DW Fic: After Dark 1/1 (Ten, Martha)

[goldy_dollar]

Title: After Dark
Characters/Pairing: Martha, Ten; Martha/Tom
Summary: 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. Post-WoM.

Comments

[ayaneva]

:*(

Man, I know I'm going to cry during the finale. I just know it. This story almost has me crying as it is. It's kind of heartbreaking but so well written!

[goldy_dollar]

Thank you!

And omg, I'm going to be such a mess. It's going to be the saddest Christmas ever.

[ayaneva]

The thing is, for the longest time, I thought I was MORE than ready to see Ten go. I'm like, "THANK GOD TEN IS GOING. BOOT 'IM OUT AND LET'S GET ROLLIN' WITH ELEVEN!"

That was up until Sunday evening before watching WoM, even. I was SO eager to chuck Ten (kind of in the hopes that I'd never have to hear the Doctor mention the name "Rose" ever again, but never mind that...)

But afterward, I realized with some surprise that I'm not ready for him to leave yet and I'll probably be kicking and screaming as much as he is when it's time for him to die. :( I am apparently far more attached to Ten than I previously realized.

I don't want him to go now. I really don't. I'm sorry for saying that I did.

[goldy_dollar]

But afterward, I realized with some surprise that I'm not ready for him to leave yet and I'll probably be kicking and screaming as much as he is when it's time for him to die. :( I am apparently far more attached to Ten than I previously realized.

Aww! :) IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMEONE WROTE IT TO TWIG ALL OUR EMOTIONS IN JUST THE RIGHT WAYS.

I always knew that Ten leaving was going to destroy me, but I feel like Waters of Mars has made me fall in love all over again. So, yeah. Christmas is gonna be fuuuun. :D

[gaudysalamander]

Lovely, and so perfectly in character for both of them. Thank you!

[goldy_dollar]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. :)

[torn_eledhwen]

Nice work. Poor both of them.

[goldy_dollar]

Thank you. Poor them, indeed!

[sensiblecat]

He reminds her of what he looked like after he went after the Family-hard and ancient, but somehow small and vulnerable like he had done something too horrible to imagine.

Just as she was then, Martha isn’t quite sure she wants to know what happened.

That's a brilliant observation. The whole scene is well written - it's the right balance of warmth and chill, and the Doctor's never seemed more completely alone. Clever title, too, and one of the best Marthas I've read in a while.

[goldy_dollar]

Thanks! I'm really enjoying Crazy!Ten right now, but there's no denying that he's in a scary, dark place.

Clever title, too, and one of the best Marthas I've read in a while.

I absolutely adore Martha, so I was really glad this popped into my head after WoM. :D

[persiflage_1]

Blimey, Doctor, what ARE you like? (Completely daft, that's what!)

Nicely done. Radically different to my WiP take on it...

[goldy_dollar]

Completely daft, slightly mentally unbalanced... :)

Thanks! And I'd love to read another take on a scene between them. Fandom, where is the flood of post-WoM I'm expecting? *taps foot*

[persiflage_1]

Completely daft, slightly mentally unbalanced... :)

More than slightly on occasion!

Thanks! And I'd love to read another take on a scene between them. Fandom, where is the flood of post-WoM I'm expecting? *taps foot*

I've seen a few on Teaspoon - but not featuring Martha.

[goldy_dollar]

More than slightly on occasion!

I'm kind of in love with crazy post-Waters of Mars Ten. XD

I've seen a few on Teaspoon - but not featuring Martha.

Ooh, maybe I'll check them out. Though a part of me wants to get all my post-WoM fic bunnies out of my brain before checking out what other people are doing.