2009 Fic Round-Up and the First Sentence Meme
2009 Fic List
Doctor Who
Time Lords Are Smooth (Ten II/Rose, Eleven) Ten II worries that Rose might think Eleven is prettier than him.
“Oi!” said the Doctor, waving his hand in front of her face. “Remember how he’s an emotionally stunted wanker who left you on a beach without telling you he loves you? And just look at him-showing up like he bloody owns the place. And those shoes, Rose. Look at those shoes! Completely impractical. He’ll electrocute himself in no time with shoes like that and-Rose? Rose, where are you going?”
Untitled Fic Blurb (Ten II/Rose)
As soon as they were alone, the Doctor gathered her up in his arms and nuzzled her neck. He muttered to himself, half in Gallifreyan, half in English, so that Rose caught only snippets like “pompous git” and “who wears cravats?” and “breath smelled funny.”
Ghosts in Your Memory (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor senses his other self in the other universe.
He doesn’t like to think that way, though, and knows Rose especially can’t. He’s the Doctor, not the one and only, but still the same. It works for them, and he isn’t quite prepared to have some ridiculous identity crisis over the semantics of a Time Lord-human biological metacrisis.
Dangerous Toffee (Ten II/Rose) Rose has to deactivate a bomb inside a toffee factory and gets some help from an outside source along the way.
Sofa Snuggling (Ten II/Rose, post-JE)
Rose was fast asleep. She was sprawled across the Doctor’s chest, one of her hands clutching a fistful of his suit. Her other arm had fallen over the edge of the sofa and twitched in time with her soft snores.
The Shoe Pinches on the Other Foot (Ten II/Rose) Rose sends the Doctor away from danger to protect him.
He stared at her, suddenly feeling at a complete loss. “You really don’t want me here.”
Not Again (Ten II/Rose) "Rose, I accidentally got snogged again."
Speechless (Ten II/Rose) Jackie hosts a charity function and the Doctor blows holes in her backyard. As you would too.
As if sensing her approach, the Doctor turned around, eyes landing on her immediately. He stilled, canapé hovering in mid-air on the way to his mouth. She watched his jaw go slack and then tighten, eyes growing wider before softening.
More Than A Matter of Time (future!Doctor/Rose) Immortal!Rose fic.
She’s been gone for 105 years and doesn’t look a day over 25.
Time Lord SOS (Ten II/Rose) Ten II senses his other self regenerating. Also, there's a dog named Horse.
“I sense him sometimes-bits and pieces here and there. But massive amounts of energy go into a regeneration. It’s… it’s a Time Lord crying out. With all my people gone.... well, it would be almost impossible to ignore.”
Worth Another Moment (Ten/Rose) Ten and Rose get one last goodbye. Spoilers for the Christmas Special/DT's last episode.
His lips twitched into a smile and he felt some of the pain of the last few hours melt away-Rose was here. Somehow, somehow that made it feel okay.
Wiles (Ten II/Rose) Rose's wiles don't work on him. Nope. Definitely not.
“Rose, I’m not fixing your gun.” Her eyes grew even wider, so he added, “Because I'm morally opposed to them.”
Blue Swans (...of death?) (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor and Rose sneak into a park after closing.
Death by swan attack seemed like a horribly undignified way to go out when she spent a large portion of her time defending the Earth from alien invasions.
Another Family Sunday (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor and an alien goat.
“Rose,” he said, in that deadly serious Earth-on-the-brink-of-destruction voice, “the goat is an alien.” The admission probably would have been more convincing if the Doctor wasn’t squatting in the middle of a petting zoo, his nose sunburned and peeling, and the reportedly alien goat eyeing his tie like it would be a tasty afternoon snack.
Fries, Gravy, and Cheese Curds (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor and Rose sample a Canadian delicacy.
“Oi, just ‘cos something is different, doesn’t mean it’s bad. Honestly, you lot have a dessert called ‘spotted dick.’”
Better Out Than In (Ten/Rose) Rose has a little bit too much fun.
