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Rose/10.5 Fic Recs
10.5/Rose rec list last updated October 6, 2009.
New recs are marked as such. I've also starred (*) a few of my personal favorites.
My list of Handy/Rose recs. These stories are all canon-compliant with "Journey's End". I've organized them by rating (all-ages, teen, and adult)
All-Ages
A Proper Hello by mrv3000.
Author's summary: The Doctor and Rose experience another separation.A-day two-days-in-the-life silly fluff.
Notes: Rather hysterical ficlet about saying hello after an absence.
All the Ways that Count by Gillian Taylor.
Author's summary: He can’t offer her all of time and space. He can only offer her himself. Spoilers for Journey's End.
Notes: A reflective ficlet on adjusting.
An Ever-Familiar Face by rallalon.
Author's summary: This was one line of thought circling in his mind as he stared into the mirror, one of the very few. He could barely hold a dozen simultaneous thoughts in his head any longer, not even that. More like eleven.
Notes: The human Doctor ponders his new mortality (and freaks a bit).
Bridal Training by DQBunny.
Author's summary: Rose will do anything for her Doctor - including get herself arrested for an outlandish scheme that was all HIS idea to begin with. And it turns out that it's not the only idea he has. And why, oh why, does he expect Rose to read his mind? Men, honestly...
Notes: An amusing and rather sweet snippet of life in the alt!verse with Rose and the human Doctor.
Chase Your Demons Away by thirty2flavors.
Author's summary: Three weeks after Norway, the Doctor bonds with Tony Tyler over a shared affliction -- bad dreams.
Notes: Good characterizations make the story.
NEW Confusion All Around by Netgirl_y2k.
Author's summary: After he'd conquered alt!Earth and had all those giant statues of himself built, the Master wasn't sure what to do next.
Notes: Quite silly story about the Master in the alt!Verse. Has some typos, but the humor is worth it.
Five Things That Were Different About the Parallel Universe and One Thing That Wasn't by shinyopals and goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: As the Doctor discovers, things can be... slightly different in a parallel world. Crack!fic in places.
Notes: Nice humor piece about the differences in the alternate universe.
How Domestic by humansruperior.
Author's summary: His mind took him back to an endless field of rainbow flowers, all shades of colors.
Notes: A nice bit about 10.5 being forced to do domestic, with a wonderful showing by Jackie.
Of Stakeouts and Marriage Proposals by goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: Alien stakeouts and untimely proposals. Just another day in their life, really.
Notes: A nice little piece of the relationship on an ordinary-ish day.
One Month, Redux by fid_gin.
Author's summary: Getting to know the new, new Doctor. A companion piece to one of my oldies: One Month.
Notes: A snippet of Rose and the human Ten adjusting.
Signing Up by mrv3000.
Author's summary: Post-Journey's End. A new reality sets in for the Doctor and Rose.
Notes: A perfect balance of a happy future and dealing with the problems JE raised. Also some nice touches of humor.
Some Other World by synecdoche.
Author's summary: This girl -- sister, Mummy calls her -- is from a strange and faraway place. Tony Tyler's take on his sister and the Doctor.
Notes: A lovely outsider's perspective on Rose and the human Doctor.
Something New by shinyopals.
Author's summary: She was beginning to suspect that the whole getting-engaged thing hadn't quite sunk in yet, given how calmly she was able to keep shopping. Or perhaps she was just so used to the unexpected that it didn't even faze her any more.
Notes: The human Doctor and Rose have a conversation at the grocery store. Adorably fluffy.
Suggestive Selling by thirty2flavors.
Author's summary: The Doctor makes a suggestion, Rose wears the metaphorical pants, and the Torchwood cafeteria sells questionable bananas.
Notes: Quite funny but still totally in character. The human Doctor is still very much the Doctor, just with a bit of Donna.
* The Quiet Chamber by kalleah.
Author's summary: Ten II and Rose in the immediate aftermath of Journey's End.
