donutsweeper: How the Doctor Got His Friend (G)

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Title: How the Doctor Got His Friend
Author: donutsweeper
Challenge: AU
Rating: G
Spoilers/warnings: None whatsoever
Summary: Even teddy bears need friends.

Susan was three when she got the fuzzy teddy bear.

"His name is Grandfather Bear." Auntie Barbara gently explained as she read the name off the tag.

"I don' care.  E's my Doctor Bear," she said, hugging him close.  So Doctor Bear he became.  Auntie Polly stitched up a silly looking hat for him to wear after Susan turned down Uncle Ian's offer of getting a pretend stethoscope and white coat for him, explaining "E's not that kind of Doctor, silly!"

Doctor Bear went through many costume changes and had a lot of adventures while under Susan's care.  Her neighbor, Jamie, whittled a small stick into a pretend recorder for him, and that nice Mrs. Grant down the street made him a cape out of a ripped handkerchief.  And so on and so forth.  Susan was very appreciative of all the presents and, after saying thank you of course, usually launched into a story about how Doctor Bear used his most recent acquisition to save the universe, even if it wasn't anything more than a scarf and a piece of string.

"Susan," Mummy would always say, "you have such a wonderful imagination."

"No Mummy," Susan would counter as she set back up the salt and pepper shakers on the kitchen table, "I have such a wonderful Bear," she added before Doctor Bear knocked them down again.

One day, a few weeks before her fifth birthday, Susan came home from playing with her friends dragging Doctor Bear behind her and looking very sad.   "What's wrong, sweetheart?"  Daddy asked.  "Didn't you have fun playing with your friends?"

"It's not fair, Daddy.  I have so many friends, but Doctor Bear is all alone."

"You have a lot of other stuffed animals, Susan.  There's the little dog K-9, and Kamelion the robot, and don't forget Peri the clown or your pink bunny, Rose."

"But they're my friends, not his."  She blinked furiously to hold back her tears.  "He doesn't have anyone but me."

"Don't worry, sweetie."  Daddy leaned forward to ruffle her hair.  "I'm sure Mummy and I can do something about that."

Three days later a lumpy package was waiting on the table when Susan and Doctor Bear came down for breakfast.

"I bet you're wondering what that is," Mummy said after a minute or two.  Susan, her eyes wide, merely nodded.  "Well, I know it's not your birthday yet, but as it happens today is Doctor Bear's birthday.  So, we got him a present."

"You did?"  She reached over to carefully place Doctor Bear on the table, adjusting his little leather coat so he wasn't sitting on it.  "What is it?"

"You have to open it to find out."

"Hear that, Doctor Bear?  This is for you!"  Susan pushed the bear up to the package.  "I better help you open it."  A few rips and tears and flying bit of paper later a brown bear emerged.  "Ooh, another bear!  Now Doctor Bear'll have a friend!  Thank you, Mummy!  Thank you, Daddy!"  She ran over to hug her parents, dragging the bears behind her.  "I think he looks like a Captain Bear, don't you?  He and Doctor Bear are gonna have so much fun together!"

Doctor Bear and Captain Bear became fast friends and had many adventures together.  First they protected the kitchen from a horde of salt and pepper shakers, then they went on to save the hallway from the evil attacking marbles and then......

Comments

[amythest-n-ice.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWWWWW! CUTENESS!!!!! That so totally made me grin.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) glad you liked it!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

You know how I feel about this, but let me just say in public that this is the most adorable thing that ever adorabled.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*vbg* I blame rustydog, she suckered me into the world of stuffedanimal!fic

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Too cute!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! ::iz ded from the adorable::

I love this AU with all the companions. (Peri the clown, hee!) And Doctor Bear and Captain Bear together, saving the universe from salt and pepper shakers! ♥

You know how sci fi shows themselves will do AU sometimes, like where the character is in a mental institution trying to figure out if their regular show life is real or not? I could picture this as one of those, actually! A very sweet, touching version the character wouldn't want to wake up from.

