There Are No Happy Endings (And No One Ever Says Goodbye), After Ever

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Claim: Doctor Who, general series
Title: There Are No Happy Endings (And No One Ever Says Goodbye)
Author: saganamidreams
Characters: Mickey Smith, Jackie Tyler
Prompt: 20 - Fight
Rating: G
Length: Long
Brief summary: I adore fics about these two people that Rose has hurt worst, and saganamidreams captures them both perfectly here. Mickey is so down-to-Earth but that doesn't keep him from hurting since Rose pretty much abandoned him, and his friendship with Jackie is perfectly shown here. It's practical and not dressed up in pretty language and they're not comfortable getting emotional with each other, but it means so much to both of them.
Link to the story: There Are No Happy Endings (And No One Ever Says Goodbye)


Claim: Doctor Who, general series
Title: After Ever
Author: astra_argentea
Characters: Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler, Ninth Doctor
Prompt: 11 – Character Study
Rating:
Length: Medium
Brief summary: And scratched into the steel plating of a console in a Time Agency building not yet dreamed of, bustling with people, left to dust centuries ago, a list: Jack ♥ Cassie Rachel Amy Thomas Joshua Tina Peter Scribble. Next to it, in marker pen, cold and mocking and perfectly precise: Jack ♥ Who this week?
Jack in spades, a sharp and uncompromising look at his relationships and his self-image. The unique style and the use of math and fairy tales to euphemize the inner struggle just work, on all levels.
Link to the story: After Ever