lurking_latinist: The Seventh Doctor and Romana on a pink and green background with hearts (sevenromana hearts)
...I stupidly clicked away from it and didn't save the summary, but the Third Doctor was Jo Grant's secret love child. Yes, that way round. His father was Harry Sullivan.


...Sara Kingdom sweeps Mike Yates off his feet, which I imagine she could do, yes:

37)An Independant Woman by Betty Neels
Mike Yates has always stood on his own two feet, but lately Sara Kingdom is always on hand with a perfect solution to every problem. And now, when he loses his home, she sweeps him off his feet with an irresistable proposal - marriage!

So now you know what he did after UNIT.


...Underappreciated companions find happiness together:

387) Zombie Moon by Lori Devoti
Werewolves await the moon…
Dodo Chaplet needs to find the legendary Ryan Sinclair – zombie killer. In mist-shrouded alleys, hunted by zombies, haunted by fear, she must convince Ryan to help her, but she hasn’t counted on falling in love.
Except Ryan has a secret – one he can’t hide when the moon is full and, with Dodo in his arms, he revels in passion… he can’t forget his deception. Could she still love the man who fights by her side if she finds out that zombies aren’t the only monsters? Dodo has a choice to make – but she only has until the next full moon…


There's an unexpectedly high zombie quotient in several of these.


...Peri has her usual sort of problems:

478) Just Friends? by Allison Leigh
She was the most infuriating woman.
But on television it was a different story. There, Peri Brown came off as beautiful. Confident. Single. A state the reality show played up a little more than producer the Tenth Doctor planned. All too soon men with the same thought in mind – marriage! – started invading their small town in droves. So now it was payback time. Peri's ultimatum to Ten – masquerade as her fiancé or she was walking (and his career in television was toast).
The choice seemed easy at the time. But this Peri didn't act like the childhood friend Ten remembered. Who knew she could kiss like that? Or that her slightest touch could set his skin on fire? Just friends? Stay tuned....


Honestly? This could work. At least one of Peri's several endings has her as a TV presenter, and, well, things do rather happen to Ten.



...I don't even know how to lead into this:

583) Sins of the Soul by Eve Silver
Roj Blake’s world shattered when he learned that his mother Donna Noble was the Underworld goddess of chaos and evil.
All that saved him from self-destruction were his newfound brothers and the bond they shared as soul reapers. So when one of his brothers is murdered, vengeance becomes Roj’s obsession. And the enigmatic Servalan, a witness – or is she the killer? – has the answers he seeks.
A reluctant Underworld enforcer, Servalan trusts no one, especially not a seductive soul reaper who makes her burn with lust. Torn between duty and desire, she fights to keep her secrets safe from Roj, even as she longs to surrender…


No, she's the killer, you were right the first time.

lurking_latinist: Romana in her Shada dress, looking awed, against a background of space and stars. (Default)
A Deadly Evening (100 words) by lurking_latinist
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963), Blake's 7
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Master (Delgado)/Servalan (Blake's 7)
Characters: The Master (Delgado), Servalan (Blake's 7)
Additional Tags: Crack, Zombies, Crossover, Unconventional Courtship Generator, Drabble
Series: Part 61 of Aurelia's Drabbles
Summary:

Servalan and the Master discover the inevitable pitfall of villain/villain romance.



Based on this Unconventional Courtship summary which I generated a while back on Tumblr:

310) Night of the Living Wed by Michele Hauf
Servalan and the Master's evening turns deadly when some uninvited guests show up at their friend's party — a horde of hungry zombies. The couple is in a fight for their lives when a new, heroic side of the Master emerges, and he vows to protect Servalan no matter the cost…. 



I have never Blake's 7'ed before, please tell me if I have committed any kind of faux pas--I was terribly nervous and double-checked Servalan's eye color and I'm still not sure they're not hazel!
lurking_latinist: Romana in her Shada dress, looking awed, against a background of space and stars. (Default)
475) The Case of the Accidental Heiress by Victoria Pade
The Case: An accidental heir.
The Client: the Seventh Doctor was dead. At least, that's what everyone told him. But as he pursed his lips and moved his muscles, he knew he was very much alive. . . And in a heap of trouble!
The Detective: Sensuous, long-legged Romanadvoratrelundar had rescued many a swain in distress. But this new one. . . Despite his enormous inheritance and his gorgeous body, he was simply nuts - or about to pull off an incredible scam! How could the Seventh Doctor expect her to believe that he had been switched - heart and soul into another man's body?

***
“Hi Romana, I’ve regenerated.”

“Hi Doctor, you look nice. Was it traumatic?”

“Oh, I’ve had worse. What have you been up to?”