Notes: The human Doctor, Rose, and Jackie begin to find their way home, in more ways than one.
Don't miss the equally brilliant sequel, Flying Kites.
NEW Or the adult third story, Tenses and Pronouns.
The Trouble With Tabloids by Everything is Magic.
Author's summary: The Doctor engages in some "quality" magazine reading and is surprised by what he finds.
Notes: Light and funny JE tag, with an amusing reference to Two & Jamie.
The Unusual Usual by goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: Rose reckons she should probably explain about the washing machine to the Doctor. The Doctor adjusts to being a half-Time Lord human hybrid stuck on the slow path without the TARDIS. Rose helps. Mostly fluffy.
Notes: Very nice set of scenes of Rose and the human Doctor adjusting.
these are the echoes of stories never told by Jeanne.
Author's summary: With every story he tells, he gives her another piece of himself.
Notes: A lovely thoughtful piece about the human Doctor sharing himself with Rose.
We Drew Our Own Constellations by biggrstaffbunch.
Author's summary: Listen to all the translations of the stories across the sky. Rose learns how to speak the language of a world inverted. After all, some truths are universal--time is always changing, and adventures are only what you make of them.
Notes: Both poignant and funny- Rose and the human Doctor, and the adventures they still have.
Teen
A Life Well Lived by avoria. (WIP)
Author's summary: The life he never had. Ten/Rose. Spoilers for THAT episode (4x13).
Notes: A lovely, slow-paced multi-chapter look at the human Doctor and Rose finding their way. In progress.
Duality by Casira.
Author's summary: After the events of Journey's End, Rose and the Doctor have to discover each other -- and themselves -- anew. Spoilers for the season finale.
Notes: The little details- the Doctor's trip to get new glasses, Rose's worries about her teddy bear- make this fic.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon by ariafic.
Author's summary: Rose Tyler, after the end.
Notes: Lovely use of a fairy tale frame in a story about Rose and the human Doctor adjusting.
* Her Doctor by spastasmagoria.
Author's summary: Spoilers for Journey's End. Rose adjusts to her Doctor. Crackfic.
Notes: Absolutely hysterical.
Home is Where the Doors Are by orange_crushed.
Author's summary: CRACK ALERT. This is a silly, slightly naughty post-Journey's End ficlet that is actually based on a Hamlet pic.
Notes: Short and hysterical. The Doctor really doesn't like walls.
* In Another Life by sam_storyteller.
Author's summary: An all-too-human Doctor begins to build a life with Rose Tyler, but old ghosts -- both real and imagined -- still haunt him. And there's only so much human life you can live without a name...
Notes: Brilliant, brilliant multi-chapter story that focuses on the Doctor slowly finding his place and his way in the alt!universe. Perfect characterizations, and a well-planned plot. The parallels to Peter Wimsey and lovely and well-integrated (though not too confusing, if you haven't read Sayers).
Moving On by wmr.
Author's summary: It's still not going to be easy, for either of them - but she's determined to do the very best she can. SPOILERS for Journey's End.
Notes: A nice progression of a life. Highlights include a rather spot-on proposal scene, and eventual travels through time and space again.
No Alias by Aenaria.
Author's summary: It’s one of the fundamental rights of being human, the right to a name. And he chose his long ago. Post-JE.
Notes: The human Doctor's thoughts on naming and identity.
* Peace in our time by orange_crushed.
Author's summary: She couldn't ever have imagined a universe where he would ask such a thing, and now she's living in it.
Notes: Brilliant, funny, and absolutely fantastic dialogue. Has an equally brilliant semi-sequel, Maturity about when Rose and 10.5 are senior citizens.
Plotting a New Course by goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: The Doctor and Rose, post-Journey’s End. “I’m not him ‘cos he wouldn’t tell you he loves you? Rose, do you have any idea how screwed up that sounds?”
