I do not own Doctor Who.

This fic was written for Shannon because she was my beta...and I am sorry for any mistakes there are. I was incredibly sick while writing the majority of this. I hope you like it okay bye (:


The lights flickered in her cell as River Song shut the door of the TARDIS with a wide grin on her face. Oh what a night it had been! The Doctor had surprised her and taken her to Derillium to see the Singing Towers. She'd been begging him for ages and he'd finally given in. They'd eaten a picnic dinner under the stars on a grassy hill a little further from the Towers than she had hoped, but when the singing filled the air, she couldn't imagine a better place to be.

At first, she couldn't quite decide what it sounded like. Then, as she scooted closer to her love and leaned her head on his chest, she thought of something.

It was majestic and beautiful like nothing else was ever, or could ever be. It was a walk on the beach and candlelit dinner. It was fields of rich, green grass stretching over endless hills. It was the smell of the earth after a light summer rain. It was the sound of children laughing and singing with joy. It was the smile of a loved one on Christmas morning.

She smiled as his hand slid down her back and around her waist. For River Song, it was the sound of all her hopes and dreams, all of time and space at her feet and the Doctor-herDoctor- by her side.

River looked up at him and he smiled down at her with tears in his eyes.

"Doctor?" she sat up on her knees and placed a hand on his cheek. "What's wrong, sweetie?"

He wouldn't answer for a minute or two, but then he spoke.

"River, you are the most beautiful woman in all of time and space. And you're mine. I just- I just can't picture my life without you in it. I love you so, so much, my love. You know that, right?"

His hand reached up to her's on his face and pulled it into his lap, stroking it gently.

Tears filled her eyes as well and she kissed him, with all the love and devotion of the whole of reality.

When at last they broke apart, she pressed her forehead to his and whispered, "Always, my love. Always."

They lay in each others arms for an eternity as the song of the universe played on.

Eventually, the Singing Towers faded away and the Doctor scooped her off her feet and carried her to the TARDIS, kissing her once for each step he took.

The night slowly turned into day and the TARDIS's artificial sun rose to find clothes flung carelessly around the room and a sleeping couple, holding one another as if the universe depended on them never breaking skin contact.

River set down her pen and closed her diary.

The smile had not left her face since the TARDIS had disappeared again and left her alone in her cell.

She slid the blue book in its place under her pillow and stood to ready herself for the day.

As she dressed and fought with her hair, she noticed something odd. Her left wrist had a mark on it. Just a dark green line running horizontally about a fourth of an inch long. She contemplated it for a minute but brushed it off and went about her business.

Today she left for her hearing. With any luck, in a few hours, she'd be a free woman, thanks to the work she had done at the Byzantium all those months ago. Then maybe she could surprise him and they could travel the universe together for the first time.

As she strapped on her Vortex Manipulator, she again noticed the little green mark. But it had gotten a little bigger, she thought. "No, that's silly. It hasn't gotten bigger. It's just a little mark."

Again she brushed it off and stepped up to the cell door as the prison guards came to escort her to her hearing.