#thirteen x yaz x rose

[regenderate-fic]

When I Run Away (You're Who I Run To): Epilogue

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Word Count (Chapter): 1,190

NOTES: sorry to make you all wait so long for this… but behold! epilogue!

this is by far the longest fic i've ever finished, so thank you to everyone who's read this far <3 it's been really fun to see people's responses every week, and i hope you like this as an attempt to tie it all up.

i have a bunch of other ideas in the works, too, although some of them are pretty far off from this! but keep an eye out if you want to see the roseyazclara disaster throuple fic OR the tenrose figure skating au <3

UPDATE: I (30F) might be in love with my roommate (29F). What am I supposed to do? - u/throwRAjustgoodfriends

Okay, I’m mostly here because everyone else involved thought it would be funny to see the responses. If you don’t remember my last post, basically I thought I was straight but had just realized I had a thing for my best friend (“Lily”).

First of all, there’s not much point in the pseudonym, considering the “friend” whose place we were staying at (hi, Penny) found the post and figured out who I was talking about right away. So I’ll just call her Rose, considering that’s her name.

Second of all, thanks to whoever crossposted to Instagram, because Rose doesn’t use Reddit. But she saw it on Instagram, and long story short, everyone was right. She was totally into me, had been for years, and I can’t believe I didn’t see it sooner. (Rose and Penny both want to “enter into the record” that *they* can believe it.) Not much about our relationship has changed, to be honest, but it feels really great to finally understand how I feel. And the extra cuddling isn’t half bad, either.

That’s not where it ends, either. Somehow I’ve gone from someone who couldn’t admit I was into women to someone who has two girlfriends? We’d been spending a lot of time with Penny (she owns the shop across the street, and she was going through a rough time), and I suppose you might say one thing led to another.

All of this is to say that everything in my life has gotten much better in the last six months. I didn’t really realize this was possible when I posted. Thank you to everyone who commented on the first post, but especially Penny, of course. And if you’re ever in London, check out Bad Wolf Body Shop (and TARDIS Bakery)! 

Yaz leaned back, lifting her hands from the keyboard. “Good?” she asked.

Rose and Penny leaned in on either side of her, scanning the words on the screen. Rose nodded, but Penny gave her a sidelong look. “Where’s the bit about how incredibly sexy your newest girlfriend is?”

Yaz rolled her eyes. “Yeah, I’m posting.” 

“No, wait!” 

But it was too late: Yaz had hit the post button. She wrapped an arm around Penny’s shoulders until Penny fell across her lap, displacing the laptop—fortunately, Rose had the presence of mind to move it to the coffee table before leaning her head on Yaz’s shoulder with a contented sigh. Yaz smiled. 

“Time for bed?” she asked. 

They were still all piling into Rose’s bed most nights, even though the necessity was no longer there—Ace had gone and filled one of the rooms in Bill’s flat after one of Bill’s roommates broke their lease. She still came over most afternoons, of course, but she slept somewhere else, and theoretically Yaz could’ve slept in her bed again. In practice, though, she’d gotten used to sharing a too-small bed with Rose and Penny, and then Rose had caved and found them a bigger bed. So tonight, they sprawled out, one of Yaz’s arms flung across Penny, brushing against Rose’s side, and one of Penny’s legs slung over Yaz’s hip. Yaz pulled the blanket up to her chin, reveling in the knowledge that not only was she sitting in such coziness, but she was used to it. She borderline took it for granted. 

She fell asleep quickly, and woke up slowly. She blinked open her eyes and turned her head to see the summer sun, shining through the curtains, turning Rose’s hair gold. Penny was gone already: she’d gone back to her full time hours a couple months ago, and on days she worked she was out of bed first. Sometimes Yaz would wake up to her alarm, and she’d give Penny a bleary kiss before rolling over and falling back asleep; today, though, she’d missed it. 

She checked the time on her phone. There were five minutes before her own alarm went off. That was the best sort of morning. It meant Yaz could roll over, cuddle up next to Rose, and shut her eyes again for just a little longer. 

Her alarm went off, and Yaz sat up. She poked at Rose and laughed when Rose batted her away.

“Get up so we can get coffee,” she said. 

Rose groaned, but she pushed herself up on her elbows. “Fine.”

Ace was behind the counter when they came in. Her jacket had a new patch, Yaz noticed, a cartoonish “BOOM!” design. 

“D’you like it?” Ace asked, looking down at the patch. “Bill gave it to me. Said she had an extra.” She turned her grin on Yaz and Rose. “Penny’s in the back.”

“I’m where?” Penny had appeared in the doorway, balancing a tray of muffins on the hand not holding her cane. When she saw Yaz and Rose, her confused expression turned to a wild grin. “Oh! You’re here! D’you want a muffin?”

“Pretty sure you’re supposed to sell those,” Yaz pointed out.

Penny rolled her eyes. “Fine. D’you want to buy a muffin?”

“Dunno,” Rose said. “What’s in ‘em?” 

“Chocolate, mostly,” Penny said. “Bit of cinnamon, for the kick. Ace mixed the batter.”

“Yeah, all right,” Rose decided. 

Penny grinned. She slid the tray into the display case before using tongs to pluck a muffin off it. Before she could drop it into a bag, she looked up at Yaz. “Yaz? One for you?”

“Okay.” 

