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AN: Oo, my first Rory/Amy drabble! I thought last night's episode was so adorable with those two that I had to write something...especially since, as much as I love shipping the Doctor and anything with legs, I really do think that Amy loves Rory and I wanted to try and sort out some of what she surely must feel, after the childhood she had. Pssh, haters hate if you want to waste your energy doing so, but I can't help myself. I said "Aaawwww" at the two of them when she was all, "It's an expression!" and he was all, "You called me stupid!" (And btw, she really has consistently called him stupid.) :D
She doesn't think she's good enough for him. She never has, not really. Despite the short skirts and the shining hair and the doe eyes and the painted nails, she doesn't really think she's at all special. Inside, she's still just crazy little Amelia Pond, the girl with the imaginary friend who went to psychiatrists and was on medication and in general made a nuisance of herself. Maybe it's her family life, they all said. Maybe she's just acting out because she doesn't have anyone to stop her. No self-esteem. No proper upbringing. They were all right.
But that entire time, for her whole life, there was one constant. He stuck to her through thick and thin, never let her push him away, no matter how selfish she was, or how much she cried, or how badly she insulted him. He just stayed, and listened, and loved her. Not quite unconditionally, but then he was only human. He'd loved her even when he hadn't believed in the raggedy Doctor. Never grown impatient, never shouted, never told her she was crazy even when she knew she'd deserved it. And he'd still wanted her. So eventually she'd convinced herself that maybe even if she wasn't as good as he was, that it would still be alright. Maybe some of his goodness would rub off on her. Maybe he'd never discover that she was just a big fake. That no matter how much she loved him, she was only going to disappoint him because that's all she'd ever done to anyone.
And then he came back. Her raggedy Doctor. And he showed her that she was more than what she thought, or what others had told her. That she was everything Rory always knew she could be and that the reason he loved her was simply because she was Amy Pond: brilliant, beautiful, and unstoppable. And she realized that would never be complete without Rory. He was her Doctor now. Sure, he might not have a TARDIS and he doesn't wear a bowtie, but he'd brought joy and meaning to her dull, dreary life and he was the one who always came back to her, who always stayed with her, who would never ever leave her.
Now, looking at him, she still doesn't think she's good enough for him. But then, look at River and the Doctor. Every good man needs a woman who's just a little naughty, doesn't he? Someone with a real sense of adventure? Rory turns towards her, eyes questioning. She's been quiet for a few minutes and that's usually not a good thing. But she just smiles at him and takes his hand and together, they rejoin their friends. Their best friends.