Of marriage and a renewal of vows

[hullo_sweetie]

Who: River Song, Amy Pond, Rory Williams (Pond), and possibly the Eleventh Doctor at some point
What: River Song reveals the nature of her relationship with the Doctor
When: 1/10/2012
Where: The TARDIS
Rating: PG?

River happened to be waiting for them, just inside the door and to the right of the hat stand. She could tell this was going to be a tense and possibly awkward encounter with her parents, one of which was a future parent to her. She wanted to be sensitive to their feelings and who better to explain this whole wibbly wobbly relationship to them then their own daughter?

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[hullo_sweetie]

River leans in against his side when his arm slips around her waist, like it was the most natural thing in the whole wide world, and for her it probably was. "He's right you know. Everything was so hurried last time, I want to plan this one out. Cause as big of a spectacle as I can. besides that, I've waited long enough for this moment, what's a few more months?"

[nurse_boy]

Rory is sort of... staring at the Doctor's arm around River's waist. It's hard enough getting to grips with River being Melody, but add in the Doctor actually being--affectionate--into the equation and his brain is in danger of overload.

But then again...

He opens his mouth to protest River's declaration--'a few more months' is a very long time, anything could happen, why postpone happiness?--but he stops. After all, he waited nearly two thousand years for his own moment, and an entire lifetime before that. Months are a pittance to the Roman locked inside his head.

So instead he takes another sip of his wine and says, "You realize we, uh, don't remember 'last time'.'

[too_fairytale]

The sight is just as brain-breaking to Amy; it prompts her to take another drink. She may have to wish up some Drambuie after this.

"Were we even there?" Amy adds on to Rory's comment.

[hulloeverything]

Eleven looked between his companions. He hated knowing more about their own futures than they did, but that wouldn't keep him from making sure they were as involved as possible in the present.

"That's one of the other reasons I wanted to do this again. So both of you could be there. Properly." He let go of River and stepped to Amy, gently grasping her shoulders, "You were. The two of you officiated it, you could say."

[hullo_sweetie]

When the Doctor moved towards Amy, River naturally gravitated closer to Rory. Like any daughter, she certainly wanted her parents involved in this, no matter how awkward it might be for them. "Like he said, you were both there. You both gave over permission."

[nurse_boy]

Rory looks between River and the Doctor, an expression of slight confusion on his face. "Officiated?" he asks weakly. "How does that work? Neither of us are--ordained, or anything."

[too_fairytale]

Amy just keeps looking at the Doctor. "How do you mean, properly? Like not being the officiants?"

[hulloeverything]

"It's called a hand fasting. It's not a wedding as you'd think of it but the meaning is still there. You officiated it as the parents of the bride." He smiled, looking back and forth between all of them.

"And, well, I mean properly as in not in a rush while time itself is unwinding around us." Rubbing the back of his head, he smiled a little sheepishly at Amy. He'd tell them the whole story if they asked, but he wasn't about to ruin a happy moment with how River nearly destroyed all of time itself to try to save his life.