Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who or any of the characters except for my OC Aria Melson
Summary
The first time he saw her was at Christmas Eve, emerald eyes glowing in the moonlight. The second time was in a hospital on the moon, as she was surrounded by the glow of the earth. His lonely angel. The young woman who would change the Doctor's life forever, till the end of all time. And for the first time in centuries two hearts would beat to the melody of one voice. Doctor/OC
A/N
So I've been reading Doctor/OC fanfics for the last few days and wanted to try writing my own. Hope you enjoy it!
Parings: 10/OC, 11/OC
Prologue: The meeting
The Doctor sighed again, as he slowly walked through the streets of London, hands buried in the pockets of his long brown coat. It was Christmas Eve and the last of the Time Lords had just left the Tyers's to have a little bit of quiet and solitude. It seemed like even in this regeneration he still did not do or like any form of domestics.
He had to get away from the noise and normality and the clingy behavior of his companion Rose. He had been aware of her attitude towards her mother and boyfriend during his healing sleep and while he agreed that Jackie Tyler could be a particularly infuriating woman and Mickey was without any doubt an idiot (or in his previous incarnation's words a stupid and blundering ape), Rose treatment of them made him mad, he did not belong to anyone.
Since he changed she had looked at him like she was staking a claim, being possessive of him even before her family. He did not like it, not even to inflate his already large ego. It felt wrong to even consider her in that way.
Grumbling incoherently under his breath he looked up and grinned widely when he saw that he was close to the themse, and suddenly for an unknown reason he knew that he had to go there. Knowing that the one thing he undoubtedly trusted were his instincts, he didn't even hesitate before skipping happily towards the water which was glistening in the light of the nearly full moon.
In those moments he could appreciate the beauty of nature, when it was quiet with no one to disturb his errant and often incomprehensible thoughts. He looked around, feeling no knowing that there was something important here, an insistent tug that led him to this very place. Messing up his already chaotic brown hair even further, he was about to do turn back when he suddenly saw a figure sitting on a balustrade, surrounded by the shine of the moon, making it seem ethereal. Like in a trance the Doctor approached it, somehow just knowing that it was important.
As he slowly walked along the bridge, his converse crunching the snow beneath his feet, the figure finally looked at him, and he saw emerald eyes glowing in the moonlight. He did not pause in his strides, revealing himself to what he now could see was a young women, a beautiful young women.
She reprociated his intense stare, a behavior quiet unusual for a human, people normally looked away from his gaze.
''Mind if I join you?'' the words came out of his mouth before he could stop himself.
The woman scrutinized him intently, not that he could blame her. It was late and dark and his behavior was without any doubt suspicious.
''Sure, the view is quite nice.'' her voice was soft and quiet, leaving the peace around them undisturbed, before she gestured next to her.
The Doctor grinned before hosting himself up the balustrade, relaxing for the first time in what seemed like ages.
''I'm the Doctor, pleasure to meet you.'' he introduced himself, expecting the usual response of Doctor who that usually followed.
''Aria Melson.'' the woman smiled, the corner of her eyes crinkling in an adorable way.
The two lapsed into a comfortable silence each buried in their own thoughts. The Doctor was confused, he normally did not just randomly sit next to people chatting them up at night, although there was that one time on Delta Trinon... shaking himself out of his thoughts he observed her out of the corner of his eye. There was just something that pulled him towards that young women, and he was determined to find out what it was.
Unbeknownst to him, the young women, Aria Lily Melson was in fact wondering about the very same thing. She had gotten up this morning feeling excited about something (not Christmas she hadn't celebrated that holiday since years ago), and merely an hour ago some kind of feeling told her to go out for a walk which led her to this current situation.
On a bridge. During the night. With a complete stranger. A rather handsome stranger.
A cold tingling on her nose ripped her out of her contemplations rather forcefully and she raised her head, a small smile playing on her lips as she saw the first white flocks of snow slowly covering the ground (she did not count the ash that fell from the destruction of the weird rock like spaceship earlier).
''Snow.'' she breathed amazed.
''Yes, beautiful isn't it?'' her head whipped towards the stranger, truthfully she had nearly forgotten that he was there. She blushed slightly as she heard him chuckling as if he knew what she was thinking.
''I love snow, covering everything in a cold embrace.'' she eventually said, raising on of her hands to let some snowflakes melt there gently.
The Doctor was transfixed by the sight, she looked like a lonely angel, a light among the darkness, with her face facing the stars and that small smile on her rosy lips which looked so soft, he could just- he mentally slapped himself and leaned away slightly.
What was wrong with him today?
He hummed instead of answering, still content in a way he hadn't been since the war.
What a strange thought.
''Merry Christmas, Aria Melson.'' the Doctor was grinning at her, wide and a little bit mad, but Aria still thought that the stranger next to her was the best company she could wish for right now.
''Merry Christmas, Doctor.'' she smiled at him, bright and real, full of happiness and he realized only later that he had an answering one on his lips.
With the river beneath them, snow and wind whirling around them in a beautiful remembrance of a dance, moonlight illuminating the world in a soft light, the silence between them seemed only right.
It was only when Aria felt the first shivers threaten to shake her cold body did she reluctantly climb down the balustrade, looking up she saw the Doctor do the same thing, before she could talk herself out of it she reached up, placing her cold hand on his surprisingly warm cheek.
''Thank you, Doctor.'' she said, before she turned around and with a last smile in the direction of the strange but somehow safe man she began her track back to her apartment, ignoring the tingling running through her previously numb hand.
The Doctor was rooted to that very same stop for several minutes, before he literally shook himself out of it, pleasant tingled still cursing through the spot where that mysterious woman touched him.
''No, thank you. Aria Melson. Merry Christmas indeed.'' Still smiling he turned around, skipping through the snow, back to his TARDIS.
He had a feeling he would be seeing her again soon, and then he would ask that brilliant and beautiful women to travel with him.
He was looking forward to that day.
If you have any questions, suggestions or complaints, I'm more than happy to take them into consideration.
Next Chapter: Upon the moon