Notes: Multi-chapter story, dealing with the first few days after Bad Wolf Bay, including working out the details of a more independent Rose, and the Doctor struggling with being half-human.
Second Time Lucky by Dendera.
Author's summary: It must seem odd to him, she thinks, the things humans cling to. Scraps of time, moments come and gone all too quickly. It’ll be the same for him now.
Notes: Lovely, deft handling of the eventual domestic scenes.
Snooze by fid_gin.
Author's summary: Ah, the Snooze button. Man's greatest, and worst, invention.
Notes: A snippet of life from the alt-verse- 10.5 learns about the snooze button.
Sometimes by karenbee.
Author's summary: "It wasn’t fair to either of them." Three perspectives on life after Journey's End.
Notes: A bit sad, but in a realistic way. The Doctor, the human Doctor, and Rose's thoughts.
The Dream of a Fantastic Life by Dameruth.
Author's summary: Post-finale fic, full of spoilers and hope.
Notes: The human Doctor and Rose, and eventually, the alt!verse Donna. Now has a sequel in progress, Human Things.
* The Rather Odd Couple by rosa_acicularis.
Author's summary: "You can't spend the rest of your life crying. It annoys people in the movies." - Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. An angst-free look at life after Journey's End.
Notes: Hysterical and rather spot-on.
Throw Your Arms Over Your Eyes (and greet this brand new day) by biggrstaffbunch.
Author's summary:"This is the both of them, then, left to take what Fate has seen fit to spin as its final solution." Rose Tyler learns to live in a world where crossing dimensions is not a question of possibility, but of worth. Left to build a new life, she struggles to accept what has come to pass, and what will eventually be.
Notes: A lovely telling of the slow process of Rose coming to accept the human Doctor.
Twelve Months by shrak.
Author's summary: The first year after Journey's End.
Notes: A very nice take on Rose and 10.5's first year together. I love that the Doctor goes in for teaching, instead of Torchwood.
Woodpeckers and Cream Tea by wmr.
Author's summary: Now it’s her turn to see her universe anew through the Doctor’s eyes.
Notes: Rose learns the alt!verse anew. Adorable.
Adult
A Life Lived Together (237 Reasons) by ladychi.
Author's summary: Smuff. Angsty, fluffy, smutty. All in three pages.
Notes: Sex and a conversation.
All of Him by Vanderslice.
Author's summary: What can a man who owns nothing give to the woman he loves?
Notes: A thoughtful smut tag to "Journey's End".
Ambidextrous by hitlikehammers.
Author's summary: He wasn’t sure, in the end; but he was grateful, so very grateful that it was her tucked beneath him now, her hand in his, her heart under his own.
Notes: A very lovely piece based around the human Doctor only having one heart.
* And So I Dare to Hope by unfolded73.
Author's summary: In this sequel to "Testing," Rose and her Doctor start to adjust to their new life in the altverse. A spontaneous road trip through Wales brings them even closer together.
Notes: As mentioned, a sequel to Testing, but stands on its own. An excellent multi-chapter exploring the growing relationship between the human Doctor and Rose. Nice appearances from Jackie and alt!Donna. There's a one-shot follow-up, The Last Meal of a Condemned Man.
Beginnings by SCAngel. (WIP)
Author's summary: Sometimes beginnings are as difficult as endings. And sometimes they come together.
Notes: Deft handling of Rose and 10.5 at a moment of change; with the highlight of some lovely references to Nine. In progress, updated sporadically.
Winnowing by karenbee.
Author's summary: She tries desperately to separate the two of them, while he tries to convince her that he is the same man.
Notes: Excellent take on Rose and the Doctor's various hang-ups, interwoven with smut.
NEW You That Way; We This Way by nonelvis.
Author's summary: It isn’t as though the Doctor intended to visit Rose and his duplicate. At least, that’s what he tries to tell himself.
Notes: Ten accidentally drops in on Rose and his duplicate three years on. Conversations and sex ensue. Thoughtful and true to character.
