AN:
I have changed Yaz's backstory to suit the story, her family does not exist in this story and she has a more troubled background (which I may or may not touch on in more detail in later chapters, not sure yet).
Apologies for the bad writing, it's not my strong point.
It is the Christmas holidays and the Doctor had just dropped Ryan and Graham off to spend the holidays with their family. It was the Doctor and Yaz left. The Doctor loved all her companions but had a special spot in her heart for Yaz, she felt a special connection with her unlike any of companions. The funny thing was that she didn't actually know much about the girl she cared for so deeply, other than her being a police officer from Sheffield, she didn't know anything about her past or her family. Yaz walked over to join the Doctor at the console after saying goodbye to Ryan and Graham.
As Yaz walked up to the Doctor, looking slightly glummer than normal, the Doctor said "So, where am I taking you Yasmin Khan? Where do you spend the holidays?"
"Well, normally I spend Christmas day on shift at the police station, but they are not letting me do it this year" Yaz frowned remembering the argument she had with her boss regarding this issue.
The Doctor walked closer to the smaller girl, trying to read her face and said "So you can spend it with family this year? I'm sure they're happy".
Yaz looked down at her feet and sounded almost childlike as she spoke "I don't have any family, or at least any I want to be seeing."
The Doctor looked saddened and upon realising said, "and is that why you do the Christmas shift?"
Yaz looked up at the Doctor with an equally sad face "Yeah. The whole country stops at Christmas to be with their family, you have no idea how lonely it feels to be on your own on Christmas day."
The doctor reached forward to put a hand on Yaz's shoulder "I do", the doctor smiled slightly at Yaz and continued "except I have a time machine so can skip those parts."
Yaz smiled back at her "is that what you were going to do after dropping us off, skip to a better time?"
"Nowadays that's what I do, when I stick around with my friends for Christmas danger seems to follow me, so its best I stay well clear."
"Well…" Yaz said reaching for the doctor's hand "…how would you like to spend a danger-free Christmas with me?"
The doctor felt the warmth from Yaz's hand run through her whole body, she often felt like this when she was around Yaz but tried to suppress the feelings. Realising that she may have spaced for too long the doctor said, "I can't promise danger free..." swinging Yaz's hand a bit "…although the Tardis seems like the safest place to be on Christmas day".
As the doctor swung Yaz's hand the younger girl felt almost giddy, Yaz had always had a thing for the doctor but figured that a woman as amazing as her would never think of being with a boring human. She couldn't believe she has made the bold move to hold her hand though, the doctor and her never really have alone time without Graham and Ryan, and when they do, they are always running around trying to save people, so she took her chance.
After a while of silence while the two women just enjoyed their company the Doctor startled Yaz "Right! Let me see what I can do for this place" she let go of Yaz's hand and started fiddling with the controls.
After about a minute of the doctor flying around the control room she pulled one last lever and to Yaz's astonishment the whole Tardis had transformed, decorated with the most beautiful of Christmas decorations, Yaz never really liked Christmas so never saw the point of decorating, but if she was to it would be exactly like this. Its as if the Tardis read my mind she thought.
She walked around the console running her hand across the fake snow that looked so realistic "this is amazing" she said in awe.
The doctor had stood back to watch the younger woman's reaction and it made her grin uncontrollably to see Yaz this happy.
"Do you like it" she said catching up to her and holding her arms as Yaz was looking up at all the decorations dangling above them.
"I love it doctor…" she said as she looked at the doctor realising how close they were "…I might just enjoy Christmas this year."
"This isn't even the best part" the doctor said while grabbing Yaz's hand and dragging her down the stairs.
Yaz was grinning as much as the doctor, partly because of the amazing thing the doctor just did and partly because of how happy the older woman was, she allowed herself to be pulled along by the doctor enjoying their closeness again.
The doctor pulled Yaz into a corridor which was decorated the same as the console room and had many doors lining it.
"In each room there is something Christmassy. A room for Christmas dinner, a family room with games and an open fire, a cosy den to watch Christmas movies, oh and there's a room that just serves hot chocolate, all the flavours you could imagine" the doctor said with a goofy grin on her face while dancing excitedly down the corridor.
She turned around to look at Yaz who was still stood at the start of the corridor with shock and astonishment on her face, "go on, take a look."
Yaz gave her an equally goofy grin as she ran to open the doors and found all the things she's ever wanted to do at Christmas, she was sure she had actually dreamt some of these.
She went to join the doctor back out in the corridor and said softly "doctor, this is truly amazing" the doctor smiled softly down at Yaz as she continued "this is everything I ever wanted to do on Christmas…" she looked down sadly "…everything I had dreamed of doing with a proper family."
The doctor looked down at Yaz and saw the hurt in the young girls' eyes, she often caught glimpses of the pain Yaz was going through running through her eyes (as much as Yaz tried to hide it, the doctor was very good at reading people) and at such a young age, she always wondered what or who caused it.
She took the younger girls' hands, standing closer to her "what happened to your family?" she asked softly.
Yaz, still looking down at the floor, felt comfort and reassurance in the doctor and said "nothing. I mean I never really had a family to start with. My mum never wanted to have a kid, I just used to be an inconvenience to her. I spent most of my teen years sleeping on friends' sofas or on the streets, as long as I came home for social worker visits my mum didn't care where I was."
Yaz looked up and the doctor could see the slight tears building up in her eyes, her heart ached at seeing Yaz like this, she spoke as if it didn't bother her, but her eyes told a different story, a painful story.
The doctor put her hand on the girl's arm to comfort her allowing her to go on.
"So, I've never really done Christmas, but I used to dream of things like this with a proper family who wanted to spend it with me" she blinked, and a tear rolled down her face to which she swiped away immediately.
The doctor, seeing how much her friend was hurting, pulled her in for a hug "well, you're never going to have to spend a Christmas alone again. I'm your family and I want to spend not just Christmas but everyday with you." Yaz rested her head on the doctor's shoulder as she smiled at the kindness and warmth the doctor gave with her words.
Yaz stayed like this, in the doctor's arms, as if time had stopped until she pulled back and said slightly more upbeat and with a frown "hang on. This is exactly what I dreamed of doing at Christmas doctor. How is it exactly what I dreamed of?"
"Ah" the doctor said in an almost childlike 'busted' tone, "the Tardis may have connected to you psychically."
Yaz gave the doctor a playful stern look that turned into a smile at the doctor's guilty face, "I can't believe you made all this just for me."
The doctor smiled back at her "it may not make up for your crappy Christmases in the past but hopefully it will help."
"this more than makes up for them doctor, thank you, no one has ever been this nice to me."
The doctor smiled down at the girl and for a moment thought she saw her eyes flick down to her lips, but she must be seeing things, there's no way Yaz feels the same way as her. The doctor never used to be so scared to act on her feelings, that is until she met Yaz, the fear of losing her as a friend stopped her telling her how she felt.
The doctor snapped herself out of her thoughts and said, "So Yasmin Khan, where to first?"
