sahiya: When You Have to Go There (Jack/Eleven) [PG-13]

[sahiya]

Scooting in just under the deadline! I really didn't think I'd make it.

Title: When You Have to Go There
Author: sahiya
Characters/Rating: Eleven/Jack, appearances by Nine and Ten, PG-13
Word Count: 7,100
Disclaimer: Not mine! They belong to RTD, Moffat, and the BBC.
Feedback: Yes, please! Even "I liked this" is always nice to hear.
Summary: Traveling

Comments

[fuzzyboo03]

I adore this. You've reached out and hit the core of their relationship, and what makes them tick. It's timey wimey in the best way.

The sparseness is gorgeous. It suits the weather and the house and the whole mood of the piece perfectly. I don't think I've seen you write like this before and I love it.

It always amazes me how some of the stories you dash out under a deadline are my favorites.

The idea that the Jack we see in EoT was just after CoE had never occurred to me, but it makes so much sense. And wow, Ten needed a bit of a smack for that one. I loved all the moments you chose for them to intersect.

Thank you so much!

PS: It's only 6 weeks late! That's better than last year. :)

[sahiya]

Thank you! I'm so glad you like it. I was trying a couple different things in this, and I'm very glad they seem to have worked.

I go back and forth on Ten's actions in EoT. I think I came down pretty hard on him here, much harder than I usually do. In my other Eleven fic, Jack thanks him for the gesture. Quite honestly, I think it was the absolute least Ten could do, but it was all he could manage at the time. Whether Jack appreciates it, finds it downright offensive, or falls somewhere in between depends on his headspace and also how long it's been for him since CoE. Neither of these is readily apparent to me from the scene in EoT.

[dameruth]

Much love for this story. I have a feeling it'll become personal canon (well, *a* personal canon, I have several). :)

[sahiya]

Thank you! That's very flattering.

[lilithbint]

Oh this was wonderful
*sniff*
Loved the house and the little bit of coral at the end.

[sahiya]

Thank you!

I was very upset about the baby TARDIS being killed in CoE! It felt like Jack had his past, his present, and his future killed in one fell swoop. So the Doctor, having done what he could for Jack's present, goes back to save the past and the future.

[starmalachite]

This is absolutely gorgeous, & so very real & true. It's the best story of yours I've read yet.

[mamadar]

I am filled with an adoring love for your icon. *bows*

[sahiya]

Thank you!!! *blushes*

[mamadar]

What a lovely story. Fandom doesn't give us enough stories about perseverance and patience and the costs and rewards of long-term love. Thank you for this.

[sahiya]

Thank you for the lovely comment.

I think long-term love is a particular obsession of mine as a writer, especially with these two (for whom, of course, it is especially relevant!). I find relationships that come to a slow boil and then simmer much more interesting and satisfying than love-at-first-sight stories.