Disclaimer: I wish, I really, really do, the only thing I do own is an extensive collection of old who DVD's.
AN: Kinda got back into the swing of things now.
In a shock to the Master it was the Doctor that came to him first, apparently the Doctor wasn't as stubborn as he gave him credit for.
"Listen Master I'm sorry. You were right, it was a silly thing to want to do, we could have gotten killed."
"I accept that you're sorry but it seems to me Doctor that you have a death wish."
"Maybe I do."
The Doctor leant back against the console and sighed.
"I've been thinking Master, that maybe since we're stuck with this marriage thing we might want to try and make the best of it."
The Master nodded.
"I guess we could but you have to accept the fact that I'm not changing my mind on the no saving planets and species."
"I can't just leave them to die."
"Yeah I know you can't but I'm talking about the ridiculous saving of silly animals. Like those bloody Pimpkins, they're vermin, they don't need to be saved besides they're feeding the planet's population, Gallifrey set in place that non-interference policy for a reason."
"That policy was wrong."
"I'm not getting into that, but if you want this marriage to work there are two things you need to do."
"What are they?" the Doctor asked looking a bit worried.
"Do as I say, no more landing us on planets that you know we're going to get captured on, and when I say I wouldn't mind going out for dinner I don't expect to be locked in a cell."
"Alright and I did say I was sorry for that."
"I know you did but you still did it and it's ridiculous, you almost got us killed because of that. You may have a death wish but I don't, even if I did I'm way better at getting out of it than you are, see I have adopted the kill or be killed attitude, its how I've lasted so long."
"Yeah but I'm not a murderer."
"I know you're not and neither am I have always killed in self defence."
"Master you and I both know that's a load of horse manure."
The Master stood up.
"Are you going to argue with me on that point?"
The Doctor looked at the Master, noticing the challenge in his eyes, a challenge he knew he'd never win, so he sighed and backed down.
"No."
"Good, now I believe you owe me dinner and I don't mean slop in a tin."
"That wasn't slop it was Romanuloun prison food."
"Yes Doctor, otherwise known as slop."
The Doctor faced the console.
"Alright, I'll take you somewhere to make up for it."
"Good, well I'm going to get changed."
Once the Master was gone the Doctor let out the breath he didn't know he was holding. He programmed the TARDIS to land on Earth; he'd need to get changed as well before they went anywhere so he decided to just park them on Earth for the time being, once he left the console room the TARDIS doors opened and in walked an unexpected visitor, three unexpected visitors to be exact, one more unexpected than the others.
When the Doctor returned the visitors were in the console room, he nearly dropped dead when he saw her, the woman he'd loved and lost, his Rose, he was in total shock.
"How...I...How are you here?" he eventually asked, when his shock had subsided, terror now setting in.
"Not entirely sure to be honest, something very technical about a pocket of time able to cross a dimensional gap."
"I left you with my clone, where's he?"
"He ran off on me."
Jack and Martha were there too.
"And what are you three doing here?"
"Well we found Rose and she said she wanted to see you."
Martha was clearly still grumpy about what happened last time she saw the Doctor, being rejected like that was never a nice thing, she looked at the Doctor but not in the eye, she couldn't make it that far not without her heart hurting and her stomach twisting in painful knots.
Rose made it ten times worse because when the explanation of how she came to be here had finished she jumped for him, into his arms, forcing him out of shocked reaction to catch her, what he hadn't expected was her to kiss him fully on the lips, he simply thought one simple sentence 'oh not again.' He would have thought more except his thought was broken.
"What in the name of all creation is going on here?"
He dropped Rose and wiped his lips, looking over to where his husband stood, getting caught hugging a woman when you're married to a man wasn't good at the best of times but getting caught kissing her as well, yikes. Of course since Jack and Martha had no idea he was even here Jack drew his gun, the Doctor went to him and snatched the pistol off of him.
"No guns."
"What the hell is that doing here?"
"Jack just stop alright."
The Master looked at the Doctor.
"Well? I'm waiting for an explanation to why the fuck you were just kissing the blonde bimbo."
"Oh so it's alright for you to kiss blonde women?" Jack said pointing fingers.
"Not now it's not no, back then yeah because she was my wife."
"Why not now? I'll have you know Rose and the Doctor were in love."
The Doctor flinched. The Master didn't know about Rose one iota, sure he knew she existed but he never knew they had strong feelings for each other.
"Jack could you please shut up."
"Why?"
The Master was breathing heavily; he looked at his rather embarrassed husband.
"Oh fuck this! If you want him you can have him."
The Doctor pushed Rose away from him as the Master crossed the console room and left.
"Master wait!"
He just made it outside the doors and the Master was gone, he sighed and walked back inside.
"Ah bloody hell!" he shouted, frustrated that this had gone tits up, again, he went to the Master's arm chair only to have it disappear right from under him and land him on the floor, he stood up and looked at Jack.
"Why did you have to open your big mouth?"
"Is it that big of a deal?"
"Yes it bloody well is. Martha you have to accept that I don't like you like that, Jack you have to stop interfering and Rose I am sorry but I'm over you now, it's why I didn't let you stay with me, I left you with my clone for that reason. None of you understand."
"Then explain." Jack said, getting upset that the Doctor had upset both Martha and Rose.
"The Master and I are married, it was forced on us yes but we were trying to make it work, catching me in the arms of somebody else, a woman of all things isn't the best thing for us."
"When were you going to tell us that you and that monster were married?"
"That's my husband you're talking about."
"I don't care what you say, that man held this entire planet hostage and now you've married him, why in the hell did you even marry him?"
The Doctor lost his temper.
"Because I love him!"
It was then that the Doctor stopped, and looked at his friends, he realised that he'd never really got to say that before, he grabbed his coat and put it on.
"I've got to go out and find him."
He left the TARDIS without a word, he now completely got why Titorian had forced them into marriage, he could see what would happen before they knew. He rushed after the Master, instead of relying on technology to find him he used what he knew about the Master, when and if he did find him weather the Master forgave him or not was an entirely different story.