Hello Sweetie

By: AgentAyu

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except the story. I also do not own Doctor Who.

A/N: This thought kept popping into my head while I was writing I'm In. Brought to you by popular demand of readers who wanted more from the I'm In one-shot. Thank you for loving the universe as much as I had bringing it to life.

Pre-Yamatai: The University Days

Lara never really thought much of Sam's nickname for her. "Sweetie". It was a term of endearment that Lara didn't understand Sam's need to use for her that just stuck. While Lara primarily had her nose in a book, Sam was watching something on her computer throughout their time at UCL. Since it was Sam's first time in the United Kingdom she thought it would be best to watch through the entire series of Doctor Who. Much to the filmography student's dismay, Lara had never watched Doctor Who or even knew of its existence.

"What kind of Brit are you, sweetie? Isn't this an obligatory must?" Sam asked one day. Lara was sitting next to Sam on their couch studying for one of her exams the following week.

"If I wasn't away at boarding school, I was out on a expedition with either my father or Roth. I hardly watch the telly anyways. Besides I'm not really one for sci-fi." Lara replied without looking away from what she was reading.

Sam pouted. "I'll have you know sci-fi is what opened the possibility for the technology that we have today. Such as cell phones, tablets, webcams, just to name a few. Those were on Star Trek, which for it's time was considered sci-fi and now has things that are reality and in the norm."

Lara just shrugged as she continued reading. Sam paused the episode she was on and pulled the book down so Lara was forced to look at her roommate. "I'm almost done with the original series. How about you give Doctor Who a try before brushing it off? From what I've read while trying to avoid any kind of spoilers, the ninth and tenth doctor are like the must see doctors of the series."

The archeology student sighed and closed the book. "How many seasons are we talking about?"

The American girl leaned back as she tried recalling. "Nine was only one season and I think 10 was three. So four seasons."

"And each episode is an hour long?"

"Roughly forty-five minutes since there is no advertisement."

"With how many episodes per season?"

"Thirteen to fifteen."

"... fine."

After several weeks of slowly getting through Doctor Who. Lara has kept to her word of watching it without judgement. However, Lara would only watch an episode a day before going back to reading leaving Sam having to find another show to binge watch since she didn't want to continue without Lara.

"Oh my god… that's terrifying." Sam was leaning into Lara trying to stay as far away from the television. "I'm not sure if I can look at angel statues the same ever again. And I thought the 'Are you my mummy' was terrifying this is worse! Why did you let me have us watch this before we going on vacation around Europe?"

"Because you wanted me to watch Doctor Who for four seasons without judgement. Besides you wanted to get one last episode in before we left."

Sam frowned. "Can we please avoid places with angel statues?"

"I make no promises. Though we should probably cancel our visit to Belgium if you're terrified of angel statues and gas masks."

The filmography student paused the episode and stared at her roommate. "What? No! Belgium is a must for legit Belgian chocolate!"

"There is a statue called 'An Angel with a Gas Mask' in Belgium."

"Pfft! Yeah, right."

Needless to say, Sam never doubted Lara ever again after their visit to Belgium and was one of the few times Lara took control of Sam's video camera and has a picture on her phone of Sam's reaction.

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"Hello Sweetie!" Sam called out from the couch when Lara entered their apartment.

"You're always going to say it that way from now on all because of that character aren't you?" Lara asked as she took off her jacket and sat down next to Sam as the current episode they were on was pulled up ready to be watched.

"Of course. River is awesome. She's a time traveling archaeologist. I thought for sure you'd appreciate her."

"Not sure if I can if she's dead."

Sam gave Lara a look. "It's a show about time traveling! She'll return from an earlier part of the timeline with her. You know time is all wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey, not linear! I'm willing to make a bet with you she'll be back."

"No bet. Because this is the last season of the four you wanted me to watch. While I can understand the appeal, it's not something I care to continue watching unless Donna stays in for a couple of more seasons."

"Yeah… about that. It's going to be the remainder of this season and a several Specials that wrap up Ten's run. But Rose carried over from one Doctor to another so I don't see why Donna wouldn't. So, let's hold out that she stays with the program so I can get you to still watch it with me."

