I found this story floating around on my hard drive recently and realized that there's really no reason not to post it. The story explores what the 1st Doctor's relationship with his immediate family might have been like, focusing in particular on his relationship with his oldest daughter-Susan's mother-over the course of several hundred years. The chapters start very short but get increasingly longer as the work progresses. Enjoy!
Far Away
When she's small he is a constant presence—giving her baby sister rides on his shoulders, tickling her younger brother, holding all three children's hands in a chain as they run through fields of red grass. Their mother works most of the day, so he does the daily work of caring for Zeta, Iota and Anfisa. Zeta comes inside to find him scribbling frantic notes in his study, or hurriedly making concoctions for dinner. At bedtime he tells the best stories, ones he makes up out of his head, though he is also fantastic at reading aloud from story books. She, Io and Anfi listen with wide eyes until Mother comes in, gives them all kisses, lingering a bit longer on Father, and tells them it's time for bed. She loves her mother, but her father is bigger than life, always moving, always up to something. But, sometimes, she catches him staring up at the orange skies, a faraway look in his eyes. At this point, she always walks over and gently tugs on his sleeve, pulling him back into reality, back into her family.