Disclaimer: Doctor Who isn't mine. If it was things would be quite different. The BBC owns all and I bow before them.

Written for timepetalsprompts on tumblr and their weekly prompt, start a fic with "Um, no," and inspired by a recent trip to a department store.


"Um, no."

Rose Tyler shook her head at the pajama bottoms the Doctor was holding in front of her like treasure from El Dorado.

"It's bananas, on pajamas. That's brilliant!"

"These are for girls though."

"You don't believe that nonsense that pink is only for females do you? Did you know that it wasn't until–"

"No, I'm not saying that," she interrupted as she gestured towards the crotch.

"Oh. So, I have to pull them down."

"They're too short."

"Nothing the sonic can't sort!"

She grinned at his enthusiasm. If this was what he really wanted and made him happy…