So I saw it was Whouffaldi Week on Tumblr, and I thought "Why not?". I've been trying my hand at Whouffladi lately, and I do need to give myself a challenge. I really wanted to do a prompt for today, and inspiration struck me last night for this. It's a bit of an odd POV, but I like it. And I hope this isn't going to trainwreck on me.
Also, this is an AU ending of Face the Raven, which I have no idea why I'm doing because that episode ended with the Doctor saving Clara and the two of them admitting they loved each other, right?
So yeah, enjoy!
Day 2- The TARDIS
She didn't know they were right for each other in the beginning. But to be fair, he was simply chasing her to find out how the same woman died in both the Dalek Asylum and Victorian London. She herself was curious too, and also glad that her thief had something new on his mind to chase after. He'd been so upset and mourned for so long after Amy and Rory, who she missed as much as he did.
Clara Oswald was indeed an enigma. Her first impressions of her were that she was quite stubborn and a bit bossy. But as the young woman continued to travel with her thief, she saw another side of Miss Oswald. Clara was kind, caring, and quite brilliant by human standards. Their relations had a very rocky start, but she gradually grew to accept Clara. Clara, in turn, grew to love her too.
Christmas was a changing point for those two, and she meant that quite literally. Her thief's new face was much older than his last. Clara struggled with it, which was not entirely unreasonable for a human. Rose had been frightened too by it, and others had been bewildered. At least Clara wasn't almost strangled. Only the TARDIS herself was so used to seeing the change happen by now. After all, she'd witnessed many a regeneration of her thief.
It was after the change that she knew they were meant for each other. Clara and the Doctor's relationship seemed to become more real after he'd changed his face. The illusion of youth was gone, although he still could be childish from time to time. But the two of them were now learning more about each other with every adventure they had with her. She feared Clara would leave for good after the moon, but the teacher had changed her mind after their supposed last hurrah and continued to stay with her thief.
Had it not been for the maths teacher, she would have expected the two to admit their feelings. Her thief was extremely cross after Danny Pink saw her (that poor man). He was jealous, that much was clear. If she'd had eyes again like with that one body, the TARDIS would have rolled them. Clara and the Doctor were dancing around each other like humans. She knew how far Clara had gone for the Doctor, and witnessed him doing everything he could to get her to Danny Pink after he died. If only they could open their eyes and see how much they cared about each other.
Clara did not return after the Cybermen rose up from the earth. Her thief was determined to find Gallifrey with the coordinates his friend had given him. She knew nothing would be there, but she had to take him anyway. He was quite upset when it wasn't there, and took it out on the console. Clara had called him shortly after that asking to meet, and he had gone back and forth out loud on whether or not to tell her. If Danny Pink had returned like he could, then he wouldn't tell her. But he would if he hadn't. She knew Danny would not come back, and Clara's return was expected.
It was a surprise when she said goodbye to him outside her doors, and he left without her.
Much time passed before Clara Oswald came back to the Doctor and her. Their adventures began again, although Clara was starting to display a worrying recklessness as time went on. But the Doctor and Clara were closer than ever before. Their love for each other was unspoken, but more apparent with each passing day. It was powerful and complex and beautiful, yet they did not see it.
When they returned after the case of the tattoo had been resolved, she demanded to know what he meant when she thought she was going to die. The TARDIS held full attention as her thief finally confessed his feelings, and Clara confessed hers. She whirred a sigh of pleased relief that the truth she had known so long had finally come out. That adventure had truly brought them together. They took things quite slow, but the occasional kiss was now present between them.
She thought it would be simply the Doctor and Clara Oswald, travelling in the TARDIS for as long as time allowed her to stay with him. That was all, and nothing more.
However, the new arrival of two small hybrid passengers proved her wrong in the best way possible.
It's difficult to capture the POV of the TARDIS, but I feel I didn't do too terrible. Also, I have no shame and felt the need to slip in a mention of the Hybrid Children. I am sorry, but I love the Wastebasket. Odds are there will be another mention of them this week.
I hope you all liked this piece. Another will be coming this week, so you have that to look forward to.
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