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promethia_tenkTitle: In Which Rory is the Next David Attenborough
Fandom: Doctor Who, Rory/Amy, Eleven/River
Length: 350 words
Rating: PG
Spoilers: 6x01 and 6x02
Summary: Rory and Amy make fun of the Doctor's flirting technique. Fluff ensues. (dialogue fic)
AN: I don't even know, guys: the comparison suddenly hit me and demanded to be written. Also the Ponds have been adorable this season and I wanted to try my hand at writing them some more. And Rory's deadpan humor is one of the best things ever. And Eleven's flirting is adorable. And picking apart his body language is fun. And River being happy is adorable. And a part of me really loves the atmosphere of secrets and paranoia and spying on each other that's going on and figures there must be fluffier sorts of spying happening too. And another part of me will die if I go for more than half a day without mocking something. Thus: thrown-together fic!
Amy stumbles upon Rory lying on his belly on one of the upper decks of the control room. He is spying down through one of the roundels on the Doctor and River below.
RORY: Shhhhhhh! Will you get down? I am trying to be inconspicuous here.
AMY: Sorry, sorry. (ducks, whispers) So what are we doing?
RORY: Wildlife observation.
AMY: (looks doubtful) What, them? Are you planning a documentary? The mating habits of the Tweedy-Backed Time Traveler?
RORY: You mock me, but I’ve seen this before. Remember that feature we were watching last month? The one about the, ummm, Eastern Australian Speckled Mud Grouse, I think?
AMY: Not really, no. (pause) Shove over.
RORY: See, he’s gotten her back to his nest, so he’s gone all fluttery and feathery and attentive . . .
AMY: I love it when you’re nosy. (stifles laughter) If he adjusts that jacket one more time he’s going to adjust it right off his back. So what’s he doing, brooding over her or something?
RORY: Nah, brooding’s what you do with eggs. Can you hear what he’s saying?
AMY: (tries to listen, shakes head) It just looks like he’s babbling. He’s always babbling.
RORY: Or, like, contented little cooing noises: cooo, coo, coo, cooooo . . .
AMY: (laughing) ‘I brought you a bug--please sit on my eggs!’
RORY: (snickers)
AMY: I’ll give him this: it does seem to be working.
RORY: I’m sure it’s a very nice bug.
AMY: (gives him a 'really?' look)
RORY: Well, it’s probably a giant man-eating bug that breathes fire, but something tells me she’d like that better.
AMY: (fondly) I’m getting you some binoculars for your next birthday.
RORY: I’d like that. (squinting) Ten quid says any minute now he’s going to start squawking and flapping all over the place; then he’ll settle down again and get all nuzzle-y.
AMY: Done.
(they watch)
AMY: Wow, you are good. So what does that mean, then?
RORY: We’ve just narrowly avoided a wombat attack.
(the whole TARDIS suddenly jolts to the side)
RORY: Or not so narrowly . . .
Fandom: Doctor Who, Rory/Amy, Eleven/River
Length: 350 words
Rating: PG
Spoilers: 6x01 and 6x02
Summary: Rory and Amy make fun of the Doctor's flirting technique. Fluff ensues. (dialogue fic)
AN: I don't even know, guys: the comparison suddenly hit me and demanded to be written. Also the Ponds have been adorable this season and I wanted to try my hand at writing them some more. And Rory's deadpan humor is one of the best things ever. And Eleven's flirting is adorable. And picking apart his body language is fun. And River being happy is adorable. And a part of me really loves the atmosphere of secrets and paranoia and spying on each other that's going on and figures there must be fluffier sorts of spying happening too. And another part of me will die if I go for more than half a day without mocking something. Thus: thrown-together fic!
Amy stumbles upon Rory lying on his belly on one of the upper decks of the control room. He is spying down through one of the roundels on the Doctor and River below.
RORY: Shhhhhhh! Will you get down? I am trying to be inconspicuous here.
AMY: Sorry, sorry. (ducks, whispers) So what are we doing?
RORY: Wildlife observation.
AMY: (looks doubtful) What, them? Are you planning a documentary? The mating habits of the Tweedy-Backed Time Traveler?
