Chapter Four - A Storm Is Coming
The cool evening air felt lovely and fresh on the Doctors face as he leaned against the balcony. Evening had begun to draw in and he gazed up at the million stars above that had begun to shine. He smiled to himself as he waited for his wife.
Today had been absolutely perfect, even if he did think so himself. He had taken extra care not to wake River as he filled the room with her favorite red flowers and scattered petals on the floor, the bed and pretty much every surface in their room. He had admitted to her that he got carried away and hadn't contemplated how he was going to clean them up. He had even laced them around her breakfast plate.
They had spent the past seven weeks together and he had loved every single second of it. However, he couldn't suppress a nagging thought that she would of up and left by now. Sure they had spent nights and the odd week together but it had never lasted more than that. She would, more often than not, leave him a note sealed in an envelope that smelt of her perfume and her lips stick print on the seal, telling him 'not to wait up'.
She knew how much he hated goodbyes.
"Well, how do I look?"
He turned to see River standing in the door way. Her hair golden and curly, her eyes shining with happiness. She wore knee length plain-white cotton dress.
"Like an angel." He beamed at her. "Now," he pulled a long black cloth from his pocket. "You promised me you would be a good girl for once." He walked towards her and lifted the cloth to her eyes, spinning her around so he could tie the ends behind her head.
"Oh I like where this is going," she chuckled clenching her thighs together at the thought of him using some sort of restraint.
"River Song, you bad girl."
"If you think that's bad wait until you see what's missing under this dress." She smiled coyly at him.
"Tease," He tapped the bridge of her nose. "Right, you need to trust me. I have-"
River looked in direction of his voice was coming from and her expression changed.
"I always trust you. I thought you would of known that by now."
He cradled her face.
"I know you do and you are the only other person that I trust. Whole. Even with my life. I don't know where I would be without you." He kissed her. "Now," the doctor said changing his tone "give me your hands."
"Not that I don't trust you sweetie," she chuckled, "but how are we getting there?"
"OK," he breathed. This wasn't a statement for her to realize they had reached their destination; it was more to try steady his nerves. The TARDIS whirled as she came to a stop.
The Doctor went to stand behind River placing his hand on her waist, she leaned back into his chest and as he begun guiding her towards the exit of the blue box. He opened the doors and held her still. She could hear his uneven breathing.
He was nervous.
He told her as he kissed her cheek. "I hope you like it." Pulling at the blind fold it untied.
River stared in amazement at what laid before her. A small secluded beach had been littered with hundreds if not thousands of burning candles. A table had been laid out for the two of them, a cart stood beside it holding various dishes of food. A bottle of champagne and a single red rose occupied the center of the table. She gasped in amazement. She had well and truly been spoilt by her husband. This was defiantly a memory she would treasure for the rest of her life. How long the Doctor would remember it for on the other hand, she couldn't bare to think about that. Not now. Trying as hard as she could she pushed the thought to the back of her mind as her husband held his arm for her to take.
"My lady, your dinner awaits."
River stood at the shore line. She had stepped into the crystal clear water until it was just above her ankles. The water lovely and cool against her skin as she dragged her toes through the water, watching it spread. Light headed from the champagne she smiled up at the sky.
She could sense the Doctor standing behind her. He pressed a kissed to her temple and nuzzled her hair.
"Come join me," he laced his fingers with hers, "I want to show you something."
He led her back up the beach to where he had laid out a blanket in the sand surrounded by candles. Only when they drew closer she realized there was a neatly wrap present topped with a red bow. She stood still and turn to look at him. He smiled at her and winked, "Come on Riv, don't be a spoil sport." he pulled her arm.
They sat side by side facing out to the sea, he picked up the gift and handed it to her. "I want you to wear this when we are apart. Make you think of me and keep me close to your heart."
Her hearts swelled at unbelievably kind this man been to her over the past two months. She studied his face to see such joy and love. Little did he know that she always thought of him when they were apart. She pulled the bow off and pulled off the paper that covered the box. Lifting the lid she gasped and dropped it. Pulling out the object inside by the silver chain she studied it. A diamond in the shape of a tear drop hung on the end. So simple yet so beautiful.
The Doctor watch in pure delight as River opened the box. He loved to make this woman happy and would do it no matter what it would take. He took the chain from her and lent towards her to fasten it around her neck.
