Bohemian Rose by Raven (PG)

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Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Implied Rose/Doctor
Author on LJ: loneraven
Author Website: Sleeping With Ghosts
Why this must be read:

Ah, the fic that spawned an entire community of even more excellent fics. Technically, it's an AU, but it's a really, really good one, despite its length (or lack thereof); the ending alone makes it worth reading. (And, yes, there is femmeslash. That helps.)

She sounded sincere, but Rose was dubious, all the same. Wasn’t that the cardinal sin of a first date, as she’d moaned to Shireen at length over the years? Don’t monopolise the conversation, don’t ramble, and for god’s sake don’t be boring. She’d been doing all three, and to make things just that little bit worse, it would have to be a blind date, as well. She avoided them nowadays; it tended to go along the lines of oh, you’re bi? I know a girl who’s a lesbian, and then it’d turn out to be one of those wide-eyed girls with scars all the way down her arms, or a fifteen-year-old in search of an “experience”, or worst of all, one of those short-cropped stomping-boot types who believed in using the word “vagina” in every conversation. She’d rather be single.

Bohemian Rose