It was an adventure, always.

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Rose knew she’d never forget the first time he tried the curry from the Thai restaurant a few blocks from her flat. He turned red in the face, drank half a liter of water, babbled what might have been curses in a mixture of alien languages, and then sat back in his chair with that ( Read more... )

Title: Nor the Rocks Ever Melt With the Sun
Rating: All Ages
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who, season one finale.

This story brought to you by: My sheer emotional response to Jack's plight at the end of "Parting of the Ways." I was hurting, man. Also, "Turtledove." Because that song made it all so much worse more intense.

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The very ( Read more... )

Title: And We'll Recall When Time Runs Out
Rating: All Ages
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who, season one, "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances." Companion drabble to Angels Dining at the Ritz.

This story brought to you by: John Barrowman's heartbreakingly lovely rendition of "It Only Takes a Moment," from the musical Hello, Dolly!

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Title: Memoriam
Rating: All Ages
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who, season two finale. Written pre-season four, so any timeline discrepancies...*shrug*

This story brought to you by: Speculation, pure and simple.

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Every year, on that day, Rose goes back to Bad Wolf Bay alone.

She sits on the beach for hours and hours and whispers ( Read more... )

Title: Angels Dining at the Ritz
Rating: All Ages
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who, season one, "The Empty Child"

This story brought to you by: Frank Sinatra's version of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square."

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He could have said any one of dozens of things to charm her, to dazzle her. He’d just saved her life, after all, and now ( Read more... )

Title: Shelf Life
Rating: PG
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who, season one finale

This story brought you to by: Extreme amounts of angst. Rose-flavored angst. Bring umbrellas.

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Betrayal.

It coats the back of Rose’s throat, clouds her thoughts, and turns her hands and heart to ice. Betrayal, mixed with the quick burn of despair.

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Title: Starting From Zero
Rating: All Ages
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who, season four finale.

This story brought to you by: Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car":

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( The night they met, he took her hand and ran with her, and pulled her into his world. )