Fic: Slivers of ice (Doctor Who)

Title: Slivers of ice
Author: flowsoffire
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/characters: River/Eleven, mentions of the Ponds, Clara and Madame Vastra.
Genre: Romance/Angst
Rating: T
Word count: c. 3300
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Summary: River does not approve of her husband retiring on a cloud. She thought she could make a difference; the presumption did not last long. In which the dark days seem too dark to breathe through, and a living woman is treated as a ghost. Headcanon/insight piece, set between Manhattan and Snowmen.
Author's note: Holy goodness! This fic was a long time coming. Well, months in fact. Originally this was me dealing with Manhattan and Snowmen, and filling in my headcanon blanks, as I couldn’t imagine how River could have allowed her husband to go off retiring on his cloud, of all things, without delivering a good kick to his sorry Time Lord arse. Then time went by with the fic fully written on my notebook and me too busy or lazy to type, edit and post it—the finale happened, and my headcanon was shoved upside down. XD It’s taken me that long to properly tackle this fic and give it a good rewrite and a new direction. Got done eventually.

I have the lovely a_phoenixdragon to thank for her relentless and squeeful support! Thanks for always being so supportive, honey =)

To help figure out the setting: the Doctor is between Manhattan and Snowmen, after Darillium. River has done Manhattan, but not Darillium yet when she seeks him out. The rest should be self-explanatory.

Enjoy!




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