#theo noble: the historical hottie

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The New Romantics [NEW SERIES ON AO3]

It’s 1978 and London is a abuzz with a new pop culture movement. Ever since David Bowie took the stage as Ziggy Stardust six years ago, the New Romantics have dominated the music scene with their glam rock personas and defiant attitudes. Their records and performances are all the rage at the city’s hottest clubs, and the Blue Box is no exception. 

John Smith, a burly man who never leaves his leather jacket at home and could lay you out flat with a single punch before you could say “banana” (but who’s actually a teddy bear on the inside), is the club’s bouncer, and has been for the past ten years. He works there with Jack Harkness, the bartender who flirts with anything that moves - much to the chagrin of his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Donna Noble, who works for the temp agency down the block. He makes a mean X-Rated Tangerine Touch, though, so she lets it slide (with the occasional well-deserved, sometimes-kinky, slap).

John’s little sister, Jane Smith, is a tiny blonde feminist firecracker who dreams of forging her way in the world with a girl power group that will blow Britain’s minds. Her piano-playing skills are unparalleled and, with Martha Jones on the guitar, she knows that they’ve got what it takes to make it big. They just need a singer. 

One comes in the unlikely form of Rose Tyler, John’s new friend (who just so happens to be an ex-stripper that went by the stage name of Red Riding Hood and no, Jack, she isn’t going to pole dance in the middle of a club where it isn’t required). After getting her a job working at the Blue Box, John and Rose grow closer, but his feelings for her may be compromised when A) she opts to join his baby sister’s band (a foolhardy endeavor which he does not approve of) as their new lead singer, and B) Dr. Theo Noble strolls into the club, all clean-cut suits, messy hair, and with an exuberant energy and a smile that makes all the girls swoon. 

Will the girls, after coining themselves “Bad Wolf”, make it big? 

Who will Rose end up with? John, who swept her off her feet when she was at her lowest; Theo, who makes her heart race and her panties drop; or Jane, whose thinly veiled crush is getting harder and harder to conceal? 

And how many times will Donna slap all of the men in her life, boyfriend, brother, and best mate included, before it’s all over?

Read the first installment, “Seasons of Love”, now!