New recs are marked as such. I've also starred (*) a few of my personal favorites.
My list of Handy/Rose recs. These stories are all canon-compliant with "Journey's End". I've organized them by rating (all-ages, teen, and adult)
All-Ages
A Proper Hello by mrv3000.
Author's summary: The Doctor and Rose experience another separation.
Notes: Rather hysterical ficlet about saying hello after an absence.
All the Ways that Count by Gillian Taylor.
Author's summary: He can’t offer her all of time and space. He can only offer her himself. Spoilers for Journey's End.
Notes: A reflective ficlet on adjusting.
An Ever-Familiar Face by rallalon.
Author's summary: This was one line of thought circling in his mind as he stared into the mirror, one of the very few. He could barely hold a dozen simultaneous thoughts in his head any longer, not even that. More like eleven.
Notes: The human Doctor ponders his new mortality (and freaks a bit).
Bridal Training by DQBunny.
Author's summary: Rose will do anything for her Doctor - including get herself arrested for an outlandish scheme that was all HIS idea to begin with. And it turns out that it's not the only idea he has. And why, oh why, does he expect Rose to read his mind? Men, honestly...
Notes: An amusing and rather sweet snippet of life in the alt!verse with Rose and the human Doctor.
Chase Your Demons Away by thirty2flavors.
Author's summary: Three weeks after Norway, the Doctor bonds with Tony Tyler over a shared affliction -- bad dreams.
Notes: Good characterizations make the story.
NEW Confusion All Around by Netgirl_y2k.
Author's summary: After he'd conquered alt!Earth and had all those giant statues of himself built, the Master wasn't sure what to do next.
Notes: Quite silly story about the Master in the alt!Verse. Has some typos, but the humor is worth it.
Five Things That Were Different About the Parallel Universe and One Thing That Wasn't by shinyopals and goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: As the Doctor discovers, things can be... slightly different in a parallel world. Crack!fic in places.
Notes: Nice humor piece about the differences in the alternate universe.
How Domestic by humansruperior.
Author's summary: His mind took him back to an endless field of rainbow flowers, all shades of colors.
Notes: A nice bit about 10.5 being forced to do domestic, with a wonderful showing by Jackie.
Of Stakeouts and Marriage Proposals by goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: Alien stakeouts and untimely proposals. Just another day in their life, really.
Notes: A nice little piece of the relationship on an ordinary-ish day.
One Month, Redux by fid_gin.
Author's summary: Getting to know the new, new Doctor. A companion piece to one of my oldies: One Month.
Notes: A snippet of Rose and the human Ten adjusting.
Signing Up by mrv3000.
Author's summary: Post-Journey's End. A new reality sets in for the Doctor and Rose.
Notes: A perfect balance of a happy future and dealing with the problems JE raised. Also some nice touches of humor.
Some Other World by synecdoche.
Author's summary: This girl -- sister, Mummy calls her -- is from a strange and faraway place. Tony Tyler's take on his sister and the Doctor.
Notes: A lovely outsider's perspective on Rose and the human Doctor.
Something New by shinyopals.
Author's summary: She was beginning to suspect that the whole getting-engaged thing hadn't quite sunk in yet, given how calmly she was able to keep shopping. Or perhaps she was just so used to the unexpected that it didn't even faze her any more.
Notes: The human Doctor and Rose have a conversation at the grocery store. Adorably fluffy.
Suggestive Selling by thirty2flavors.
Author's summary: The Doctor makes a suggestion, Rose wears the metaphorical pants, and the Torchwood cafeteria sells questionable bananas.
Notes: Quite funny but still totally in character. The human Doctor is still very much the Doctor, just with a bit of Donna.
* The Quiet Chamber by kalleah.
Author's summary: Ten II and Rose in the immediate aftermath of Journey's End.
Notes: The human Doctor, Rose, and Jackie begin to find their way home, in more ways than one.
