fic: To Have and to Hold

No, this isn't the start of anything; Doctor Who really isn't the sort of fandom I crave fic for, reading or writing; it's a perfect enough experience by itself. But I needed to try, to get it out of my system. So, this, which is short and weird and needs all sorts of disclaimers. One: as I'm American and thus have no ear for British rhythms, the dialogue is ill-fitted to the chars. Any corrections by those who know better than me will be gladly received. Two: I'm making up all kinds of wackiness about Time Lords here, much of which inspired by conversation with gnine as per the usual. Three: This isn't how I actually view these chars, or how I think Time Lords really work; it's an exploration of a possibility, a 'I wonder how that would be, if...' Which is the only kind of Who-fic I think I could write, because by and large I feel inadequate to properly capturing the Doctor or his fascinatingly unfathomable people.

But that's never stopped me before. And writing pointless fic is infinitely better than not writing anything.

Set between "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords" and thus carries the expected spoiler warnings. PG-13 for Master/Lucy and Master/Doctor implications.

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