rec: like ships that crash in the night

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Story: Like Ships That Crash In The Night
Author: tangerine
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 1526
Author's Summary: From a deep sleep Jo slowly became aware that someone was shaking her by the shoulders.
"Jo, you have to get up, there's some bloke at the door wants to see you. Funny old-fashioned coat, says he's the Doctor."
Characters/Pairings: Eighth Doctor, Jo Grant
Warnings: None

Recced because: The Eight Doctor needed cheering up during the Time War...so he went to visit Jo. I feel that should say it all right there, really. These two work fantastically well together and the author has their voices down pat, I think. Wonderfully captures Jo, her relationship with Three and Eight's view of same. The wibbley wobbley timey wimey aspect is really well played too. It's also heaps of fun to get a glimpse into Jo's life AWAY from UNIT and the Doctor. I don't know whether I ought to say this or not but there is the odd typo. It's nothing major that a quick beta wouldn't fix and they're so SO well worth ignoring.

( A snippet. )

rec: from monte carlo, with love

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(Incidentally, I'm sorry for not posting the last couple of days! I shall be making up for it with these two and one more later today!)

Story: From Monte Carlo, With Love
Author: livii
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 2254
Author's Summary: The quest is the quest. Throw in a couple of pirate hats, and stir.
Characters/Pairings: Ace McShane, Hex Schoffield, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Jake Simmonds, Ace/Hex, Rose/Mickey/Jake, there's some other mixes as well, like a bit of Rose/Ace.
Warnings: None

Recced because: I ALMOST feel bad reccing something of livii's because her stuff is so uniformly good it speaks for itself but this one is just so much fun. I love the glimpse into what Rose and Mickey and Jake got up to and what they were like together in the alt!verse. I love the similarities drawn between Rose/Mickey/Jake and Ace/Hex because to me at least, Ace and Rose are quite similar, as are their relationships with the men in the fic and that really works well, I think. They're just a really good pairing and threesome to throw together, they've got a lot in common and they snark so well. To top it all of, they're thrown together in a very fun, caper-ish type adventure thing with silly costumes! Don't be put off if you haven't met Hex before, livii has his voice and his relationship with Ace down really well so you could arguably use this fic to work out whether you might like him or not!

( And have an excerpt. )

Love Hurts (Like Falling Off A Radio Tower)

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Story: Love Hurts (Like Falling Off A Radio Tower)
Author: Erya
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 482
Author's Summary: We receive a demonstration of Gallifreyan mating rituals.
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor (Unspecified), The Master (Other)
Warnings: none

Recced because:

I've decided to end my week on a lighter note. You know comfort food? Well, this is comfort fic, and it always puts a smile on my face when I'm blue. Love Hurts is another Doctor/Master slash-up, but it's probably the funniest (and truest) diagnosis of their U.S.T. (acronym explained in fic) I've ever read. Enjoy!

It's been fun being your reccer, and I hope to do it again some time. Heaven knows I've got more fics in my favourites chest.