Fic: How the Life Goes On (Ten, Sarah)

Title: How the Life Goes On
Author: Doyle
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Characters: Ten, Sarah Jane, K9, no relationships
Notes: For pie_is_good for the Tenth Doctor ficathon; request was for Ten being excited over something mundane, Sarah Jane, and stroking bits of the TARDIS, with no romantic stuff between Doctor and companion. Set after Doomsday and The Runaway Bride, though no spoilers beyond that Rose spoiler.
Summary: “Of all the flowerbeds in all the gardens in all of South-East England, you had to end up in mine.”

It had been an uneasy night. She had fallen asleep in front of some tat on BBC3 – puff pieces on reality TV, that was all editors wanted these days – and drifted into strange dreams where Anthea Turner brandished chocolate bars in her face, shrieking all the while that she’d never be the perfect housewife if she let her robot dog do all the cleaning. “But I’m not a housewife,” Sarah tried to protest; “I’m not married, and I’m certainly not married to a house, thank you.” Anthea started to cry, her face melting and dribbling away until there was nothing left but circuits and two puffy, staring eyes, and then Sarah jerked awake. ( Read more... )

(x-posted sarahjane_fic, dwfiction)