
[/INDENT]
The Doctor is tempted to shut off the screen but the TARDIS takes over his brain. He is meant to see this. He is meant to watch Amy. So he watches and listens. River explains why they cannot stay together. Amy nods in understanding. The screen displays only a blurry something. Apparently, they kiss and hug and kiss some more.
[INDENT]âWeâre starcrossed lovers, arenât we?â The way Amy says it is half sad and half funny. Sheâs crying and giggling and kissing River again, smoothing her hands over Riverâs face, then her shoulders, her arms, anything she can grab; she wants to stay.
âI daresay we are. But we will meet again, Amy. I promise you. We will have enough time to be together, to stay with each other, to love each other. It is not our time yet and until it is there will be an end to every encounter between us. But I promise you, Amy, we will have our time. We will meet again and again and again and at one point we will be together for good. I love you, Amy.â
Itâs the strangest thing thatâs ever happened to Amelia Pond. Oh, there were strange things; the crack in the wall, the Daleks, the Weeping Angels that still give her nightmares. But this thing is the strangest of all. River only just met her for the very first time in her timeline and already she speaks of love.
And if fills Amyâs heart so much, she thinks itâs going to burst. Sheâs filled with excitement and anticipation, with joy and a tiny wink of sadness, but mostly she is filled with love. She knows what she has to do. âI will think of you every day, River Song. Iâll think of you when I look at the stars and the universe, knowing that you are waiting for me, knowing you are looking at the same stars, the same universe. Iâll come back, River. I promise.â
[/INDENT]
He turns off the monitor, this time the TARDIS does not interfere. He has a feeling that Amy will sleep better now, that she will do less pondering and more enjoying. When she comes back into the TARDIS she smiles and almost dances towards him. Sheâs back again, knowing that whatever she is going to do in the future while waiting for the one day that sheâs going to be with River again, it doesnât matter. Sheâs going to have fun and live her life the way she promised to River until they meet again and again and again.
*
The Doctor watches over her every day. Sometimes they take trips to Earth and she wants to stay there for a while but he never forgets that it is his job to watch over her. His encounters with River make more sense now. Sheâs not his wife, not an incarnation of himself, sheâs nothing quite so daunting. Sheâs his companionâs future â and thus also his, because even though unspoken he knows what River asks of him â and when he looks at Amelia Jessica Pond from Leadworth he knows that he would do anything to make this little human happy.
river song (doctor who). amy pond (doctor who). eleventh doctor (doctor who). amy/river.
under the stars we make promises that we can keep.
-
Author's Notes: Ficlet. AU. Character's aren't mine. Quite possibly a lot bit OOC. Sorry about that. Extremely cheesy, I am afraid.
-
He convinces her not to kiss him anymore. He can be very convincing. If only she werenât so stubborn. If only he were better at distracting her. Oh, but she is brilliant. She is pretty much distracting herself now.
âDoctor, who exactly is she?â
âWho is who?â He fiddled around on the console, wondering what those other buttons were able to do.
âRiver Song. Who is she?â He could almost the question she was actually asking. Again. Is she your wife?
âSheâs not my wife.â
âI know that.â
âYou know that? Why did you ask then?â Oh, he knew he wasnât making sense to her. But maybe it would stop her from thinking about it. There was just something that struck him as odd about this whole situation.
âI didnât. I want to know who she is.â
âRiver Song isâ¦â He stopped to think. Who was she? He didnât know either. But something was odd about this situation, about Amelia Pond asking him questions about River Song.
*
Weeks later they are walking on a purple planet when she speaks of River again.
âDoctor, how do you know her?â
âKnow whom?â He stops, dreading her answer.
âRiver Song. How do you know her?â When she notices that he isnât walking beside her anymore she turns around, frowning and flicking her hair.
âWe⦠we first met in a library. Had a run-in with the Vashta Nerada, you know. I told you about those. She was there with a team of â well, doesnât matter. She was there and thatâs how we met.â He stops himself from telling Amy more than she needs to know. He just isnât sure if it would do any good to tell her what had happened. To tell her what River had told him. Amy would only ask more questions, would only be more insistent to know more about River.
*
She doesnât talk of River again until much much later. Something has changed within her. Oh, any normal â well, as normal as can be in a universe full of aliens â being would say that there is nothing wrong with her. And there isnât. She is just as Amelia Pond-ish as she had been the day they first met. But, oh, he knows something is different. He can almost smell it. Sheâs changed. When sheâs alone in her room she spends hours thinking and pondering to the point of brooding until she falls asleep. Sheâs subdued when left alone, wondering about the wonders of the universe, tinkering away on fantastical imaginations in her mind.
