Title: The Perfect Blue Sky
Fandom: Harry Potter/Dr. Who
Pairing: Gen with a smidge of Harry/Draco feelings
Categories: Crossover, AU, Adventure, Friendship
Length: Long ~25,000 words
Warnings: Bittersweet ending (no death)

Author on LJ: angelofcaffeine
Author Website: N/A

Summary:
There are mountains and there are molehills, and the Doctor teaches Draco it’s really just a matter of perspective.

Review:
This is a HP post-war story that is pre-epilogue. Upon ending up in Diagon Alley and unable to leave for an unknown reason, the Doctor meets Draco. This sets the two of them on a course forward with a mystery to solve and an adventure to be had. I first read this story about two years ago and it is one of those that has stuck with me. I find this story beautiful and touching. It hurts a little, makes me ache for both Draco and the Doctor, but it’s a good kind of ache.

The author uses the 10th Doctor, and his characterization is wonderful. The manic glee at finding out he’s in the Harry Potter universe, the pressure to think-think-think when not being able to figure out why the TARDIS won’t let him leave the reality, and that fine line between carefree adventurer and wounded soul running from his own nightmares of the Time War are all portrayed extremely well throughout the entire course of the story.

The author similarly does a great job with Draco and making him into a fully realized character without putting him on a pedestal as some sort of misunderstood woobie. He is practical, accepting, hurt, angry, and resolved about his life, and yet the Doctor makes him hopeful again.

I like the way the story builds. It’s in three parts and while the first two are wonderful it’s the third part that is my favorite. There is running and hand-holding, questions of trust, disappointment, discussions of feelings, and an ending that could go no other way. I did warn that the ending is bittersweet, and for some it may be, but I thought it was natural and fabulous and I wouldn’t want the story to end any other way. The ending absolutely resonates.

The Perfect Blue Sky is the first in a series of stories. I believe there are two other stories after this first one that are completed. I haven’t read them, so I’m not including them in the rec, but you can find links to them through the author’s masterlist of fics on her LJ.

**Thanks to slyprentice for allowing me to rec in her part of HP fandom! Sorry it's taken me so long to get this one out there.

The Perfect Blue Sky Part 1
The Perfect Blue Sky Part 2
The Perfect Blue Sky Part 3