RORY: You mock me, but I’ve seen this before. Remember that feature we were watching last month? The one about the, ummm, Eastern Australian Speckled Mud Grouse, I think?
AMY: Not really, no. (pause) Shove over.
RORY: See, he’s gotten her back to his nest, so he’s gone all fluttery and feathery and attentive . . .
AMY: I love it when you’re nosy. (stifles laughter) If he adjusts that jacket one more time he’s going to adjust it right off his back. So what’s he doing, brooding over her or something?
RORY: Nah, brooding’s what you do with eggs. Can you hear what he’s saying?
AMY: (tries to listen, shakes head) It just looks like he’s babbling. He’s always babbling.
RORY: Or, like, contented little cooing noises: cooo, coo, coo, cooooo . . .
AMY: (laughing) ‘I brought you a bug--please sit on my eggs!’
RORY: (snickers)
AMY: I’ll give him this: it does seem to be working.
RORY: I’m sure it’s a very nice bug.
AMY: (gives him a 'really?' look)
RORY: Well, it’s probably a giant man-eating bug that breathes fire, but something tells me she’d like that better.
AMY: (fondly) I’m getting you some binoculars for your next birthday.
RORY: I’d like that. (squinting) Ten quid says any minute now he’s going to start squawking and flapping all over the place; then he’ll settle down again and get all nuzzle-y.
AMY: Done.
(they watch)
AMY: Wow, you are good. So what does that mean, then?
RORY: We’ve just narrowly avoided a wombat attack.
(the whole TARDIS suddenly jolts to the side)
RORY: Or not so narrowly . . .
(no subject)
Date: 9 May 2011 10:28 pm (UTC)I think you're like chief body language interpreter around these parts, so I figured you might like that!
(no subject)
Date: 10 May 2011 04:30 am (UTC)Most would go with it being Amy. However, though she'd do it, I don't think she'd hide. She'd be right out in the open about it. The fact that you had Rory doing it here, even with its crackish angles, shows how Amy would fall in love with him. Plus, as soon as I saw the kiss scene, I couldn't help thinking . . . Are Amy and Rory watching through the monitor? Amy has seen River turn on the monitor enough times now and I could just see her wanting to see what their goodbye would look like, especially after how overt the Doctor had been the entire adventure. And now with your story (alongside his fascination with River during the episode), I can imagine Rory giving maybe a token complaint before standing right beside Amy and watching. Of course, I imagine Amy making such a racket about River kissing the Doctor and them teasing about the Doctor's flailing, and thus sort of missing River's sad face. And then having them notice the screen again right as the Doctor is turning back to the TARDIS, and they're panicking about figuring out how to turn OFF the monitor before he gets back inside. In fact, I'd love to see you write that scene from their POV. Nudge, nudge. :)
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Date: 10 May 2011 08:31 pm (UTC)I recall some wonderfully in-depth analysis when the kiss footage first surfaced ;)
And it's also unexpected that you wrote it as Rory being the one doing so.
I think Rory is quite the observer; he just keeps it to himself a lot. It's the first thing we learn about him--he was the one to notice the coma patients walking about the village! And he documented it all very carefully on his phone *g* He's also very quick to pick up on the Doctor's MO (especially the 'you have no idea how dangerous you make people to themselves!' thing), is continually watching and gauging how Amy is doing, of course, and then in these episodes was sort of quietly keeping tabs on the Doctor and River's relationship. You can see him exchanging a lot of glances with River over various things--raised eyebrows and stuff like that--and then there's the way he nudged the Doctor's mind back to the 'possible alien incursion' and actually thought to ask River about what she meant about a worse day coming for her, etc., etc. So, yeah, I think he's quite nosy/observant/caring in that way--he's just a lot more polite about it than Amy! (Although I miss Amy's overt meddling :( Poor thing, she was too grieved over future!Doctor's death.)
Plus, as soon as I saw the kiss scene, I couldn't help thinking . . . Are Amy and Rory watching through the monitor?
Ha! That never occurred to me. It's a good question, and I can see that happening, lol. Thanks for the nudge, although I'm not sure if I quite have a reason to write it. I'd need some sort of idea/hook that made it feel new to me, rather than too much of a retread of what's going on here. I'll keep it in mind and see if anything comes to me, though :)