If Rose hadn’t been on her hands and knees and puking into a toilet, she might have smacked him.
Don't Call in the Middle of Dinner (Ten II/Rose, Jack) Jack seeks guidance and Ten is a douche.
He was nearly certain Jack had a reason for crossing parallel worlds and showing up at their front door. And whatever that reason was, the Doctor suspected it wasn’t good.
Passing Storm (Ten II/Rose) Post-JE, the Doctor and Rose are stuck in a hotel room in Norway during a thunderstorm.
Rose turned away, unable to stop the thought that the Doctor-the real Doctor-would have found a way to turn the power back on. She felt a flush of guilt and kept her head bowed, suddenly unable to look at him. When she looked at him-when she saw how the same he was-it made it harder to keep holding herself back.
Shopping Centres and Wimbledon Tennis Players (Ten II/Rose) Shopping trips are a bad time to run into good looking tennis players you have a history with.
He sensed Rose shooting him an odd look, but he kept his gaze on Sven, hoping to intimidate the other man with his steely Time Lord glare. That glare had always worked on Mickey. Unfortunately, it had no effect on Sven. Possibly that was due to the fact that Sven could likely crush most other living beings with his thumbnail.
Background Radiation: One; Two; Three; Four (Ten II/Rose, Ten/Rose) Five years after Journey’s End, Rose wakes up in the wrong universe.
Her gaze drifted lower and she felt her heart stutter. Brown. He was wearing brown. A brown suit she hadn’t seen since… since…
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Ten/Rose, Ten II/Rose) Rose remembers something on a snowy New Year’s.
“Did I ever tell you about that weird bloke who came up to me on New Year’s a few years back? It was right before we met.”
Driving Lessons (Ten II/Rose) Rose offers to teach the Doctor how to drive.
He decides not to tell her that he’s been busy trying to calculate the odds of their survival in the event of a head-on collision at the speeds they’re travelling at.
After Dark (Martha, Ten; Martha/Tom; Spoilers for Waters of Mars) Martha finds an old friend in her bedroom.
It’s not like the Doctor to suddenly decide he’d quite like to pop by for a visit. Oh, no-that’s not him at all. And if he’s here-if he’s here, after dark, in her flat, in her bedroom, in modern day London-then it can only mean that something somewhere has gone wrong.
Growing Old With You (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor discovers something horrifying. Rose mostly just wants to go back to bed. And there’s a dog named Horse.
Two sets of plaintive brown eyes stared back at her. One belonged to her very large pet dog, Horse, and the other belonged to the Doctor. It took her longer than she cared to admit to sort out which was which.
One Good Lie (Ten/Rose, Spoilers for Waters of Mars) He’s in a bar on the wrong side of town when he finally stops running.
“What are you doing here?” he manages. “I left you.”
She flinches, but she only says, “You told me once that you needed me-made you better, you said.” She snorts. “Guess I must have done a rubbish job.”
Awake and Dreaming (Ten, Donna, Sarah Jane, Rose, the Master, Martha, Jack; Ten/Rose) The Tenth Doctor spends his last moments with some old friends.
It’s Donna and it can’t be Donna because he wiped all her memories and left her behind on Earth and remembering him would kill her and anyway he’s alone, he knows he’s alone.
Stolen Kisses (Ten/Rose, Spoilers for Waters of Mars) What’s crossing universes after breaking the most fundamental rule of time travel? Nothing.
She gives him a long, inquisitive look and he shifts uncomfortably, feeling like his ruse is plain as day. Maybe his other self doesn’t wear the blue suit anymore. Maybe he hates ties. Maybe he picked the wrong pair of trainers. Maybe they’re not even together-no, that’s not a thought he likes to dwell on. Of course they are.
How the Doctor Ended the World By Changing the Fixed Point in Time that is Firefly’s Cancellation (crazy Ten, OC, spoilers for Waters of Mars) Crazy Ten ends the world by changing the fixed point in time that is Firefly’s cancellation.
He was crazy, the Fox Executive thought. The man was crazy. That was the only explanation.
