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Warning chapter ahead has some fluff, You get some this chapter and next chapter then we are back with another memory. And then you get some adventure. and then some more serious things again. but I figured we can always use some fluff. please leave a review.
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Rose hummed happily as she skipped to her room. Things were coming along nicely with her Doctor. A dozen or so kisses in a span of a few hours made her very happy. Learning she could give him forever made her thrilled. She knew he was still having trouble accepting it but had agreed there was nothing they could do about it.
And he had not run. Once again, he had surprised her. He kept doing that, and she was loving it. The walls around her heart were gone. She had been right; all it had taken was a kiss and they had melted into putty. She was astonishingly okay with it. She had known that the old him still held her heart, but she was now falling in love with this new man that he had become. He had changed drastically over the years she had been in the other world. They had been hard for him just as they had been hard on her. They both had not dealt with their sudden separation well or the separation he had forced between them. But they were healing together and she knew that given time they would both get better. They were truly better with each other than apart.
As she entered her room to change for the night she could not help but wonder if he would come tonight to sleep with her. Now that things had changed, it would not be two friends offering comfort to each other, it would be something new. And while that was exciting, it was also scary. It was like inviting your boyfriend to sleep over for the first time. Not that he was her boyfriend- she cringed as the word entered her mind. That felt wrong, calling the Doctor her boyfriend. He was too old to be a boyfriend.
What were they? A couple? Mates? friends with kissing privileges? None of them sounded right in her head. What was he to her? Better yet, why was she trying to define it? Couldn't she just be happy without putting a label on whatever they were?
No! came to her mind- she had to have something to call him. She wanted the world to know he was her...
…he was her…
The word just would not come. But she wanted the world to know he was hers.
That was, if some French bimbo happened about; she could stake her claim before the tart could try anything. She knew being jealous was petty and a part of her old self she should really let go but she just couldn't help it. She wanted to scream it to the universes- her Doctor and no one else's.
She finished getting ready for bed and lay down, thanking the TARDIS as she dimmed the lights- still wondering if her Doctor was going to make an appearance and still trying to put a name to what they were. But nothing was coming. She was so deep in her musings that she never even heard the door open and close as he entered the room. She did not come out of her thoughts until she felt the bed dip from a sudden weight and found herself pulled tight into his arms it was right where she belonged.
The Doctor had opened the door quietly, not wanting to wake Rose if she was already asleep. He had retired to his room to ready himself for bed, wondering if it would be appropriate for them to still sleep together now that things had progressed. Not that he minded the progression- as matter of fact, he quite liked it. The kissing thing was really rather enjoyable. He could get quite used to it. He warred with himself for about an hour, pacing up and down his bedroom, before he ran his hands through his hair and gave in. He crept down the hallway, making his way to her room. He almost expected his ship to give him a scolding but none came. He knew it was silly to think the TARDIS would scold him after all they had been doing this for weeks now. And his ship obviously had not had a problem those times. He felt her laughing at him, and glared at the ceiling. "Cheeky woman," he said out loud and she hummed back at him with no small amount of amusement.
He kept walking, reasoning with himself. They had been sleeping together for weeks and he had managed to keep his lips to himself so no harm from continuing their arrangement. They both found comfort in it. As he closed the door behind him he could make her out in the dim light. She was worried about something- her thumb was in her mouth and she was chewing it. Trying to figure out a question that only she knew.
He could sense her apprehension from where he stood. He wondered if he could get her to tell him what was bothering her- maybe he could help. He made his way to the bed and settled in next to her pulling her tight against him.
"Penny for them," he whispered. She giggled as she relaxed against him.
"Not worth a penny," she muttered.
"You're right," he admitted. "Your thoughts are worth way more than a penny- your thoughts are priceless. Care to share them anyway?"
She turned towards him and repositioned herself so that her head fell between his hearts, letting the thumping soothe her. Maybe she should just ask him- the answer was not coming to her. Maybe he had a word for what they were? Or maybe the question would be to domestic and he would flee.