Penny put two muffins into the bag and slid it across the counter, and then she came around the counter herself to plant a kiss on each of their cheeks. 

“Good service around here,” Yaz noted, barely suppressing her grin.

“Only the best,” Penny promised. “See you later?”

Yaz and Rose both nodded. And Penny made good on the promise: that afternoon, Yaz finished a tattoo and walked out into the waiting room with her client to see Penny sprawled across three seats, trying to convince Amy that brightly colored feathers were going to be the new fashion trend. 

“Maybe for you,” Yaz said, tapping at Penny’s legs until she swung them to the floor, leaving room for Yaz to sit down. “I think I’ll be keeping my wardrobe feather-free.”

Rose’s head popped into the room. “Oh, are we having a party?”

“You’ve got a client in fifteen minutes,” Amy told her.

“That’s loads of time,” Rose replied. She sat herself down on Yaz’s lap, just like she always had—only now she was in the habit of slinging her arm around Penny’s shoulders, too, which always made Yaz feel like she had fit herself snugly into a three-person puzzle. It was strange: Yaz’s life had only been like this for six months, but somehow it felt like the only way it had ever been, the only way it could be. Here, in her shop, with the people she loved. 

She let her head rest on Penny’s shoulder, let her arm tighten around Rose’s waist, and felt a smile sneak onto her face. If she was lucky, she thought, she would have this forever.

[tonsillessscum]

Anywaysss, so does the Master regenerate based on what the Doctor's current love interest looks like? Or does the Doctor subconsciously fall in love with someone who vaguely resembles the Master in that current part of their intersecting timelines?

And is it because of their inactive/ dormant? telepathic connection? Or is it bc of the knowledge revealed during the events in the Timeless Children or is it both ?

[khruschevshoe]

You know what? I'm gonna say it. As someone who is asexual and on the aromantic spectrum myself, I'm a bit tired of the Doctor Who fans who all say that Donna is the best companion of Ten's just because they were best friends and nothing more and that automatically makes her the best companion of RTD and for a lot of you, the best companion overall.

Listen, I LOVE Donna. Adore her. And I also think that her friendship with the Doctor is amazing. But it has always rubbed me the wrong way that the companions who have a romantic interest in the Doctor (and let me tell you, there is textual evidence for every one of them that the feelings were reciprocated in some way) are somehow considered lesser BECAUSE of that interest. That just because they fell for the Doctor means that their relationship with the Doctor is cheapened in some way.

I personally think that just as platonic relationships should not be considered lesser than romantic ones, the same goes in reverse. Amy, Clara, Martha, Rose, River, and Yaz's feelings may have some weak writing decisions attached to them, but so does Donna.

Personally, I love Donna's character arc/the tragedy of her ending, but I've always felt a little disappointed by the fact that her becoming the DoctorDonna in Journey's End was not predicated on her strong characterization/choices (Ala Planet of the Ood/Fires of Pompeii) but by "fate" pushing it to happen. It's honestly more Dalek Caan than Donna making all that happen.

This is NOT to say that I don't love Donna, but just to say that the fact that she had no romantic feelings for the Doctor doesn't automatically catapult her above the rest. Romantic feelings can lead to just as interesting, well-developed character arcs/complicated dynamics as platonic ones can, from the creator/created reciprocated question mark wanting but unable to choose each other over everything dynamic of 11amy to the fascinating destroying each other saving each other one taking all of the emotional toll but honestly craving that prophet-god relationship of 10martha to the shaping each other making each other kinder and braver reminding each other there is hope dooming and saving each other of 9rose to the full dooming each other but running straight at it full tilt because we are purposefully ignoring the turn back now signs of 10rose to the batshit insane codependent reflecting each other refracting each other who is Orpheus and who is Eurydice of 12clara to the there was always someone else in the room keeping us apart but you somehow became my whole world and I knew you from birth to death and we will never be anything more than a shut door of 13yaz to the you doomed me and saved me and you hate me but you might have loved me once and i will spend the rest of my life devoted to you dynamics of 10jack 11river and 12river.

Every relationship is interesting and personal preference might steer you in a certain way due the character arcs/ending preferences/etc., but elevating one over the other because the companion wasn't "foolish" enough to fall in love with the mad genderfluid alien in a box who ran away with you and stole you away to the stars doesn't sit well with me. Romance doesn't cheapen a relationship just as it doesn't automatically make it the ultimate relationship, either.

[horseimmorality]

Nine + Rose | Thirteen + Yaz

[tenscore]

that’s why these ships are popular and hit so hard

[smallblueandloud]

i keep feeling like. there's something parallel between rose and yaz's endings. maybe parallel isn't the right word -- but i keep wanting to draw comparisons, i think because they're two characters who really defined specific doctors and for whom it's basically confirmed the doctor returned their (romantic) feelings

(they're not the ONLY ones who fit this description, but i'm in no way qualified to talk about clara or even river, so bear with me)

it just feels. i don't know. rose never leaves on purpose. she is separated from the doctor, forcibly, every single time. the doctor sends her home, or she gets stuck in an alternate universe, or the doctor leaves her in the same alternate universe. every single time, she fights to get back to the doctor. the writers had to create a perfect happy ending for her (half-human version of her doctor who'll age along with her, in the alternate universe where her father is alive) because otherwise she wouldn't stop fighting to get back to the doctor, and the show can't have that. the show needs to move on. we need rose to fade into the past.

