Fic: The Rime on the Spray

[thisbluespirit]

Story: The Rime on the Spray
Author: lost_spook
Rating: All ages / PG
Word Count: WIP
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Ben Jackson, Polly
Warnings: None.

Summary: Out on a wintry moor, the TARDIS crew encounter a lone traveller and a mysterious tower.

While not truthfully written for stellastars's birthday (I actually wrote pretty much all of the longhand version in late November, after the first hard frost, which seems amusing now), the thought that fic involving Ben and Polly might be a nice offering did make me join in the latest round of fic_rush and finish Part One last night. :-D

Currently still waiting approval on Teaspoon, so be patient.

Comments

[stellastars]

Eee! Fic with One, Ben, and Polly? I'm so excited! I can't wait to read it; I'm eagerly clicking refresh on the link to the story!

♥

[thisbluespirit]

Yes. I am all miffed now, though, because in terms of birthday fic (and being that this isn't, not absolutely truthfully!), john_elliott has way, way outdone me! :lol: Lucky you!!!

Anyway, hope you like it. It's only Pt 1 so far and it's a bit of an odd one, but I shouldn't be too long with the rest, I hope. (And it's now up on Teaspoon okay.)

[john_amend_all]

If it's any comfort, I'm very impressed by your prose in that chapter.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, it is. Thank you! :-D

[stellastars]

Aww, lol! I have been a lucky girl today, with cake, and gifts that enable my sewing obsession, and fic. This Ben-and-Polly story was a wonderful, unexpected birthday surprise!

I loved Part 1! I commented over at Teaspoon just a bit ago, but forgot to mention that as I was reading, I couldn't help but think how well the imagery of the story lends itself to being a black-and-white episode, with the lovely contrast between the dark, moonless night and the white of the starlight and the frost... it's a gorgeous scene.

And, of course, you've set it up to be quite mysterious and suspenseful, so I can't wait to see what happens in Part 2!

Thank you very much for sharing this story today; I was delighted to see it appear on my flist and am thoroughly enjoying it! ♥

[thisbluespirit]

Glad you had a nice day yesterday.

And thank you for the feedback there. I'm always a bit worried if I try to improve my prose I'll only end up pretentious or something, but it must have worked for once! I think I definitely had the Tower in b&w although I hadn't really thought about the rest. :-)

I'll try not to be TOO long!