Fic: UNIT: Lonely House

[thisbluespirit]

Title UNIT: Lonely House
Author: lost_spook
Rating: Teen (for very occasional language & some angst in future chapters).
Characters: Colonel Crichton, Liz Shaw, Original Characters

Summary:
November 1985: There’s alien slime and tea and explosions, but that’s just UNIT. Now Colonel Crichton’s trying to wage a war with words instead of guns, Torchwood want their ghost back and sometimes it takes more than winning to save a life. (But after that, they’ll be right back to tea and explosions and people turning green and saving the world.)



This is the fic I was talking about. jjpor and primsong both asked the fatal 'what happened next?' question, or something vaguely along those lines enough to encourage me to drag out my many sheets of scribbled-on A4 paper and try and make something that would stand up.

So bear with me, to make it work, I am playing games of a sort. And considering that this is already low on actual Who characters, I'm really pushing my luck this time.

But keep with it till I get to Part Two...)

Comments

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Great stuff so far - I've said it in the reviews, but it bears repeating - poor Tilly! You really convey her dislocation and awkwardness in her new life, but also her indomitable spirit. And poor Nat! Can't wait for the Colonel to unleash hell on Torchwood for their thuggish shenanigans (well, unleashing hell might be a bit strong, but I bet he'll give them a good talking too!).

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you very much. :-D I'm glad Tilly's come off all right, since writing her is a bit of a tightrope walk (if that's not a mixed metaphor).

And I can't possibly comment on behalf of Colonel Crichton. In fact, I can't comment on anything at this stage!

Although, when we get there in this fic, I will tell you what I was writing at the same time as writing cake fic when I stopped to read this. Really, they are not things that should be written in tandom...

[thisbluespirit]

I don't suppose my garbled reply to this comment has recurred to you, but I can now say, that, thanks to this, the Colonel did give Torchwood a talking to.

And also that you posted this when i had just been wrestling with the end of the cake!fic at the same time as trying to write suicidal Tilly in a way that wouldn't go headfirst over the edge of what's acceptable. (As in, there are a lot of sharp implements in a medical lab, for instance). If I came back, saw your nice little comment about her 'indomiatble spirit' and my head imploded, you'll have to forgive me. :lol: