Dayton sat in his high chair with River sat crossed-legged opposite him.
"Come on, Dayton. Eat your dinner," River pleaded. "For Momma?" she added, unsure of whether what she was saying would actually work or not.
Dayton folded his arms and shook his head, "Nuh," he refused once again.
River let out a grunt of frustration and threw the bowl containing massed potato and stew across the table, spilling some of the gravy.
"What's wrong with you?" the Doctor chimed as he walked in the kitchen after spending the past three hours working on the TARDIS.
"He's not eating again," River replied, with emphasis on the word 'again'.
The Doctor looked over to his son, who was still sat in his high chair with his arms folded and lips pressed together.
"Again?" the Doctor questioned.
"Yeah," River sighed.
For the past three nights, Dayton had not eaten anything for him dinner, and then ate very little for his breakfast, and River and the Doctor, River mostly, were starting to get worried.
The Doctor sat down next to River and took his turn in trying to feed Dayton.
He held the spoon in front of his mouth, but again, Dayton refused.
"Nuh!" he shouted, scrunching his face up in the process.
"Come on, for Daddy. Please?" the Doctor said, trying to reason with his very persistent son.
"Nuh," Dayton repeated, shaking his head.
"I give up," River said as she threw her arms up in the air.
River stood up and walked off, leaving the Doctor and Dayton in the kitchen, oblivious to what had happened.
"Momma?" Dayton said sadly.
"Momma's just worried about you, sport," the Doctor said as he lifted Dayton out of his high chair.
Less than 5 seconds after being taken out of his high chair, Dayton started struggling for the Doctor to put him down.
"Leggo, leggo," he chanted.
"If I put you down, you have to promise to stay there for 5 minutes whilst I tidy everything up," the Doctor instructed.
"Kay," Dayton agreed as the Doctor sat him on the floor.
The Doctor turned around to clear away Dayton's uneaten dinner, but when he walked over to the sink, he saw Dayton waddling out of the kitchen.
The Doctor let out a sigh of frustration and left the pots on the worktop and walked into the corridor after Dayton.
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River sat on the plush sofa in the living room thinking about all the possible things that could be wrong with her son, and flicking through the TV channels at the same time. Nothing exciting on as usual.
"Momma!" she heard a voice shout faintly.
"In here!" she shouted back, turning the TV off.
"This way," she heard the Doctor say, obviously Dayton had taken a wrong turn somewhere.
River stood up and left the living room, only to lean on the wall when she saw that the Doctor and Dayton were half way down the corridor.
You took your time, Song," the Doctor said as he walked behind Dayton, who was determined to walk all by himself.
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A Brand New Adventure
FanfictionSEQUEL TO ONE TRUE LOVE! This is a story about love, family and adventure. Husband and wife, finally settling down together. For a moment, a tiny, tiny moment. Time stopped for them. They spent all their time together, every single moment. Until the...
