The twelfth hour

Heal faster

The Doctor's POV
How Missy had patched up my lung I had no idea, but the sheer amount of pain I was in was something special. Of course, I wouldn't ever say anything but it felt like my inside were being torn apart, that elixir hadn't really done much come to think of it. Missy had helped me change into a clean jumper she had found and then I sent her off to sleep, seeing as she was working on me for close to three hours. Clara had long since fallen asleep, and I knew I should be doing the same, but my mind wouldn't slow down. I had no idea how I was going to stop the Daleks. Not in this state. Also just stopping them wouldn't do much, even at this point I hadn't really done anything, I gave myself two days, at the most. What was two days going to do? Probably nothing, I felt a pinch at the back of my mind which let me know that Missy was in there.
Don't be so pessimistic, sausage. You never know. I felt missy transfer to me.
Yeah, I know. With that, she left and I slowly yet unhappily fell asleep.
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When I finally woke up again I had a killer headache that was probably from the lack of blood I still had. I wasn't going to tell Missy but I barely had half of what I needed. I looked over to see if Clara was still there which she wasn't. I felt a quick sting of worry before remembering that, she didn't want to be around me. I went to flip myself off the bed before I found my vision going dark around the edges. Which forced me to lay back down. I pulled the sleeves of the jumper over my hands and clenched it in my fists. I curled into myself trying to hold on to the warmth I simply didn't have. I wasn't going to bother Missy for anything, so I just waited. Burrowing deeper into the sheet. Gasping when I pulled the stitches. Speaking of stitches I had broken several of them. I leaned over and found the needle and thread on the table next to me. Pulling back my sleeves and bandages I began to fix the now separated stitches. I barely felt when I made the first couple, only when I had finished 4 did it really start to hurt. But I made it through fixing all 6. Then grabbing the bandages next to me and rewrapping it. I was almost done with my second arm when Missy came in.

"Good morning, sausage." She said rubbing her eyes and sitting down. "Do I want to ask why you are so good at stitching yourself up?" I shook my head and leaned into her shoulder and she moved closer to me. Her warmth making me feel instantly better as I finished the last two stitches then rewrapping my arm. I moved over and she sat next to me. I curled into her lap and she stroked my hair. This could work. I could do this. We had grown in so many different ways, it might be safe to truly love her now. I'm not sure that love is even a powerful enough of a word. I just needed to be sure she felt the same.

"Are you hungry?" She said stirring me from my thoughts. In all honesty, I probably should eat but I liked her presence at the moment and I didn't want her to move. We sat like that for a long time before she began to get restless.

"What's on your mind darling?" I asked her loving from the haze of pain and sleep.

"I'm worried about you, that when the Daleks come you won't get away. That you just won't move fast enough. I can't stand to lose you. Not at this point. I love you too much. I will keep you safe no matter what happens. No more pain will come to you because of me. You are so important not only to me but the rest of this universe and the next.." I slid out from under her and kneeled on the floor wincing as my knees hit the floor. "I am going to do this the traditional earth way. Only this once but I will. Koschei, will you walk with me through the valleys of time and space, ignoring all that comes in our way, and vowing to keep each other safe no matter the cost. In short, will you marry me?" Her eyes began to water, as did mine. I slid down next to her wincing as my knees hit the floor slowly.

"Yes! Yes, yes!" She was ecstatic tears of what I hoped was joy streaming down his face, I had waited many, many lifetimes to find someone like her and here she finally was, and it was really her. She grinned and planted a passionate kiss on my mouth.
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The Doctor's Pov
Even though she argued she eventually let me move from the med-bay. We ended up in her room by the end of the night. Both of us as close to the other as possible. It was freezing in her room but she seemed to be okay. Her room had many windows and a large bed. It looked like something out of a castle, lushes carpets the colour of the sky. Plants from the other side of the galaxy and books in many different languages. Still feeling cold, I curled into her more. Feeling the rise and fall of her chest as she breathed in and out calmly. All while I felt constant panic, knowing that we would probably soon lose her to a Dalek but that wasn't going to happen until I was dead, I wasn't losing her before I lost myself. I didn't care what she had done in the past, that was nothing to worry about, it was what we were going to do in the future if we survived that was. Which was unlikely but I wasn't one to be a pessimist. Missy sighed in her sleep and wrapped her arms more tightly around me. I let myself slip back into the haze of sleep.

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