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pairing; bucky barnes x reader fandom; marvel cinematic universe length; 2,242 words

Bucky gets home from a mission and spots you in one of his more retro shirts and he can’t help himself, not that you mind one bit. *set in AU verse where IW+ Endgame don’t happen. Set in 2019*

Fandom; Doctor Who

Pairing; 9th Doctor/Original Time Lord Character

Warnings; Slight angst 

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The night air was filled with screaming and the sounds of ‘exterminate’ The Time Lords and Ladys tried all they could to protect their children. Their attempts failed as the Daleks fired their beams. On a hill stood a couple. Theta and Gemini. He cupped her face in his hands. 

“Don’t cry my love. It’ll be okay. I know a way to end this war.” he stated  She couldn’t help, a few tears escaped. 

“I know. But try your hardest to find me again my love.” She sobbed out. He  pulled her into a tight hug and pressed a kiss on her forehead. Then he pulled away and headed off, set to end the War.

The woman got into her Time Ship and stroked the side. She would be human again soon. All her memories would be concealed in a small watch. Her chameleon arc -which would change her DNA and biology to human- dangled from the ceiling, and she reached up to grab it. After quickly setting the settings to human and placing the watch into the spot, she placed it onto her head and pressed the button. To say that it hurt worse than regeneration was true. After a few more seconds, the pain stopped, and she couldn’t help but look around.

 Pressing the button that she needed to, Gemini set course for Earth, and decided on a small town in London,England. To at least try to fit in to human society.  She parked her Ship and changed the exterior so that it looked like a phone booth. Gemini sighed and stepped out, setting the key in the corner, where only she could get it. Then, she set out for the London streets, letting the memories slowly leave her mind. But the one thought that remained on her mind, was who was the mysterious man, and when she would meet him. 

But little did she know, she already had met him. 

-

Jolting awake, the female gasped for breath. The same dream that has been happening every night for the last week, happened again. This time it was more in depth. Letting out a soft sigh, she fell back against the bed, a huff escaping her lips. All Eliza wanted to know was why these dreams kept happening. What did they mean? 

Her phone dinged with a text and she flapped her hand around her nightstand before grabbing it. It was her best friend Rose, who up to two days ago, was working during this time. 

Rose: I’m coming over, I’ll be there in 10 [8:54am]

Rose: I’m here. [9:05am]

Her blonde best friend flung open the door and plopped herself next to Eliza on the bed. 

“Only nine in the morning and you look like crap.” Eliza couldn’t help but tease her friend. The blonde looked up from her spot on the bed and sent a glare at her. 

“I’ve been up all night trying to find more information on that man who blew up my shop. Says his name is ‘The Doctor.’” Rose rolled her eyes, and Eliza nodded. 

“If you want, my computer is open, I have to go and shower anyway.” The redhead pointed over to her computer that sat in the corner. Rose slipped her shoes off before padding her way over to the computer, as Eliza grabbed a clean set of clothes from the closet and went to shower. 

That name the Rose mentioned -The Doctor- sounded oh so familiar. She felt as if she had heard that name before, a long time ago. Rubbing the rest of the sleep out of her eyes, Eliza started the shower.

Twenty minutes later, she was done and pulling a towel around her body. A further ten minutes passed before she stepped out in a blue long sleeve shirt, black jeans and a pair of socks. 

“Find anything interesting?” She called out to Rose as she sat back down on her bed, pulling her glasses on. 

“A website, some man has been exploring the theory that the man that I met goes back generations. Or at least something like that. I’m going to go meet up with him. Wanna come with?” She asked Eliza, as she shut the computer down. 

“You know I’m always down for an adventure!” Eliza grinned, as she grabbed her boots from the floor, “besides, chances are the information the guy has could be true.” She grabbed her wallet from her nightstand drawer along with her ever so important pocket watch that she had gotten when she was adopted. Hand in hand, the duo headed out, and Eliza got the feeling that this day would be the most important day in her life. 

-

Pulling up to the house, Rose took the keys out of the car and slipped it into her pocket after getting out. 

“I’ll be only a bit, you can come in if you want to.” 

“I might as well, don’t know how long you’d be, since you like to talk a lot.” Eliza then followed Rose to the front door where a teenage boy answered it, exclaiming for his father. A man appeared, and after introducing himself to them, led them to the back and to the shed. The shed was filled with pictures and newspaper clips. 

“A lot of this stuff is quite sensitive. I can’t just send it to you. People might intercept it, if you know what I mean. If you dig deep enough and keep an open mind, this Doctor keeps popping up all over the place. Political diaries, conspiracy theories, even ghost stories. It appears to be an inheritance, the name that is. That's your Doctor there, isn't it?” He pulled out a photo that had a group of people, and the supposed mystery man behind the. Rose nodded, and grasped the photo to look closer. 

