Rec [Fic]: Various River fics on Ao3
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tardis_libraryTitle: love looks not with the eyes
Creator:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
mygalfriday
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Length/Size: 63,855 words
Creator's Summary: Still holding onto his wrist, River turns slowly and comes face to face with her pickpocket. He’s older than she’d expected – fluffy gray curls peeking out from beneath a battered top hat. Tall and thin, he wears a shabby black coat and leans heavily on a walking stick. He’s staring right at her but his eyes are oddly blank and she realizes with a jolt that he’s blind.
“Well no wonder I caught you,” she mutters, watching him frown in her direction. “You can’t even see what you’re doing.”
Characters/Pairings: Twelve/River
Warnings/Notes: Victorian AU
Reasons for reccing: This is just the most wonderful AU. The author has fully realized River and Twelve as they are in canon and yet, completely made me believe they are not out of place in Victorian times. Missy, Nardole, Bill, Amy, Rory, Clara, they're all here and it's glorious!
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13302993
Title: but she prefers two lumps of sugar and tea
Creator:mygalfriday
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Length/Size: 12,603
Creator's Summary: “What, no non-fat latte with a caramel drizzle or triple venti soy latte with no foam? Half sweet non-fat macchiato with an extra shot? Two percent foam? Three pumps? Upside down or some other rubbish?”
Stifling a smile at his harassed and suspicious expression, River shakes her head and says simply, “No. Just tea.”
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: coffee shop AU
Reasons for reccing: Another marvelous work by mygalfriday(BrinneyFriday). This is another AU set in a coffee shop. Twelve is lovably grumpy and he and River have wonderful chemistry. Clara and Missy are here again as well.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9724709
Title: Sex Storm
Creator:nonelvis
Rating: Explicit
Word Count/Length/Size: 3403
Creator's Summary: Somehow, it took the Doctor three weeks to deliver Clara's coffee. Well, he did say he got distracted ...
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: Porn With Plot
Reasons for reccing: This one is a hot little number set for right after the Doctor regenerates. It's rather early in River's timeline. Their banter here is spot on and really steamy as is the sex. It's also pretty funny.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4440179
Title: the dark hills i would have to cross to reach you
Creator:mygalfriday
Rating: Teen and up
Word Count/Length/Size: 3,036
Creator's Summary: He might have been bitter if it hadn’t taken him all of five minutes after escaping the virtual clutches of a very ugly monk to realize that while he may not be able to see, his psychically wired sunglasses can access any data from anywhere. If there’s one benefit to being blind and having his wife inside a data core, it’s that communicating just got a hell of a lot easier.
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: Inspired by the line in Extremis: “There’s always one thing you can do from inside a computer. You can always email.”
Story title from Words, Wide Night by Carol Ann Duffy.
Reasons for reccing: This one is absolutely lovely. Missy and Nardole and Bill are here and River's voice is dead on even though she doesn't physically make an appearance at all. It's almost a bit of a fix-it fic.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10963635
Title: Don't Overthink It, Sweetie
Creator:LittlePageAndBird
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Length/Size: 9,254
Creator's Summary: Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Today is one of those days, and they're going to worship each other like all the stars are crumbling down around them.
River survives the Library and after saving the Universe, she and her husband have the reunion they deserve.
Otherwise known as the Doctor's first dream in Last Christmas.
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: As with the other stories in this little drabble series, this is set in a Whoniverse in which River somehow manages to escape the Library and find the Twelfth Doctor. Or does she?
Reasons for reccing: If you breeze over the summary, this is a wonderful AU, and you might not even notice anything amiss. A really excellent companion to the episode Last Christmas.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4339967/chapters/9842822
Title: we keep this love in a photograph
Creator:mygalfriday
Rating: Teen and up
Word Count/Length/Size: 8,447
Creator's Summary: The camera catches his eye in the middle of a search for his favorite jumper, the worn strap poking out from beneath a wayward cushion. He picks it up with a grumble about old companions never picking up after themselves, straightening to study his find. It’s an old polaroid - the kind from the sixties that offered instant gratification. “Rubbish,” he mutters, and hangs it around his neck anyway.