"I hate it when I leave you, because i know when tomorrow comes I'll be on my own and feeling frightened of when I'm going to see you next." The Doctor paused, swallowing hard "And I lose hope sometimes knowing that there will come a day when I won't see you again. And I know I won't fly again. Not like before anyway. I never knew that I could grow to care for someone so much. I promise you, I will never, ever, let you go."
River blinked several times her eyes beginning to well up.
"When I feel like I'm stuck in the dark I just think of you and I instantly know I'm going to make it through the day." He looked deep into her eyes. "Every time I see you I fall in love with you all over again." He kissed her, drawing back to look deep into her eyes.
"I feel like I have everything I need when I'm with you." She whispered to him. She was afraid of trying to speak louder because she knew her voice would break.
She grabbed his shirt and pulled him to her, kissing him again, not sure what else to do or how else to express her love for him. He really was the better of the two on expressing his love. He never grew tried on saying how much he loved her. Their kiss turned salty as her tears began to flow freely down her cheeks and mixing with their lips. He pulled back to look at her wiping her cheeks at the same time with each hand but it was useless as more tears followed.
"Riv-"
"Just kiss me!"
And he did.
She made fast work of taking his shirt off. She kneeled and he followed her, pulling her dress off over her head. River took to unfastening his shorts but he stopped her grabbing her arms. Rejection began to wave through her until he spoke.
"You were completely naked under that dress?" he stared down at the naked form dumbfounded. "The entire time we sat there? This entire evening? You...completely..."
"I did tell you." River shrugged, watching as the familiar look for hunger came over his face.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out the blind fold.
"Who's the tease now sweetie?"
Grabbing both of her hands he tied them together.
"That, my dear, is still you." He groaned his eyes glazing over with lust. "Especially after that little stunt with your dress."
He pushed at her gently, motioning for her to lay down on the blanket, lifting her bound hands above her head,
"Now you are to be a good girl and keep your arms her," he put slight pressure on her hands to emphasis where she was to keep them. "or every time you move them I will punish you."
He kissed her hungrily before wasting no more time, moving his mouth down her neck and over her collar bone. Continuing south her stop at each one of breasts, licking and pulling at each one of her nipples in turn. He trailed his tongue down her flat stomach. River gasped as she felt his tongue on her. Moaning and lifting her hips towards him, her patience was beginning to wear thin and he had only just begun. She was unsure how long she could remain still. He taking his sweet time and he knew he was starting to drive her insane.
"More," she uttered breathlessly and he obeyed inserting a finger into her folds as he continued his slow, pleasurable movements of his tongue.
Throwing caution into the wind she moved her hands down and snaked her fingers in his hair. The doctor stopped suddenly, removing his hand away and looking up at her. He left her feeling empty. She lifted her arms back above her head and giggled, "Sorry."
"I did warn you dear that you would be punished." He straightened up onto his knees. Still between her legs he looked down at her and released his hard length from his shorts. "The things you do it me." He gripped himself and began to move his hand in a steady slow motion, up and down his thickness.
"That's not fair. You expected me to lay here and just watch you?!"
"Yes, that's exactly what i expect you to do."
She groaned but couldn't help but watch this magnificent creature in front of her. He never took his eyes off her naked form. Deciding she couldn't take any more she pulled her legs back and rolled on to her front. Lifting her backside towards him and propping herself up on all fours. Wiggling her bum against him she felt him grab her hips roughly and positioning her, spreading her legs apart with his knee and rubbed the head of his cock against her clit, teasing her earning him a moan.
The Doctor chuckled. "Beg."
"Please?"
"You'll have to do better than that." he reached around to grab her breast.
"Please. I want you inside me."
He pulled her hair and bit her shoulder. "Getting there." he whispered in her ear. He felt her shudder beneath him.
"I need to feel me inside me."
Only then did he enter her and pushed until he filled her completely. They both groaned but he didn't stop to relish in how tight she felt. He began to moved hard and fast, slamming into her. He could already feel her starting the tense around him. Acknowledging the fact if they carried on this way neither of them would last long, he pulled out of her and flipped her over on to her back, pinning her down.
"What's wrong old man?" she lifted her hips to rub against his erection, a smirk on her lips. "Too old to keep up?"