Untitled Holiday Ficlets (Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, Ten II/Rose, Jack) He closes the distance between them and they’re hugging. His arms around her are a little too tight, a little too desperate like he’s barely keeping something inside of himself at bay. She breathes him in and hugs him back.
Collaborations:
Spinach Shock (Ten II/Rose, with mrv3000) The Doctor has an unfortunate reaction to spinach.
Oh, brilliant. He was dying and Jackie was mocking him for it.
Seen and Not Definitely Heard (Ten II/Rose with mrv3000) The Doctor is sidelined by Jackie during a Torchwood fundraiser.
He spies a tray going past downstairs and stares mournfully after it. "Nibbles," he says, in a longing tone of voice.
Hairy Legs.... and Other Parts (Fourteen/Rose, with mrv3000) Some things are revealed when the Doctor and Rose spend some time locked up.
She nervously chuckled. "You're on the other side of a white wall." She paused. "Just so you know."
Absence Makes the Flat Go Boom (Ten II/Rose, with shinyopals) The Doctor and Rose spend their first night apart in Pete's World.
"Doctor," Rose interrupted. "Are you trying to get us to have phone sex?"
Blood and Anger and Revenge (Ten II/Rose, Jackie, Pete; character death; with _thirty2flavors) Years after settling in on Pete's World, the Doctor must face something he thought he could escape.
It had been sixteen hours since a body was pulled out of the Thames, nineteen hours since Torchwood had lost communications with its team, and twenty-two hours and six minutes since the Doctor had kissed Rose Tyler over toast.
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six
Firefly
Somewhere a Clock is Ticking (Mal/Inara) Four years down the line, Mal asks a question.
“Inara,” he repeats, and it’s a struggle to keep going, to get the words out, but nothing’s felt this damn important in a long time. “Are you happy?”
Omfg, I wrote a lot last year. If I had to pick a favourite, it would probably be Blood and Anger and Revenge. Mostly because writing it with Kali was a lot of fun and also sort of intense. Plus, I feel like we did crazy!Ten before RTD did so if you think about it, Waters of Mars is basically our fault.
Year in Review Meme:
January 1: I packed up my stuff! I had to try it twice AND jump on the suitcase a few times to get it shut, but I succeeded! However, I'm beginning to reconsider my aim of buying a Habs calender while in Montreal as I think it might make the suitcase split in two.
I am very boring, sometimes. I did buy a Habs calendar - and then they proceeded to suck for the rest of the season. Oh well.
February 1: Brr. I'm feeling really chilled tonight.
Canada is cold, okay.
March 1: Man, I'm so happy that February is over.
Oh, man, February 2009 was one of the worst months ever. I really hope 2010 is an improvement.
April 1: I'm having milk issues.
I remember that. MILK SPILLED ALL OVER MY FRIDGE. Damn bags.
May 1: Every time _thirty2flavors and I hang out, we always find ourselves discussing the fact that Ten is kind of a douche and that it's part of the reason we like him so much.
This is true.
June 1: I haven't had any work to do since Saturday morning. This makes me twitchy and anxious.
Actually, most things make me twitchy and anxious, so this is not unusual.
July 1: I couldn't find an image that properly summed up my deeply complex feelings for this country. So I used MS Paint to make one instead!
It was Canada Day at the time, I believe.
August 3: My brother came down with SWINE FLU some sort of disease over the weekend that is creating lots of mucus and putting him in a foul mood. It is... unpleasant.
September 1: I do not accept the fact that fall is upon us.
I would take fall over January, I am just saying.
October 2: Omg, anyone annoyed with Canadian politics lately remember how BACK IN THE DAY the Liberal Party used to actually... do stuff like critique and oppose and shit?
Very vaguely.
November 1: This is my very favourite time change. My alarm went off at 9:30, but my clock informed me it was actually 8:30. I AM AWESOME
I am awesome.
December 1: CUTE PUPPY ALERT! Omg, I'm starting to get to the point where I really miss having a dog. D:
Dog sitting for my aunt yesterday and today has been fun! Boomer is sleeping with his head off the dog bed. XD
Doctor Who
Time Lords Are Smooth (Ten II/Rose, Eleven) Ten II worries that Rose might think Eleven is prettier than him.
