Fic series rec: Catalyst and Caryatid (221B Ficlets)

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Title: Catalyst and Caryatid
Author: Evith Winter Grey (wintergrey)
Pairing: Irene/Molly
Length: entire series 884 words (4 x 221)
Rating: Teen or Mature
Warnings: no archive warnings apply; no spoilers for S3
Verse: BBC

Author's summary: "Catalyst: a chemical used to provoke a reaction—cannot be consumed by that reaction but may be inhibited, deactivated, or destroyed by secondary processes.

Caryatid: a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support—karyatides: "maidens of Karyai", worshippers of the goddess Artemis."

Every ficlet has its own summary, as well.


Reccer's comments: These ficlets are exercises in restraint. Every word had been chosen, weighed and found satisfying. It literally only takes a couple of minutes to read all of the ficlets currently in this series, and together they are not even a thousand words long, but I have rarely before been as thoroughly convinced of a pairing and as overcome by the quiet beauty of prose. If you are in any way interested in these characters and what would happen if they ever met, this is very warmly recommended!