Don't miss the equally brilliant sequel, Flying Kites.
NEW Or the adult third story, Tenses and Pronouns.
The Trouble With Tabloids by Everything is Magic.
Author's summary: The Doctor engages in some "quality" magazine reading and is surprised by what he finds.
Notes: Light and funny JE tag, with an amusing reference to Two & Jamie.
The Unusual Usual by goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: Rose reckons she should probably explain about the washing machine to the Doctor. The Doctor adjusts to being a half-Time Lord human hybrid stuck on the slow path without the TARDIS. Rose helps. Mostly fluffy.
Notes: Very nice set of scenes of Rose and the human Doctor adjusting.
these are the echoes of stories never told by Jeanne.
Author's summary: With every story he tells, he gives her another piece of himself.
Notes: A lovely thoughtful piece about the human Doctor sharing himself with Rose.
We Drew Our Own Constellations by biggrstaffbunch.
Author's summary: Listen to all the translations of the stories across the sky. Rose learns how to speak the language of a world inverted. After all, some truths are universal--time is always changing, and adventures are only what you make of them.
Notes: Both poignant and funny- Rose and the human Doctor, and the adventures they still have.
Teen
A Life Well Lived by avoria. (WIP)
Author's summary: The life he never had. Ten/Rose. Spoilers for THAT episode (4x13).
Notes: A lovely, slow-paced multi-chapter look at the human Doctor and Rose finding their way. In progress.
Duality by Casira.
Author's summary: After the events of Journey's End, Rose and the Doctor have to discover each other -- and themselves -- anew. Spoilers for the season finale.
Notes: The little details- the Doctor's trip to get new glasses, Rose's worries about her teddy bear- make this fic.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon by ariafic.
Author's summary: Rose Tyler, after the end.
Notes: Lovely use of a fairy tale frame in a story about Rose and the human Doctor adjusting.
* Her Doctor by spastasmagoria.
Author's summary: Spoilers for Journey's End. Rose adjusts to her Doctor. Crackfic.
Notes: Absolutely hysterical.
Home is Where the Doors Are by orange_crushed.
Author's summary: CRACK ALERT. This is a silly, slightly naughty post-Journey's End ficlet that is actually based on a Hamlet pic.
Notes: Short and hysterical. The Doctor really doesn't like walls.
* In Another Life by sam_storyteller.
Author's summary: An all-too-human Doctor begins to build a life with Rose Tyler, but old ghosts -- both real and imagined -- still haunt him. And there's only so much human life you can live without a name...
Notes: Brilliant, brilliant multi-chapter story that focuses on the Doctor slowly finding his place and his way in the alt!universe. Perfect characterizations, and a well-planned plot. The parallels to Peter Wimsey and lovely and well-integrated (though not too confusing, if you haven't read Sayers).
Moving On by wmr.
Author's summary: It's still not going to be easy, for either of them - but she's determined to do the very best she can. SPOILERS for Journey's End.
Notes: A nice progression of a life. Highlights include a rather spot-on proposal scene, and eventual travels through time and space again.
No Alias by Aenaria.
Author's summary: It’s one of the fundamental rights of being human, the right to a name. And he chose his long ago. Post-JE.
Notes: The human Doctor's thoughts on naming and identity.
* Peace in our time by orange_crushed.
Author's summary: She couldn't ever have imagined a universe where he would ask such a thing, and now she's living in it.
Notes: Brilliant, funny, and absolutely fantastic dialogue. Has an equally brilliant semi-sequel, Maturity about when Rose and 10.5 are senior citizens.
Plotting a New Course by goldy_dollar.
Author's summary: The Doctor and Rose, post-Journey’s End. “I’m not him ‘cos he wouldn’t tell you he loves you? Rose, do you have any idea how screwed up that sounds?”
Notes: Multi-chapter story, dealing with the first few days after Bad Wolf Bay, including working out the details of a more independent Rose, and the Doctor struggling with being half-human.
