Prompt: Clara can't fall asleep one night and the Doctor tries to help.
Clara couldn't sleep. She kept tossing and turning in bed trying to find a comfortable position, but to no avail. She groaned. This wasn't the first time this has happened. Lately she couldn't get a wink of sleep in this bed. She wondered why it was. It wasn't an awful bed, she's certainly slept in worse places. But every time her head hit the pillow she would get overwhelmed with a million emotions, like she was sleeping in someone's grave… and when she closed her eyes, she would get these awful visions… Like nightmares, except she couldn't remember them.
She only knew they were terrifying.. whatever they were.
She sighed, frustrated, pulling off the covers and grabbing her robe off the hanger and heading out the door.
Clara walked over to her destination, the one place she knew he would be at this hour; The Library. When she opened the door quietly, The Doctor raised his head from his book and looked at her with a small sympathetic smile.
"Can't sleep again?" He asked softly.
She sighed and nodded sadly.
"Come 'ere." The Doctor ushered her to sit next to him on the big warm couch in front of the fireplace. Their place, she liked to think of it as.
She smiled warmly, walking towards him and sitting down next to him, laying her head on his shoulder and hiding it in the crook of his neck so she could be surrounded by his warmth and his scent. He wraps his arm around her in a an embrace, kissing her soothingly everywhere he could reach.
She loved how at peace she felt surrounded by him, She loved how he made her feel and how he can melt all her fears and worries with a simple look or touch. She's always felt as if there was something… some part of herself she was missing. And now she's found it… she feels whole with him.
She didn't realize there were tears in her eyes until he dabbed the tears from her cheeks and say in a worried soft tone that made her heart ache; "What's wrong, sweetheart? Why the tears?"
She shakes her head and smiles up at him, "I'm just really happy you're here."
"Where else would I be?" He asks, leaving no room for doubt.
He kisses her. Oh, how she loves it when his lips touch hers. She closes her eyes to cherish it and when she opens them again, he's looking at her with that look, that look that made her knees weak and her heart beat so much faster.
"Now, come on love, you're tired. Get some sleep." He whispers to her ear. "Don't worry, I'm here. You're safe."
She smiles, cuddles into him more and closes her eyes.
The Doctor starts to stroke her arm, her tight, her hair with his finger, like he usually does to comfort her.
And she's never felt less alone.
A/N: Another sappy/fluffy one-shot! haha! woohoo! I swear I'm gonna do angst one day but for now enjoy the fluff! lol!
Anyway for all of you asking me to continue one of my one-shots, i'm sorry sweeties but that's not happening any time soon. I have loads more to prompts to fill though so expect much more of these!
Like usual, tell me what you think! XD xoxo