@fearsasuperpower sent: [ WEDDING ]: sender and receiver share their first dance together as a married couple. (From some meme I'm not gonna look for cos I'm on mobile)
It’s not her first wedding to this face, not the first time he’s pulled her close by their joined hands and murmured the question in her ear – River, will you marry me – and it’s not the first time she’s said yes without hesitation. Each time is different, each planet and culture with its own customs and traditions, and the two of them have embraced every one.
This wedding is a lavish occasion, bodies draped in flowing red silk with gold dripping from the hems, headdresses of real leaves and berries, and every inch of visible flesh covered in gold-painted symbols and patterns. The idea, she’s been told, is that by the end of the festival the symbols should be smudged beyond recognition, berries crushed and smeared against skin and clothing — if they aren’t, then it’s evidence you haven’t properly partaken in the festival celebrations. With a smirk, River had reassured the guide that there need be no fear of that happening; she intended to fully immerse herself in the festivities.
The ceremony had been brief and very public, the two TimeLords standing among thousands of other couples (and sometimes trios, or whole groups) with their hands clasped and foreheads pressed together as the master of ceremonies recited the required words. A half-second pause, and then red and yellow flowers are raining down on them, catching in hair and hands, brushing against arms and bare feet: the celebrations have begun. Sharing a kiss isn’t a necessity here, but they do it anyway, grinning lips pressed together as River and the Doctor mark their fifty-sixth wedding on the planet Hecubus 7 during its septennial fertility festival.
The dancing commences almost immediately, notes of music both alluring and joyful coming from some unidentified place in the distance as every newlywed begins to move in time. There are no set steps, no required movements; each dance is entirely unique to those performing it, but very few leave any room for doubt that it’s a fertility festival they’re at. Eyes sparkling, mouth curled in a very self-satisfied smirk, River releases her husband’s hands to run fingers up his silk-covered chest, continuing upwards to smudge a gold pattern on the side of his neck and pluck a berry from his headdress. Crushing the fruit between thumb and forefinger, the proto-TimeLord smears the red-purple juice against her lips in a crude approximation of lipstick: an invitation to him to lick the stains from her mouth and, from there, to take the lead in this dance.