Characters/Pairings: Twelve/River
Warnings/Notes: None
Reasons for reccing: This lovely story goes through 24 years on Darillium through the lens of a camera. It's bittersweet and I love it.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10699989
Creator:
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Length/Size: 63,855 words
Creator's Summary: Still holding onto his wrist, River turns slowly and comes face to face with her pickpocket. He’s older than she’d expected – fluffy gray curls peeking out from beneath a battered top hat. Tall and thin, he wears a shabby black coat and leans heavily on a walking stick. He’s staring right at her but his eyes are oddly blank and she realizes with a jolt that he’s blind.
“Well no wonder I caught you,” she mutters, watching him frown in her direction. “You can’t even see what you’re doing.”
Characters/Pairings: Twelve/River
Warnings/Notes: Victorian AU
Reasons for reccing: This is just the most wonderful AU. The author has fully realized River and Twelve as they are in canon and yet, completely made me believe they are not out of place in Victorian times. Missy, Nardole, Bill, Amy, Rory, Clara, they're all here and it's glorious!
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13302993
Title: but she prefers two lumps of sugar and tea
Creator:
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Length/Size: 12,603
Creator's Summary: “What, no non-fat latte with a caramel drizzle or triple venti soy latte with no foam? Half sweet non-fat macchiato with an extra shot? Two percent foam? Three pumps? Upside down or some other rubbish?”
Stifling a smile at his harassed and suspicious expression, River shakes her head and says simply, “No. Just tea.”
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: coffee shop AU
Reasons for reccing: Another marvelous work by mygalfriday(BrinneyFriday). This is another AU set in a coffee shop. Twelve is lovably grumpy and he and River have wonderful chemistry. Clara and Missy are here again as well.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9724709
Title: Sex Storm
Creator:
Rating: Explicit
Word Count/Length/Size: 3403
Creator's Summary: Somehow, it took the Doctor three weeks to deliver Clara's coffee. Well, he did say he got distracted ...
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: Porn With Plot
Reasons for reccing: This one is a hot little number set for right after the Doctor regenerates. It's rather early in River's timeline. Their banter here is spot on and really steamy as is the sex. It's also pretty funny.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4440179
Title: the dark hills i would have to cross to reach you
Creator:
Rating: Teen and up
Word Count/Length/Size: 3,036
Creator's Summary: He might have been bitter if it hadn’t taken him all of five minutes after escaping the virtual clutches of a very ugly monk to realize that while he may not be able to see, his psychically wired sunglasses can access any data from anywhere. If there’s one benefit to being blind and having his wife inside a data core, it’s that communicating just got a hell of a lot easier.
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: Inspired by the line in Extremis: “There’s always one thing you can do from inside a computer. You can always email.”
Story title from Words, Wide Night by Carol Ann Duffy.
Reasons for reccing: This one is absolutely lovely. Missy and Nardole and Bill are here and River's voice is dead on even though she doesn't physically make an appearance at all. It's almost a bit of a fix-it fic.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10963635
Title: Don't Overthink It, Sweetie
Creator:
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Length/Size: 9,254
Creator's Summary: Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Today is one of those days, and they're going to worship each other like all the stars are crumbling down around them.
River survives the Library and after saving the Universe, she and her husband have the reunion they deserve.
Otherwise known as the Doctor's first dream in Last Christmas.
Characters/Pairings: River/Twelve
Warnings/Notes: As with the other stories in this little drabble series, this is set in a Whoniverse in which River somehow manages to escape the Library and find the Twelfth Doctor. Or does she?
Reasons for reccing: If you breeze over the summary, this is a wonderful AU, and you might not even notice anything amiss. A really excellent companion to the episode Last Christmas.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4339967/chapters/9842822
Title: we keep this love in a photograph
Creator:
Rating: Teen and up
Word Count/Length/Size: 8,447
Creator's Summary: The camera catches his eye in the middle of a search for his favorite jumper, the worn strap poking out from beneath a wayward cushion. He picks it up with a grumble about old companions never picking up after themselves, straightening to study his find. It’s an old polaroid - the kind from the sixties that offered instant gratification. “Rubbish,” he mutters, and hangs it around his neck anyway.
Characters/Pairings: Twelve/River
Warnings/Notes: None
Reasons for reccing: This lovely story goes through 24 years on Darillium through the lens of a camera. It's bittersweet and I love it.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10699989