***
That was over quickly…
lurking_latinist: Romana in her Shada dress, looking awed, against a background of space and stars. (Default)
Today the Unconventional Courtship Generator gave me “The Stranger” by Portia da Costa (the infamous steamy romance novel about definitely-the-Eighth-Doctor)…

and the characters it used were…

Charley Pollard…

and the FIFTH Doctor.

*snorfle*


(Other than that, it seems to be into Brig/Zoë tonight, mainly. This isn’t getting me much forwarder with my ficathon submission, but that’ll come….)

(It also came up with Four/Sarah where he’s a journalist and Six/Peri where he works in a greenhouse. It’s trying!)
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more Unconventional Courtship nonsense!

564) The Officer and the Proper Lady by Louise Allen
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I had to preserve that one for posterity because, at the moment it was generated, I happened to have a Six & Jo fic with a shippy edge open to read in another tab (Variations on a Theme); what are the odds?


180) A Question of Honor by Mary Anne Wilson
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That's worryingly close to the plot of a Short Trip I've heard. I mean, not that close, but still.

101) Montana mail-order Wife – Charlotte Douglas
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How did she ever work that out? (Actually, it could work, if perhaps she thought she'd sent for a Joseph in the first place?)

572) Lord Hunter's Cinderella Heiress by Lara Temple
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This is the second time the generator has given me historical Three/Charley and I'm increasingly seeing the potential there.

(There was a Six/Charley one as well but it wasn't the type of summary I enjoy. There's only a certain amount of sex I can cope with in my Classic Who.)

236) Mr. (Not Quite) Perfect by Jessica Hart
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I'm not sure the generator has got the details right, but it does understand that One is dumb and Barbara is always right.

475) The Case of the Accidental Heiress by Victoria Pade
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Poor Benton. He would be the one to get switched, wouldn't he?

310) Night of the Living Wed by Michele Hauf
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I mean, this has probably happened, in canon. I'd pick it for the fest but it'd feel like cheating.

231) Driving Her Crazy by Amy Andrews
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it put my rarepair together 😍

101) Montana mail-order Wife – Charlotte Douglas
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OH NO. The White Guardian has made a serious mix-up XD

267) Her Unforgettable Royal Lover by Merline Lovelace
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it's them again! And this one almost works, in the form of Gallifreyan political shenanigans.

629) Her Seven Day Fiancé by Brenda Harlen
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I think it really wants me to write Three/Charley....


(If anyone is inspired by any of these bits of nonsense, do feel free to write them*, and why not check out [community profile] unconventionalcourtship if you aren't signed up already?)

*There's a small chance I might pick one of them for the aforementioned fest, but two takes on the same prompt would be really fun anyway.
lurking_latinist: Romana in her Shada dress, looking awed, against a background of space and stars. (fourromana smooch)
481) Sapphire by Rosemary Rogers
the First Doctor will never be satisfied until he claims what is rightfully his! But in confronting the aristocratic family who disowned him before he was even born, One finds that his father is dead and that his title has passed to an American, Dodo Chaplet.
Dodo believes that One is nothing more than a fortune hunter. Kidnapping him, she presents him with a choice - become her lover or her footman! But One will not compromise his quest, even for the woman he has come to desire...

(Dodo’s got herself another accent! And it serves the First Doctor right for someone to kidnap HIM for a change.)

576) Road Trip with the Best Man by Sophie Pembroke

With her dream wedding in tatters, Romanadvoratrelundar resolves to track down her errant groom the First Doctor and demand answers. But not trusting her intentions, billionaire best man the Eighth Doctor refuses to let her go alone. But with each passing mile, Romana begins to realise they could be on the road to happy-ever-after!

(“But Romana, you can’t marry him, he hasn’t even met you yet!”)

79) WHAT'S COOKING? by SHERRYL WOODS
Recipe for red-hot romance
Take one part Peri Brown, the striking and independent food critic who’s had her fill of casual men…
Add one part gorgeous photographer on a mission for seduction. the Second Doctor’s playboy reputation wasn’t good, but his desire went for beyond a passing fancy…
Mix in meddling sisters who believe Two is just the man to spice up Peri’s life.
Peri’s afraid this recipe will make a mess of her orderly life. But Two thinks that the risk of getting burned leads to the sweetest payoff of all true love!

(I think we saw different versions of The Two Doctors, generator.)



Also it’s on a Brig/Sara Kingdom kick today, which seems unlikely to get very far, given that he looks exactly like her late brother.

Sorry about the formatting hideousness; I’m on mobile. (ETA: fixed!)
lurking_latinist: Romana in her Shada dress, looking awed, against a background of space and stars. (Default)
Aurelia knew she should stay away from the irresistible Unconventional Courtship Generator. But when the naive blogger was swept back into his orbit, she couldn't resist the temptation. Before she knew it, there was fic....

