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crack_van2007-05-13 10:25 am
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Entry tags:
Catalyst by nostalgia (PG)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing: None
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nostalgia_lj
Author Website: nostalgia for an age yet to come
Why this must be read: The Tenth Doctor nips back in time and becomes Ace's chemistry teacher, before his seventh incarnation has even met her. A terrific idea, very well done, which brings New Who and Classic Who together brilliantly. I've never seen any episodes with Ace in, but now I want to...
"I didn't mean to break anything," she says, sweeping up glass as she should almost certainly not be allowed to. (It's okay, they're firing him on Friday anyway, after a cat gets blown up.)
"Yes, you did," he says, flipping though a textbook to see if it might hold her attention.
"I just wanted to see what would happen."
"I didn't say you shouldn't have done it." He drops the book onto the bench and sits on a stool, leaning on his elbows as she empties broken glass into the bin. "Ace," he says. (No, not yet.) "Dorothy."
"What?"
He's not sure. She's just a kid and he already knows what things would only upset her. She is not his Ace, not for years yet.
He pushes the textbook across to her. "You should take this. Just have a look," he says, before she can protest. "You can always set fire to it or something if you hate it."
"I don't read much," she shrugs.
"It's got pictures," he says, flipping the pages for her. "And the ending's a surprise. I'd never have guessed if I hadn't already read it."
Ace sniffs and takes the book. "I suppose."
"Wicked," he says.
Catalyst
Pairing: None
Author on LJ:
nostalgia_lj Author Website: nostalgia for an age yet to come
Why this must be read: The Tenth Doctor nips back in time and becomes Ace's chemistry teacher, before his seventh incarnation has even met her. A terrific idea, very well done, which brings New Who and Classic Who together brilliantly. I've never seen any episodes with Ace in, but now I want to...
"I didn't mean to break anything," she says, sweeping up glass as she should almost certainly not be allowed to. (It's okay, they're firing him on Friday anyway, after a cat gets blown up.)
"Yes, you did," he says, flipping though a textbook to see if it might hold her attention.
"I just wanted to see what would happen."
"I didn't say you shouldn't have done it." He drops the book onto the bench and sits on a stool, leaning on his elbows as she empties broken glass into the bin. "Ace," he says. (No, not yet.) "Dorothy."
"What?"
He's not sure. She's just a kid and he already knows what things would only upset her. She is not his Ace, not for years yet.
He pushes the textbook across to her. "You should take this. Just have a look," he says, before she can protest. "You can always set fire to it or something if you hate it."
"I don't read much," she shrugs.
"It's got pictures," he says, flipping the pages for her. "And the ending's a surprise. I'd never have guessed if I hadn't already read it."
Ace sniffs and takes the book. "I suppose."
"Wicked," he says.
Catalyst