Calufrax

Story: Beautiful Monsters
Author: Cathica
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 9005
Author's Summary: When outnumbered by a homicidal species, it's best to keep it simple.
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness, Other Doctors
Warnings: None

Recced because: It's a good story with a future Jack Harkness on his own, battling some truly creepifying aliens, and not-so-nearly blowing up a mysterious stranger in the process. It's not only got a good horror-style plot, but a great character arc with some dramatic irony as Jack's interactions with the mysterious "Nadia" develop to a specific confrontation and revelation. I like the way Cathica develops the relationship between Jack and Nadia, as two people who don't realize how much they need each other but who are loathe to give up their secrets until it's almost too late. It starts off as a dark, bleak tale, but it emerges triumphant from this with a sprawling coda that reminds you how fun happy endings can be.

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