Rec: No Rest for the Wicked

[cosmic-celery.livejournal.com]

Story: No Rest for the Wicked
Author: AND (neadods)
Rating: Adult
Author's summary: The Doctor, suicidal after the Time War, meets a younger, more innocent self - and decides to rewrite history.
Characters/Pairings: Evelyn Smythe, Six/Nine
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Word Count: 1523

Recced because: I really enjoy glimpses of the ninth Doctor pre-Rose because it allows for a much darker and often more dangerous Doctor than we see in the TV series. AND's Nine is written well in this dark mood, while the sixth Doctor, often written as cruel, is believably innocent. While there is sex in this fic (and yes, you did read that Six/Nine tag correctly) it's really secondary to the exploration of the Doctor's post-Time War guilt.

Comments

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it! It's a rather obscure and difficult story, but the idea wouldn't let me go after I got that supposed-to-be-crack prompt.

[faience.livejournal.com]

My brain has just broken on this fic. Not in a bad way, but in "that was unexpectedly deep and beautiful" way.

[kaffy_r]

I have to agree, very much so, with faience, because this one is unexpectedly deep and beautiful.