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1. This mess we’re in by animpossiblegirl

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Twelfth Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald
   • Clara Oswin Oswald
   • Twelfth Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • Amy Pond (Doctor Who)
   • Rory Williams
   • Bill Potts
   • Missy (Doctor Who)
   • Fluff
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Single Parent AU
   • Single parent Clara Oswin Oswald
   • Guilt
   • Emotional Healing
   • Mutual Pining
   • Emotional
   • Love after Loss
   • Eventual Smut
   • Happy Ending
   • OC Kids - Freeform
   • Kidfic
   • Mild Smut
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mild Angst
   • Friendship
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Title from a PJ Harvey song

   Summary

   Clara Oswald is doing just fine. single mum, teacher, survivor. She isn’t looking for anything new. But then she meets John Smith. And maybe, just maybe, life has other plans.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   90,370

   Chapters:

   38/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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