the thirteenth doctor & you

the christmas spirit.

oh hewwo.

sorry for being gone for so long.
anyhow - christmas prompts are now open, from the 25 of November until the 25 of December.

this is number 28 on the list (which can be found on my tumblr snowyspyro)

" are - are those supposed to go on the tree. "

-x-

It had started to snow in Sheffield. The first snow of the season and you couldn't have been more excited. You weren't used to the cold or the snow, in fact the only Christmas' that you were used to were the scorching hot ones that would involve swimming in the pool in the backyard, while you waited for the Christmas lunch to be served and then to quite literally go to sleep on the couch because it's too hot and you're too full to do anything else.

This was probably one of the coolest things you had ever witnessed this entire year. Well, you could say that was a lie, considering the whole year you had stuck by the Doctor and the others. To think, visiting your best friend on the other side of the world and during that very fateful day would have led you to meeting the strangest and most amazing person in the whole universe.

It must have been the adrenaline and the excitement of it all that by the time you had all made it back to Sheffield, you had forgotten that you had to go home at some point. Taking out the plane ticket you had sadly looked at Yaz and then pouted until the ticket was pulled out of your hand.

"Oi!" You exclaimed taking a step towards the Doctor, the sun making you squint as you tried to grab back the ticket - before she proceeded to rip it in half. A slight squeak escaped your lips then. "I spent like 900 bucks on that!" But you couldn't help but take a step backwards, when the Time Lord shot you an almost manic look, that you were a little worried.

"You won't ever have to fly commercial again, [y/n] !" She beamed excitedly as she proceeded to dump the pieces of your ripped plane ticket into your open palm. True the TARDIS was probably more amazing than the person that was flying it, but you still couldn't help the stress that would lay at the bottom of your stomach whenever you travelled, considering you wasted almost $1000 on a plane ticket you would never use.

Yaz had wanted to spend this weeks adventure at home. It was snowing and everyone was getting a bit restless being stuck in the TARDIS together. For a spaceship with infinite rooms, it sure did like putting the bunch of you together often. You could tell that the Doctor was disgusted by that idea, the slight scrunch of her nose when Yaz spoke was the only indication that the Doctor couldn't really stay in one spot for too long. But it didn't take her long to reluctantly agreed, which meant that the gang would split up. Graham said he was going home just to be by himself for a little while and Ryan ended up meeting up with friends he hadn't seen in almost year - for them it had only been a couple of weeks.

While Yaz, you and the Doctor all went back to Yaz's place. Najia suggested that they start decorating the tree that she and Yaz's dad had just put up. The Doctor's face lit up like she was a kid in a lolly store. "Oh, excellent!" The Doctor beamed as she flopped down onto the couch, seeming a lot more relaxed around the normal environment. "I'm a champion at Christmas tree decorating." She continued. "Won the national title in the Outer Rim three years in a row actually!" You couldn't help but scoff slightly at her story. The blonde turned to you and she pouted. "It's true! Got the trophy's to prove it."

You had gotten used to the weird and quirky stories that she would come out with. But you hadn't really gotten used to the weird physical items that she would come out with. You and Yaz stared as the Doctor appeared back in the doorway a few hours later, she bounded towards the tree and dumped a box of what ... honest to god looked like grenades. You two stared at each other before you turned to face the Doctor again. "Uh, Doc?" You called and the blonde Time Lord didn't turn around, just hummed slightly in acknowledgement - while placing one of the three white looking grenade things on the branches. "Are - Are those supposed to go on the tree?"

This time the traveller did turn around, her tongue poking out the corner of her lips before they pulled into a massive grin. "Course!" She exclaimed all but throwing one of the 'ornament' onto the couch, you and Yaz couldn't help but flinch. The Doctor frowned slightly before she looked down and her brows rose and her mouth pulled into an O expression. "Ah, I can see why you would be concerned."

"You think!" Yaz butted in, but the Doctor just bounded over the couch, with one of the things in her hands.

"No, no, don't worry!" The Doctor then reached out, grabbed onto your wrist and shoved the ornament into your hand. "Look." Pulling the small pin that was on top out, the room suddenly exploded into multiple colours, patterns and what appeared to be an actual video played on the ceiling and the walls. Christmas colours and completely random colours also flooded the living room.

"Oh wow." You mumbled stepping closer to the Time Lord and holding the thing out towards her. You couldn't take your eyes off the footage that was being played above you ... a man wearing a bow tie and with ridiculous hair beamed brightly at what you ... assumed was the camera. It was then that you suddenly heard the ambient noise that seemed to be from the footage and ... festive music filling the living room. "What is it?"

"They're like grenades, but they are so much more friendly and well, keepable really. These are the trophy's!" She seemed so incredibly proud, she didn't realise how close she was standing near you and neither did you, to be honest. "Christmas - it's not just a holiday, a tradition to Humans, but it's an actual planet - a place where so much joy and love is spread." Her hands were doing that thing they did when she was enthusiastic about something. "They made these ornaments to hold the memories of a special time. The footage of time gone by to help those remember, while the colours represent the communities and then -" The Doctor trailed off as the green and red flooded the room once more. "Then there's the red and green, Earth's symbol for Christmas."

It was true, as soon as the pin was pulled, a wave of happiness and joy had spread throughout the whole room, filling you with what could only be described as the Christmas spirit. "That's ... amazing," Yaz mumbled as she stood back slightly - suddenly watching what was going on between the two of you.

You grinned and let your gaze lift from the trophy, only to catch the Doctor's hazel gaze. Your grin started to shrink as you noticed how close you two really were, but you swallowed and didn't even flinch. "They're ..." you trailed off, getting lost in her gaze once more. "They're amazing."

The Doctor beamed. "And to make them even better..." She pulled the trophy from your grasp, soft hands brushing over the backs of yours. The Doctor pushed the pin back in and the room suddenly fell quiet and that warm feeling was gone ... but not completely vanished. "You can relive it over and over again."