Miles to Go: My Love on Christmas Day - Fourteen

[wishiknewwho]

Title: My Love, On Christmas Day
Author: wishiknewwho
Rating: G
Characters: Ten / Rose, OC (Kira)
Dislcaimer: I don't own Doctor Who and it's probably just as well that I don't because it'd be nothing but hugs and hair ruffling for the foreseeable future. Title taken from the song "Christmas Day" by Dido.
Spoilers: None for DW; takes place in a world where Doomsday never happened. However, if you intend to read my fic Miles to Go and don't want it spoiled, you might want to wait on this one.
Summary: Wrapping presents.
Author Notes: Sorry about the wait.  Christmas got busy!  More of these coming today.

Beta'ed by salimali  and nipplemuggins .  Requested by salimali .

“That’s not how you do it, Daddy,” Kira said exasperatedly, coming to kneel next to him on the floor. He had sellotape twisted around his fingers, and Kira patiently unwound it.

 

The Doctor looked down at the little box he was wrapping. He was just about to tape the paper on, when Kira had interrupted him. “What am I doing wrong?” he asked, pushing the box towards her. He was good at a great many things, but he didn’t seem to have the facility with wrapping presents that Rose had. And judging from the only slightly wrinkled boxes that Kira had wrapped, it seemed that even she was better than he was.

 

Kira sighed. “You have to line the box up,” she said, showing him. “And fold the paper, so that it makes a crease.”

 

He watched as she neatly wrapped the gift. Except for a little billow at one of the corners, it looked nearly perfect. “Where’d you learn to do that?” he asked.

 

“From Gran,” Kira said with a little shrug. “She once had a job where she wrapped Christmas presents.”

 

“Like an elf?” the Doctor asked, teasing. Just the thought of Jackie...no, he wasn’t going to go there.

 

Kira frowned at him. “No,” she said. “She worked in a shop. They wrapped presents for people at Christmas.” She gave him a look, obviously unimpressed with his joke. Kira Tyler in a bad mood was a fearsome thing.

 

Kira grabbed a bow from her stack of materials and worked her finger under the backing on the adhesive, then handed the bow to him. “Think you can do the bow?” she asked. “Make sure you put it on straight.”

 

He was tempted to roll his eyes, but he restrained himself. He carefully put the bow on, afraid of what she might say if he didn’t do it perfectly. “There,” he said, admiring his and Kira’s handiwork. “Do you think it’ll do?”

 

Kira rocked back on her heels and regarded the little wrapped box. Finally, she gave a nod. “I think it is going to be perfect.”

 

Then she pressed a quick kiss to his cheek and went back to wrapping her own gifts.



Fifteen

Comments

[susanb03.livejournal.com]

lovley!

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mkejenkins.livejournal.com]

*squishes Kira* *loves*

These are just tooooooooooo adorable

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Kira is so fun to write.

[abbieelove.livejournal.com]

:D

The thought of Jackie as an elf is very amusing to me lol

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

Oh I know! I could just see her spreading Christmas cheer. *rolls eyes*

[wildwinterwitch.livejournal.com]

Wrapping gifts is an artform indeed. And Kira seems to be a very good teacher.

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

Wrapping gifts is an artform indeed

Don't I know it. If it's not box-shaped, I'm hopeless.

[salimali.livejournal.com]

:D

I just know that Kira knows the mathematical equation for using the correct amount of paper to wrap the perfect present!

(and yes, there IS an equation!!)

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

Is there? And you didn't tell me this before Christmas???

[rowofstars.livejournal.com]

*snicker*
So typical that the Lord of Time and Space couldn't manage to wrap a present without sticking himself to it with tape. I know what Kira was thinking. It's like watching my dad try to wrap something. It just gets so painful to watch that you want to snatch it away because he's doing it wrong! XD

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's an acquired skill. And if Kira hadn't had her own wrapping to do, I'm sure she'd have done all of his. ;)

[feerocious.livejournal.com]

That was so sweet and funny, I'm not surprised that the Doctor can't wrap presents lol

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I just couldn't imagine him being good at it.

[emraldeyedauter.livejournal.com]

I'm with the Doctor. I'm terrible at wrapping presents. My eldest son can do it beautifully because my sister in law (an ex florist)taught him how so I can totally relate to this story and had a good laugh.

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you related to it. Thank you!

[teruel-a-witch.livejournal.com]

hee, I couldn't wrap gifts even if my life depended on it xD

[wishiknewwho.livejournal.com]

It's something of a rare art form, and few have the gift. ;)