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   Emerald Green by Gwen Bruce (gwenxbruce)

   Fandoms: Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   12 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Doctor (Doctor Who)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Eleventh Doctor/Original Female Character(s)
   • Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Tags are ever-so-slightly spoiler-y
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • wibbly wobbly treatment of canon
   • I mean it’s mostly canon
   • No beta we die like Rory Williams
   • (it's probably fine I edited)
   • eleventh doctor - Freeform
   • Original Female Character(s) - Freeform
   • Original Companion - Freeform
   • fan in the Doctor’s universe
   • no time jumping
   • all original adventures
   • Strangers to Friends
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • this thing is 370k+ when I say slow burn I mean slow burn
   • “I fell in love like you fall asleep: slowly and then all at once”-style slow burn
   • thanks john green
   • Meddling TARDIS
   • Mutual Pining
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Trauma
   • Healing from Trauma
   • The Doctor (Doctor Who) Needs a Hug
   • the Doctor needs therapy
   • Everyone Needs Therapy
   • writing this ended up being my therapy
   • the Doctor gets an emotional support human
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • tags updated after the chapter they appear in
   • Captain Jack Harkness (appearance)
   • background River Song/Eleventh Doctor
   • River Song (appearance)
   • River Song and the Doctor are in a poly relationship
   • Martha Jones (appearance)
   • Mickey Smith (appearance)
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • (its just cannabis)
   • Craig Owens (appearance)
   • Sophie Owens (appearance)
   • Alfie Owens (appearance)
   • Clara Oswald (appearance)
   • Sarah Jane Smith (appearance)
   • K9 (appearance)
   • Brian Williams (appearance)
   • Illustrated
   • Amy Pond (appearance)
   • Rory Williams (appearance)

   Summary

   A life writing about (and possibly committing) petty crime and chasing stories about future congressmen involved in the mob wasn’t exactly what Emerald Grace wanted. How was she supposed to repay the debt she owed, when she didn’t have the means to save the world?

   But one night, after pleading with the universe to give her a chance to heal from the past she had to hide, she wakes to find herself with all the tools to save the world she could have asked for - she wakes and finds herself on the TARDIS, face-to-face with her favorite character from her comfort show. This is more than a dream come true: she can finally start repaying her debt in earnest. And there are better mysteries to solve now: How did she slip into the universe of Doctor Who? Why was she there? And why, when this was the first time they’d ever met, did the Doctor recognize her?

   She is in for a lot of adventures, a lot of meeting favorite characters, a lot of meeting least favorite enemies, and most of all – both of them are in for a lot of healing.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   322,885

   Chapters:

   51/60

   Comments:

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