5) character you were most surprised to end up writing
I would say probably Missy? I wasn’t terribly fond of her when she first showed up but the little psychopath grew on me and now I adore her. But even once I grew to love her, I was surprised to be writing her just because her characterization is so difficult to pin down for me. She’s just absolutely batshit and unpredictable and too too clever and honestly, I don’t know how I’ve had the balls to even attempt writing her but it’s been fun trying:)
19) when it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?
I usually create a folder on my desktop where I keep all of my outline, my notes, any pictures I’ve used as inspiration, character profiles, and anything else relevant. I refer to that folder constantly while I’m writing and usually read over things several times as the story progresses just to keep in mind the more important details. An incredibly boring answer, for which I apologize, but I am hyper organized about my outlines. Haha
It isn’t his fault - not really. Hardly anything is ever his fault when his wife is this young. He’d dropped in to pick up his Ponds for a quick trip and had instead found River, still in University and apparently staying with her parents for the summer hols. He’s been doing his best to give her space when she’s this young, not only for the sake of timelines but because her very Roman father had demanded it of him.
She needs to make her own choices, Rory had said, stern and parental in a way that made the Doctor want to grin at him. Don’t go making them for her just because from your perspective she already has.
He’d saluted and agreed, blushing all the while.
And so far he’s done a good job of adhering to Rory’s wishes. Except today. Today, River had greeted him with a wink and a hello sweetie and he could do nothing but stutter; staring at her in those cutoff shorts and her bare feet, the thin straps of her tank top slipping down her tanned shoulders to reveal those sweet little freckles he so loves to trace with his tongue when she’s older.
What else could he do but kiss her?
He’d meant for it to be a quick peck, really. All right, maybe a few quick pecks. And not quick so much as enthusiastic. The point is he certainly hadn’t meant for things to escalate to having his very young wife straddling him on the sofa in the Pond’s living room. And he certainly hadn’t meant to slide her top over her head like that but before he can panic too much about it River is wriggling on his lap and guiding his hands to her warm, bare flesh.
If his lives depended on it he couldn’t begin to say why he shouldn’t melt into her when she does that thing with her tongue and moans so enticingly in his ear. He slides his hands down her bare back and grips her bottom, tugging her closer. River sighs, her breath hot against his cheek as she grinds against him in just the right way to make his brain fizzle out his ears. He whimpers, fingers digging into the denim of her frayed cutoffs.
“Doctor,” she breathes, small hands fumbling between them for the buttons on his trousers. He ducks his head, nipping at her throat, and she tips her head back with a gasp. “Oh honey, please. I want you.”
“I bet you do,” he rumbles, sinking his teeth into her collarbone. “You bad, bad girl.”
She bites back a moan, breathing heavily as she wriggles her hand into his trousers. The Doctor lifts his hips in an effort to help her, panting into her hair and needing her to touch him so badly nothing else in the universe matters. Except the sound of the front door opening.
“Melody!”
They both freeze, staring at each other in horror at the sound of Rory William’s angry voice. River recovers first - alarmingly quickly, come to think of it. She reaches for her discarded shirt and slips it back over her head before she turns to face her parents with an innocent smile. Rory and Amy stand in the doorway, holding takeout containers and gaping at them.
“Mum. Dad.” River greets brightly, waggling her fingers at them as though she hadn’t just had that particular hand down the Doctor’s pants. “Look who popped by for a visit.”
The Doctor shifts awkwardly, struggling to discreetly do up his trousers with River still perched on his lap. “Erm, Ponds! Hello Ponds.” He wonders briefly if his face will remain this shade of red for the remainder of this regeneration. “Fancy seeing you here.”
“Here? At our house? Where we live?” Amy arches an eyebrow, clearly trying to stifle a smirk. “Yeah, small world.”
Gaze still locked on the Doctor, Rory orders quietly, “Melody, go help your mum set the table. I need a moment with the Doctor.”
As River moves to shift off his lap, the Doctor grabs her hand and grips it tight. Eyes wide, he meets her amused stare and whispers frantically, “Please don’t leave me.”
She smirks, leaning in to press a lipstick kiss to the tip of his nose. “Sorry, sweetie.”
With a wink, she slinks off his lap and out of the room with Amy, leaving the Doctor alone with a very angry Centurion. When both women are gone, he grabs a pillow from the sofa and places it on his lap, beaming at Rory.
“So,” he says, fidgeting. “Rory the Roman. How are… things?”
jadethe2nd replied to your post: river/twelve + 17
I LOVE THIS. I love that he finally manages to say it in the middle of a row and I love how River doesn’t just forget about the fact that she told him not to use his regeneration energy. You packed so much emotion into such a small ficlet, it’s lovely.
I mean, LBR here the Doctor is an idiot and he was only ever going to blurt it out by accident. Hahah Also yes, River may swoon a bit at first but he’s definitely going to get an earful later. But I’m pretty sure he loves that about her:D
jadethe2nd replied to your post: my words will be your light, to carry you to me...
Aaaah Pam I love this! It’s hilarious! But so sweet at the same time! (And could turn into a series, maybe? I bet River and her two, eventually three, Doctors get up to all kinds of mischief. Just saying!)
Haha I’ve thought about it, honestly. There’s just so much room for fic involving the three of them. We’ll see! Thanks so much, Jade! I’m glad you liked it:))