Hey bean! I saw that the requests are open for today and I was wondering if I could get a comfort imagine with the Tenth Doctor where the reader is a tad self conscious about her belly despite the fact she's been working out and looks fine and is a healthy size, but also in desperate need of a hug despite not likening human contact. I hope you're having a lovely day ♥️
TW; body insecurities, Ten not respecting people’s boundaries (in a cute way. Just putting it as a warning just in case).
You were in your temporary bedroom in the TARDIS, stood before the mirror. You were fully dressed but one hand had fisted the material of your shirt and pulled, so that your figure was very much obvious.
You glared at what you saw in the mirror hatefully. The Doctor, who had been watching unnoticed up until this point, swallowed thickly against the sudden lump in his throat.
He watched, tears in his eyes, as you poked with one finger at your stomach, eyeing the rolls, dimples and ripples in the skin with so much disgust in your face that the Doctor almost didn’t recognise you.
He’d only ever seen such a level of self-loathing in his own reflection and it broke his hearts to see it in yours, too.
You jumped. startled, and the Doctor pushed off from the wall, unfolding his arms as he approached you, smoothing your hand out and letting your shirt material fall free, once more hiding your figure.
“Do you really hate yourself so much?” Hs voice was quiet, thoughtful as though he was giving every word equal consideration before he spoke; using his centuries of experience around humans to help where he knew that he could.
You could only nod, unable to look at yourself or the Doctor. You turned, not wanting to look at yourself any longer.
“I’m going to hug you now, so stay still.” Ten warned, his brown eyes gleaming with emotions that the English language had no words for.
As promised, he stepped towards you and wrapped his pinstriped clad arms around you, his hold tight, warm and reassuring. He held you so gently despite the grip, as though he were afraid that you would fracture like glass under his touch.
You weren’t okay and you wouldn’t be for some time, but you had the Doctor with you so in time - of which there was an abundance at your disposal - you would be.
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