Second Time Lucky by Dendera.
Author's summary: It must seem odd to him, she thinks, the things humans cling to. Scraps of time, moments come and gone all too quickly. It’ll be the same for him now.
Notes: Lovely, deft handling of the eventual domestic scenes.
Snooze by fid_gin.
Author's summary: Ah, the Snooze button. Man's greatest, and worst, invention.
Notes: A snippet of life from the alt-verse- 10.5 learns about the snooze button.
Sometimes by karenbee.
Author's summary: "It wasn’t fair to either of them." Three perspectives on life after Journey's End.
Notes: A bit sad, but in a realistic way. The Doctor, the human Doctor, and Rose's thoughts.
The Dream of a Fantastic Life by Dameruth.
Author's summary: Post-finale fic, full of spoilers and hope.
Notes: The human Doctor and Rose, and eventually, the alt!verse Donna. Now has a sequel in progress, Human Things.
* The Rather Odd Couple by rosa_acicularis.
Author's summary: "You can't spend the rest of your life crying. It annoys people in the movies." - Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. An angst-free look at life after Journey's End.
Notes: Hysterical and rather spot-on.
Throw Your Arms Over Your Eyes (and greet this brand new day) by biggrstaffbunch.
Author's summary:"This is the both of them, then, left to take what Fate has seen fit to spin as its final solution." Rose Tyler learns to live in a world where crossing dimensions is not a question of possibility, but of worth. Left to build a new life, she struggles to accept what has come to pass, and what will eventually be.
Notes: A lovely telling of the slow process of Rose coming to accept the human Doctor.
Twelve Months by shrak.
Author's summary: The first year after Journey's End.
Notes: A very nice take on Rose and 10.5's first year together. I love that the Doctor goes in for teaching, instead of Torchwood.
Woodpeckers and Cream Tea by wmr.
Author's summary: Now it’s her turn to see her universe anew through the Doctor’s eyes.
Notes: Rose learns the alt!verse anew. Adorable.
Adult
A Life Lived Together (237 Reasons) by ladychi.
Author's summary: Smuff. Angsty, fluffy, smutty. All in three pages.
Notes: Sex and a conversation.
All of Him by Vanderslice.
Author's summary: What can a man who owns nothing give to the woman he loves?
Notes: A thoughtful smut tag to "Journey's End".
Ambidextrous by hitlikehammers.
Author's summary: He wasn’t sure, in the end; but he was grateful, so very grateful that it was her tucked beneath him now, her hand in his, her heart under his own.
Notes: A very lovely piece based around the human Doctor only having one heart.
* And So I Dare to Hope by unfolded73.
Author's summary: In this sequel to "Testing," Rose and her Doctor start to adjust to their new life in the altverse. A spontaneous road trip through Wales brings them even closer together.
Notes: As mentioned, a sequel to Testing, but stands on its own. An excellent multi-chapter exploring the growing relationship between the human Doctor and Rose. Nice appearances from Jackie and alt!Donna. There's a one-shot follow-up, The Last Meal of a Condemned Man.
Beginnings by SCAngel. (WIP)
Author's summary: Sometimes beginnings are as difficult as endings. And sometimes they come together.
Notes: Deft handling of Rose and 10.5 at a moment of change; with the highlight of some lovely references to Nine. In progress, updated sporadically.
Winnowing by karenbee.
Author's summary: She tries desperately to separate the two of them, while he tries to convince her that he is the same man.
Notes: Excellent take on Rose and the Doctor's various hang-ups, interwoven with smut.
NEW You That Way; We This Way by nonelvis.
Author's summary: It isn’t as though the Doctor intended to visit Rose and his duplicate. At least, that’s what he tries to tell himself.
Notes: Ten accidentally drops in on Rose and his duplicate three years on. Conversations and sex ensue. Thoughtful and true to character.