Author's note: I would like to thank Kristi, who gave me the idea of that fic -and for correcting me. Disclaimer : I don't own Doctor who nor any of its characters.
Everything for the girl
1. A walk in the night
It was the middle of the night when River waked up and found herself alone in their four-poster bed.
"Doctor?" she called out, leaning on her elbows to try to look around in the room. But it remained silent and dark, and he had obviously not been there for a long time –the sheets had been removed on his side and his place was already cold. She sighed, and put on her dressing grown before getting out of the bed. She would go look for him and try to bring him back to bed. She couldn't sleep when he was not next to her.
She never knew what's in his mind when he was out in the middle of the night, and she never knew in which state he would be when she found him. Sometimes, he was in the wardrobe, admiring his new bow-ties like a child of two discovering his Christmas gifts –and sometimes she found him in the library, tears in his eyes, thinking about all the things he had seen in his long life. Usually, she just took him by the hand and he followed her, laid in bed by her side, buried his face in her skin, and she made him forget all his sad memories.
She walked out of the room, wondering what his mood was tonight. The Tardis lit up the corridor for her and she smiled, silently thanking the old girl who always showed her the way. But before looking for her husband, she stopped at the door next to hers, and opened it slowly.
It was another bedroom which looked like theirs, but the bed was tinier and the floor full of toys. The ceiling was decorated with many lights, recreating a starry sky, so the owner of the room would not be afraid of darkness. Currently, the little girl was sleeping peacefully, her arms wrapped around one her dolls. The sheet had slid down her body and River reached for it to put it back on her daughter's shoulders. She stared at the child for a while, a child that she had never hoped for and one day just was, like a miracle –a part of her, a part of him, and she still was the best part of them.
Rived brushed one of the curls her daughter had inherited from her, and placed a kiss on her forehead. The little girl smiled, still lost in her dream, and she wondered what she was dreaming about. The child would be six tomorrow, she was still young and innocent, but she was a Time Lady and one day the nights would be the time of nightmares and regrets. They did whatever they can to protect her but they lived a complicated life and they knew that she would have to live a complicated life too.
"Sleep well my love." River whispered to her, before she tiptoed out of the room. She glanced over her shoulder back at her daughter and closed the door, trying not to make any noise. Then she turned around and faced the corridors.
"Well now, my impossible Time Lord..." she asked herself "where are you?"
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