She watched his expression become amused as his lip pulled up in one corner. She knew that look on his face and it was something she would never ever tire of seeing.
"I just wanted to memorize this. Everything about you, the way you move, the way you sound," she pulled at his lower lip with her teeth, "the way you tease. I just...I don't understand."
"What?"
"How did I get so lucky in finding you." He kissed her temple softly. "My own psychopath."
"Show me, my love." She placed her still bound hands behind his neck and soothingly rubbed a thumb across is hair. She could feel his eyelashes on her cheek as he closed his eyes at the gesture.
River lifted her hips to him once more rubbing her wet opening against him. He held her close as he slid into her, pausing to look lovingly into her eyes. He would always insist that they finished their love making by him being able to see her face. In these moments he was completely devoted to only her. It made her feel wanted, needed and even a little smug that this man, this brilliant eccentric man, wanted her and her alone.
He continued in the same rhythm. Hard and fast, frantic and rough. He reached to grab her hands and with ease pulled the binding away and instead grabbing a hand with each of his and pinning them just above her head. His fingers between each one of hers. He leaned in, bit her shoulder earning him a moan. His hips continued to rock against her, his eyes never leaving her face.
"You like it rough don't you, River," he slowed his pace but still thrusting hard into her. It wasn't a question. She wrapped her legs around him and he pushed himself deeper still into her. Each thrust she moaned louder struggling to catch her breath. River bit her lip, trying to stifle her moans.
He chuckled realizing what she was trying to do.
"We know that never lasts for long. We both know you're a screamer," He trailed greedy kisses up her neck to her lips. He groaned feeling her starting to tighten around him. "The first time I had to leave you after we married was the first time I cried leaving you." his voice was no more than a whisper as he bared himself to her. "and every time after I do the same." He rubbed his nose against her cheek. "No more rule one, no more lying. Not with you." She pulled her head back to look up at him. He didn't look away from her and doesn't stop his movements. He could feel her breasts rubbing against his chest, her nipples hard, as she started to tense further. Her hands gripped his, turning her knuckles white and he held her hands still, not wavering or moving. Her breathing had begun to hitch.
His eyes never left hers. "Don't hold back," he whispered his hot breath on her cheek. "I love it when you scream."
That was all she needed. She threw her head back as her climax took her and swallowed her whole. She shuddered, pulsing around him.
"Look at me," he managed gruffly as he lost his own control and cried out pressing his forehead against hers. His hands gripping hers tight as he cried her name, as he fell over the edge. He gave a final thrust and kissed her, his body stiffening as he filled her. He released his grip on her hands.
Now free, she was able to wrap her arms around him and hold him close.
River snuggled into the Doctor, her head resting on his chest. She could hear his hearts beat and she smiled holding the pendant in her hand next to her hearts.
Neither of them had hardly said a word as he had pulled out of her and rolled to lay beside her, silently pulling her into an embrace as they both came out of their pleasured daze.
He stroked her hair and she sighed contently.
"I," She took a deep breath and focused on distant star above, "I have spent what feels my entire life on the run. The only thing I find comfort in is looking up to the stairs, knowing that your out there. Running." She smiled, "I was brought up to survive alone, to always want to be alone but when I'm with you I feel-," the Doctor had frozen knowing moments like this were rare and he knew the slightest moment would deter from continuing. "I always feel like I'm home when I am with you."
"Then why won't you stay?"
"Because there is something that you're not prepared for and that you hate," River lifted her head and turned to look up at him. "You hate endings and you hate goodbyes. I know you. Better than you think I do." She rested her hand over his hearts, "and I know you will never forgive yourself if-"
"I'll keep you safe." He cupped her face and ran a delicate thumb over her skin. He knew there was a day in the future when she would leave him. He didn't know when but he did know that it was because she felt she had no other option that she was prepared to live with.
"You'd honestly risk it all? If it ever came to saving me or a thousand innocents?"
"I love you too much to not choose you."
"And I would be the one to watch you break as the guilt haunted you."
"River, I feel like I'm suffocating when you're not here with me."
"OK," River sighed but she knew the next words from her mouth would make him the happiest man in the universe, "if it makes you that happy I'll stay with you."
The Doctor was ecstatic at her revelation but River couldn't help but ignore the nagging feeling within her. There was something that she just couldn't put her finger on.
It felt like a storm was coming.
