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Fandom: Gallifrey Audios
Character: Romana
Additional Tags: Post-Audio 02.05: Imperiatrix, Imprisonment, Suicidal Ideation, Angst, references to various canon traumas
Length: ~2k
Summary: Trapped in a cell by Pandora, Romana has only her memories for company.
shoutout to everyone who voted for me to post this one first — here you go! ❤️
oooh, something Gallifrey-related with the prompt “lighthouse“?
September Prompts 🌻
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"It's been a while since I've done any rowing," Brax grunts, rowing the oars back and forth through the murky waters. The wind and water whipping at their skin as though they were thousands of tiny sharp knives. It was almost impossible to see in front of him if it weren't for the ever-lasting matches they had. "How far now?"
Narvin lifts the lantern above his head., seeing the lighthouse on top of the rocks, its light beaming out in the distance. The lighthouse that was currently their home. "The lighthouse is another couple hundred feet away, though frankly, it's quite hard to give an accurate report in this weather. Romana and Leela should be waiting for us with Rayo."
"You know, I've never stayed in a lighthouse before," Brax tells him. "Have you?"
"No, but Leela has told me the tale of her adventure with the Doctor staying in one." Narvin puts the lantern down beside him, careful to keep a tight grip on it so it doesn't ignite the boat. The boat roughly riding over the waves made Narvin's stomach curdle, and he tries hard to hide the fact he wants to do nothing more than throw up over the side of the boat. But he won't give Brax that satisfaction.
"She calls it the Horror of Fang Rock, doesn't she?" Brax recalls. "Now there's a good title for a gothic story. Or a renaissance painting."
"You and your art," Narvin huffs, rolling his eyes. "Even now, you still talk of it."
"What's the problem with that? Hmm?" Brax glares at him. "With all the destruction and devastation that is going on in the universe right now, Narvin, it is important to find beauty even in the smallest things. Otherwise, our souls would just turn to rot and be full of hate and we'd be no better than the Daleks. You're a Patrex, I thought you'd appreciate art and its beauty."
"My relationship with art is complicated." He scowls, turning his gaze away from Brax's penetrating stare, and turns to look out at the blackness of the sea. Complicated. Because yes, he was a Patrex, and his Chapter was known for their artistic talents and Narvin did have artistic talent, but it was something he has never shown the others. Not even Brax. It was something too personal and he wasn’t quite ready to share it. Not yet.
"Everything is always complicated with you."
"Oh, like you're the one to talk." Narvin snaps. "You with your complicated timelines, your secrets and paradoxes. You have more layers than that of an onion to unravel."
"‘Touché." Brax clicks his tongue and dips his head, but concentrates on his rowing. "I'm sorry Narvin. With the Time War raging on above our heads, it's important for me to try and find beauty in the littlest things. Even if it's just the sounds of the birds chirping or seeing Rayo paint the walls of the lighthouse. Even Leela tending to the animals we have and seeing her face light up with joy when she returns from a hunt. Or with Romana in the library, reading a book by the fire. I may be selfish for saying this but...part of me wishes we could stay here, forever."
Narvin turns his eyes away from the abyss of darkness, turning once more into Brax's gentle blue eyes. "Part of me wishes it too, Brax." He says, so softly, that his voice almost got lost against the crashing of the waves as the boat continues to lurch forwards. "But nothing lasts forever."
"No," Brax agrees sadly. "Nothing ever does and forever is a very long time."
The boat hit the sand and Brax put the oars down. "Here we are." He stands up carefully, Narvin giving him a helping hand and their hands entwined together and despite being cold, miserable, and wet, Brax's warmth engulfed him like a firework and he watches Brax shift the boat onto the dry land.
On the shore waiting for them despite the howling wind and rain, were Romana, Leela, and Rayo. All wearing thick, waterproofs and had brought out two spares for them and Romana and Leela hurried over to them, fussing over Brax and Narvin like mothering hens.
"We're fine." Narvin scowls, but he was pleased with being fussed over and was secretly grateful for the new waterproof jackets for he was soaked to the bone. "We got the fish. Should last us for another two weeks."
"Let's get you all inside," Romana says, concern written on her face. "And get you two warmed up before you catch your death. Rayo has prepared you both some hot cocoa."
