Title: and by a part of all thy glory live
Author: bendingwind
Notes: [Doctor Who | K+/PG | 463 words]
Characters: River, Rory
Summary: River tells her father everything.
Rory surveys the room with narrowed eyes as he prepares for the approach. Amy is curled up, asleep, in a chair safely on the opposite side of the console room. River is also here, sitting beside Amy and drawing, secretively, in her blue diary. He watches them for a moment and then, with a deep breath, approaches the Doctor.
"Sooo, Doctor," he says, leaning against the console with a care not to move any switches, levers, buttons, and/or kitchen utensils, "We should, er, talk. About stuff."
"Stuff, stuff is good, I like stuff…" the Doctor mumbles, peering at something that appears suspiciously like a jumping rope. He adjusts it slightly and Rory decides to barrel on.
"So… you and River…"
He can tell at once that he has the Doctor's attention by the way the Doctor stiffens and then, very slowly, straightens up to face him.
"Er, what about, erm, me and her?" he asks, scratching his cheek nervously.
"Well, it seems like you two… you know…" The Doctor's cheek-scratching intensifies. "I just want you to know that I'm okay with you and her, you know—"
The Doctor's eyes widen with sheer horror. "We're just friends, honestly!" he says, and he is such a poor liar that Rory can't help but chuckle.
"Maybe for now," Rory says, because even if he did not raise his daughter he knows her better than anyone. "Don't worry, Amy and I are okay with it. We figure you might be the only person in the universe even close to good enough for her."
"Oh… well… that's… that's nice," the Doctor stutters, looking more than slightly flustered.
"But the more important thing is," and Rory buckles up to take the plunge and leans forward, "if you hurt her I will end you. Got it?"
The Doctor leans back, looking more than a little alarmed. "Oh. Oh! That is… I mean… heh heh… the Last Centurion, of course I wouldn't mess with your daughter, I—I—"
"Good." Rory leans in again and pats the Doctor cheerfully on the shoulder before he walks away. If he entertains a tiny smirk, it's not at all because of the look on the Doctor's face when he realized his future father-in-law was giving him the talk.