Doctor Who Ficlet: Fiery

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Title: Fiery

Fandom: Doctor Who

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble.

Rating: G

Spoilers: Nothing specific.

Summary: The Doctor admires Donna for her spirit and fears her for her temper.

Word Count: 206

Written For: juliet316’s prompt ‘Doctor Who, Donna Noble, fiery and hot - tempered; the Doctor is glad she's on his side,’ at fic_promptly.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.

Donna Noble, force of nature; she’s unstoppable when she’s like this, a bright flame of righteous fury, as fiery as her red hair and with a temper to match, He can’t help loving her, but just as friends, not in any romantic way. She’d bite his head off if the thought ever so much as crossed his mind.

What an incredible woman she is though, so completely human, full of compassion and spirit; she gives him hope for humanity, that those primitive apes have the potential to grow into something worth saving. Some day they’ll take their rightful place in the universe; the Doctor knows this because they already have, and people like Donna are the reason and the impetus that made, or will make, it happen.

As she turns the full force of her indignation on those who foolishly tried to cross her, the Doctor prudently steps back; he doesn’t want to get in the firing line. She’s really scary when she gets like this and not for the first time, he thanks all the fates that she’s on his side. He wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of her; she’d be a formidable enemy.

He’d much rather have her as a friend.

The End

Comments

[dm12.livejournal.com]

Better to have Donna on one's side than against one. The Doctor is definitely right about that, and he does love her for it, for supporting him when he's right and for challenging him when he's not; all for his sake or for others, she's never thinking of her own benefit.

"Never mind us." That's Donna's mantra.

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So true, it's what makes her such a great character. She's strong, she's brave, she's fiercely protective of those she cares about, and of complete strangers. She really is amazing!

Thank you!

[dm12.livejournal.com]

And she's not in total awe of the Doctor! So very refreshing....

[bk_forever]

Yes, very important that! She stands up to him and puts him in his place when he needs it. Now that's a true friend.