“April 1912. This is a photo of the Daniels family of Southampton, and friend. This was taken the day before they were due to sail off for the New World on the Titanic, for some unknown reason, they cancelled the trip and survived. They had said some man called the Doctor told them not to go on it.”

Eliza glanced around, taking in the sight of the room, and sighed. 

“There always seems to be something following him. Though out wherever he goes.” Clive continued, placing the photo back into its spot and leaned against the desk. 

“What’s that?” Eliza questioned the man, turning to look at him. 

“Death. “

-

They got back into the car, and Rose glanced at her phone, smiling. 

“Mickey is already on his way here, said he’s going to pick me up, apparently he’s taking me to lunch. You sure you’ll be fine on your own?” Rose questioned her friend. 

Eliza nodded, grabbed the keys from Rose’s pocket. “I’ll be good. Chances are I’ll probably stop at the chip shop down the road and get something before heading back home.”  They parted ways quickly, and Eliza drove off, headed to the restaurant that was down the road. Unknown to her, Mickey -well a weird looking version of him- and Rose were a few tables away as she sat down, opening the menu and glancing at it. Suddenly a fire alarm went off, and someone shouted to get out. 

After catching a glance at Rose, and making sure it was her, Eliza followed her out, grasping on to her sleeve. 

“What the fuck is going on?” she breathed out as they ended up outside in an alley, a seemingly ordinary blue box stood there. That was when she noticed the guy. It was the same one from the pictures, and boy was he cute. 

“The thing is following up! Use your tube thing!” Rose grasped the gate and tried to pull it open. 

“Nah, I think I’ll go in here!” The man called out, opening the door to the box, and Eliza didn't think twice before following him in. The inside was beautiful, and the girl let her hand rest on the wall, and could of sworn she heard it hum and a warmth filled her heart. 

“She’s beautiful.” She breathed out, looking at the man. He grinned at her, before taking a double take. 

“She is isn’t she?” He leaned against the console and they watched as Rose finally came in. Eliza tuned out their conversation, dropping her purse onto a seat and hoisting herself up onto the one besides it. 

“... follow the signal, hold on!” The man -the Doctor- it seemed, danced around the consol, pressing buttons and then pressed a lever and the box started to shake. The Doctor and Rose went out the doors, the man looking back at her. Eliza felt something inside her twist and churn. Her breathing picked up, going out in short breaths.

“Is it alright if I stay here, feeling a bit off.” She spoke, her stomach in knots and hands feeling clammy. He nodded, and shut the door, before what sounded like locking it. 

Eliza rested her head between her knees and focused on taking deep breaths. This whole thing, with the box and it moving, not to mention the man. Almost instantly, she was struck with pain in her head, and she was caught  in a flashback. 

[Gallifrey,age:407]

“Come on Gemini!” She could hear Theta call out to her from outside her room. She huffed, before going to her door and opening it. 

“You know, we have exams in the morning, and unlike some, I would l o v e to pass.” She quipped, a smirk growing on her face as she glanced at her friend. A pout formed on his face. 

“Come on! It’s just a little adventure to the fields! I’ll have you back in a bit! I promise!” he begged her, his voice quiet. Sighing softly, the young time lady grabbed her robe from the hook, slipped her shoes on and closed the door. 

“Better have me back in an hour or so.” She told him, before letting him grabbed her hand and leading her out of the building and to the fields. 

-

“Have you thought about if you would want to bond with someone?” The question came out of nowhere. Pausing to think about it, Gemini glanced up at the stars, curling closer to the boy. 

“I mean, if the time is right, then I suppose. There’s really only one person I could think about being bonded with.” She softly said, looking up at him. 

“What about you?” She asked. 

“Only one person in mind, he looked down at her, a smile on her face. “It’s you, you know. You’re the one that I could see myself being with for all of eternity.” a blush overcame his face. 

“I- Theta, I want you to be the one I bond with too. Nobody understands me like you. No one makes me happy like you do, and no one takes us on adventures like this. What if, say by the time we’re both 500 and we’re both not bonded, we’ll do it.” She states as she pulls herself closer to him. 

“Deal!”

Unknown to her, by the time the war was done and they were separated from each other, they were already 600 years old. At the time they were now, the time lady’s soul and memories had been in the watch for 300 years, and she had been human for a while. 

With a snap, she was back inside her own body, sobs escaping her lips. It was then that she heard the sound of the door opening and almost instantly the Doctor was beside her. 

“I- I don’t know what h-happened.” She sobbed out, taking shuddering breaths. Pressing his fingers to her head, she could feel  something pushing into her mind. A gasp escaped his lips as he pressed his forehead against hers. 

“Come on, I’ll take you to a room, so you can lay down.” 

