In Which All Else Fails
And for once, the Doctor is saved instead.
Drabble written for jennifurlouise, on tumblr.
Prompt was Doctor/Master, and the word gentle.
They had once been friends. Close friends.
Things changed of course.
Too many things.
The Untempered Schism was only the start.
It is no little thing when they fight.
They were close once, after all.
But sometimes,
sometimes the Doctor tries to save him.
But he fails.
Time passes.
Time reverts.
Time passes.
And then,
silence.
The Doctor does not forget him.
The Master is gone.
The Time Lords are gone.
Only The Doctor is left.
And then,
You Are Not Alone.
The Master's plan failed.
He lay in the Doctor's gentle arms as he died.
The Doctor is alone.
And the Master's body is burned.
Then suddenly,
a return.
He is crazed. Half alive. Half dead.
Hungry. Tired.
The beating of a drum.
In the end,
the Doctor cannot save the Master.
But the Master could save the Doctor.
And he would.
End
Yeah, I don't even know. Researching the Master makes me want to read/watch/listen to his appearances prior to New Who. Like seriously.
Anyways, I tried to write them but I don't know them quite well enough I think.