Because Whouffle (or Souffez) is my ultimate DW OTP and only just before Whouffaldi

The Time-Travelling Family

Chapter 1

'Quick, get in the TARDIS.' He whispered, looking around him just to check she wasn't watching. He followed her through to the console room.

'Okay, now don't tell your mother about this.' He looked down at the sweet little girl looking sweetly back at him. He smiled goofily, setting about with the console and watching her skip around like she was his shadow.

'I love travelling with you daddy.' She said. He ruffled her hair, smiling fondly.

'I do too.'

Straightening his bow tie he grabbed the lever and pulled, revelling in the vworp vworp noise that captivated the girl too.

'Where are we going, Ellie? What do you wanna see?' He crouched down to her level, his face full of excitement.

'Space, maybe, back in time? Or...or forward? No, perhaps shouldn't show you that yet.'

'Planet!'

'Again? We've been there loads of times!' He leaned forward, watching her giggle at him.

'How about we go back...thousands and thousands of years...to see dinosaurs.' He whispered the last word to her and she erupted with excitement at the thought. She jumped up and down and chanted 'dinosaurs, dinosaurs!'

'Yes, shall we go see what they're like? But remember, mustn't tell mummy.' He put his fingers to his lips and zipped them, Ellie copying him.

'Good. Now, do you want to say the words or shall I?'

Ellie raised her hands in enthusiasm and shouted 'Geronimo!' He joined in with her, pulling the lever that spun them round the time vortex.

As soon as they landed, she clapped her hands and The Doctor picked her up and walked toward the TARDIS doors. With a shared look of joy, he carefully opened the door and Ellie gasped. He stepped forward into gargantuan leaves, blue sky, and scorching hot sun as she pointed at the pterodactyl flying across them.

'Bird dinosaur! Look daddy!'

He saw her face of wonder and explained it was a 'Tero-dack-tul', while holding her tightly in his arms.

They laughed as another pterodactyl shot across the sky, flapping it's big leathery wings.

'This is amazing!' She exclaimed, her eyes looking everywhere, trying to take it all in. He set her down on the muddy ground and put on her sun hat. Once she was safe from the sun by UV protection suncream, he lead her by the hand and bravely began their journey through the leaves. They walked until it opened up into muddy ground where some triceratops were drinking from a waterhole. The Doctor made sure she held on to his hand and they cautiously approached the beautiful creatures.

'Tricey!' He exclaimed, laughing at how huge they were compared to them.

'Tricey!' She repeated, laughing.

'Look at that, Ellie! Isn't she a beauty?'

The triceratops grunted in reply.

'Yes, you are!' He told it, tickling it's nose.

The Doctor started a conversation with her, explaining how they were friendly.

The TARDIS telepathic circuit did it's magic like always and let Ellie spoke to the triceratops, who complimented on the colour of her dress and asked if she wanted a ride. The girl looked up at The Doctor with wide, pleasing eyes.

'Please daddy? Please?' She begged, pulling on his arm.

The Doctor asked Tricey whether it was safe enough and then his eyes lit up as she gave her answer. He smiled at his daughter and hauled her up onto the dinosaur. He followed, his arms enclosing her tightly and his smile prominent.

'Woooohooooooo!' He yelled, as Tricey bounded forward and Ellie shouted in unison, giggling and holding on tight.

'So, a tour?' He asked the triceratops, patting it's skin fondly.

'Brilliant! It's Jurassic era, right? Wonderful!'

Tricey plodded around the area, revealing jungles and waterholes with more species of dinosaurs, The Doctor pointing them out and telling Ellie which ones they were. They spent near enough three hours in the dinosaur land, and with reluctance they arrived back at the TARDIS.

'Good?' He asked.

'Amazing!' She replied, bouncing up and down. The Doctor smiled, pushing open the blue doors.

'Say goodbye to Tricey.' He encouraged.

Ellie waved, her eyes saddening the moment the doors were shut and the beautiful landscape was away from view.

'I loved it daddy!' She exclaimed, running to him and giving him a hug.

'Aw, your welcome. I loved it too.' He said, lifting her back up again and fiddling with the console.

'Can we go again?'

'Maybe.'

'Where are we going now?'

