rec: Strangers in bow ties by sciathan_file

[thisbluespirit]

On timey-wimeyness, and those who have to clear up the mess afterwards (in honour of the topic, this one is out of chronological order):

Story: Strangers in Bow Ties
Author: sciathan_file
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 2364
Author's Summary: Martha returns home to find a strange man sitting on her sofa. Spoilers through 5x07, "Amy's Choice."
Characters/Pairings: Martha Jones, Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond
Warnings: None.

Recced because: It’s a fic that ties up loose ends with style (and bow ties) and also, in many ways, explores the fall-out of the Doctor’s adventures for those left with the more prosaic clearing up to do. Eleven returns to ask Martha if UNIT have noticed a crack anywhere. Of course, he manages to turn up early, and the result is a funny, sweet fic – and a convincingly creepy use of S5 to tie up continuity from The End of Time. The characterisation is great (even Amy’s short cameo is very recognisable) and I always love a fanfic that can take some of our show’s innate craziness and make something well worth reading out of it. This is one of those stories.

Comments

[eve11]

I liked that a lot! And I'd missed it too when it first came out; so thanks for recc-ing and bringing it to my attention. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thanks. :-) I'd only spotted it recently myself, via LJ and immediately had to run to Teaspoon to see if it was there as well, with calufrax in mind.

[sciathan-file.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for the rec!

I feel very honored! :)

[thisbluespirit]

My pleasure! It was a great fic! (I found some of your fics recently, via this one - and was a little bit torn I couldn't also rec taht grogeous Ten and Victoria story! :-D)