(I'm starting a "stuffedanimalfic" tag for my Delicious account. *g*)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) This is ALL your fault btw. You started me on a stuffedanimal!fic kick!

Gotta keep an eye on those salt and pepper shakers- they can be very sneaky!

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

So cute!!!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

NOW I DED FROM CUTE.

I love the salt & pepper shakers, and the Doctor Bear knocking them down yet *again*!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*revives* *iz sry* Gotta keep an eye on those pepper shakers- they're sneaky :)

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Hee. So. Much. CUTE.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) thanks!

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

a horde of salt and pepper shakers, then they went on to save the hallway from the evil attacking marbles and then....
Absolutely awesome foes *G*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*bows* You gotta keep an eye on the pepper shakers. They're shifty. And marbles absolutely know how to take people down.

[cazthehobbit.livejournal.com]

That is adorable!! :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you liked it

[dark-dreymer.livejournal.com]

This is unbelieveably adorable, takes me back to my childhood where Teddy Teddy would rescue Foofer from my brother's Army Man Truck after it fell down the cliff (Stairs) :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Foofer was very lucky that Teddy Teddy looked out for him! :)

[trobadora]

That? Is utterly, utterly awesome. ♥

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[sarkywoman.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. It's the fluffiest thing ever written.

I LOVE IT!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad you liked it!

[daisybblue.livejournal.com]

That was so completely and utterly adorable that now I must go dig out my own ragged old teddy and bestow giant, squishy hugs on him. I love it.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*nods* all teddy bears deserve giant squishy hugs

[gwynevere1.livejournal.com]

I, too, am overwhelmed by the cuteness!

Although, why, is Rose a bunny and not a wolf? ;)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I was afraid if I made Rose a wolf that someone wouldn't get the reference and think I was casting aspersions against her, besides I think bunny works

[lenyia.livejournal.com]

Awww, that was cute ♥

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[gwendolen.livejournal.com]

Aw, this is just awesomely cute :-) Brilliant idea.

I just love tedy bears, so this is perfection :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Can't have too many stuffedanimal!fics, right? Glad you liked it!

This Made Me Smile!

[woffproff.livejournal.com]

Lovely story! It cheered me up so much (and trust me, I NEEDED cheering up today!).

Have to share---I have my own "Captain Bear" who, hopefully, will get his friend the Doctor Bear when my next birthday comes around. I hope this link will show him to you. My mom made his clothes and she thinks I'm very strange but I guess she loves me anyway.

(http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/Woffproff/?action=view&current=DSCN0087.jpg)

Re: This Made Me Smile!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh, your Captain Bear is darling!!!! Glad my little story cheered you up and thanks for sharing your lovely bear!

[daf9.livejournal.com]

Followed a link from woffproff. She was absolutely right - this IS delightful!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks so much!

[gnatty-bug.livejournal.com]

This was so freakin' adorable it made my teeth itch, in a good way of course! *Wants a Doctor and Captain bear now*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

glad you liked it! :)

[gorengal.livejournal.com]

I also followed a link from woffproff...very, very cute!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[vail-kagami.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, this has to be the cutest fic ever! The Doctor would make such a fantastic stuffed toy - except that he'd wander off all the time and you'd have to search for him for hours. Pretty much like me stuffed duck when I was a child and my dad was being silly...
I loved the little recorder made by Jamie!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I just had to fit a little Jamie reference in there! Glad you liked it!

[rubychan05.livejournal.com]

That was unbelievably cute, and totally original! Well done!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thank you! :)

[drabblewriter.livejournal.com]

Aw, this is so cute! It had me grinning.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thanks, glad you liked it!

[scarab-dynasty.livejournal.com]

Excuse me. I'm just going to go over here and die of the cute.

I'll be quiet, I promise, you won't even know I'm there.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about dying of the cute, Doctor Bear will save you! :)