i haven't seen all of yaz's episodes, but her arc seems very similar from the limited amount i've seen. she keeps fighting to get back to the doctor. she's in love with the doctor, and the doctor basically confirms returning her feelings, albeit in a very stilted, hesitant, doctor-y way (compare "imagine that happening to someone you--" with "and if i was going to, believe me, it would be with you").

but when yasmin's doctor regenerates... yaz is just expected to. step away, go back to living her life, never see the doctor again. kinda like the abandonment that most companions have ever experienced -- getting dropped off once and then goodbye forever! -- except with more of the onus on her. the show has to move on from rose's era, so she gets dumped on a beach. the show has to move on from yasmin's era, so yaz has to accept that the doctor is going off to die alone. she has to make her peace with that information.

i don't know. i think yaz's ending is trying to go hand-in-hand with graham and ryan's purposeful exit -- it seems like the chibnall era tried really hard to have Not Terrible endings for companions. which is very admirable! but honestly? yasmin's ending feels crueler than most, including rose's. yaz was in love with the doctor. the doctor reciprocated those feelings. they should've gotten their equivalent of s2-era 10rose! she should've gotten a chance to stay with the doctor through their regeneration, the way other love interests have been able to (s/o to river and clara!).

i know this is because of the limitations of the show. bad ratings meant chibnall left after only one regeneration, and new incarnations of the show rarely bring in characters from other eras.

but i'm still very sad for yaz :( like yes, she wasn't just dumped on the curb without warning. but she was still expected to say goodbye to someone she loved, knowing that person was dying, and not say a word of protest. if the previous history of the show is any indication, she's never going to see the doctor again. she doesn't get a half-human version of the doctor to live out her days with, and she's not "allowed" to fight to get back to the doctor, either, due to the way the show's structured (but also the way the doctor talked about them saying goodbye). she has to live the rest of her life knowing that the doctor is out there, perfectly capable of visiting, and the only reason they won't visit is because yaz is from a specific time of their life that they've moved on from.

i know she has the companion support group. and i know she'll move on! she's yaz. she's strong and self-actualized. she'll be okay, eventually. but she has to be okay, you know? she has to learn to live without the doctor. rose never had to do that.

it just makes me sad :(

[darklinaforever]

SO. I heard that the Doctor apparently said that Yaz is the most amazing person she's ever met, and that obviously pissed off a lot of fans of the Doctor's other romantic relationships. I can't verify this information, because I'm officially only at the beginning of the 13th Doctor's Air, so tell me if it's wrong. But if it's true, I feel like saying that the doctor was certainly speaking, precisely, for his 13th incarnation (who is in love with her as well), and not really for his whole long life (unless I'm wrong and if she said it, she really meant it in that sense ? If so, wtf ?). I adore Yaz for the moment, and I am sure that she will grow as a character. But let's face it. The Doctor has known far more extraordinary than her, objectively speaking, such as : Rose, Donna, Martha, River, Clara, etc. Without a doubt, Yaz is one of the most extraordinary people the doctor has ever met. But the most extraordinary short ? No. But for her 13th incarnation, knowing that she loves him ? Certainly.

[captainstressed]

really want to get active on here again, if any blogs with similar interests could interact with this post so i can follow some more awesome people that would be fab!

hyperfixations include but aren't limited to..

doctor who (nine, ten, thirteen, thasmin, tenrose etc)

criminal minds (og and evolution)

stargate sg1 (sam x jack are endgame)

the x files

knives out/glass onion (benoit blanc my beloved)

[lariskapargitay]

Whatever you do, don’t think about Yaz meeting 15

Yaz- Doctor… I never thought I’d see you again….

15- YAZ😃! *hugs her, twirls her around, kisses her cheeks* Gosh, you look beautiful, babes😃!

Yaz is first off going to be SO heartbroken bc she knows there’s an instant lack of that romantic or sexual chemistry she had with her Doctor, like there’s just nothing there anymore. She doesn’t feel anything for 15 and she just knows 15 only thinks of her as a friend, not as someone they’d spend their last few hours with watching the stars together.

But also 15 is SO affectionate and open to touch and he hugs and kisses her and he’s so playful and all Yaz is gonna think of is ‘why couldn’t that have been my Doctor? Why could she barely stand to touch or be touched but now they’re fine with it?

Like Yaz meeting 15 would be the MOST heartbreaking NuWho companion meeting up with a NuWho Doctor and it would absolutely break my heart to see it

[regenderate-fic]

When I Run Away (You're Who I Run To): Chapter 30

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Word Count (Chapter): 2,720

NOTES: didn't post yesterday because i was traveling. wrote the last bit of this on the train, so if it doesn't make any sense we can blame amtrak. but i hope i've done the ending justice! will hopefully be writing/posting an epilogue for next week :)

They were still there the next morning, all three curled together in Penny’s bed. It took Yaz a couple seconds to process the light in the room, dimmer than in Rose’s, and a couple more to remember why, exactly, she was in a different place. The previous day had been dedicated entirely to rest and recovery after the confrontation in the bakery, with both Ace and Donna showing up with plenty of baked goods in the afternoon, and then Yaz and Rose had figured the best way to fulfill their promise was to stay with Penny overnight. Penny had offered the living room sofa to Ace, too, so she wouldn’t have to spend the night alone—Yaz suspected, too, that Penny was looking for whatever community, whatever semblance of family, she could find. 

