http://pony-express.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] pony-express.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] who_allsorts2015-04-08 12:26 am

Fic: The Only Exception

Author/Artist/Vidder: pony-express
Title: The Only Exception
Rating: G
Word Count/Size/Length: 200
Claim: Eleventh Doctor Era (6 prompts - Murder Mystery table)
Prompt: #03 - Mystery
Notes/Warnings: n/a
Summary: She always said spoilers.
Characters disclaimed.



River would say spoilers. River always said spoilers. He may never know. He knew there was only one reason he'd ever tell anyone his name, but he couldn't look at River like that. He knew it was coming; the day he would see River's worthiness, but until then he was left guessing. From what he'd seen of River so far. . . Well, it just wasn't enough to make deductions. He obviously trusted her in the future, and she clearly trusted him. He'd never tell anyone his darkest secrets. Not that his name was a dark secret, but it was a secret nonetheless.

It seemed to click, but then it didn't. He was still hung up on the reasons inside his head. That one exception. He'd only ever tell someone his name if. . .

River turned out to be part Time Lord. Apparently being conceived in a TARDIS does that to a human. And perhaps she could read circular Gallifreyan (the TARDIS never needed to translate it, that kept his secret safe for years). And perhaps that is where she picked up his name. Perhaps he never parted with it directly. Perhaps that situation, that one exception, would never happen to River.

Oh, he hoped it never would.

thisbluespirit: (dw - Eleven reading knitting book)

[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2015-04-08 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, again, nice use of the prompt! :-)

[identity profile] flowsoffire.livejournal.com 2015-04-18 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you wrote stuff about River! :) Very nice! I like how he just couldn't wrap his mind about the mystery of her, and most of all his name, how it just didn't click and it troubled him so much. Such a puzzling situation, and he isn't used to being so much in the dark… very nice :)

[identity profile] flowsoffire.livejournal.com 2015-04-24 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe :D

You can just tell how it gets under his skin. He's like "No! Must have control!". Of course that's because Moffat starts making everything and everyone an unsolved riddle XD

[identity profile] flowsoffire.livejournal.com 2015-05-03 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! Because they're just true to themselves.

Yay for him! :D

[identity profile] flowsoffire.livejournal.com 2015-05-14 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
This! :D