Paradox (Doctor x Reader)
A/N: Takes place during the events of "The day of the Doctor". It's mostly 10th doctor x reader, but it's also a bit of 11th, anyway, sorry for any grammar mistakes, this wasn't Beta read, still I wanted to post it because I felt the urge to write something for Doctor who ;) no summaries this time as the plot follows the episode we all saw, so enjoy and let me know what you think!
A scream could be heard, and suddenly a man falling out of some sort of hole in the sky and landing on the leafed ground could be seen
"This is just what I'm wondering" the Doctor answered as the other man started to get up to brush his coat and trousers.
He opened his mouth to speak, when heavy, fast footsteps could be heard, and you could be seen coming from the trees
"Doctor!" you screamed, stopping right before the group, putting your hands on your knees and bending, inhaling heavely to regain your breath
"Doctor..." you started again, through lighter, but still heavy pantings "Doctor I... I heard screaming and-" you stopped in your tracks, looking up you saw the Doctor, a man with a fez and two Elizabeth I, well, it sure was more normal than usual
"It wasn't this my queue to come, right?" you asked, almost sure of the answer as the Time Lord shook his head, his lips tightly pressed together, the two Elizabeth were looking at each other, quite shocked. The only one who was more happy than surprised was the strange man with the fez
"(Y/n)! What a nice surprise seeing you again!" said man walked up to you and almost choked you with a bone crushing hug while you remained still, not sure about what to do "I've got to tell you something" the man distanced himself, his hand had still a firm grip on your arms "it's really important, please remind me to say it as soon as we're alone" he came close again for another hug, when the Doctor came near you and pointed his sonic screwdriver at the bowtie-wearing man, in an attempt to distance him from you
"Stay away from her" the alien glared, as the man took some steps back, raising his hands in surrender "who are you?" the voice was firm, so firm it could even have been sound as a statement if it wasn't obvious it was a question
"Well" you started, a bit embarassed "I wasn't complaining" you sent a flirtatious wink to the man across from you, as the Doctor looked at you incredulously and you shrugged. Next followed a facial expression argument between the two of you, like almost always used to happen, it could've last for hours, hadn't it been for a clearing of throat, coming from the other man
"I'm you" he simply stated
"Sorry, what?" the Doctor was still pointing his Sonic towards the stranger
"I'm you... from the future" the bowtie-wearing man added, pulling -what you assumed- was an evolved copy of the Sonic screwdriver and turning it on, then smiling with a triumphant smirk as your Doctor retracted his arm near his torso to activate his own screwdriver, his own, smaller, screwdriver. You couldn't keep a giggle at the Doctors' childish contest
"Compensating?" finally your Doctor asked
"Regenerations. Can be quite a lottery"
"Okay you two, care to explain?" you interjected
"Yeah, Doctor?" another voice came, seemingly from nowhere, when it started to speak again, you realized it came from the hole in the air "who are you talking to?"
"Myself" the two Time Lord answered at the same time, then smiling towards each other at their complicity
"Oh god, there's two of him" you muttered under your breath, before walking up to the two men "what do we do with the Elizabeths?"
"Oh yes, of course" the Doctor with usually messy hair started, even if today he seemed to have combed it... wait, did he combed it? "Elizabeth" he announced, then correcting himself "the real Elizabeth" you rolled your eyes 'as if underlining it mattered' "start running in the opposite direction of the other"
"Of course my love" one of the women answered, running up to the Doctor and kissing him passionately on the lips, to which you widened your eyes and rolled them, another time that day.
As the other woman ran and kissed too the Doctor you made a face of disgust "I wonder how many germs had passed on those lips" you muttered through gritted theeth
The alien with the bow tie was next to you and looked at you strangely after your words, sensing his eyes on you you explained, keeping your eyes on the scene "one of them is a Zygon"
"Oh... well... I'm not judging my past regeneration" he said, in a bit of disgust
You laughed at this and turned to look at him in the eyes "so... 11th? 12th? 13th?"
"11th" he answered shortly, with a smile
You smiled too and fixed his bowtie "Bowties are cool" you winked
"Oh, you're totally right" he smirked, he was staring at you, without uttering a word... again, until "how I missed you" he had whispered, starting to take you in another hug as the voice from the hole spoke again
"Doctor...? Can you come back?" the voice asked and Eleventh started to approach the distortion as Tenth neared you in an almost uncomfortable closeness, not that you would've minded usually, but after the closeness with the Zygon he had started to smell a bit too
Your attention was pulled back as the conversation went on "Nothing has came here" you heard as you noticed the fez was missing
"Then where'd it go?" You heard from beside you
A moment of silence followed as the newer regeneration of the Doctor suddenly jumped in excitement "By the way!" he started "Clara, this is (y/n), (y/n), this is Clara, my companion"
"Nice to meet you, well... more or less, I mean- we're not really meeting, so... but it's still a pleasure!" the girl from the other side nervously laughed
"Oh you replaced me, Doctor" you sent a joking glare in his direction, it really wasn't big deal, you knew that your adventure had to come to an end, eventually, and he would've found another companion
"Oh don't worry" Clara interjected "he always talks about you"
"Really?" You asked, a hand on your chest "you're so sweet" you smiled, turning to face the two Doctors "it's almost like you could love me" you laughed and turned back towards the hole, missing the looks the two aliens exchanged
"Oh, well, I believe tha-"
"Sorry Clara, we really need to sort this out" Tenth interrupted her
"Oh, yes, sorry" the girl's voice seemed suddenly aware of almost having spoken too much "I'll go, bye (y/n), it was a pleasure"
"Okay, to go back, shall we reverse the polarity?" Eleventh interrupted
"Rudeness never go away I see" you muttered, taking some distance to let the men work
They both raised their Sonic, starting to invert the polarity, when they realized "it doesn't work" Thenth said
"Yes, I see, it doesn't work, then?"