It was nice, Yaz thought now, as she stretched out as much as she could without disturbing Penny’s head on her chest—it was nice to be so under the same roof as so many people she cared about. She hadn’t expected it, when she and Rose had opened their shop. But it was nice.

Penny stirred, and on instinct Yaz lifted a hand to smooth down her hair. Penny mumbled something and rolled over, sprawling across a snoring Rose. With a quiet laugh, Yaz decided maybe that was her cue to get up: she extricated herself with great care and padded barefoot into the kitchen. Ace was already gone, the fold-out couch folded right back up with sheets and pillows neatly stacked next to it, but Donna was sitting at the table, holding a mug in both hands. 

“Good morning,” she said when Yaz came in. “Early riser?”

Yaz shrugged. “Earlier than those two.” 

“I’ve never figured it out,” Donna said. “When there’s no work to be worrying about, you can’t get Penny out of bed if your life depends on it. But whenever she’s on shift, she’s up at six and more cheerful than anyone should be about it.” She paused. “‘Course, she naps through the afternoon, half the time. Anyway, d’you want some coffee?”

“Sure,” Yaz said. “Thanks.”

“No problem.” Donna got up and started moving around the kitchen. “Made the whole pot, ‘cause I knew you lot were around. ‘Course, Ace already got to it—not that she really needs much in the way of caffeine—but still, plenty to go ‘round.” She handed Yaz a mug. “Milk or sugar?”

Yaz shook her head. “Thanks,” she said again. She took a chair, sipping at her coffee and settling into the morning. She glanced at Donna, trying to figure out what to say; it dawned on her that she hadn’t really spent much time with Donna without Penny present. “You’re not working today?”

Donna shook her head. “Graham and Ace have things covered,” she said.  “Thought I’d be more useful up here.”

“You’re probably right.” Yaz glanced back at the hall, towards where Penny and Rose were still asleep. 

“That’s if she wakes up before the bakery closes,” Donna added. 

Yaz smiled. There was another silence, this one longer. 

“Did you ever meet Penny’s mum?” Yaz finally blurted, mostly to fill the silence. “Before this, I mean.” 

“Nah. Only met her after she'd run away.” Donna sipped her coffee. “Probably for the better. Might've ripped her head off, if I'd met her at sixteen.”

Yaz laughed. “We're lucky Ace held back.”

Donna grimaced. “How long after the traumatic event do you think I have to wait before I have the no explosives in the shop conversation with Penny?”

“Not with Ace?”

“Nah, I think she got the message. It's Penny who let her bring them to begin with.” 

Yaz hummed. “I might give it a couple days. Special circumstances.”

“Suppose so.” Donna eyed Yaz. “You and Rose—you care about her, do you?”

Yaz felt her cheeks heat up. She didn’t trust herself to say anything; she just raised her eyebrows, hiding her mouth behind her mug.

“It’s nice to see,” Donna added. She hesitated. “She puts up a good show, but she doesn’t really get out much. Even before all this.”

Yaz nodded. “That doesn’t really surprise me,” she said. She sipped her coffee, turning the mug nervously in her hands. “Glad she made it to our shop, though.”

Donna smiled. “Me too.” And then, with a raise of her eyebrows—”You’d better not hurt her.”

“Would never,” Yaz said, without a second thought. “Cross my heart.”

Before Donna could reply, Yaz heard a sound behind her. She turned her head to see Penny, still in her oversized sleep shirt, her hair flattened at one side of her face. 

“Oh,” she said. “You’re here.” Without another word, she dropped into Yaz’s lap, curling up with her head against Yaz’s shoulder. Yaz wrapped an arm around her on instinct. 

“All right?” she asked. 

Penny nodded into her shoulder. “Sorry,” she said. “Was just here to get some water. In theory anyway.”

“I’ve got it.” Donna stood and moved to the sink. 

“Thanks. Forgot how tired I was.” 

“Until you saw a nice comfy seat?” Yaz teased.

“Yeah.” There wasn’t a trace of irony in Penny’s voice. 

Over the top of Penny’s head, Yaz caught Donna’s eye. They exchanged a smile, and Donna set down a full glass of water on the table. Yaz poked Penny.

“D’you want to go back to bed?” she asked. “It’ll be softer.”

Penny shifted, lifting her head. “Yeah, all right.”

Yaz prodded Penny until she slid off Yaz’s lap. Yaz stood and reached to pick up the glass, but Penny took it first; within seconds, all the water was gone. Yaz stared. 

“Thanks,” Penny said to Donna. “Very refreshing.” She took the arm Yaz offered, and they went back to the bedroom together. Rose was still fast asleep, her hair spread across the pillow; Penny brushed it aside so she wouldn’t lie on it. Yaz resumed her position on Penny’s other side, although she didn’t lie all the way down; she didn’t really feel like going back to sleep, and considering she’d just had a cup of coffee, she didn’t think she’d be able to if she tried. Instead, she pulled out her phone and started tapping at a puzzle game. When she looked back over at Penny, she was already asleep. 

Yaz sat there for the next hour or so, enjoying the coziness of an early morning spent in bed, next to people she cared about. Eventually, Rose began to stir, and Yaz looked over just as Rose’s eyes fluttered open. She smiled when she saw Yaz.