-

What seemed like hours later, the door opened again and the man came in, sitting beside her. Eliza shoved herself up and pushed her hair out of her eyes. 

“What was that earlier? It was almost like I could feel you searching for something in my mind.” She spoke, glancing at him. 

He rubbed the back of his neck before responding, “I was searching for what caused you to react like that. What I found was impossible. There was no way that you should have had that go through your mind. I’m the only one left.” The last part was muttered. 

“Obviously it means something. I want to know what it means, and maybe it could be connected to my dream.” At that, a yawn escaped her lips. Glancing over to the clock, she could see that it was just past midnight. Her whole body felt sluggish and tired. 

“Think we can talk more in the morning, I am absolutely exhausted. Where’s Rose?” The Doctor reached over and turned the lamp off.

“I’ll be in the control room if you need me. Rose is in another room, I’ll be dropping you off in the morning, that is, if you don't want to go with us.”

“Where though?”

“Anywhere through time and space.”

-

Sleep didn’t come easy that night. Eliza spent hours tossing and turning before finally falling into a dreamless sleep. Voices woke her up slightly, they were speaking of the watch. 

You’re ready

Time to be free

Open it

You can be with him again

 She blinked, panicking a little bit as she fought to breathe. She wanted, no needed to open the watch. She wanted to know what was in it. Her watch laid on the nightstand next to her, The Doctor probably had been looking at it once she had fallen asleep. Dragging her body up, she could see it glowing gold, warmth pouring out if it. 

“What’s going on?” She muttered as she pulled herself out of bed and stood up. When she made contact with the watch, the warmth filled her body, and she let her mind drag her body out of the room. Upon getting to the hallway, the warmth started to get hotter and hotter, and she took a breath and forced herself to open it. It was time. 

 She could hear the Doctor and Rose talking a few feet from her, as she watched as gold mist came out of it and floated around her before entering her. 

The watch clattered to the floor as she forced herself to walk into the control room, and the Doctor finally noticed. Dropping whatever he had in his hands, he approached her carefully. The gold mist was burning at her, and she could see her fingertips start to glow. 

“Doctor! What’s going on with her?” Rose cried out, stepping closer, but the Doctor put his hand up. 

“She’s regenerating, stay back Rose.” His voice was filled with shock.

Fear filled her body as the glowing went further and further up her body. 

“I’m scared!” Eliza called out, voice pained. 

“You’ll be okay, deep breath okay?” 

It was then that the regeneration energy overcame over, forcing her head back as she felt her body start to change. As soon as it started, it was over. 

-

Her eyes opened, and she glanced at her feet. She was taller now. 

“At least I grew some.” Her new voice was different, her accent was a bit thicker. She could see the Doctor looking at her, love and amazement in his eyes. Eliza ran her hand through her hair, and ran over to the nearest mirror. Instead of being ginger, she was a blonde, well, dirty blonde. Her eyes were green. Everything seemed in order, then Rose’s voice reached her ears. 

“I’m sorry, but where is Eliza? What sort of magic is this?” 

“I’m right here Rose, just changed again.” Eliza reassured her friend. “I’m still me, just my time lord self is back.” Turning her attention to the Doctor, she walked up and rested her hand on his cheek. 

“It’s so good to be with you again. I’ve missed you Theata.” She dropped her voice to a whisper, and she felt him pull her into a tight hug. 

“So who are you then?” Rose asked, pulling herself up onto the jump seat. Eliza turned to look at the blonde, blushing when the Doctor threaded his fingers through hers. 

“I’m the Professor, I’m 950 years old, and this man, is my best friend in the whole universe.” She spoke, loving the feeling the way her title came out of  her mouth. 

“I’ve waited 500 years ..”

“I know, but with the time war, I had to get away my love. I thought you had died or would have died with that plan of yours.” She spoke, and then tears came to her eyes. “They’re gone aren’t they?” A nod.

Taking in a deep breath, she wiped the tears from her eyes, and turned to the Doctor, “Once I get changed into my proper attire, we can set off on an adventure? Just like the good old days.” She turned on her heels and set off for the wardrobe room. 

“Hello beautiful.” She greeted the TARDIS as she walked in, shutting the door quietly behind her. The Time Lady quickly changed into a white creme top,with black leggings and nude colored boots. Over the top was a beige jacket. She pulled her hair into a bun and stepped out of the room. 

“So she’s basically your wife, though it’s not official yet?” She could hear Rose's question. Stepping into the control room, she answered,

“The war broke out before we could bond with each other, but I still want to if he wants to.” 

“I’m never letting you go again.” Was his promise. 

Up from the consol appeared a sonic screwdriver, almost identical to the Doctor’s, but with a white tip instead of blue. 

“Alright, so next stop Rose Tyler, where do you want to go?” The Professor questioned, a grin on her face as she let her hands rest over the buttons.