Echoes (PG, 1/1)

Title: Echoes
Characters/Pairing(s): Ten/River, the TARDIS
Rating: PG
Word count: 4,600
Spoilers: EoT Children in Need clip
Summary: He keeps River close not just because he loves her, and not just out of fear of her fate – she's somewhere safe to stand while the ground crumbles round him.
Betas: platypus and prof_pangaea
Disclaimer: Not mine, obviously.

Author's Notes: Posted just in time to get Russelled on Christmas Day, I'm sure. Includes one incredibly tiny plot point courtesy an anonymous mousie.

::xposted to professor_song and dwfiction and archived at Teaspoon and AO3

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