We start and end as one (1/?)

[dqbunny]

Rating: M
Word Count: 4,064
Characters: Doctor/River, original characters
Notes: This story came about as a desire to tell the story of the Doctor properly falling in love with River, which you can see starting at the end of "A Good Man Goes to War" and culminating with his fierce drive to protect her in "Let's Kill Hitler." Something happened

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[betawho]

“The giddy feeling that filled him when River revealed her identity just an hour earlier return. Really? An hour? Two at the most. He couldn’t stop the grin spreading from ear to ear, pointing and clapping his hands. There was River and she was Melody and she was a Pond and she was magnificent and she was scant minutes from getting burned at the stake. Really, he wouldn’t take her any other way. He clapped his hands a bit and pointed at her, and there might have been a bit of a giggle.”

That is so perfectly him. And I can really see him in that mood. Well written.

“The woman started after him, then threw up her hands. “Not my problem. Hey, I tried."

Great characterization in that sentence, concern, warning, exasperation, and she only met him minutes ago. :D

“Somehow, those toes against that burned leather was doing things to him,”

LOL!!!

“And he thought of being kissed by her in Stormcage, of how he had nearly plunged his fingers into all of that glorious hair, and his hand on her shoulder and her lips on his, and the power of speech completely deserted him. He swallowed and wondered if he was blushing. The way River was smirking at him told him that, yes, he was probably redder than Mars.”

ROFL!

“He sat up, pulled off the jacket, and stared mournfully at it. “I like this coat!” He shook it at the soldier. “You ruined a perfectly good coat!"

Yeah, he gets unexpectedly free and all he can think to do is complain about his coat. LOL!!

“He had a quick mental flash of baby River cuddling a gun like a teddy bear and nearly laughed.”

I want to see an illustration of that right now LOL!!!! Awww.

This story is fascinating! I can’t wait to read the rest. And you did a really good job describing it, I could really see everything, the carvings in the walls, the patches of disease, the cesspit down below, and I loved the disappointed guard, when the Doctor told him she’d have escaped anyway.

It’s funny, because I’m writing my own story about a world where human colonists live in gigantic trees. “ Up a Tree” so it’s fun to see someone else’s take on the idea.

[dqbunny]

I first came across the Tumblr pictures around Halloween and gidget_zb challenged me to use them in a story. So, I filed them away. Then I started to read your "Up a Tree" after writing the first bit of this fic a few months ago, promptly went OH CRAP and sat on it because I was afraid you would think I was plagiarizing you since you had already started your story. I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[betawho]

Nah, I don't mind. Similar ideas do seem to pop up at the same time with different people taking them in different directions.

I'm enjoying your story like mad. Keep writing it. (And I'll go back to trying, yet again, to work on the next chapter of "Up a Tree.")