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anythingdrabbleTitle: 'Impressive'
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song
Word Count: 400
Rating: G
Summary: "Stop trying so hard," Amy snickered, watching the Doctor cavorting around the console.
"Stop trying so hard," Amy snickered, watching the Doctor cavorting around the console.
"Pardon?" He stopped dead, staring at her in blank perplexity. "What am I trying so hard to do?"
She leaned in, eyebrows skeptically lifting. "Are you that dense? You're trying to impress her," she told him, nodding toward the lower level, where River was merrily chatting with Rory.
"Impress her," the Doctor echoed, his face scrunching. "I'm not trying to impress her, Pond--I never try to impress anyone." When she fixed him with a steady and disbelieving stare, he looked away, feeling his cheeks grow warm. "Look, I don't need to try," he insisted, smacking a switch. "I'd like to think that I'm impressive enough without putting any effort into it!"
"And you are," Amy was quick to admit. "You're very impressive. It's just that you ramp it up whenever River's around. Don't you think you can relax now? She did marry you, after all. I understand she even thinks you're sexy," she finished with a teasing nudge.
"Yes. Well." The warmth in the Doctor's cheeks only increased at the sound of that interesting little revelation. "I should hope she'd be attracted to the man she married," he mumbled, fingers randomly tapping over the control panels.
"And that married life won't eventually make her jaded to how impressive her husband is," Amy giggled.
He glared at her silently, pointing a finger as he fought to think up a clever comeback to her cheekiness. "Ohh...shut up," he finally growled.
Amy smirked defiantly. "Make me, Raggedy Man."
Chuckling a bit, the Doctor attacked the controls in earnest. "What do you say to being stranded for a few hours on Enceladus?"
"I say that's no way to treat your mother-in-law."
"There is no way to win with you, is there," he sighed, defeated.
"You're only just now figuring that out," Rory wondered, coming up to join them, River close on his heels. "What are you to talking about, that you're only just realizing that Amy wins every time?"
The Doctor's eyes wandered from each of his in-laws, and then to River. "Nothing," he muttered.
"I was trying to suggest that he not work so hard to impress Ri--" Amy blurted before he could stop her.
"Amy!"
"Oh, relax, sweetie," River purred, sliding her arms around the Doctor's waist. "I think you're cute when you try to impress me."
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song
Word Count: 400
Rating: G
Summary: "Stop trying so hard," Amy snickered, watching the Doctor cavorting around the console.
"Stop trying so hard," Amy snickered, watching the Doctor cavorting around the console.
"Pardon?" He stopped dead, staring at her in blank perplexity. "What am I trying so hard to do?"
She leaned in, eyebrows skeptically lifting. "Are you that dense? You're trying to impress her," she told him, nodding toward the lower level, where River was merrily chatting with Rory.
"Impress her," the Doctor echoed, his face scrunching. "I'm not trying to impress her, Pond--I never try to impress anyone." When she fixed him with a steady and disbelieving stare, he looked away, feeling his cheeks grow warm. "Look, I don't need to try," he insisted, smacking a switch. "I'd like to think that I'm impressive enough without putting any effort into it!"
"And you are," Amy was quick to admit. "You're very impressive. It's just that you ramp it up whenever River's around. Don't you think you can relax now? She did marry you, after all. I understand she even thinks you're sexy," she finished with a teasing nudge.
"Yes. Well." The warmth in the Doctor's cheeks only increased at the sound of that interesting little revelation. "I should hope she'd be attracted to the man she married," he mumbled, fingers randomly tapping over the control panels.
"And that married life won't eventually make her jaded to how impressive her husband is," Amy giggled.
He glared at her silently, pointing a finger as he fought to think up a clever comeback to her cheekiness. "Ohh...shut up," he finally growled.
Amy smirked defiantly. "Make me, Raggedy Man."
Chuckling a bit, the Doctor attacked the controls in earnest. "What do you say to being stranded for a few hours on Enceladus?"
"I say that's no way to treat your mother-in-law."
"There is no way to win with you, is there," he sighed, defeated.
"You're only just now figuring that out," Rory wondered, coming up to join them, River close on his heels. "What are you to talking about, that you're only just realizing that Amy wins every time?"
The Doctor's eyes wandered from each of his in-laws, and then to River. "Nothing," he muttered.
"I was trying to suggest that he not work so hard to impress Ri--" Amy blurted before he could stop her.
"Amy!"
"Oh, relax, sweetie," River purred, sliding her arms around the Doctor's waist. "I think you're cute when you try to impress me."
