IMPORTANT:
this was supposed a song fic but since I'm not allowed to use lyrics even if I put a disclaimer probably it will be sh*t with no sense, just imagine the lyrics of the songs, pretending the character is singing it okay?

But since no one is going to like this story, I don't even know why I'm bothering about.

Summary:

Incontri TenTENNANTi/wavering Meetings sort of Missing Moments a little ahead ...(it's just a matter of a few chapters before it can happen even in the original co written crossover)
The secret relationship between Peter and Alec goes on, until something brings them closer even more.
Some fluff, some h/c and a little bit of songfic, too.
Written for the 'Flufftober 2021' Prompt 23: Hold me in your arms

Notes:

Before reading: if you don't know this huge crossover story cowritten with my friend Loki /works/24057604/chapters/57893587 , you'd better close this page, because you'll never ever manage to figure out what this extra fluffy one shot is about, lol

if you are already familiar with the mentioned story, in this one shot (and the many others i'm going to post this month for this challenge) you'll find event a little ahead compared to where the original plot arrived, but it's just a matter of few chapters to add ;) and it's about something you already know it's going to happen ;)
If you're looking for fluff made in DIL, with lots of h/c, too, this is the right place! ;)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Peter Carlisle has never liked to wake up early in the morning, much less for an investigation, but for a few days now he has always been trying to wake up, at least at six or seven in the morning.

He could use an alarm clock to program on his phone, especially since he now has an even more modern one, but it would also risk waking Alec up, who now always sleeps with him, it has become a very pleasant routine.

But Peter has something that the others, with the exception of the Doctor, do not have: a great complicity with the TARDIS.

It was enough for him to give her a speech of his own, with flattery, caresses and songs to ask her to help him wake up in time and she found the most suitable way.

If at the beginning she played the not too innocent joke of waking the grumpy Alec with waves of water, the poor Broadchurch's detective, who associates with water tremendous memories that still haunt him; for his favorite among the Companions who are travelling with the Doctor things are very different.

It's six in the morning and in Alec's room, where Peter is, small donuts, lollipops and candies are raining on the head of the Blackpool's detective.

"Thanks." he whispers to his spaceship friend, biting into a small donut as he sits up.

The TARDIS understands what he needs and creates a soft light, enough to give Peter a wide view, but not too bright to disturb Alec's sleep.

Never be it, Peter likes too much to see him sleep.

Alec manages to maintain his cranky personality even in his sleep, he has a perpetually gruff expression, frowning, if he talked in his sleep it would be for sure to insult someone.

For Peter it has now become a habit to watch him, to grasp every change in his sleeping positions and expressions, because, hard to believe, but every now and then that gruff expression leads to a softer, almost serene one.

Surely observing him is made more pleasant by the second small donut he bites into.

And thanks to the Naked Rule that the two detectives have now decided to follow, there is much more to look at beyond Alec's face, also facilitated by the blankets that, in a moment of anger, the older one pushed away halfway.

Peter contemplates that body so similar to his, even if a little later in the years, recognizing that it still maintains the right tonicity.
He regrets that the sheet covers precisely the most interesting part and seeks comfort from his frustration in the lollipop he discards.

He doesn't have time to bring it to her mouth, because there is something much more urgent.

Alec begins to whine, moving agitated.

"Nooo, nooo!" he screams, desperately, the eyes are still closed, even if the breathing is more labored.
Peter wastes no time and pulls him closer to him, holding him in his arms.

"Alec, calm down, I'm here with you." He hugs him tightly and both his voice and body heat soothe the more experienced and tormented detective, who finally opens his eyes.

At first he looks around bewildered.

"The little girl ... the river ... too late ..." he murmurs disjointly.

He's probably not fully awake yet.

"Alec, shhh, dear, it's okay, I'm with you, your spring chicken." he kisses his hair and massages his back.

"Peter." Alec catches up, turning and kissing him. "It was a nightmare. Again."

"What does 'again' mean? Do you often suffer from it? the younger asks him.

"Yup."

"Would you like to tell me about it?" Peter urges him.

"It's part of my past." grumbles the other.

"I don't know anything about your past. You never talk to me about serious stuff. As if you didn't trust me. " the smallest sighs dissatisfied.

"One day maybe I will, I will tell you everything. For now just know that you are a ray of light in the total eclipse that is my life. " Alec murmurs, kissing him again, before he gets caught up in an idea. "Wait up." He reaches for the bedside table, retrieving his cell phone.

It takes him a while to remember how he can reach the music Apps. Daisy has insisted on installing at least one for him, arguing that her father must keep up with the times.

"If I were like you, maybe I would sing my feelings to you, but there's no bloody way such a thing is going to happen." Alec premises. "But if I had the same peculiarity as you, I think the song you would hear would be this." He explains, pressing 'play' as soon as he has found what he was looking for.

Peter begins to listen intently, with the lollipop in his mouth, which in Alec's eyes gives him an even more tender attitude.

Every now and then I get a little bit lonely

And you're never coming 'round

Peter widens his eyes in surprise. He knows that song very well and he never expected that Alec had already reached such a level of consideration towards him.

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Even without entering in the details of his troubled and distressing past, Alec through that song is indirectly talking to him about his sense of loss, which Peter may have put an end to.

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"Of course I can hold you in my arms, honey!" He hugs him again. "I'll do it whenever you need it."

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Alec stops the song, simply judging that the message has arrived to that young singing detective who every day that passes represents more and more his lifeline.

"Oh no, it's already half past seven." Peter complains, looking at his watch.

"Yeah ... half an hour and they'll all be awake, dragging us into who knows what adventure." Alec grumbles.

"Adventures don't scare me, I'm just sorry to pretend to be detached from you." pouts Peter.

"I'm sorry too, it's just that I'm not ready to come out and face all the others yet ... let's keep this beautiful thing just for us." the older tries to convince him.

"I'm happy only because you said it's a beautiful thing." the smallest smiles at him

"But it is, indeed, one of the most beautiful that has ever happened to me." Alec reiterates, kissing him good and proper.

"For me too ..." Peter murmurs, caressing his hair. "So, we get dressed and then I sneak away to my room so that the others don't suspect anything?" Peter asks him.

"Unfortunately, yes, but not immediately. There's still time." claims Alec, with another needy kiss.

"You're right. What do you want me to do while we are waiting? "

"Hold me in your arms," the more experienced detective pleads.

"This I can do." Peter hugs him from behind. "I could do it forever."

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THE END

Notes:

I hope you didn't mind the shameless complicity between Peter and the TARDIS, I just can't help it LOL

Alec's nightmares unfortunately are true, who knows 'Broadchurch' season two (my fave one aww) knows.

Of course, the mysterious song is 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler

Barten already have the perfect song for them, I just had to find the DIL' (Detectives In Love) s one as well lol

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