Title: Somewhere in Neverland

Word Count: 981

Characters: 11th Doctor and Clara Oswald

Summary: The Doctor is worried that Clara may not accept his offer to travel the Universe.

Rating: K+

Song Lyrics: "Somewhere in Neverland", by All Time Low (starting with the second verse)

Authors Note at the bottom (as usual)

We'll start a life of the plain and the simple
Of great times with far better people
And weekends with our friends
Laughing about the wine that stains their teeth
We'll talk about how your parents separated and
How you don't wanna make the same mistakes as them
I'll say it's all about stickin' it out
And trying to feel forever young

So here we go again
Wishin' we could start again

She had to be the same person, how, he didn't quite yet understand, but Oswin Oswald and Clara Oswin and Clara Oswald were all somehow the same woman. He was instantly hooked; he always loved a mystery, but he knew with this woman, it was going to be something much more; she was special and seemingly impossible and the Universe knew how much he favored impossibilities.

He knew she was going to be important and he didn't understand the concept of who she was, but he liked her (and her unknown concept) and he knew that if he wasn't careful he would end up hurting her and himself, and he didn't want to ever do that again; it wasn't fair to his companions.

She was unique and he needed that, he needed something different, he needed mystery and that's exactly what Clara Oswald seemed to be, and he wanted it. He needed to figure out the puzzle that was her. It was important, just as he thought that she was. (Though she may not realize.)

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And as she's standing there, looking at him after he's asked her if she wants to travel around the galaxy and universe in his snog box with him, he gets a little nervous that she's going to say no and he's not going to have a chance to figure her out. He doesn't seem to realize how desperately he needs her. He doesn't understand how vitally important that she is. (All in due time, of course)

It seems like such a heavy question, and she doesn't know what to say; he knows that she has to think about it, she's only just met him; he's not expecting her to just hop in his ship and fly around the universe with him. No, no, no, Clara Oswald is much more careful than that; she's clever.

"Come back tomorrow and I might just say yes" And she struts out of the TARDIS with her empty tea mug and a smile on her lips leaving him breathless and I tiny bit shocked. He definitely figured out that he needs her in his life now (no matter how much he would care to admit).

He doesn't want to take the easy route to the morning; he wants to wait it out and take as much time as he needs to think about Miss Clara Oswald, because there is just something about her that he can't grasp. He finds himself thinking about her face and how her eyes hold an aura of innocence that only a human eyes' can. (They are rather beautiful eyes, too)

He scolds himself for thinking that little itty bitty thought, because he always starts small and it always starts with the eyes. He's only just met her, and he can't think of her that way. (Well, technically he can; he's an adult.) But it's wrong, and it always leads to pain and he wasn't ready to lose her; he's only just found her and their adventures were just about to begin.

He falls asleep for the first time in weeks, and he can't help thinking about her. She's beautiful, and he can't dispute that fact no matter how hard he tries. Deep down he knows that it's wrong to think of her like he is, but it feels so natural that he can't help himself. He decides he has a bit of an obsession with her (I mean, he did wait in the year 1207 looking for a sign of her again)

But he's the Doctor, and he can't afford to think of her in such a way that may become romantic. But that's beside the point, because she still hasn't said yes to him. He hops up and practically lunges at the console room, making sure that it's the right time and the right day before heading out to ask her once again.

He parades to her front door and rings the door bell, afterward straightening his bow tie making sure it looked proper. She opened the door not a moment later and her face held a surprised and smug expression on her face, almost as if she was shocked that he came back and remembered her.

"So what do you say," he says, "Me, You, and the Universe. All of time and space at your fingertips. Well, mine actually, seeing as I'll be doing the piloting."

He's praying to all the gods that he has ever heard of that she'll say yes. He wants her to travel the stars with him because he thinks that he will enjoy her friendship immensely and he can wait to see what may blossom from it. He cares not to admit that he may like her in a much more intimate way than friendship. (Which is allowed, because technically he has met her before… in a different time period where she kissed him)

She smiles at him, the looks back at the seemingly empty house that she is calling home at the moment.

"I can't just leave them." She says, "They need me." His heart drops and he tells himself that it's nothing personal. (It's just that he's rarely been turned down before and he doesn't know how to handle the rejection.)

"But I can't say no to traveling in a snog box throughout time and space." She finishes. His first reaction is to correct her that it is not in fact a snog box (not yet at least), but then he realizes that she said a maybe and he comes up with a solution to her predicament.

"How about every Wednesday we'll go around traveling the Universe together."

"Why Wednesday?" she asks with curiosity.

"Because that's what today is! Now c'mon, Clara! The universe is waiting!"

And so he prepares to solve the most important mystery in the Universe, Clara Oswald.

Wendy, run away with me
I know I sound crazy
Don't you see what you do to me?
I want to be your lost boy
Your last chance, a better reality

Wendy, we can get away
I promise if you're with me, say the word and we'll find a way
I can be your lost boy, your last chance
Your "everything better" plan
Oh, somewhere in Neverland

He guys! Guess who had a bit of a writer's block and had no idea what to write all week. (The answer is me, okay) I'm really pissed off at my phone, which I had to delete all the music off of because two songs wouldn't download properly and they refused to delete, but this one was like HOLY CRAP 11/CLARA FEELS YES- I needed to write it down.

This song, is literally so beautiful and I think that if you haven't listened to it yet, you definitely should.

SO please review and favorite and follow or leave a prompt (scenarios please) because it's almost my birthday and I'll love you forever.

Xoxo,

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