Life Viewed Through an Amber Focus

Title: The Hollow Man
Author: amberfocus
Characters/Pairings: Ten/Rose
Genre: Angst
Rating: All Ages
Beta: thetesh
Warning: Doomsday Angst
Summary: Instead he deflects, he puts off, he tries to do anything except let her see how much this is killing him, too. He fails at that.
A/N: Excerpts are used from the poem The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot. Namely stanza IV and the final 4 lines. Written for challenge 98 at then_theres_us, which was to use a poem in a story. Set during the beach scene of Doomsday.

( The Hollow Man )

*sighs* I am still so exhausted. My left ear still will not pop. My nose may as well be a faucet stuck in the on position. My low grade fever comes and goes, but is sitting around 99, nowhere near last week's 101. My cough is better. It's way up in my throat now, not in the bronchials at all. I can cook things that don't just come out of a can again, though admittedly the tacos I made tonight for dinner were done in the microwave instead of on the stove top. But still...it wasn't chili from a can that I put in a tortilla and pretended was tacos, so go me.

I stepped on a construction staple tonight. Oh, I howled. It punctured my heel, but it did not really bleed. I mean, I can see where it is that it happened, but it is like this tiny red spot. I will call the doctor tomorrow to get in for a tetanus shot. It's been 12.5 years anyway, so I'm due a booster. Will ask him for more antibiotics because I have not beat this illness yet and I don't want a relapse.

I tried to write today, but really all I wanted to do was play Facebook and try to nap. I did not succeed at the latter and spent far too much time playing Cafe World on the former. I started reading The Omnivore's Dilemma. It doesn't really present any new information that I didn't already know and I am finding it awfully repetitive. It's more on the babyfood level when you're already used to eating steak. Or something.

I had to sit through tae kwon do tonight. I think that place is seriously damaging my hearing. They are so loud in there. And the benches are so hard I always feel like a stiff old lady when it's time to get up and leave.

I will try to write again tomorrow. Oh, I won challenge 96 at then_theres_us for the fic Ten Seconds. I've never won a challenge there so I was squeeing a little bit when I found out. Of course I forgot to vote myself. I really want my brain back.

Title: Ten Seconds
Author: amberfocus
Characters/Pairings: Nine/Rose
Genre: Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Rating: All ages
Beta: thetesh
Summary: Is she more than teeth and tail and blood and bone and a snarl from a nightmare that haunts everything, will haunt everything forever?
Author's Notes: Written for challenge 96 prompt springtime at then_theres_us

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Title: The Direct (and Not so Direct) Approach (2/4)
Author: amberfocus
Characters/Pairings: Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Jackie Tyler
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: Teen for now
Betas: amyo67,jeprdyfrndly
Summary: Rose Tyler turns down the Ninth Doctor's invitation to travel with him twice. With a little gentle persuasion, and becoming an active presence in her Earthbound life, can he change her mind?
A/N: Written for the then_theres_us ficathon. AU from the end of the episode Rose.

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Title: The Direct (and Not so Direct) Approach (1/4)
Author: amberfocus
Characters/Pairings: Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Jackie Tyler
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: Teen for now
Betas: amyo67,jeprdyfrndly
Summary: Rose Tyler turns down the Ninth Doctor's invitation to travel with him twice. With a little gentle persuasion, and becoming an active presence in her Earthbound life, can he change her mind?
A/N: Written for the then_theres_us ficathon. It got...really big. As is the prompt so the prompt is under the cut. AU from the end of the episode Rose. I'm sorry if the formatting goes all wonky or the cut fails (I'll fix as fast as I can). This is my first attempt at doing an entire chapter in html, because rich text editor hates me. *crosses fingers, holds breath, clicks on post*

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Title:  Reverence
Author: amberfocus 
Genre:  Smut, PWP, Romance
Characters/Pairings:  Nine/Rose
Rating:  NC-17 for graphic sex in an established relationship
Betas:  amyo67, jeprdyfrndly 
Summary:  He lights her up from the inside, firing her synapses with sheer, raw pleasure.
Author's Notes:  Happy Birthday to develish1.  Hope you enjoy my first smut in months!  Also written for challenge 72 at then_theres_us.  Prompt under the cut.  Totally not work safe, school safe, or child friendly.


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Title:  Always
Author:  amberfocus
Characters/Pairings:  Ten/Rose
Genre:  Angst, Fluff, Romance
Rating:  Teen
Betas:  amyo67, jeprdyfrndly
Summary:  She wakes up alone and for some reason that frightens her. Terrifies her, really.
A/N:  Written for challenge 66 at then_theres_us.  Photo prompt under the cut.

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Title:  His Place in the World (1/1)
Author:  Amberfocus
Characters/Pairings:  Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, Ten2/Rose
Genre:  Narrative Poetry, Romance, Angst
Rating:  All Ages
Beta:  jeprdyfrndly
Summary:  But he leaves them unspoken and broken.  How could he do that?
A/N:  Written for challenge 59 at then_theres_us.

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