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Four days before Christmas, they get their first proper snowfall of the year. It comes in the night, leaving a thick six-inch blanket of white over the ground. Schools close and (since it's a Friday anyway) many people call into work, saying it's not worth it to brave the slick traffic on the last frigid workday morning before Christmas.
Among those people are the Doctor and Rose. The two of them are quite content to stay snuggled up in bed, strategically curled together beneath the blankets.
Yet the universe has other ideas, and what promised to be a quiet day filled with tea and flannel pajamas and lots of cuddling and Christmas movies is promptly interrupted by the sharp ring of Rose's mobile. She's tempted to let it go, and the Doctor pleads for her to do so, but she answers when she sees it's from her mum. As she brings the device to her ear, the Doctor promptly swipes the phone from her hand and opens his mouth to tell Jackie Tyler off when he is surprised not to hear her voice, but Tony's, begging them to get up and come over.
"It's a snow day, Doctor! Mum and Dad said we can go sledding. Will you come? Will you and Rose come?"
The Doctor has never been able to resist Tony (well, either of the Tyler siblings, if he's telling the truth), and he hangs up with a promise that they'll be there in an hour. Rose grins cheekily at him.
"And you wanted me to hang up."
He pushes her onto her back and snogs the smirk right off her face.
One hot shower, two steaming cups of tea, three layers of clothing, and four pairs of mittens later, the Doctor and Rose are only five minutes late. Not bad, considering they only got out of bed 30 minutes ago and it take at least fifteen to get to the Tyler mansion from their flat. Tony is waiting impatiently for them as soon as they walk in the door, fully dressed in his snowsuit.
"Can we go already?!"
Rose and the Doctor each take one of his thickly gloved hands and tromp with him through the snow, the Doctor pulling the sled along behind him. It's not a far walk and they reach the top of the hill within minutes. The Doctor pulls the sled right up to the edge of the hill and plops himself down, anchoring the sled with the heels of his boots (not converse; not in this weather, Rose had said) dug into the snow. Rose and Tony scramble on in front of him, Rose sitting between the Doctor's legs and Tony sitting between hers.
"Ready?" he asks, squishing his legs up on the sled alongside the two of them, preparing to push them off.
Rose tightens her legs around Tony and holds onto his waist. Tony, in turn, tucks the Doctor's boots under his arms and holds on to the tops of the toes.
"Ready!"
"Then here we go!" the Doctor gives an almighty shove and, with just a bit of scooting forward on their part, the sled tips over the crest of the hill, sending them flying down the side of it.
Rose shrieks, the Doctor whoops, and Tony giggles uncontrollably as they careen down the hill. Snow flies in their faces, cold and biting and perfect. As they near the bottom, Rose spots a huge bump. She tries to alert the Doctor, mostly by poking him in the thigh (which is less than effective) and they head straight for it. Sure enough, the metal runners of the sled glide right over the bump and as they fly over it, send them airborne.
What happens next is a flurry of snow and limbs and shouts. Rose grabs for Tony, the Doctor grabs for Rose, and the sled crashes, flipping over in the snow. They land with a thud – Rose on her back, the Doctor sprawled on top of her, and Tony safely to the right of them.
She stares up at the Doctor for the second time today, and he grins madly at her. She shakes her head at him and he leans in and kisses her, right there in the snow and the cold and the aftermath of their crash. She closes her eyes for a moment, relishing the solid warmth of his body over hers, a welcome contrast to the cold snow seeping through her jeans, until they are suddenly interrupted.
Tony, having recovered from their rough landing and laughing all the while, jumps on the Doctor's back, causing both he and Rose to grunt in surprise.
"Come on, come on! Don't just lay there! Let's do it again!"
Reluctantly, the Doctor pushes himself off of Rose and onto his feet. Reaching down to offer her a hand up, he winks at her. "We most certainly will do that again… You can bet on it."
Rose doesn't even have time to reply before Tony is tugging on the Doctor's hand, passing him the towrope for the sled.
"Pull me up the hill?" Tony gazes up at him.
"Ohh, all right," the Doctor concedes. "But just this once. Got it?"
Tony nods and clambers onto the sled. The Doctor looks towards Rose, reaching out for her hand, but she grabs the towrope instead. He looks at her quizzically.
"Better with two," she says with a wink of her own.