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The TARDIS lands just where the Nonnie said to take Yaz Her Yaz. Kind, brilliant, lovely Yaz.
Ah, here we are, Brighton Palace Pier, just right in the middle of Pride week!
The Doctor says with excitement. She thinks she has it all set for Yaz to meet her special one. The Doctor’s hearts overflow with love as she sees Yaz come down and look outside…
Um, Doctor… Why are we here? Yaz smiled. She was used to the Doctor’s quirky ideas, and this was no different. And then hiding her feelings, she wondered… “Her Nonnie said to “take her to Brighton”… No… Was this Nonnie meddling? So, she asks…
Doctor, why did you bring us here?
The Doctor just smiles warmly.
I was told you had a special someone you loved… Took it that it was a lass… And so… The Doctor smiled warmly, lovely again, just the way that makes Yaz’s heart secretly melt…
I decided to take you to to meet that special lass yourself… To tell her how much you love her.
Suddenly, Yaz had a lump in her throat, butterflies in her stomach, and a rosiness to her cheeks, all at once… This kind, frantic woman she’s traveled with for what? Four years, going on five? Defeated the Master and the CyberLords and Daleks… Hell… REVERSED A FORCED REGENERATION FOR… And now suddenly, she realizes the Doctor thinks she loves someone else? Yaz chuckles to herself as she looks between the Doctor and the scene outside at Brighton Palace Pier. “Guess I’ll have to add ‘daft nutter’ to my list of adjectives for the Doc…” Yaz thinks to herself. Steadying herself, she walks towards the Doctor.
You can’t take me to her, Doctor… Yaz smiled as she feels the butterflies again…
I can’t? The Doctor asks puzzled. Why can’t I Yaz? I set all this up? Why can’t I take you to her? Meet her even?
Because… Yaz starts out, kindly, slowly… Lovingly…
You already know her.
I do!? The Doctor beams. That’s wonderful Yaz! Tell me!
Yaz smiles, and approaches the Doctor. She licks her lips… A tear is shed…
Yasmin Khan… The Doctor says gently. You don’t need to cry… She wipes the tear off Yaz’s face with her thumb.
You can tell me when you’re ready…
Yaz takes a DEEP breath, and with a little bit of shakiness, says softly, but with no doubt at all… It’s all come to this…
Doctor… I-i-it’s… It’s… It’s you.
Oh… The Doctor mentally kicks herself… Yaz, someone she secretly loves, someone that is “too good” for her just told her SHE loves her? And the best she can get out is an “Oh”?! Come on Doctor, get it together!! Yaz is kind, lovely, brilliant… Wonderful…
Yaz, I’m sor… Suddenly, she gets a memory unscrambled from a time she was plucked from her timeline, and NOT supposed to remember…
I love you, Doctor…
I never say things like that.
That’s why you got me.
I should say that to Yaz!
You never do, but she knows…
Now, The Doctor is speechless… She knows the timelines are set. Fixed points, she lies to herself… But then, she keeps hearing a phrase repeated in her head, both by past incarnations of herself, and companions alike…
“Time can be rewritten…”
"Time can be rewritten…”
“Time can be rewritten!!”
And after 30.6 seconds, which to a Time Lord, can be an eternity… The Doctor’s hearts overflow, and without hesitation… Finally says what she always wanted too…
Yasmin Khan…
She takes a moment to study Yaz’s face. She wants to take in every detail to memory, the moment she dared to throw everything she told herself, “You’re protecting Yaz by not letting yourself have this…” She steadies her hearts and says…
I love you too Yasmin Khan...
Yaz starts to tear up. Did… Did she just hear right? The Doctor LOVES HER BACK?! Yaz starts to smile, with a tear in her eye.
Doctor, you have NO IDEA how long I dreamed of hearing those words… What changed?
The Doctor for the first time that Yaz can remember, tears up herself…
I thought I was keeping you safe… People I dared to love… Companions… Friends… River Song… They all leave at the end, regardless of what they said. They all met an end. But now… The Doctor gulps hard.
But now? I realize the “protecting you” part was a bloody lie…
The Doctor’s voice cracks slightly…
And I want more…
The Doctor looks at Yaz, and oh… The tears finally spilled over.
I WANT MORE!!
Yaz takes the initiative, leans in, closing her eyes, and finally kisses The Doctor… And to Yaz’s, and the Doctor’s surprise a little, they keep the kiss going. It’s a gentle, passionate kiss. Finally, on the TARDIS, everything felt RIGHT. The TARDIS let out a happy little VWORP!! seeing her aloof pilot finally give into the feeling that was in her hearts. The Doctor broke the kiss and looked at the console, and said…
Hey, trying to have a private moment here Old Girl!!
She said with a smirk, feeling more alive than she had in ages, ever since losing River… Twice. Once in the Library as Ten, and again as Twelve, the moment River in his timeline left for the Library. That is why the Doctor believed her and Yaz could never be. Cause the Doctor dared to love, and it was ripped from Ten and Twelve respectively… But now? All she wants is to see where this all leads with Yaz.
Hey Doctor… We DO have all of Brighton Palace Pier out there. And besides it being Pride, A LOT of activities that’d make a great first date. Yaz holds her hand out now.
Care to join me? Yaz smiles, that smile to the Doctor beaming like the brightest sun.
Yasmin Khan, it’d be my honor and joy to take you on a date you’ll never forget!
Plus… Get away from Miss Prying Eyes here…
The TARDIS hums like she’s pouting.
Oh, you’ll live. The Doctor retorts.
After they both leave, The TARDIS lets out a string of happy hums and a little VWORP of joy. Deep in her engines, and for a moment, she feels warm and joyous too. for the Doctor, her pilot, her thief, had learned to let her hearts love again, and that yes… Time can be rewritten.
The End… For now. 💖💖