marcasite: “What plays out between the Doctor and Clara will, however, leave you if not in tears then totally, utterly and wonderfully emotionally drained. It’s deep stuff; for a man with two hearts who’s not from these parts, it’s the most human of touches and such a fitting end to the series.”  (x) I need …

The Dark Days of Us – Chapter 4 – marcasite – Doctor Who (2005) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works It’s everything that she thinks she should understand about him and can’t. It’s everything she wants to predict about him but is unable. It’s everything that he thinks she should understand about her and can’t. It’s everything he wants to predict about …

The Dark Days of Us – Chapter 3 – marcasite – Doctor Who (2005) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works Were they always destined for this? Always pushing, pulling each other over lines and into walls. Always pressing boundaries that were drawn in crooked lines. Always wanting to test each other to see who would go the farthest. Is this them now? …