“Morning.”

Yaz smiled back. “Sleep all right?”

“Never better.” Rose pushed herself into a sitting position, a difficult maneuver when Penny’s arm was flung across her. But Penny, still dead asleep, didn’t seem to notice when Rose lifted her arm and laid it across her legs. Rose looked down at her. “Blimey, she can sleep.”

“She woke up around when I did,” Yaz said. “Not permanently.”

Rose nodded. And then she sighed, tipping her head back until it hit the wall. “I’ve just remembered we’ve got to open the shop again tomorrow.”

With everything that had happened in the last week, tattooing felt like a distant dream. “It’s going to be busy, too,” Yaz said. “To make up for last week.”

Rose groaned. “Maybe we just stay here,” she said. “Hide out. Forever.”

“You wouldn’t enjoy that,” Yaz said. “You like running the shop.”

“Ugh, whatever.” But Rose was smiling. “Suppose we’d better make the most of today.”

Yaz nodded.

“Making the most of today,” it turned out, involved spending most of the morning in bed, exchanging quiet conversation and trying not to disturb Penny. Eventually, Yaz went down to the bakery to get food for breakfast, under the assumption that no one would really want to deal with finding anything in the flat. As always, Ace greeted her brightly at the counter, and Yaz picked out breakfast sandwiches, muffins, and pastries for herself, Rose, Penny, and Donna. 

“No coffee?” Ace asked.

Yaz shook her head. “Sorry,” she said. “You’re being outdone by the machine upstairs. More convenient.”

“Suppose I’ll have to find a way to cope.” Ace passed Yaz the stuffed paper bag with a grin. “Tell the professor I said hi! Rose and Donna too, I suppose.”

“I’ll do that.” 

By the time Yaz got back upstairs, Rose, Penny, and Donna were all in the kitchen, Donna and Rose in chairs, Penny lying flat on the floor.

“Got up too soon,” she said at Yaz’s quizzical look. “Got to compensate.”

“Don’t suppose a muffin would help,” Yaz said.

Penny sat up. “D’you know, I think it might.” 

Yaz dropped a banana chocolate chip muffin into her hand, and she fell right back on the floor again, biting into the muffin. A second later, she coughed and rolled onto her side.

“You all right?” Rose asked.

“Right as rain,” Penny said, although she was still coughing a little. “Forgot how uncomfortable it is to eat lying down. Shame, too, when otherwise lying down is so nice.” 

“I dunno,” Rose said. “I always sort of drop my phone flat on my face when I’m lying down.”

“Another drawback,” Penny acknowledged. “Still, though.” But she pushed herself up on her elbow to take another bite of her muffin. Yaz watched, not realizing she had a goofy smile plastered on her face until she saw Donna looking at her out of the corner of her eye. Heat rushed into her cheeks, and she grabbed a breakfast sandwich and took a hasty bite. 

Her attempt to cover was for nothing, though: when they were all done eating, Donna made a flimsy excuse about needing to check in on the bakery, leaving Yaz, Rose, and Penny on their own. 

For a long moment, everyone was silent. The air felt thick in Yaz’s lungs. They’d agreed, last night, that they’d talk tomorrow, and this was tomorrow, and they did need to talk, but Yaz had no idea what to say.

Fortunately, Rose always seemed to know what to say. She slid from her chair onto the ground, flopped onto her back next to Penny, and said, “Right, so we probably ought to address the great big elephant in the room, yeah?”

“Oh, I love elephants,” Penny said. “Wish there were an elephant in the room. I’d take good care of it, I would.”

Yaz looked around. They were still in the kitchen area—she wasn’t sure it was even as big as an elephant. “Not in here, you wouldn’t.”

“Killjoy.”

Rose snapped her fingers. “Oi! Not the point!”

“All right, all right.” Penny waved a hand. “Metaphorical elephants only.”

“Thank you.” Rose took a deep breath. “Look, near as I can tell, there’s not even that much to talk about, is there? It’s not that complicated. Penny and me like each other, Penny and Yaz like each other, me and Yaz are dating. Saying it doesn’t need to change much.”

Yaz thought about it. She’d sort of expected to feel more discombobulated at the idea that, mere weeks after she’d accepted she was into women to begin with, she would want to be dating two of them—but it didn’t feel all that discombobulating. If anything, it felt natural. It was just right. Rose slotted so well into her life, and Penny did too.

“Yeah,” she said to Rose. She thought about it for another second, thought about spending more time with Penny, going on dates, hanging out in the bakery, and she felt her chest grow warm, and she added, “Only good changes.”

“I’ll take good changes,” Penny said. “Oh!” She sat straight up, but moments later fell heavily back on her elbows. “Does good changes mean we’re dating? Are you my girlfriends? Am I your girlfriend? I’ve never been a girlfriend before.”

Rose and Yaz exchanged a grin.

“That’s a yes from me,” Yaz said.

“Yeah, I’ll give it a go.” Rose was bordering on giddy now, and she wasn’t the only one.

“Oh, brilliant.” Penny’s smile was electric. She darted over and planted a kiss on Rose’s cheek, and then she practically jumped to her feet and did the same to Yaz, her warm lips pressing against Yaz’s skin for half a second before she fell to the ground again. “Oh. Still not ready to be up yet.”

