Prompt: Rose and Scorpius watching Doctor Who
"So... this is what you watch for fun?"
Scorpius looks at Rose as if she's gone mad.
"For fun? Seriously?"
"Yes, of course", Rose laughs, grinning at her best friend, slightly ruffling his blond hair.
Suddenly, she gets serious, straightens up instead of being slouched into the sofa.
"Don't you like it?" she asks him, nibbling on her bottom lip nervously.
Oh, she needs him to like it! She really does.
"That girl is black. She's the best friend of those two. And... and she's their daughter. And the Doctor's wife and there's Hitler. And the ginger one named her daughter after her daughter, who's her best friend. Who's black. And then she isn't black anymore, which I understand, as she regenerated. Because she's sort of a Time Lord. Because she was made in the TARDIS."
Rose just looks at him with big hazel eyes, silent for a moment until she bursts out laughing.
"Yes! You got it! You got it right and it was your first go! Oh, you can't imagine how proud I am of you!"
"But it's so complicated! It really is!"
"Yeah, I'll give you that... the sixth season is really freaking complicated! I'm not sure I've understood all of it and I've watched it so many times! I'm still confused with their timelines and the Doctor and River and when they meet and which meeting it is for whom and then I get all sad when River kisses the Doctor. And he's so confused because they've never done that before and it's so freaking sad because in that moment River realizes that this is the last time she'll ever kiss the Doctor!"
"I don't know how to respond to that..."
Rose giggles and places a soft peck on her friend's cheek.
"You know what? We're gonna watch one of my favourite episodes. One of the easier ones. Without the confusing timelines."
The red-head gets up from the sofa, getting Scorpius and herself a cuppa before popping in a different episode.
"So, this is season two. The episode is called 'The Idiot's Lantern' and the Doctor and his companion Rose travel back in time. They're in the 50s now."
Scorpius nods slightly, putting one arm around Rose's shoulder to draw her a bit closer.
"So her name's Rose then, eh? Nice name." He wiggles his eyebrows at her, grinning.
"She's pretty cool. Oh and it's a different Doctor!"
Scorpius nods again. So far they've watched five episodes and he really can't understand why Rose is just so fascinated with it.
Okay, it has great special effects and the Doctor is pretty badass and Amy and Rory are amazing but somehow... For him, it's no fun. He has to think so much to understand everything, to not get confused. Maybe because he hasn't watched all of it?
Anyway, they make it through 'The Idiot's Lantern' with only a few sobs coming from Rose. He has to admit, it was a pretty good episode.
"You know", he finally tells her, "I think I like this Doctor-bloke. He's so nice to everyone. He loves his friends a great deal. And I guess, if you're willing, I'll give it a shot from the beginning on. Though I'm still utterly confused about everything."
"So am I", she grins at him, her eyes beaming, "So am I."