It's Just "The Doctor", The Lord and Maid of Time Reunite



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The Lord and Maid of Time Reunite 

apocalypseconcerto:

itsjustthedoctor:

The Doctor was underneath the floor of the main control room, tinkering with some of the panels that were down there, making minor adjustments to the TARDIS. He wasn’t really concentrating on what he was doing, however. He was lost in thought. Spending time alone in the TARDIS recently made him feel like this. After that time, that lonely, mysterious year, he was different here. The TARDIS was his home, but sometime it almost felt like a prison. He hated that he felt that way, but he couldn’t help it. He needed something to take his mind off of things.

As if the universe had heard him, he heard a voice call his name, and it was a voice he had longed to hear almost as much as Rainbow Dash’s.

“Ara!” He shot up, banging his head into a railing. “Ah! Ow! Geez!” He grasped his head, but still pushed himself out of the floor of the TARDIS “Ara! Oh have I missed you!” he yelled excitedly, his voice going high. He ran up to her and pulled her into a hug, spinning her around. He put her down and held her at arms length.

“How have you been?!” he asked excitedly, not noticing the warm feeling of the blood that was starting to drip down the side of his face from the small gash in his head.

She panicked slightly hearing his head hit the railing followed by the shouts. There had been countless times she had bashed her head on the console, having occasionally traveled with another Doctor and his TARDIS, and could personally speak to it being a very unpleasant experience. “doc…” But then he was excited again, leaving the poor alien girl deeply confused. Surely hitting one’s head like that ought to put a damper on excitement but no. This was the Doctor - her Doctor and he was always like that. She giggled being spun and hugged him tightly in response.

“it has been to long…i spoke with rainbow dash at one point and not even she had heard from you, i got so worried doctor. it’s good to see you are we—”

She saw the blood and her eyes widened pointed to it silently. “you’re injured. you — you’re bleeding. it’s all red…we should - you should fix that up. then we can catch up…” 

“Well, you know, saving the universe and all! It’s a busy job, and sometimes the ol’ girl here doesn’t like to bring me back to the right time…” Right now was definitely not the time to tell her about the year he had just spent inside his own mind; he wanted to have a nice time with her, not worry her. “But I’m back now, so no need to worry!”

He reached up touched the wet spot on his head, and brought his hand back down to examine it. “Oh! Well, I guess that’s to be expected. Probably should take care of that I guess.” He ran up the stairs to get something to fix his head with. “I’ll be right back Ara! Make yourself at home!” He ran out of view, and a moment later popped his head back out. “Because you are!” He flashed her a huge grin before popping out of sight again.