“Or you could be up a little slower,” Yaz suggested, laughing. She reached out an arm, and Penny took it, pulling herself slowly to her feet.

“I like moving fast,” she grumbled. “Moving fast is nice. I miss when it didn’t make my head all spinny.”  But then her grin was back, and she was turning back to Rose and saying, “Hey, we’ve still got half a season of that soap left to watch, don’t we?”

Yaz made a big show of groaning, and Rose laughed.

“Shut up,” she said. “You love it really.”

“You’ll never get me to admit it,” Yaz replied. Still, she stood up, holding out an arm to Penny. Instead of taking it, Penny wiggled into it, wrapping the arm around her waist and reaching her own arm out for Rose.

“Bit dramatic for a trip to the sofa, isn’t it?” Rose asked, even as she stood and let Penny pull her in.

“Oh, but I’ve got to have my girlfriends with me,” Penny said brightly, and Yaz and Rose both laughed as the three of them made their way over to the sofa.

When Donna came back half an hour later, she found them piled on top of each other, engaged in a bitter argument about whether or not they’d seen one of the one-off actresses before in one of the other shows Rose liked. Penny insisted she was the same, but Rose was sure she was different, and Yaz, who didn’t remember the other show all that well, was feeding both arguments whenever she felt like it, mostly for her own entertainment. She caught Donna’s eye for a brief second; Donna just shook her head and said, “You know, Ace and Graham have a bet going on about you three.”

Yaz scoffed. “What, again?”

“What’re the stakes?” Penny asked.

“Twenty quid.”

“What’s it on?” Rose asked.

“Ace thinks the three of you are—how’d she put it?—in deep gay love. Graham isn’t convinced.” Donna raised her eyebrows. “Something tells me he’s going to be paying up.”

“Might be a little soon to be saying things like deep gay love,” Rose pointed out.

Donna shrugged. “Don’t ask me. I’m just the messenger.” She paused. “But I’m getting the sense that maybe the messenger ought to leave you three alone for a bit. If you’re all right, Penny.”

“I’m brilliant.” Penny beamed. “Don’t worry about me.”

“All right, then,” Donna said. “I’ll be downstairs.” She disappeared out the door, and Yaz settled back into the sofa, doing her best not to jostle Penny’s head against her chest.

At the end of the day, nothing really had changed, and that was what was so lovely. Very literally, at the end of the day Yaz asked if Penny wanted to come sleep in their flat above the tattoo shop, since they did need to actually open it tomorrow, and Penny agreed on the condition she could hang out in the waiting room and terrorize the customers, which Yaz and Rose agreed to immediately. And Ace was sitting in the living room when they got in, throwing animated bombs at animated cars, and when she saw them she paused the game and leaned forward and asked, “Was I right?” and Yaz rolled her eyes and Penny said, “’Course you were right.” And then she started asking Ace about the bombs, and Ace explained she’d almost narrowed down the materials, but it was hard because they were video game bombs and obviously not intended to be made in real life. Not that she was going to make them, of course, but—Yaz started cooking around that point, so she didn’t really catch the rest of the conversation, but the chatter in the background kept a smile on her face. And she ate with Rose and Penny and Ace, and fell asleep crammed into a too-small bed with two people she loved, and nothing had changed, but it still all seemed so much better.

[whywhatswrongwithblue]

can you recommend some mia fics

yesss i can! love me some mia fic (these are all exclusively tentoo x rose)

1. hush now to sleep, on the wings of a butterfly by @nostradamus0 (the freaking MASTER of mia fics btw)

Mia pretends to fall asleep in the car so she'll be carried inside.

2. little heartbeat, let me tell you about the bush called honeysuckle by @nostradamus0

Snapshots throughout the early childhood of Mia Tyler, usually revolving around her father’s increasingly bad nicknames.

3. One & Precious Life by @metacrisisdoctor (also a freaking master of mia fic)

A little one shot slice of life based piece on a panel of Empire of The Wolf. Just tooth rotting fluff.

4. The Sweetest Gift by @metacrisisdoctor

Mia comes down with a cold a few days before her sixth birthday and has some big feelings about it, but her parents know just how to make her big day special nonetheless.

5. Getting Home by @nounpolycule

Drabble featuring Eleven, the Ponds and Mia

6. once more unto the breach by @naaer

The Doctor bumps into a not-so-familiar face following an unexpected landing (Thirteen and Yaz meet Mia)

7. adventure of a lifetime by @naaer

Her tired, slightly intense expression softened at the sight of him. “Yeah, of course. She’s yours, after all."

8. everything smoky-smelling by @lordy-lou

The first year that Mia sees the woman is on her seventh Halloween. Her papa had taken her trick-or-treating—talking the entire time about how it’d been very boringly different in the universe he’d been born in (she didn’t believe his stories half the time, but she knew at least this part was true)—and she’d been so very occupied with jumping from perfectly crunchy leaf to leaf that she didn’t realize she’d wandered away from her father’s watchful gaze.

and if you don't mind a little self rec xD...

9. Dimorphous Expressions of Positive Emotion

The Doctor wrestles with a bad case of cuteness aggression

10. One Day Closer to Death

The Doctor stumbles into Pete’s World. Twenty years later, saying goodbye is still hard. (Ten meets Mia)

pretty sure i'm forgetting a few but these are ten fics off the top of my head!

[periwinklefox13]

Hello, welcome to my blog!