“Oi!” said the Doctor, waving his hand in front of her face. “Remember how he’s an emotionally stunted wanker who left you on a beach without telling you he loves you? And just look at him-showing up like he bloody owns the place. And those shoes, Rose. Look at those shoes! Completely impractical. He’ll electrocute himself in no time with shoes like that and-Rose? Rose, where are you going?”
Untitled Fic Blurb (Ten II/Rose)
As soon as they were alone, the Doctor gathered her up in his arms and nuzzled her neck. He muttered to himself, half in Gallifreyan, half in English, so that Rose caught only snippets like “pompous git” and “who wears cravats?” and “breath smelled funny.”
Ghosts in Your Memory (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor senses his other self in the other universe.
He doesn’t like to think that way, though, and knows Rose especially can’t. He’s the Doctor, not the one and only, but still the same. It works for them, and he isn’t quite prepared to have some ridiculous identity crisis over the semantics of a Time Lord-human biological metacrisis.
Dangerous Toffee (Ten II/Rose) Rose has to deactivate a bomb inside a toffee factory and gets some help from an outside source along the way.
Sofa Snuggling (Ten II/Rose, post-JE)
Rose was fast asleep. She was sprawled across the Doctor’s chest, one of her hands clutching a fistful of his suit. Her other arm had fallen over the edge of the sofa and twitched in time with her soft snores.
The Shoe Pinches on the Other Foot (Ten II/Rose) Rose sends the Doctor away from danger to protect him.
He stared at her, suddenly feeling at a complete loss. “You really don’t want me here.”
Not Again (Ten II/Rose) "Rose, I accidentally got snogged again."
Speechless (Ten II/Rose) Jackie hosts a charity function and the Doctor blows holes in her backyard. As you would too.
As if sensing her approach, the Doctor turned around, eyes landing on her immediately. He stilled, canapé hovering in mid-air on the way to his mouth. She watched his jaw go slack and then tighten, eyes growing wider before softening.
More Than A Matter of Time (future!Doctor/Rose) Immortal!Rose fic.
She’s been gone for 105 years and doesn’t look a day over 25.
Time Lord SOS (Ten II/Rose) Ten II senses his other self regenerating. Also, there's a dog named Horse.
“I sense him sometimes-bits and pieces here and there. But massive amounts of energy go into a regeneration. It’s… it’s a Time Lord crying out. With all my people gone.... well, it would be almost impossible to ignore.”
Worth Another Moment (Ten/Rose) Ten and Rose get one last goodbye. Spoilers for the Christmas Special/DT's last episode.
His lips twitched into a smile and he felt some of the pain of the last few hours melt away-Rose was here. Somehow, somehow that made it feel okay.
Wiles (Ten II/Rose) Rose's wiles don't work on him. Nope. Definitely not.
“Rose, I’m not fixing your gun.” Her eyes grew even wider, so he added, “Because I'm morally opposed to them.”
Blue Swans (...of death?) (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor and Rose sneak into a park after closing.
Death by swan attack seemed like a horribly undignified way to go out when she spent a large portion of her time defending the Earth from alien invasions.
Another Family Sunday (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor and an alien goat.
“Rose,” he said, in that deadly serious Earth-on-the-brink-of-destruction voice, “the goat is an alien.” The admission probably would have been more convincing if the Doctor wasn’t squatting in the middle of a petting zoo, his nose sunburned and peeling, and the reportedly alien goat eyeing his tie like it would be a tasty afternoon snack.
Fries, Gravy, and Cheese Curds (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor and Rose sample a Canadian delicacy.
“Oi, just ‘cos something is different, doesn’t mean it’s bad. Honestly, you lot have a dessert called ‘spotted dick.’”
Better Out Than In (Ten/Rose) Rose has a little bit too much fun.
If Rose hadn’t been on her hands and knees and puking into a toilet, she might have smacked him.
