Doctor Who Imagines {DISCONTINUED}

Reunion (11th/Reader Fluff)

I haven't travelled with the Doctor in years. I wanted to pursue my career as an engineer, so we went our separate ways. He promised to keep in touch, but so far that hasn't happened.

An accident in the lab put me in the hospital for a couple weeks. It wasn't anything super serious, but it was bad enough for my family to come visit. I even got visits from people I haven't seen since elementary school!

I was half asleep when I thought I heard a sound that was once familiar, but now just gnawed at the back of my mind whenever I heard it. It was probably a car outside being started, right?

I wouldn't be able to hear a car from the fifth floor, though. I sat up and asking my shaky legs over the side of the bed. An alarm went off, but I ignored it and held myself up with the IV stand as I made my way out of the room and down the hall. Nurses were coming towards me, but they hadn't seen me yet, so I turned down another hall and started looking for the origin of that sound.

I knew what it was, I just couldn't say the name of it! It was so infuriating! Someone over the intercom said,
"There is a missing patient. Female, (Y/H/C) hair, (Y/H) tall, (Y/S/C), from room 583. Thank you."

Man, they were really concerned, weren't they? I shook my head and kept going. Just a few more steps...

I opened the door to a storage room and saw a big blue box standing with the door open and a man standing half in the door. He looked as though he was just stepping out when I opened the door. His eyes widened, and I drew in a gasp.

"Doctor?" I asked. A grin spread across his face.

"(Y/N). Aren't you the missing patient?" I nodded and he gently wrapped his arms around me.

"What are you doing here, Doctor?" I asked as he helped me back to my room.

"I got a call from your mother saying that if I didn't come visit you, she'd have me. And your mum scares me, so here I am!" He helped me back into the bed and then laid down next to me.

"Thanks for coming, Doctor. I really appreciate it."

"Hey, no worries. You, on the other hand, need to be more careful. Didn't you say that being an engineer would be less dangerous than time travel?"

"Yeah," I grumbled.

"Then why are you in the hospital?" I sighed and snuggled into his chest. He patted my shoulder and kissed my forehead. "When you get out, I want you to come with me again. I miss you."

"I miss you too," I replied, tears welling in my eyes. I choked on a sob and he held me tighter. "I just want to go with you," I whimpered like a five year old. He rubbed my arms and shushed me.

"Okay. Tell you what. You behave and don't go missing anymore, and I'll take you with me as soon as a doctor says you're good to go. Deal?" I nodded and he pecked a kiss to my lips. I was really tired, so he just held me as I drifted off to sleep.

I woke up alone in the room. Was that all a dream? I sighed and stared at the plain ceiling, hating how easily I could let my mind wander. The Doctor was gone, and wasn't going to come back for me.

I looked over at whoever was coming in. It was just a nurse who came to check my vitals.

"Oh, I was supposed to tell you when you woke up that the man who was here would be right back. He said he was going to get you something to eat." I cocked my head to one side and gave her a questioning look.

"Sorry, but my memory's a bit fuzzy. What did the man look like?"

"Tall, fluffy brown hair, funny chin... He had on a bowtie, if that means anything." So it was him!

"It does. Thanks so much. Did he say when he'd be back?" She was about to speak when the door opened again.

"Is she awake?" asked a familiar voice. My heart fluttered, and the heart monitor I was hooked up to told the whole story.

"She is," the nurse said sweetly. "And she's happy to see you."

"(Y/N), you saw me earlier," he chuckled as he handed me my food.

"I thought that was a dream," I admitted. He took his place next to me on the bed and he tried to feed me, but I pushed his hand away and snuggled into his chest. This made him laugh.

"What's gotten into you?" he asked as he made me sit up. "You couldn't have missed me that much. How long has it been?"

"Four years," I said. His eyes went wide.

"Four? I could have sworn it was only one!" He sighed and looked at me sideways. "Please tell me you've moved on with your life." I shrugged.

"Two boyfriends in the past four years, neither of them super serious, and I've gone through three jobs. I got my own place, but I just really missed you. Nothing was as exciting as spending time with you."

"Is that why you became an engineer? You wanted to use what you learned from me to fix things?" I nodded and he hugged me. "That's amazing! I'm proud of you. But I miss you too much to leave you here. When do you get discharged?"

"In a couple days. Can you stay in one place that long, or do you have to go right now?"

"Are you kidding? I've got all the time in the world." He kissed my lips softly and then made me eat. I grumbled until I realized that he had gone all the way to (insert origin country of food) to get my favorite food!

By the time I was discharged, I was itching to go and so was he. He carried me into the TARDIS and set me in his chair before running around and laughing.

"Where to first? Oh! I know! Let's go and have us a little reunion party! How does Canada sound? It's lovely in the summer. Unless you want snow! Then we can go to the winter!" He went on and on while I watched him. He clearly hadn't had a companion in a while and was glad to have someone around who already knew the ropes.

"Anywhere you want, Doctor," I assured him. He beamed at me and told me to hold on.