Im Periwinkle13 but you can call me Periwinkle, Peri, Wink, or any nicknames you can try and make up!

My pronouns are she/they, but I don't mind which one you use, if you don't know which set I feel comfortable with you can always ask!

The fandoms I'm in are Warrior Cats, Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Cattails, SJA, TADC, LSOH, and Ride the Cyclone!

My DMs are open, no NSFW stuff though. I also won't accept commissions (goes both ways).

Emoji anons/nonnies || 🦈

DNI list:

Homophobic/Anti-LGBTIA+

Racist

Ableist

Sexist/Misogynist

Ace-Exclusionist

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I have a Fanfiction blog for cringy fanfic: @winkcats-world

I also have an Askblog for my OCs: @thegirlfriendsofuraniumcity

I'm also secretary of the State of the Zolarian Cult

I ship:

Whoniverse:

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Warrior Cats:

Firestar x Sandstorm

Graystripe x Millie x Silverstream

Brightheart x Cloudtail

Leafstar x Billystorm

Janto (Jack x Ianto from Torchwood)

Towen (Toshiko x Owen from Torchwood)

Thasmin (Thirteen x Yaz from Doctor Who)

/P The ponds (Rory x Amy from Doctor Who)

Tenrose (Tenth Doctor x Rose Tyler)

Ninerose (Ninth Doctor x Rose Tyler)

Yowzah/twiver (Eleventh x River/Twelve x River)

Space wives (River x Thirteen)

Twissy ( Twelve x Missy)

Thrissy/missteen (Thirteen x Missy)

Tenjack/ninejack (Ten x Jack/Nine x Jack)

Doctorjackrose (Doctor x Jack x Rose)

Thoschei (Doctor x Master)

The lesbians of Doctor who (Bill x Heather and Vastra x Jenny)

Dndoctor/timerogue (fifteenth Doctor x Rogue)

Roguekiss (Rogue x Jack)

Roguecoffee (I CAME UP WITH THIS ONE) (Rogue x Jack)

Roguecoffeekiss (I CAME UP WITH THIS ONE) (Rogue x Ianto x Jack)

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Helluverse:

Chaggie (Charlie x Vaggie)

Huskerdust (Husk x Angel)

Cherrisnake (Cherri bomb x Pentinous)

EX Fallen wings ( ex girlfriend Lute x Vaggie)

Guitarspear (Adam x Lute)

/P Radiorose ( platonic Alastor x Rosie)

Stolitz (Stolas x Blitz)

Fizzmodeus (Fizzarolli x Asmodeus)

M&M (Millie x Moxie)

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Ride the Cyclone:

Nischa (Noel x Misha)

Perfectsugar (Ocean x Constance)

Flowerrap (Taila x Misha)

Spacedolls (Ricky x Jane Doe)

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My favorite songs:

P.U.N.K girl (Heavenly)

Rodeo town and Superpowerless (The Kills)

Trapdoor (twenty one pilots)

One of us, Gimme gimme gimme, Angel Eyes, Winner Takes it all (ABBA)

[bestshipsmackdown]

Round One Masterlist

Side One

Side One: Group One: Round One

Mike Wheeler x Will Byers from Stranger Things vs. Caitlyn Kiramann x Vi from Arcane

Side One: Group Two: Round One

Evan Buckley x Eddie Diaz from 911 vs. Naruto Uzumaki x Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto

Side One: Group Three: Round One

Percy Jackson x Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson & the Olympians vs. Buffy Summers x Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Side One: Group Four: Round One

Kazuki Kurusu x Rei Suwa from Buddy Daddies vs. Shibasaki Aizo x Someya Yujiro from Honeyworks[Confession Executive Committee]

Side One: Group Five: Round One

Gimli x Legolas from Lord of the Rings vs. Reki Kyan x Langa Hasegawa from Sk8 the Infinity

Side One: Group Six: Round One

Perfuma x Scorpia from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs. Caleb Widowgast x Essek Thelyss from Critical Role

Side One: Group Seven: Round One

Phoenix Wright x Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney vs. Jonathan Harker x Mina Murray from Dracula

Side One: Group Eight: Round One

Will Solace x Nico Di Angelo from Heroes of Olympus vs. Bakugou Katsuki x Todoroki Shouto from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia]

Side One: Group Nine: Round One

Gon Freecss x Killua Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter vs. KJ Brandman x Mac Coyle from Paper Girls

Side One: Group Ten: Round One

Adora x Catra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs. Howl Jenkins Pendragon x Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle

Side One: Group Eleven: Round One

Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya/Joker x Goro Akechi from Persona 5[Persona 5 Royal] vs. Crowley x Aziraphale from Good Omens

Side One: Group Twelve: Round One

Kim Dokja x Yoo Joonghyuk from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint vs. Dustfinger x Resa from Inkheart

Side One: Group Thirteen: Round One

Edward Nygma x Oswald Cobblepot from Gotham vs. Enid Sinclair x Wednesday Addams from Wednesday

Side One: Group Fourteen: Round One

Korra x Asami from The Legend of Korra vs. Magnus Chase x Alex Fierro from Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Side One: Group Fifteen: Round One

Hiyori Suzumi x Yujiro Someya x Aizo Shibasaki from Honeyworks[Confession Executive Committee] vs. Eda Clawthorne x Raine Whispers from The Owl House