But he had surprised her tonight- maybe he would stay. Only one way to know. She cleared her throat. "Doctor… you know earlier when you kissed me- of course you remember, you've done it a lot and they were nice and all and, well… well…well…"
She couldn't seem to get the sentence she wanted to ask out.
"Never mind, it's not important," she muttered.
"Rose, it is important," he said earnestly. "Anything you have to say to me is important. What about those amazing kisses from earlier."
She felt herself heating up and knew a blush was currently covering her cheeks. She sighed and buried her face in his chest. "It's nothing, Doctor."
She felt him shift his arms, and his hands now rested on her head drawing her out of his shirt. He gently took her face in his hand and caressed her cheeks with his fingertips. "Rose," he said softly. "Just tell me. I want to know. What are you thinking about?" He could feel the heat on her face. "No need to be embarrassed, Rose." He felt the sigh escape her and then deep breath that followed. Then a string of words flew out.
"WhatareweDoctor?"
He knew it was a question, but that was about it. "Okay, Rose, I have great hearing, but you need to make that sentence a bit slower."
He felt her exhale again and then she spoke more slowly but a good deal softer than before. "What are we, Doctor? Do we have a name? Are we just friends that kiss, or more? Are you my boyfriend now or what?"
He felt her cringe and the title boyfriend at the same time he shivered that was definitely something he was not. Boyfriend-boyfriend-boyfriend- he ran it around his mind a few times and then tried it out loud. "Boyfriend… definitely not that, don't like how that rolls off the tongue." He grinned at her before it fell from his face- she was not smiling back
"Oh, okay," she said softly.
Well, crap. He had already screwed this up- better fix it quick."No, no, Rose, it's just that word I don't particularly like. We are most definitely MORE." He made sure to emphasize the word. "MORE than friends who kiss. You are my Rose and I'm your Doctor." She grinned brightly at him. "Yup, I think that sums us up nicely," he concluded. "If that's okay with you, of course. Don't want to just assume anything- you know what they say about people who assume, Rose Ty-"
He felt her hands against his mouth again for what felt like the hundredth time today.
"Doctor, you going to let me answer before you continue to ramble." he nodded and she continued "I think that sums us up perfectly as well. You're my Doctor, and I'm yours. For now, that's all I need." She leaned up and moved her hand, replacing it with her lips as she tenderly kissed him, before settling back against his chest and saying good night.
She snuggled in tight against her Doctor's chest. Hers- hers- hers. She had been thrilled when he had voiced that statement. Turns out he was a bit possessive as well, because he had said she was his. Than he had gotten all worried about her reaction to his words and started to ramble again. They were very much back to their old rhythm. Him rambling about something and her having to find a way to quiet him. Maybe she would try her lips next time instead of her hand. It had made him stop once. And it was fun for her as well.
She giggled silently in her head. Honestly, she had no idea how she was expected to sleep tonight. She was still much to giddy from his kisses and all that had taken place that day. And now he was hers. She snuggled in more tightly to his chest. She was still a bit afraid that this wonderful day was a dream and that she would wake up and nothing would have changed. But she knew in her heart this was all very real. She felt one of his hands trace circles on her back and the other come up to brush her hair softly. And before she knew it she had drifted off to sleep.
He sat there, staring at her as she lay sleeping his arms, running his hands slowly up and down her back. Things had not gone according to plan today at all. But he was still very happy with this curve ball. Rose belonged to him now. He was still working on that heart of hers.
He knew sleep would be hard to come by- he was still wound up. There was a million and one things that needed to be taken care of on the TARDIS but he could not relinquish his hold on his pink and yellow girl. Could not imagine letting his Rose go tonight. The night that everything changed. He somehow found himself relaxing her being in his arms- did it every time. And he felt himself drifting off to sleep. His last thoughts before the world darkened was that she was his and the words he longed to here were in his grasp once again- but this time, there would be no running.
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