Childish Things by Trollopfop (PG-13)

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Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: none
Length: 916 words
Author on LJ: trollopfop 
Author's website: profile on Teaspoon
Why this must be read: "An orphan in the storm. I was a naked child, found on the coast of the Silver Devastation. Abandoned, with only this."  Did you ever wonder how the Master came to be found as a child? This story offers a believable and chilling explanation and in just a few words says more about the Time Lords, the Master and Romana than many novel-length stories. 

The Master isn't listening anymore, though. This... this isn't right, and it isn't fair. There are tears prickling at the corners of his eyes, and that's even worse, since he hasn't cried in... He can't remember. And that he's shedding tears over this, this of all things, when he should be rejoicing in the fact that the fools ruling Gallifrey have seen fit to let him live again... It's all wrong, somehow, and that just makes the tears come faster.

Childish Things