Side One: Group Sixteen: Round One

Lance x Keith from Voltron: Legendary Defender vs. Nancy Wheeler x Robin Buckley from Stranger Things

Side Two

Side Two: Group One: Round One

Rose Lalonde x Kanaya Maryam from Homestuck vs. Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa from Six of Crows

Side Two: Group Two: Round One

Jack Harkness x Rose Tyler x The Ninth Doctor from Doctor Who vs. Will Parry x Lyra Silvertongue from His Dark Materials

Side Two: Group Three: Round One

Dean Winchester x Castiel from Supernatural vs. Wylan Hendricks x Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows

Side Two: Group Four: Round One

Luz Noceda x Amity Blight from The Owl House vs. Dream x Hob from The Sandman

Side Two: Group Five: Round One

Hikaru Indou x Yoshiki Tsukajinaka from Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu vs. Bakugou Katsuki x Kirishima Eijirou from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia]

Side Two: Group Six: Round One

Troy Barnes x Abed Nadir from Community vs. Tara Maclay x Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Side Two: Group Seven: Round One

Yasmin “Yaz” Khan x The Thirteenth Doctor from Doctor Who vs. Merlin x Arthur Pendragon from Merlin

Side Two: Group Eight: Round One

Fred Jones x Daphne Blake x Velma Dinkley x Norville “Shaggy” Rogers from Scooby-Doo vs. Nomi Marks x Amanita Caplan from Sense8

Side Two: Group Nine: Round One

Imogen Temult x Laudna from Critical Role vs. Nana Osaki x Nana “Hachi” “Hachiko” Komatsu from Nana

Side Two: Group Ten: Round One

Michael “Mike” Wazowski x James P. Sullivan “Sulley” from Monsters, Inc. vs. Rapunzel x Eugene “Flynn Rider” Flitzherbert from Tangled

Side Two: Group Eleven: Round One

Link x Zelda from The Legend of Zelda vs. Captain Kirk x Spock from Star Trek

Side Two: Group Twelve: Round One

Gideon Nav x Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb Series vs. Laura Moon x Mad Sweeney from American Gods

Side Two: Group Thirteen: Round One

Marinette Dupain-Cheng[Ladybug] x Adrien Agreste[Chat Noir] from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir [Miraculous Ladybug] vs. Eddie Kaspbrak x Richie Tozier from It

Side Two: Group Fourteen: Round One

Yang Xiao Long x Blake Belladonna from RWBY vs. Bugs Bunny x Daffy Duck from Looney Tunes

Side Two: Group Fifteen: Round One

@bracket-bracket x @thecompetitionshowdowntournament x @ultimate-poll-tournament from tumblr.com vs. Death[El Lobo de la Muerte] x Puss in Boots x Kitty Softpaws from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Side Two: Group Sixteen: Round One

Todoroki Touya[Dabi] x Takami Keigo[Hawks] from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs. Morticia Addams x Gomez Addams from The Addams Family

[grandadtwelve]

Angus Flint and/or Bill Potts?

unfortunately have not seen the entirety of lair of the white worm so let’s do bill !!

sexuality hc: I mean it’s canon but 🫵🏼 lesbian

otp: unfortunately I find heather deeply boring but I loveeee a jenny (doctors daughter) x bill rarepair moment

brotp: I genuinely think rose and her would get along SOO well. but within canon definitely twelve

notp: I said this before but her and thirteen or her and river or her and missy all make me deeply uncomfy bc like. she’s the doctors kid, yk?

random hc: yaz met her once. the doctor was having a bad day/being an asshole so yaz went to some cafe on whatever alien planet they’d landed on instead of hanging around the tardis. bill was there, sitting alone with an earth book. yaz struck up a conversation, one thing led to another, and bill gave her advice about her “girl trouble” for a full forty-five mins before she actually realized who yaz was talking about

favorite line: bill has some really fucking funny lines but my favorite has to be the “do you know any sci fi?” it was just too good

one way in which I relate to this character: I really love her reactions to things! I think they’re much closer to how I would react than some of the other companions

what gives me second hand embarrassment about this character: nothing she’s perfect xo

cinnamon roll or problematic fave

[badxwolf]

I am looking for a beta reader for a Thirteen x Rose reunion fic! It’s nearly done, I expect to have the whole thing ready by next week at the latest. I wanted to start looking for a beta reader now because I’m new to this.

Here is a bit of info: 8-10k words, teen rating, CW for angst, trauma and mentioned character death. Hurt/comfort with a happy ending. Mentions of TentooRose (pro Tentoo). Ryan, Graham and Yaz are minor characters.

Rose Tyler is immortal. What happened on the Game Station affected her more deeply than she and the Doctor realized. Eighty years after she first became the Bad Wolf, Rose returns to her home universe to find the Doctor.

A mysterious and powerful force takes control of the TARDIS, landing Thirteen and her fam in the last place on Earth the Doctor wants to be: the Powell Estate. She is forced to confront memories that are more tangible than she might think.

I’m new to writing fanfic but experienced with writing in general. I’m primarily looking for someone to check grammar, word choice, plot and overall story flow. If you also have experience reading/writing Thirteen and/or Rose and can give your opinion on their characterization that’d be great!

Please let me know if you’re interested! I am hoping to get this posted by the end of June so my favourite space sapphics can celebrate pride. 💖🏳️‍🌈