Rec: Not One Line, by rickmaniac101

[fantasyjax.livejournal.com]

Story: Not One Line
Author: rickmaniac101
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 4389
Author's Summary: The Doctor and River always begin things at the end. This is their life.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor/River Song
Warnings: SPOILERS for 4X09 "Forest of the Dead"

Recced because: I felt the need to recommend a Doctor/River story, and there was this one, teasing the reader something mad. All the usual and expected things happen - the story being inevitable - but it still managed to make me squirm and twitch and stupidly hope that it would end differently. The Tenth Doctor displays a rare and painful self awareness, River is everything I loved about her in the show itself, and, stunningly, the end does manage to surprise. Reactions to River split the fandom and looking for fics if you liked her can be daunting, so I figured I'll do fellow fans a service: this one delivers.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Oh good rec ! I confess I've switched my Donna rec for tomorrow to a River fic instead because I read one earlier in the week that was brilliant !

[seularen.livejournal.com]

Oh good lord, my poor heart! Excellent rec, but man the inevitable really sucks sometimes.

[syzygy-lj.livejournal.com]

You know, this is how I imagined it! Their relationship being all timey-wimey and him resisting.

I may have to go back and read it again!

[voicegrl.livejournal.com]

That's one of my new favorites! Thank you for sharing!