'Hmm,' The Doctor deliberated. 'Mummy probably wants us back by now.' He told her. 'But another time we can.'

They landed, and The Doctor managed not to leave the brakes on so Clara wouldn't know.

They stepped through the back door and into the kitchen. He smiled weakly when Clara saw them and raised her eyebrows.

'You never ever clean up the evidence, do you?' She sighed, walking over to him and flicking a plant from his hair and observing his muddy hands. She checked Ellie's as well, and she looked at The Doctor with fire in her eyes.

'You took her onboard again? Where have you been this time?'

Ellie piped up, shouting 'dinosaur!'

'No, Ellie-' he sighed.

'Dinosaurs?! You took our daughter to see dinosaurs? I told you she's not to travel!'

'I know, I just really wanted her to see something spectacular.'

'Hey, Ellie go and play.' She told the girl, and she ran off toward her bedroom.

'Clara-'

'I don't care what you have to say. I really don't want her to get hurt. Do you?'

'No, of course not! But she is part Gallifreyan and she loves seeing all the different-'

'And she's also part human, which means pain and vulnerability!'

The Doctor stared into her beautiful, warm eyes. Even when she was angry she was amazing.

'I'm sorry.'

Her expression softened, and she tugged at his tweed jacket and pulled him closer.

'You don't need to say sorry. I know you want to show her everything, and maybe, only maybe, she will be allowed once she's a lot older. But for now, I just don't want her to be in danger.'

'I know. She was alright though, today.' He nodded, and Clara couldn't resist his floppy hair or irresistible smile. She kissed him and he wrapped his arms momentarily around her small body, eyes sparkling. She ran to the pans she had left on the cooker, and he hugged her from behind, his huge chin balanced on her shoulder. He glanced toward his left, and saw a baby resting in a chair. He reached out and rocked it gently, watching his son sleep peacefully. Clara smiled at him, and her heart sighed in affection for The Doctor and for their children. He helped her cook, and set out the table for dinner. Clara watched on bemusedly as he did it. She knew he could do domestic. He had always denied it, but had settled in so comfortably it was hard to believe he wasn't human. Everyone knew him as Doctor John Smith, but that was one of the things she couldn't get used to. He had always been The Doctor. She called Ellie from where she had been playing and she sat down, grinning. The Doctor sat opposite her, an identical grin on his long face. They were both so alike and so unlike. Ellie shared most of the same traits as her father, along with his dorky grin, while inheriting her round face, adorable brown eyes and pointy nose from her. They also ate with the same fast-paced enthusiasm as each other, she thought, watching them wolf down their dinner like it was their last.

She spoon-fed Freddie, who was awake enough to eat. She watched him gurgle as she played silly aeroplane games with him. He was barely nine months old, yet she could already tell he would have floppy hair and a long face, accompanied by a prominent chin. In fact, she was confident he would look like The Doctor's clone.

Once they had eaten dinner, it was only a matter of seconds before Ellie grew impatient.

'Daddy!' Ellie said, her mouth splattered with food. Clara wiped at it while she tried to speak. 'Watch a movie with me!'

'You want to watch a movie?' He asked, eyes already lighting up. God, he looked adorable. 'Come on then!' He said, standing up from his seat, 'Which one do you want?'

He lead her by the hand into the living room, chatting away. He was so great with her, especially as she clung onto him like a persistent monkey. He was brilliant with both of them, really. Clara lifted Freddie out of his chair and cradled him in her arms.

'Clara!' He called, beckoning her to the space next to him. 'Come watch it with us.'