616) The Marriage Clause by Alexx Andria
Sarah Jane Smith is not interested in getting married. The only problem is she can’t keep her hands off gorgeous billionaire the Eighth Doctor, who wants to put a ring on it! So she puts Eight to the test in an X-rated battle of wits ― to persuade her that their nights of passion can turn into something more!

***
"No," said Sarah firmly. "I am not marrying you on this or any other planet."

"But..." The pleading look in the Doctor's blue eyes would have melted her heart, if he weren't being so infuriating at the same time.

"Yes, I know, when you kissed me--completely out of the blue, might I add, since when is that your standard greeting?--I kissed you back. All right, I admit it. You took me by surprise, that's all!"

"I'm sorry," he said. "I just thought it would be nice."

"And it..." Sarah paused and took a deep breath. "It was nice. But that doesn't mean I want to marry you! Why are you suddenly like this?"

"Regeneration," said the Doctor vaguely. "Look, Sarah, I'd really like to marry you. I think it would be fun. Hey, how about this--will you marry me if I can beat you in Trivial Pursuit?"

Sarah burst out laughing. "Nice try! I think not." Then she pursed her lips thoughtfully. "Wait. It might be worth it... I'll marry you if you can beat me in Trivial Pursuit, and not drop any names while doing it."
 
424) Forgotten Honeymoon - Marie Ferrarella
She'd finally gotten her revenge. Tough loner Leela had been given the perfect opportunity to put her high-and-mighty partner, George Wickham, in his place. The pampered prince had lost his memory and was depending on Leela to fill in the gaps. While Leela's head told her to make George her personal slave, her heart had her questioning her motives. Was the brooding spinster punishing George for her overwhelming attraction...or denying herself a honeymoon to remember?

***
Leela examined Wickham with a skeptical glance. "I thought you were to marry Miss Lydia," she said thoughtfully.

"I told you, I lost my memory," he said. "Now I can think of no woman but you."

"I do not believe you," she declared. "I think you are like many men: you forget what you would not like to remember."

499) Lord Braybrook's Penniless Bride by Elizabeth Rolls
Miss Melanie Bush will do anything to keep from the streets - and the insufferably attractive Lord Spock urgently needs a governess! Headstrong, tawny-haired Mel is so deliciously endearing that Spock quickly forgets how scandalous it would be to yield to this attraction for his penniless governess...

***
"So then," said Mel, "when Glitz took off with the whole cargo and left me in the lurch, I knew I had to find something else to do. And that's when I saw your notice recruiting emergency childcare for a surprise hatching of... what was it? Xanthians? Anyway, I figured I babysat the Doctor all right for however many years--well, okay, he died once, but that wasn't my fault, and anyway he was alright--so I figured I can look after a bunch of actual alien babies. As long as they're not taller than me. Wait, are they taller than me?"

She'd been talking for the entire shuttle trip. Spock would ordinarily expect to be exhausted, driven to intensive meditation to retain his patience. And yet... somehow he found himself wanting to hear the whole context of her bizarre anecdotes. Could this be what humans called... Stockholm syndrome?


And some more fun ones:

194) Eva's Deadline by Linda Hope Lee
A one-year sentence… or life?
Jadzia Dax finally had it all: the Seattle sea-view condo, the little blue sports car and the assistant editorship at the city’s hottest magazine. Everything she’d fought for since the day she walked out on her father and the Bay City Beacon, his beloved small-town newspaper…
With one call from the Eighth Doctor, her father’s protégé, it was all gone. Her father. Her career. Her independence. And, quite possibly, her mind. Because fulfilling her father’s final wishes meant meeting a one-year deadline as Eight’s co-editor at the Beacon. That’s what they call an impossible deadline. Especially when the sparks begin to fly.

I can sort of see Eight/Jadzia working, actually.


118) Living the Charade- Michelle Conder
Falling for the façade… Julian Bashir knows that professional success doesn’t always come easy, and he’s not afraid of hard work. But his flair for business can’t help with his latest problem – finding a fake girlfriend for a weekend away with his boss! Elizabeth Shaw, maverick of the motor racing world, is Julian’s polar opposite. Yet helping buttoned-up Julian let his hair down – and whatever else he wants! – is an irresistible temptation… Especially when Liz gets under his ice-cool demeanour and discovers a man as hot as one of her cars!

There'd definitely be sparks. They might be literal.


And then there was the one that began "Navy SEAL Dodo Chaplet..." (She was having an affair with Sherlock Holmes, I believe.)

lurking_latinist: black-and-white photo of Lalla Ward playing a vampire, with bared fangs and a peasant-style dress, with red love hearts over it (vampire lalla ward)
I was messing around on the Unconventional Courtship Generator tonight, posted some of my top finds to Tumblr and thought I should share them here too, especially as it's [personal profile] john_amend_all's generator. I'll put them below a cut as there are several:

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