AN: This is set sometime in Season 7 part 2. This is the first part of a series of Doctor x TARDIS drabbles

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Mud

The Doctor pulled a mop and bucket into the main console room as the TARDIS moaned and grumbled about the mess. The mess in fact was mud and a direct result of the monsoon season on the planet they had recently visited. He wiped the laminate flooring as the TARDIS mocked him. He glared at the core as he continued to feel her mocking gaze. "Oh, shut up", he called over to her.

He heard a whirring sound coming from the core that sounded very much like a hearty laugh. He rolled his eyes and continued to mop up the mud from the floor. "Sorry for the mess, Sexy", he muttered, looking back at the TARDIS' centrepiece and smiling softly once he saw the lights flash in a sign that she accepted his apology.

He finished the last spot and pushed the trolley away. Exhausted from the afternoon's adventures as well as the cleaning, he walked towards the console and started twiddling parts of the panel, whispering sweet words as he walked around her. After he made sure that everything was working fine for her, he sat down in front of the console and rested the back of his head against her. "Wake me up in a few hours, dear" he whispered to her. He then closed his eyes as she murmured a promise. As the Doctor drifted off to sleep she mumbled, "Sweet dreams, my darling thief".