I Hoped There'd Be Stars ("Elder" challenge)

[templeremus]

This might be breaking the rules, or very bad form at least, and the lovely paynesgrey is free to delete if so. But it's four in the morning here, I am going a bit stir-crazy, and in these unprecedented times I wanted to share something I started writing explicitly for this upcoming prompt about two weeks ago. Here it is.

Title: I Hoped There'd Be Stars
Genre: Action/Adventure/Angst
Characters: Thirteenth Doctor
Word Count: 970
Rating: Soft R (see triggers below)
Summary: Keep your faith. Despite everything, keep your faith. The Doctor, alone, after series 12. Spoilers for The Timeless Children.
Triggers: This work contains references to captivity, implied but not graphic child abuse, aftermath of torture, and societal shame. It does, however, have a hopeful ending.

archiveofourown.org/works/23225401

 

Comments

[paynesgrey]

I'm fine with it! I'm glad you were inspired. Thanks for entering and we'll use it for the next challenge too!
Thanks for always keeping the community alive.

[templeremus]

Thank you. That finale will be rattling around my head for a good time yet, I can tell. And I'm glad about that. Because even though the narrative set out to break the Doctor in just about every way conceivable - paralysing her, stripping her of her defences, her friends, her sense of self, her entire bloody life - she prevailed. Hope prevails. Friends stay safe. And in all the darkness, the stars keep shining. It wasn't the story I expected, but it's the one that, right now, I need.