Don't Call in the Middle of Dinner (Ten II/Rose, Jack) Jack seeks guidance and Ten is a douche.
He was nearly certain Jack had a reason for crossing parallel worlds and showing up at their front door. And whatever that reason was, the Doctor suspected it wasn’t good.
Passing Storm (Ten II/Rose) Post-JE, the Doctor and Rose are stuck in a hotel room in Norway during a thunderstorm.
Rose turned away, unable to stop the thought that the Doctor-the real Doctor-would have found a way to turn the power back on. She felt a flush of guilt and kept her head bowed, suddenly unable to look at him. When she looked at him-when she saw how the same he was-it made it harder to keep holding herself back.
Shopping Centres and Wimbledon Tennis Players (Ten II/Rose) Shopping trips are a bad time to run into good looking tennis players you have a history with.
He sensed Rose shooting him an odd look, but he kept his gaze on Sven, hoping to intimidate the other man with his steely Time Lord glare. That glare had always worked on Mickey. Unfortunately, it had no effect on Sven. Possibly that was due to the fact that Sven could likely crush most other living beings with his thumbnail.
Background Radiation: One; Two; Three; Four (Ten II/Rose, Ten/Rose) Five years after Journey’s End, Rose wakes up in the wrong universe.
Her gaze drifted lower and she felt her heart stutter. Brown. He was wearing brown. A brown suit she hadn’t seen since… since…
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Ten/Rose, Ten II/Rose) Rose remembers something on a snowy New Year’s.
“Did I ever tell you about that weird bloke who came up to me on New Year’s a few years back? It was right before we met.”
Driving Lessons (Ten II/Rose) Rose offers to teach the Doctor how to drive.
He decides not to tell her that he’s been busy trying to calculate the odds of their survival in the event of a head-on collision at the speeds they’re travelling at.
After Dark (Martha, Ten; Martha/Tom; Spoilers for Waters of Mars) Martha finds an old friend in her bedroom.
It’s not like the Doctor to suddenly decide he’d quite like to pop by for a visit. Oh, no-that’s not him at all. And if he’s here-if he’s here, after dark, in her flat, in her bedroom, in modern day London-then it can only mean that something somewhere has gone wrong.
Growing Old With You (Ten II/Rose) The Doctor discovers something horrifying. Rose mostly just wants to go back to bed. And there’s a dog named Horse.
Two sets of plaintive brown eyes stared back at her. One belonged to her very large pet dog, Horse, and the other belonged to the Doctor. It took her longer than she cared to admit to sort out which was which.
One Good Lie (Ten/Rose, Spoilers for Waters of Mars) He’s in a bar on the wrong side of town when he finally stops running.
“What are you doing here?” he manages. “I left you.”
She flinches, but she only says, “You told me once that you needed me-made you better, you said.” She snorts. “Guess I must have done a rubbish job.”
Awake and Dreaming (Ten, Donna, Sarah Jane, Rose, the Master, Martha, Jack; Ten/Rose) The Tenth Doctor spends his last moments with some old friends.
It’s Donna and it can’t be Donna because he wiped all her memories and left her behind on Earth and remembering him would kill her and anyway he’s alone, he knows he’s alone.
Stolen Kisses (Ten/Rose, Spoilers for Waters of Mars) What’s crossing universes after breaking the most fundamental rule of time travel? Nothing.
She gives him a long, inquisitive look and he shifts uncomfortably, feeling like his ruse is plain as day. Maybe his other self doesn’t wear the blue suit anymore. Maybe he hates ties. Maybe he picked the wrong pair of trainers. Maybe they’re not even together-no, that’s not a thought he likes to dwell on. Of course they are.
How the Doctor Ended the World By Changing the Fixed Point in Time that is Firefly’s Cancellation (crazy Ten, OC, spoilers for Waters of Mars) Crazy Ten ends the world by changing the fixed point in time that is Firefly’s cancellation.
He was crazy, the Fox Executive thought. The man was crazy. That was the only explanation.