Sheâs the same and then again she isnât. And he knows this just has something to do with River Song when she asks him to make a trip to the 51st century.
*
He lets her wander off on her own. Heâs not a fan of this idea but the TARDIS wonât stop bugging him about leaving her alone, giving her the opportunity to find herself again.
He should have known that the TARDIS had it all figured out. Typical. And the only one who didnât know was he, the Doctor. But now he is observing them. Amelia Pond and River Song.
He tells himself that heâs doing it for her own good, but the TARDIS reminds him that he is a nosy Time Lord with too much time on his hands. She lets him watch his companion anyway.
[INDENT]They are almost crying with joy when they meet. They hug and hug and donât let go. Theyâre so unspeakably happy to see each other that it scares them to ever be without the other.
[/INDENT]
The TARDIS wonât let him see everything but he isnât called a genius for nothing. He has a strong feeling of whatâs going on between the two women. Theyâre kissing and hugging and kissing some more. He knew it. Heâs known that something is going on between them since the moment they said goodbye to River after the crash of the Byzantium, but he had tried to ignore it. Something had told him not to notice it. The TARDIS probably, mindful girl that she is.
But now he sees the whole story. He sees them flirt and laugh and enjoy each otherâs company and it makes him smile (all the while pretending that there is nothing creepy about staring at the monitor for hours upon hours, spying on his companion).
[INDENT]âI want to stay here,â Amy says to River, lying in her arms, a position more comfortable with this strange woman who was nothing more than an acquaintance to her than it had ever been with Rory. For a split second she felt regret and guilt. He didnât deserve her, didnât deserve her falling out of love with him.
âI want you to stay here,â River replies, planting a soft kiss on Amyâs hair. âBut you canât.â She continues stroking Amyâs arms, trying to fill her with the love that has taken place in her heart the moment she had seen Amy.
âWhy not?â
[/INDENT]
The Doctor is tempted to shut off the screen but the TARDIS takes over his brain. He is meant to see this. He is meant to watch Amy. So he watches and listens. River explains why they cannot stay together. Amy nods in understanding. The screen displays only a blurry something. Apparently, they kiss and hug and kiss some more.
[INDENT]âWeâre starcrossed lovers, arenât we?â The way Amy says it is half sad and half funny. Sheâs crying and giggling and kissing River again, smoothing her hands over Riverâs face, then her shoulders, her arms, anything she can grab; she wants to stay.
âI daresay we are. But we will meet again, Amy. I promise you. We will have enough time to be together, to stay with each other, to love each other. It is not our time yet and until it is there will be an end to every encounter between us. But I promise you, Amy, we will have our time. We will meet again and again and again and at one point we will be together for good. I love you, Amy.â
Itâs the strangest thing thatâs ever happened to Amelia Pond. Oh, there were strange things; the crack in the wall, the Daleks, the Weeping Angels that still give her nightmares. But this thing is the strangest of all. River only just met her for the very first time in her timeline and already she speaks of love.
And if fills Amyâs heart so much, she thinks itâs going to burst. Sheâs filled with excitement and anticipation, with joy and a tiny wink of sadness, but mostly she is filled with love. She knows what she has to do. âI will think of you every day, River Song. Iâll think of you when I look at the stars and the universe, knowing that you are waiting for me, knowing you are looking at the same stars, the same universe. Iâll come back, River. I promise.â
[/INDENT]
He turns off the monitor, this time the TARDIS does not interfere. He has a feeling that Amy will sleep better now, that she will do less pondering and more enjoying. When she comes back into the TARDIS she smiles and almost dances towards him. Sheâs back again, knowing that whatever she is going to do in the future while waiting for the one day that sheâs going to be with River again, it doesnât matter. Sheâs going to have fun and live her life the way she promised to River until they meet again and again and again.
*
The Doctor watches over her every day. Sometimes they take trips to Earth and she wants to stay there for a while but he never forgets that it is his job to watch over her. His encounters with River make more sense now. Sheâs not his wife, not an incarnation of himself, sheâs nothing quite so daunting. Sheâs his companionâs future â and thus also his, because even though unspoken he knows what River asks of him â and when he looks at Amelia Jessica Pond from Leadworth he knows that he would do anything to make this little human happy.
END.
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