Take Wing with a Prayer and a Song

by TrekInTandem

In which the Twelfth Doctor’s refusal to regenerate is all about River Song and so is his change of heart. In which River is with him (or his thoughts are with River) during his final battle. In which choosing to regenerate after all is, to quote Madonna, “just like a prayer.” In which River is always there to him and he always listens. In which this doesn’t change with the face. In which there is ALWAYS a Song.

Written in last week of 2017 when I was thinking about the most wonderful ways the Thirteenth Doctor’s fall could end—all of which included River Song (so—ALSO in which you get two alternate what-happened-next imaginings of the Doctor’s fall. Now with added River!).

Words: 8754, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

• Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who
• Rating: General Audiences
• Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
• Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen
• Characters: River Song, River Song (Data Ghost), maybe - Character, or maybe not - Character, Twelfth Doctor, Thirteenth Doctor, Nardole (Doctor Who), Bill Potts, Cyberman Bill Potts
• Relationships: The Doctor/River Song, Twelfth Doctor/River Song, Thirteenth Doctor/River Song, The Doctor & River Song, Twelfth Doctor & River Song, Thirteenth Doctor & River Song, River Song & Nardole [implied], Twelfth Doctor & Nardole & Bill Potts
• Additional Tags: Episode: s10e12 The Doctor Falls, Episode: 2017 Xmas Twice Upon a Time, Post-Episode: 2017 Xmas Twice Upon A Time, Pre-Episode: s11e01 The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Canon Compliant, Canon Related, During Canon, Pre-Regeneration, Regeneration, Post Regeneration, Regeneration Angst (Doctor Who), only a bit though, River Song is always there to him, Haunting? You decide, Hallucination? You decide, Humor, Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Light Dead Wife Angst with Happy Ending, One Shot, Fills in the blanks, Character Study, internal POV, POV Third Person, POV Third Person Omniscient, The Doctor's thoughts during "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time", Final Battle, Last Stand, Heroic Rescue, True Love, Idiots in Love, Love never dies, Darillium, Tags Are Cool!