Untitled Holiday Ficlets (Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, Ten II/Rose, Jack) He closes the distance between them and they’re hugging. His arms around her are a little too tight, a little too desperate like he’s barely keeping something inside of himself at bay. She breathes him in and hugs him back.
Collaborations:
Spinach Shock (Ten II/Rose, with mrv3000) The Doctor has an unfortunate reaction to spinach.
Oh, brilliant. He was dying and Jackie was mocking him for it.
Seen and Not Definitely Heard (Ten II/Rose with mrv3000) The Doctor is sidelined by Jackie during a Torchwood fundraiser.
He spies a tray going past downstairs and stares mournfully after it. "Nibbles," he says, in a longing tone of voice.
Hairy Legs.... and Other Parts (Fourteen/Rose, with mrv3000) Some things are revealed when the Doctor and Rose spend some time locked up.
She nervously chuckled. "You're on the other side of a white wall." She paused. "Just so you know."
Absence Makes the Flat Go Boom (Ten II/Rose, with shinyopals) The Doctor and Rose spend their first night apart in Pete's World.
"Doctor," Rose interrupted. "Are you trying to get us to have phone sex?"
Blood and Anger and Revenge (Ten II/Rose, Jackie, Pete; character death; with _thirty2flavors) Years after settling in on Pete's World, the Doctor must face something he thought he could escape.
It had been sixteen hours since a body was pulled out of the Thames, nineteen hours since Torchwood had lost communications with its team, and twenty-two hours and six minutes since the Doctor had kissed Rose Tyler over toast.
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six
Firefly
Somewhere a Clock is Ticking (Mal/Inara) Four years down the line, Mal asks a question.
“Inara,” he repeats, and it’s a struggle to keep going, to get the words out, but nothing’s felt this damn important in a long time. “Are you happy?”
Omfg, I wrote a lot last year. If I had to pick a favourite, it would probably be Blood and Anger and Revenge. Mostly because writing it with Kali was a lot of fun and also sort of intense. Plus, I feel like we did crazy!Ten before RTD did so if you think about it, Waters of Mars is basically our fault.
Year in Review Meme:
January 1: I packed up my stuff! I had to try it twice AND jump on the suitcase a few times to get it shut, but I succeeded! However, I'm beginning to reconsider my aim of buying a Habs calender while in Montreal as I think it might make the suitcase split in two.
I am very boring, sometimes. I did buy a Habs calendar - and then they proceeded to suck for the rest of the season. Oh well.
February 1: Brr. I'm feeling really chilled tonight.
Canada is cold, okay.
March 1: Man, I'm so happy that February is over.
Oh, man, February 2009 was one of the worst months ever. I really hope 2010 is an improvement.
April 1: I'm having milk issues.
I remember that. MILK SPILLED ALL OVER MY FRIDGE. Damn bags.
May 1: Every time _thirty2flavors and I hang out, we always find ourselves discussing the fact that Ten is kind of a douche and that it's part of the reason we like him so much.
This is true.
June 1: I haven't had any work to do since Saturday morning. This makes me twitchy and anxious.
Actually, most things make me twitchy and anxious, so this is not unusual.
July 1: I couldn't find an image that properly summed up my deeply complex feelings for this country. So I used MS Paint to make one instead!
It was Canada Day at the time, I believe.
August 3: My brother came down with SWINE FLU some sort of disease over the weekend that is creating lots of mucus and putting him in a foul mood. It is... unpleasant.
September 1: I do not accept the fact that fall is upon us.
I would take fall over January, I am just saying.
October 2: Omg, anyone annoyed with Canadian politics lately remember how BACK IN THE DAY the Liberal Party used to actually... do stuff like critique and oppose and shit?
Very vaguely.
November 1: This is my very favourite time change. My alarm went off at 9:30, but my clock informed me it was actually 8:30. I AM AWESOME
I am awesome.
December 1: CUTE PUPPY ALERT! Omg, I'm starting to get to the point where I really miss having a dog. D:
Dog sitting for my aunt yesterday and today has been fun! Boomer is sleeping with his head off the dog bed. XD