Lara groaned. "How many Special episodes are there?"

"Four."

"Fine."

A couple of days later. Lara was left speechless at the season's end. If Sam wasn't crying she probably would have teased Lara for her reaction since the archaeologist hardly reacted at all to the series. With maybe the exception to the end of the second season, but Lara would deny it.

"Are they allowed to do that?" Lara quietly asked rhetorically.

"I want to say no, but they did. I thought Rose was bad, this feels worse. And we still have the specials."

Lara stormed out of the apartment at the end of the last special and vowed never to watch Doctor Who again. She would also deny crying at Ten's end.

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While Lara might have stopped watching the series, Sam continued. For Sam it's mainly the episodes with River that made her enjoy the show still. "Oh my god…"

Sam paused the episode on her laptop and looked over towards Lara's room who was no doubt doing more research on who knows what. The filmography student grabbed a notepad that was sitting on the coffee table and began writing notes down. "Hey, sweetie?!" Sam yelled down the hall.

"Yes, Sam?"

"Random clarification question: Your mother's name is 'Amelia' and you have a great-grandmother named 'Rose', right?"

"Yeah…? Why?"

"Nothing!" Sam giggled at her own nerdiness then whispered to herself. "Just that you're more like River than you think. Also how funny you're related to two people that shared a name with a companion to the doctor. Well, at least she'll be a doctor in the future if she wants to continue archeology. Dr. Lara Croft. The Doctor."

Lara walked out of her room giving Sam a questioning look. "Sam, why were you asking about my family?"

"Nerd stuff. Honestly no big deal. But…" Sam stood up and looped her arms around Lara's neck. Which caused the archaeology student to become tense knowing something was up. "From now on when you come home, can you say 'Hi Honey, I'm home'?"

"Why…?" Lara is beginning to feel she was being set up for another one of Sam's shenanigans."

"Spoilers." Was all Sam said before giving Lara a quick kiss on the cheek before head back to the couch to continuing watching the episode she was on. "Though I really think you should watch the episodes with River! She does come back for the eleventh doctor!"

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Late 2016

After Yamatai and everything else that had happened in between. Sam hadn't watched Doctor Who in a while. Night after night after she and Lara went to bed after hours of research Sam would sit up on their bed with her laptop and watch Doctor Who. Sam wiped some tears from her eyes as she finished the latest Christmas special finally caught up with the series before the next Christmas special airs.

"I'll never understand why it takes so long for them to air episodes. Why can't they just air it once a week like they do with American shows?" Sam whispered to herself. She looked over at Lara's sleeping form smiled and kiss her partner's bare shoulder.

Sam closed her laptop and slid it under the bed so she wouldn't accidentally step on it in the morning. She quickly slipped out of bed and went into the her studio. That was still hard for Sam to come to terms with that this studio was now hers. To her the studio will still always be Amelia Croft's studio, but the spirit of her partner's mother providing her guidance with the small solitude she feels in the room. Lara was right when she said they needed their own separate rooms to escape from each other for a while for the sake of their relationship.

She walked over to the desk and pulled out her journal from one of the drawers. Ever since she moved into Croft Manor, Sam had taken to journaling. Definitely influenced by the journals she saw Lara and her parents kept, it was nice to let go of some of her thoughts and to reflect on them later. She tried journaling a little during their university days, but never stuck.

It felt like a different lifetime their pre-Yamatai and post-Yamatai life. The Eurasian girl reflected on the years of watching Doctor Who and how it became her form of escapism and a way to decompress from everything that happened in her life. She smiled while a little teary-eyed as she re-read her last thought.

"People often debate who is the best Doctor; some people's Doctor has a really long scarf, a leather jacket, a trench coat and Converse, or a bow tie and fez. My Doctor is neither of his twelve incarnations, thirteen I guess if you count the War Doctor. My Doctor is a woman in combat boots and cargo pants, who does not own a TARDIS, and might not have her doctorate degree yet; she's still my Doctor and just as amazing as the other Doctors."