Rec: Still Waiting

[livii.livejournal.com]

Story: Still Waiting
Author: Sheila Adamson
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: The Brigadier and Jo practise life without the Doctor.
Characters: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Jo Grant, Sergeant Benton
Warnings: None

Recced because: There's not nearly enough UNIT fic out there to satisfy me, but this lovely piece does a great job of filling in some of the gaps. Learning to live without the Doctor is something particularly relevant given how the new series has portrayed departures, and here we get at that carefully and gently, through an investigation of a haunted house and an examination of what it's like to be the ones left behind, doing the paperwork, picking up the pieces, and waiting and wondering. All the voices are dead-on, especially the Brigadier's, and it's subtle and touching and funny, without ever being sentimental or cloying.

Comments

[garpu.livejournal.com]

That really was beautiful. Wish there were more like it.

[livii.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it - don't forget to tell the author as well! :)

[eponymous-rose.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that was lovely - I somehow managed to miss it last time I scoured the archives, so I hadn't read or commented on it before! Thanks for reccing this one. :D

(On a related note, have been trying to hunt down an icon with Jo and the Brigadier, but one does not seem to be forthcoming. Alas.)

[livii.livejournal.com]

So glad you enjoyed it - it's one of my favourite stories ever, I'm so pleased it's getting such a good response.

I have no Brig and Jo icon either, I fear! This is a shame. :(

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a wonderful and understated story that works on so many levels. Big favorite of mine. It makes me want to run and find a UNIT icon, now that I have space for one.

[livii.livejournal.com]

Your icon! That's so adorable.

I'm so pleased, too, that people enjoy this story as much as I do; it deserves it.

[livii.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome - glad you enjoyed it! :)