This is my (sort of) sequel to my oneshot "The Time Traveler's Rose." This time, it's River who finds the book... It's short, I know. But I had to write it because I hated how the first one was all depressing...plus I just LOVE Doctor/River XD Hope you all like it!
The Time Traveler's River
River was in the library of the TARDIS. It was one of those days that the Doctor had to fix something in the TARDIS, so they couldn't land anywhere. They were merely floating through space. River loved a good adventure, but still liked relaxing days too.
She looked through the shelves of the TARDIS's library. Endless classics and the Doctor's favorites were scattered through the shelves. River just needed a bit of reading material while the Doctor worked. The Doctor usually didn't let her help with the TARDIS maintinance. It was his ship. So, she sat near the console and read as he tinkered.
She just about passed over it. But she noticed it, and pulled it out of the shelf. The Time Traveler's Wife. She laughed.
She had read this book while she was in school. It had pulled a few heart strings. Enough to make her cry and for her to get frustrated at Claire.
River remembered thinking Claire was too stubborn and narrow-minded. Waiting on a man all her life like that when she could have lived a happy life with someone else? Away from genetic disorders that made you time travel and all the stresses of it.
"There's no way I'd wait like that for a man." River had told herself.
She looked back and laughed now.
How could she have known the way the Doctor made her feel? Or rather, would make her feel back then. She had told herself she wouldn't wait for any man like that. But the Doctor...he wasn't ANY man. Not at all.
"River!" the Doctor called from down one of the endless cooridors of the TARDIS. "Could you give me a hand?"
River put the book back on the shelf. "Coming." she called.
Yeah, being a Time Lord's wife was hard. It was stressful and tiring. But it was brilliant and beautiful and amazing all at once. How could she resist that?
She rounded a corner and saw the Doctor under the TARDIS console. "What do you need?" she asked.
The Doctor had his hands on two wires. "These need to be fused together. Do you know how to do that with my sonic screwdriver?"
"Of course."
River reached into his pocket and pulled the sonic device out. She held it to the wires and mashed the button down. The screwdriver made it's whirling sound, and the wires were one in no time.
The Doctor jumped up triumphantly. "Ha! Brilliant!"
"What was that?" River asked
"That was the wire connecting the heart to the vortex flux generator. Now that they're back together, the TARDIS SHOULD be more precise in places and times I type in." he said, straightening his bowtie. "Theoretically of course."
River nodded. "What's our next stop then?" she asked as the Doctor typed in coordinates and flipped switches and pulled levers.
He beamed at her. "Everywhere." he said, pulling a lever and the TARDIS was off.
River laughed. Yes, being a time traveler's wife was hard and stressful and full of running. Lots of running. ALL THE TIME...
But it was well worth it.
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