Family Cuddle Time for x_doctor_x

[captainspain]

 Jack was bone tired. It had been a rough pregnancy, hell last time he'd done this he'd been 20 and mortal not immortal and over 1,000 years older. It had been rough then too, but this time he'd had more then a few assurances that it was going to work out and a lover willing to fuss over him. Now, after a long labor he had the proof in his hands. 

"Hey there princess," he said in his natural accent, a soft slurring of s' and rolled r's, "aren't you beautiful you wonderful, wonderful girl you." He gently kissed the top of the baby's head cuddled her. "You are going to be amazing I just know it." 

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[x_thedoctor_x]

The Doctor didn't remember being such a wreck the first time he was a father, but Looming is quite different that this. Jack had been in pain and miserable and it killed him to see him that way.

But she was here now, their little River was here. He was watching Jack cuddle their little one, his eyes bright with unshed happy tears and a fond smile on his face.

This was his family. He had a family again. His heart clenched just thinking about it, he hadn't known how badly he'd wanted it, needed it, until this moment.

He sat down on the bedside next to Jack, fingers running lightly over her head.

Ginger.

All of his regenerations he'd wanted to be ginger, but it wouldn't have made him as happy as seeing his baby girl with ginger hair.

"She's beautiful, Jack. Thank you," he whispered, leaning down to kiss Jack's forehead. "Thank you for giving me a family again." Now his tears were threatening to spill over.

The Doctor looked at the baby, a proud smile on his face. "Oh, she's going to be fantastic, she is, absolutely brilliant."

He reached out a finger and the baby squeezed it tight as if in agreement.

[captainspain]

Jack can't speak for a moment his throat swelling with a deep sense of pride and joy. He'd been worried for a while that this wouldn't work out, but he'd felt all his concerns slide away right now. "It was my pleasure Doctor and it was so worth it. She's so beautiful isn't she....and she has so very red hair....wondering where that came from."

[x_thedoctor_x]

"I haven't the slightest idea," the Doctor murmured, beaming down at their little girl. "I wonder what she'll be," he said, letting her grip his finger with her tiny little hand. "Two immortal, well mostly immortal, fathers. One a Time Lord. She's going to have some very interesting genetics, our little girl."

[captainspain]

"Do you think she'll be able to regenerate," Jack asks curiously as he shifts the baby in his arms so the Doctor can see her better, "or be immortal like me?" He doesn't like the idea of that but he'll take the rough with the smooth.

[x_thedoctor_x]

Biting the inside of his cheek, the Doctor took out his Sonic Screwdriver and pointed it at the baby. "Well, she's got Huron energy inside of her, but I can't tell if it's enough to regenerate. As for immortal, I guess we'll find out if she grows older extremely slow. She doesn't feel the same as you do to me, she doesn't feel wrong. Don't give me that look, I can't help that it felt that way at first!"

The Doctor wished he had thought this through a little more, he really hopes that she'll be okay, despite who her parents are.

"I really don't want to find out because something happens to her and we lose her," he said, his voice cracking slightly. He bends down and kisses the little fingers holding his. "Whatever you are little one, your daddies will die to protect you."

[captainspain]

"Some of us more that once," Jack says kissing her hair gently. he holds the little girl out to the Doctor and smiles. "Come on and hold her I think she's asleep enough she won't wake up if you jiggle a bit."

[x_thedoctor_x]

The Doctor leaned down, picking up River like she was a fragile piece of glass. "Hello, little one. Welcome to the big wide universe," he smiled, tracing a finger down her cheek. "When you're bigger, your daddies are going to show you the most amazing things. But not until you're old enough to run, because that's part of it all, running."

He grins at Jack, then back down at the baby. "But you don't have to worry that for a long time. For now, we're just going to hold still and be a family together. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing, but Jack does, so we'll rely on him to make sure I don't mess up, alright?"

The Doctor reaches out and squeezes Jack's hand. "Right, Jack?"

[captainspain]

Jack squeezed back hard his voice rough with emotion "Can't say I was any good at it," he admits, "Alice's mum wanted me nowhere near her and I murdered my grandson...but I'll do it the best that I can because I want you to be amazing River Song just like your grandmum and grandad."

[x_thedoctor_x]

"One day, we're going to have to go back and let River meet her namesake." Then his nose wrinkles. "But there is no way our child is going to become an archaeologist, some things I have to put my foot down."

He cocks his head to look at Jack. "I wasn't much better. My family burned on Gallifrey like everyone else. I killed them all, didn't even give a thought to getting them out first, if they were even alive at that point."

The Doctor glances down at River. "But your life is going to be different, your parents are going to be different this time. This time, we're going to get it right."

[captainspain]

"What's wrong with archaeology might I ask," Jack says mock afronted, "it's a very noble profession for a time traveler and she might even get some things right for a change."

[x_thedoctor_x]

"Might, being the operative word. Our daughter is going to be something more than that. She's going to be brilliant and amazing and not an archaeologist. Just because I agreed to the name, doesn't mean she needs to follow in her footsteps." He glances down at River. "She'll follow her own path, won't you little one?"

[captainspain]

The baby nuzzled into the Doctor's suit coat in answer. "Right now I think her path might include a meal pretty soon," Jack says with a laugh."

[x_thedoctor_x]

"Sorry little one, I'm the wrong daddy for that one," the Doctor grinned, handing her over to Jack. "But we'll get you some bottles for in between snacks so we can have some bonding time too."

[captainspain]

Jack rolled down the sheets and rested the baby's head next to a swollen nipple. He hisses slightly as she latches on but soon relaxes. "We'll need to do that sooner then later I'm not built to feed her for more than a month...if that."

[x_thedoctor_x]

"I'll look in one of my books, there's a special brew for Time Lord babies and we want her to grow big and strong, don't we little River? Just like your daddies, you'll be fantastic!" Because how could she be anything less than perfect?

[captainspain]

"You are going to spoil her rotten," Jack says stroking the baby's downy head with his free hand, "you are already making her a sonic something I know you."

[x_thedoctor_x]

The Doctor doesn't blush, but if he could, he would right now. It was just a little sonic toy for when she was a little older. It would let her change the colors on her toys, nothing dangerous.

Mostly.

"Look at her, she deserves to be spoiled, at least for awhile."