Literature
A Life of Her Own
What does River Song do when the Doctor's not around?
He had the Tardis on invisible, but he had the doors open.
He was just leaning against it, watching her.
River Song. Up to her armpits in a pit, covered in dust from head to toe. Whisk brush in hand. Gently teasing out the shape of a fragile, ancient pottery vessel. Staring at it from every angle, completely absorbed.
She'd never looked more beautiful.
She'd probably kipped off from the Stormcage, working on gaining her professorate. She set aside the whisk brush and wiped her forehead with a gritty, sweaty arm. She selected a pick and gently, meticulously started tracing around the e