"Now I am well and truly spoilt," Brax says, pleased and he pats Rayo on the back. "Come and help me lift this net of fish and take it to the kitchen. We can prepare them later."
Rayo grins at Brax and he grabs the other end of the fishing net with the help of Leela, Rayo talking to Brax eagerly about art he has learned from the books in the library. Romana walks beside them, smiling softly in the lantern glow with Narvin.
Narvin for the first time in his life, despite all the death and destruction he has seen, and once upon a time thinking Gallifrey was where he belonged, finally felt at home.
But first, he had to get rid of the smell of fish before the others tried to kiss him and Rayo hug him in greeting for as Brax said earlier, it was finding beauty even in the littlest things that what matters the most.
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After a very long wait between chapters in which i was working full-time and moved across the country for university, enjoy a new chapter of this AU! It’s still near and dear to my heart and I swear I haven’t abandoned it
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I’m a little depression goblin who has not published fic in years but I was seized by productive energy and wrote this ficlet.
Spoilers for Gallifrey: Time War 4, specifically for Episode 3, 'Beyond'
Gallific is looking for a new mod
Both myself and colinbakerstreet have been very busy as of late, and we just don’t have enough time to manage this blog alone anymore.
being a mod involves looking for gallifrey fanfiction on websites like tumblr, AO3, FF.net, Teaspoon, etc. and either rebloging them to the blog or posting a link to the fic, using the archive’s preexisting tag system
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Sooooo I wrote a Gallifrey thing last night/this morning. Romana/Leela/Narvin/Brax, basically hurt/comfort and fluff, spoilers for Enemy Lines.
More Politics 2017
Yes, unlike Narvin, More Politics has regenerated!
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bug me for fic recs!
aand *spins fandom wheel* let’s do one per fandom/sub fandom again!
🐛 Recommend a great WIP / unfinished chapter fic everyone should leave a comment on!
I was just talking about this one in the tags of another post, so:
Causal Sequence by @leia-stark / @joycieillustrations: Chancellor Narvin spends every evening in the Lady President’s quarters. Set during Gallifrey Series 5.
(Romana/Narvin series 5 fake relationship—because best to feed the rumors that they’re involved, especially if it hides their actual secrets. only three chapters so far and it hasn’t been updated in a while, but I really hope there’ll be more—the banter and snark between Narvin and Romana is spot on for where their relationship is at in series 5 and I really want to see how their Practical Plan inevitably leads to Complicated Emotions.)
🪳 Recommend a great AU!
in honor of it recently updating and the author promising that it will be finished(!!):
The Law of Gravitation by @bardqueenofgallifrey:
Bill Potts has had her life turned upside down - in the space of a year, she's ended up as one fourth of the biggest band of the century, and become a global lesbian icon. Which, let there be no misunderstandings, is pretty awesome.
What she didn't need was to fall for some mysterious girl who keeps turning up in the front row of their concerts, a girl with a star in her eye.
And if the gay panic weren't enough, Theodore (or, the Doctor, as his older fans call him) and Missy are sitting on some secret that only River Song seems to know anything about, a secret that could bring up a dangerous part of their past with their ex-bandmate Harold Saxon - and a horrific reporter called Kovarian seems determined to unearth it, at any cost.
(aka the band au. twelfth doctor era centric, but there are so many cameos. it’s such a delightful fic, I love reading these characters—many of whom never interacted in canon—spark off of each other. it’s fun and heartwarming and funny and angsty, and I’m looking forward to rereading at some point!)
🐞 Recommend a favorite fic or several from one of your friends, or a fic author you really look up to!
oh there’s so many I could list for this one, so let’s go with an author I look up to, but who I don’t think I’ve talked about except to friends, because I didn’t do much original posting about Steven Universe. and it’s hard to pick just one fic to rec, but let’s go with this one:
Marching On by @oathkeeper-of-tarth: Garnet, Bismuth, and Pearl, and the end that is anything but. "Change Your Mind" episode tag.
(this author was The steven universe author for me back in the peak of my SU fannish interest and wrote such amazing rebellion-era fics and character explorations. so of course, when I did a spontaneous rewatch last fall, I immediately went and found the fics of theirs I hadn’t read—including this one, which absolutely captures the nuanced feelings of the finale, starring the three og rebels.)
