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The Art of Being Human – Chapter 3/11 PG-13, Ten/Rose, John Smith/Rose
AU. It is the autumn of 1913 and Rose has found herself the wife of a man who doesn’t really exist. Between the fear that she may truly learn to love John and the ever present knowledge of his true identity, Rose is forced to re-evaluate both her life and loves. And all the while the Family of Blood draws nearer to their prey...
Author’s Note: A special thank you to my mum for her help with this chapter. After all these years she’s so used to me asking random questions for stuff I’m writing that she didn’t even bat an eyelid when I started drilling her on early 20th century wound care :P also my apologies at the long wait for this chapter. I literally agonised over it and the following chapter so I hope it's worth the wait :)

Prologue, Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six, Chapter Seven, Chapter Eight, Chapter Nine, Chapter Ten, Chapter Eleven, Epilogue
( She had never expected a man who wasn’t meant to be real to have secrets. )

Chapter Four -> (and a manip)

The Art of Being Human – Chapter 1/11 PG-13, Ten/Rose, John Smith/Rose
AU. It is the autumn of 1913 and Rose has found herself the wife of a man who doesn’t really exist. Between the fear that she may truly learn to love John and the ever present knowledge of his true identity, Rose is forced to re-evaluate both her life and loves. And all the while the Family of Blood draws nearer to their prey...

Prologue, Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six, Chapter Seven, Chapter Eight, Chapter Nine, Chapter Ten, Chapter Eleven, Epilogue

( “This,” she muttered as she smoothed leaves and twigs out of her hair. “Is not what I imagined when you said ‘anywhere in the universe, any time any place’.” )

Chapter Two ->

Title: It’s a new life (and I’m feeling good)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/warnings: PG
Genre: fluff, humour
Characters: Ten, Rose, cameos from Jackie, Mickey and Shareen
Spoilers: set between “The Christmas Invasion” and “New Earth”
Summary: In the days between Christmas and New Years the Doctor and Rose begin to re-learn each other and in the meantime, they discover that his new body seems to have several surprising new abilities including...re-plastering walls? But certainly not dancing, no definitely not – this Doctor will not be doing any literal or metaphorical dancing.
Authors Note: Thought we could all do with something a bit lighter at the moment. Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all associated characters/situations etc do not belong to me, I’m just borrowing them.

( I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. – e.e. cummings )

Title: On Side
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/warnings: G
Genre: gen
Characters: DI Bishop, Ten, mentions of Rose
Spoilers: up to “The Idiot’s Lantern”
Summary: As they head back to Florizel Street, Detective Inspector Bishop tries to get a read on the Doctor. Originally a scene from All that we could be
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all associated characters/situations etc do not belong to me, I’m just borrowing them.

( He moved as a man who only had one purpose in the world – and judging by his reaction to the girl losing her face, he was. )

Title: All That We Could Be
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/warnings: G
Genre: romance, AU
Character/s: Ten/Rose
Spoilers: 2x07 but also mentions a bit from the end of “The Stone Rose”
Summary: But the sensation of time is...it’s like...well a pulse I s’pose. I can’t think of any other comparable sensation really. Yeah, a pulse. But the energy of it creates this erratic, pulsing stream of possible timelines literally exploding into being and then curling back around and into themselves and nothingness all at the same time. All these opportunities that don’t come to pass, choices made, questions answered, chances that are lost before they’ve even begun... A slightly shippier twist on The Idiot’s Lantern. Written (and posted belatedly) for the “Time in Flux” ficathon.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all its associated characters/situations etc do not belong to me, I’m just borrowing them briefly.
Author's Note: special thanks to pacejunkie for the beta!

( we go together like: rama-lama-lama-ke-dinga-de-dinga-dong )

Title: Orange Coloured Sky
Fandom: Doctor Who
Genre: angst
Rating/warnings: PG
Characters: Ten, mentions of Rose and Donna, Eleven
Spoilers: set just before “Planet of the Dead”
Summary: He doesn’t dream often but when he does he almost always dreams of Gallifrey. Dedicated to pacejunkie – just because she’s awesome.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all associated characters/situations etc do not belong to me, I’m just borrowing them.

( The view is exhileratingly beautiful – a wash of crimsons and tangerines so different to the blues and browns of his adopted world. He wants to cry for the loss, so sharply poignant is the image before him. )

Title: Live In Concert 3/3
Fandom: Doctor Who/Lost
Characters: Rose Tyler, Nine, Ten, Jack Harkness, Charlie Pace, Mickey Smith
Spoilers: up to The Idiots Lantern
Summary: Desmond isn’t the only time traveler that Charlie Pace ran into during his time as a rock star. Two different Doctors and two different reasons bring Rose Tyler into his life.
Disclaimer: Lost and Doctor Who don’t belong to me. Duh.

PART ONE PART TWO

( She’d been somewhat upset since Mickey had...well maybe upset was the wrong word. If the Doctor had to choose one he’d probably go more with mopey-self-flagellation which was really three words, even if you did say them really really fast...but that was beside the point. )

Title: Live In Concert 1/3
Fandom: Doctor Who/Lost
Characters: Rose Tyler, Nine, Ten, Jack Harkness, Charlie Pace, Mickey Smith
Rating/Warnings: PG, very vague drug and sexual references
Spoilers: everything up to The Idiots Lantern is fair game
Summary: Desmond isn’t the only time traveler that Charlie Pace ran into during his time as a rock star. Two different Doctors and two different reasons bring Rose Tyler into his life.
Disclaimer: Lost and Doctor Who don’t belong to me. Duh.

( DriveShaft? Gee - phallic much? )

PART TWO

Title: Of Honey Sandwiches and Marmalade
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Characters: Ten, Rose, Jackie
Genre: angst, fluff
Spoilers: Set somewhere between Love and Monsters and Fear Her.
Summary: On one of their trip back to Earth to visit Jackie, the Doctor has a strange reaction to the sandwiches she serves up for them and Rose follows him to make sure he’s alright.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all associated characters/situations etc do not belong to me, I’m just borrowing them. Also, Time Lords do smell like honey according to this site which is pretty bloody comprehensive so I'm going to go with it.

( The Doctor paused, eyeing the tray with something very close to awe before turning to Rose, back to the tray, then looking up at Jackie who jumped as he laughed out loud and crossed the room in two long strides to squeeze her around the middle. Jackie squeaked indignantly as he hugged her and when he released her she glared and straightened her jacket. )

Title: Of Red Skies
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Nine, Rose
Rating/warnings: PG
Genre: flangst, hurt/comfort
Spoilers: seen Fathers Day and you’ll be fine
Summary: After a particularly bad adventure on a turbulent planet the Doctor does his best to comfort Rose but soon finds himself needing her compassion instead.
Disclaimer: stolen from the BBC momentarily. Will give back if offered substantial reward *g*

( Cerise, crimson, russet... )