FIC: From the Reading of a Book

[kerravonsen]

Title: From the Reading of a Book
Fandom: Sentinel/Doctor Who
Claim: Doctor Who
Characters: Blair Sandburg, The Doctor
Prompt: #43 Square
Word Count: 150
Rating: family
Summary: Blair Sandburg encounters a stranger.
My Big Table



A voice with a soft Scottish accent interrupted Blair's perusal of the bookshelf. "I believe this is the book you're looking for, Mr. Sandburg."

Blair looked up. "Excuse me? Do I know you?"

The man smiled and doffed his hat. "Not exactly."

Then Blair's attention was caught by the book that the man held towards him. Large, heavy, leatherbound, the title glinted in gold leaf on the cover:

The Sentinels of Paraguay
by Richard Burton

"I wasn't looking for this," Blair said, finding himself holding it anyway.

"Nevertheless, it's the book for you," the man said, steering him towards a table.

Blair opened it carefully; it was either a very good facsimile, or an incredibly well-preserved original. He was fascinated in spite of himself. "Amazing."

"It's yours."

"What? It has to be worth--"

"It's yours," the man repeated.

"Thanks," he said. "Why me?"

"I'm interested in the preservation of history."

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Title from this quote:

"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book."
-- Henry David Thoreau

also on my site and at crossovers100.

Comments

Doctor Who?

[chizu-sando.livejournal.com]

Which doctor did you imagine? A Scott accent and a hat didn't tell me enough. Granted I'm only very familiar with 9, 10 and 11 but which one! *runs around in circles*

Re: Doctor Who?

[kerravonsen]

Well, it isn't Nine, Ten, or Eleven. ;-)
The Seventh Doctor is the one with the mild Scottish accent and the hat. (points to icon)

Re: Doctor Who?

[chizu-sando.livejournal.com]

Gah! I can't seem to find any episodes but the most recent series here in Texas. I've had to go on what little I could get with descriptions and some youtube clips of the other docs.