Again, his overwhelming smile and twinkling eyes made her instantly walk over and snuggle up to him, and his arm encircled her in a loose embrace. She didn't really pay attention to the movie, but marvelled at her family. The Doctor was deeply enthralled in the film, even though it was a children's one, and didn't notice her watching him. His different expressions made her laugh as he reacted just as enthusiastically as Ellie did, while she kicked her legs absent-mindedly and clasped her hands in anticipation. She noticed Freddie's eyes drooping to the music and held him comfortably as possible so he could get to sleep. She carried on watching her husband, a flippant smile on his charming face and she couldn't help but flick his hair. He smiled down at her and flicked her hair in return. They did it again and again until he lightly tickled her to her protests. She squealed until she managed to form words. 'No, no, Doctor! Freddie's asleep, shh.' He let go of her, smirking triumphantly, before giving her a quick kiss. Once Ellie had fallen asleep they carried them up to bed, and she was hard to shake off as she clung onto her. Setting her down carefully she kissed goodnight and walked into Freddie's bedroom, where The Doctor was singing a lullaby to him. She stood at the doorway, her heart thumping and melting at the scene before her. She couldn't believe she had gotten everything she had ever wanted. The Doctor, two incredibly adorable children and a nice house. She trusted him to look after them when she went to Coal Hill to teach every day, and he was amazing at it. He entertained them, cuddled them, made them laugh, fed them, helped Ellie with homework, all those things and so much more. She loved him more than anything.

'What are you singing to him, Doctor?' She asked. He looked up at her momentarily, but then focused back on the baby in the cot.

'It's Gallifreyan. I want to make sure he learns the language.'

She smiled warmly, and put her hand on his shoulder. 'I'm sure he will.'

'I've been teaching it to Ellie too. I think she accidentally spoke Gallifreyan to her teacher and I think she got freaked out.'

'Doctor.' She said reproachfully, shaking her head. But she leaned her head against his shoulder anyway. She could never stay angry at The Doctor for too long.

He finished off the lullaby, and they crept out of the room and into their own.

'I'm sorry for disappointing you.' She whispered, moving closer to him on the bed.

'How?' He asked curiously, nuzzling his nose into her hair.

'I know you like showing her places and exploring more of the universe but I just don't want you or her to get hurt.

'I understand. I won't take her out again.'

'Well, I was just going to negotiate something. Are you one hundred percent sure it was safe to see the dinosaurs?'

'Yeah, I made sure, Clara, I swear I did. I would never have let Ellie come if I knew it wasn't safe. But Tricey was very nice.'

She laughed at that, her eyes twinkling and her dimple appearing.

'I love it when you talk space-y to me. And when you tell me all about your conversations with animals and things.' She laughed again.

'Well I have been trying to say, I would like a dog.'

'Yeah, I'm not sure about it yet, especially with all the noise it would cause for Freddie. But I promise I will think about that.'

He grinned. 'Anyway, what were you negotiating?'

'Well, I was thinking about this...and I know that I can't not let you travel because you're not exactly earth-bound, but-'

'No, I'm Clara-bound. I am wherever you are, so if you live on the Earth, I live on the Earth.'

She stared deeply into his green eyes, darker than usual from the dim light in the room. She reached up to stroke his hair away from his face.

'You're so beautiful.' She whispered.

He took her hand and kissed it, telling her 'well you're on a completely different scale. You break the metre of Beautifulness.'

She laughed again. Even in a sentimental moment, he always found a way to make her laugh.

'You nerd up the moment. That's what I love about you.'

'We completely went off topic again.' He reminded her.

'Yeah, we have a habit of doing that,' she said, then continued on, 'so um...yeah, what I was saying was that you're right, they're as equally Gallifreyan as they are human, and it would be nice,' she took a deep breath and looked back into his eyes, 'to see the stars again, Chin Boy.'

He smiled fondly at the nickname. 'So maybe, if wherever you take us is checked by me and is safe enough, we can start to...travel a bit more. As a family. You know, like picnics on an alien beach. No going back or forwards in time, that would be too much. But I would be happy to go places again once I can check they're safe.'

He looked at her, bewildered and delighted.

'Really? You would let us donut again? Travel?'

She nodded. 'Yeah. I think it would be nice. And they can both grow up knowing a little bit more about who they are. As long as there are no risks and no dangers...' She pointed her finger at him mockingly, 'then we're absolutely fine.'

He embraced her tighter and kissed her, feeling her hands grasp at his hair and smiling against his mouth. His hands still hadn't really gotten used to staying put, so they roamed literally everywhere until Clara controlled them for him. His tongue explored her mouth as hers did simultaneously and he couldn't help the burst of unexplainable love that just happened to course through him in random moments. He opened his eyes and met hers, whispering 'I love you, Clara Oswald.'

She smiled once more, watching him look down at her with devotion.

'I love you too, Doctor.'

They fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms like that.