rec: and change their state

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Story: And Change Their State
Author: AstroGirl (astrogirl2)
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 1376
Author's Summary: The world is ending. The Doctor drinks tea.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor
Warnings: None.

Recced because: "And Change Their State" is a quietly harrowing look at the Doctor facing something he really can't fix. Too much description would ruin this brief story, I think, so I'll just give you a little excerpt:

It won't be long now. Sometime before sunset, he's certain. The signs are multiplying rapidly. A pigeon flying by the window, its wings moving in ways that don't quite obey the normal laws of aerodynamics. A finger dipped into his teacup and removed only with difficulty, as if surface tension has briefly increased a thousand-fold. Local gravitational fluctuations, tiny shifts in the behavior of matter. Subtle effects, easily dismissed unless you know what to look for, and he's the only one who does.

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Comments

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

(Edited to remove possible spoiler!) Another excellent choice.

[temporalgrace.livejournal.com]

This story made me cry when I first read it. And just now, too. It's haunting.