13th Doctor One-Shots

Here For You

Set during series 12, I think

Characters: 13th Doctor, Yaz Khan, Ryan Sinclair and Graham O'Brien

This is another one that I found unfinished on my phone this morning. I realise that this isn't exactly happy, but oh well! I guess I must've been in a bad mood when I wrote it, or I was listening to some really deep music. Hope you enjoy :) - cornflakecat

The Doctor was in the console room, alone. Her fam were asleep in their rooms on the TARDIS, probably just about to get up. It hadn't been the best few days for her. She couldn't stop thinking about Gallifrey, about the Master. She had been trying her best to keep herself from falling apart in front of her friends. They couldn't know the pain she was feeling. Everyday she forced a fake smile onto her face but they were starting to notice that something was up. She wasn't the bundle of happy energy that she used to be.

Yaz, Ryan and Graham enter the console room, still slightly sleepy.

"You alright Doc?" Ryan asks. He didn't really know why anymore; the answer would always be the same.

I'm fine.

She decided it wasn't worth it anymore. Hiding her feelings wasn't going to help anyone.

"No." she says softly. "There's no point in pretending I'm fine when I'm not. I know you never believe me anyway. I-" She takes a shaky breath as the tears build up in her eyes. "I'm sorry that I haven't been honest with you. You don't deserve to be lied to. I'm... not ok." Then the tears start falling. Yaz pulls her into a gentle hug.

"We're here for you. Always."