"It doesn't work, we're both inverting the polarity, I invert the polarity with my Sonic then you put it back to normal with yours, so-"
"I know how polarity works, better than you actually"
"Oh yeah? Then leave and let me sonic this"
"Why don't you leave and let the expert work?"
"Oh please, you're like... 950?"
"More than a thousand, actually"
"Oh, oh! A thousand! Oh so old, it's not like it's my timeline and I get to choose, nah"
"Stop you two!" You said exasperated, grabbing the blue Sonic and inverting the polarity "done" you smiled, proudly.
Both men looked at you, astonished "see? She used mine" your smile dropped at your Doctor childish statement, luckily the almost starting new contest was cut short as a voice behind you spoke
It was a really long ride this time, seeing the Doctors almost burning up Gallifrey and all, but fortunately it was over, and now was the moment of the goodbyes.
Finally you had got to meet Clara (in person) and were enjoying your talking with her, when the very 1st doctor came to you, smiling, sadly, eyes almost tearing up, as he hugged you "I met you just some hours ago, but I feel a strong connection to you, please, keep me, him, them company"
You smiled against his shoulder "I'll do it until he won't get bored of me, for sure"
"Oh trust me" he broke the hug "he won't so easily" he laughed a bit, entering his TARDIS and starting the typical wheezing sound.
You stared, almost tearing up yourself, when you felt a hand rest on your shoulder "may we have that talk?" it was the Doctor, but not yours, the new one.
You looked towards Tenth and Clara they were talking, not really minding the two of you, so you nodded, as Eleventh grabbed your hand, making your heart rache a little bit.
Funny -you thought- how, even his next regeneration, seemed to send shivers down your spine at the mere touch.
"Okay" the Doctor breathed in deeply, you were pretty far from the room you all were some bit ago "I love you"
"You- what?!" you choked on your own spit "are you joking?" you laughed sheepishly, looking around for any signs this could be a bad joke
"Look (y/n), I'm not lying, I always had, I was planning on telling you when I was still him, but then-" he was interrupted by your finger pressing delicately on his lips
"Oh, don't worry, you won't remember this"
"You mean I won't remember you confessing your love to me?"
"Nope, I'm sorry, timey-wimey thing, stretched on itself, a paradox, three of me! I mean, how could that be possib-"
He was shut up by you kissing him, abruptly, but shortly at the same time "will you shut up?" You whispered on his lips
"Oh I see!" a voice suddenly interrupted "you confess your love, bad ending: you won't see her again and you won't have to deal with the embarassment" it was Tenth, who was taking big strides towards the two of you, Clara following slowlier behind "good ending, you kiss the girl and have the occasion I never had" you could literally see the muscles on his jaw tensing, while he held the other Doctor's gaze angrily.
"Doctor" you started, taking his cheek in your hand
"Which one are you referring to? The one who you kissed, despite knowing him for a few hours or the one who always loved you for so many years but you never noticed?" His gaze still hadn't left his other self's green eyes, until you pulled him down in a kiss, longer than the one you shared some seconds before
"First of all you're being totally silly" you started, in a sweet tone as he raised a brow at you "second of all, you're being jealous of yourself" the Doctor narrowed his eyes at you "and thirdly, he most probably has loved me for more years than you"
The last statement left the alien pouting "well... you belong to my timeline"
You giggled softly and pecked his lips "I'm glad you feel the same"
"Sadly we won't remember that" he whispered
"Oh no worries you two" Clara took up the word "I'm sure you'll remember an event as important as this, after all" she smiled, hugging his Doctor's arm "right, Doctor?"
"Of course, Clara" he smiled brightly
As all of you bid good bye to each other you and your Doctor walked hand in hand towards his TARDIS "Hey Doctor" you called beside him
"Did you actually comb your hair for Elizabeth?"
"...oh, okay" well... strange.
Tenth set the coordinates for your time, before looking at you one last time, his eyes were sad as he perfectly knew he would never build up the courage to confess his love to you once again, well, technically it was you who confessed to him, or maybe- ah this paradox things, always complicated!
He smiled one last time to you, before pulling the lever to start his time machine, but shortly after you pulled him down by his collar in another passionate kiss and, as the memory of the day just lived started to vanish, you just found yourself kissing the Doctor and Doctor kissing you
"Well" the Time Lord panted, breaking the kiss "that was unexpected" he looked around, wide-eyed
"Yeah" you mumbled, equally surprised
"You want to do that again?"
"Yeah" you nodded eagerly, as the two of you melted in another kiss
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The Doctor and Clara watched as the ship started to vanish, a smirk pulled at the edge of the alien's lips as new memories of you and him together started to flood in his head.
