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Wonderwall and The Masterplan by aralias (PG and NC-17)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Doctor/Master (Five/Ainley!Master, Eight/Jacobi!Master)
Length: 6,117 and 11,328 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aralias
Author Website: Fic tag and page at Teaspoon
Why this must be read:
At the end of "Planet of Fire," the Doctor allows something bad to happen to the Master. This is often presented as one of many turning points in their relationship, not only because of the Master's much debated line, "Won't you show mercy to your own...?"
In "Wonderwall,"aralias raises an interesting question: what might have happened if the Doctor had shown mercy? The Master's just promised him anything: what might an angry, sick at heart Five ask for?
“Ah,” the Doctor says, trying not to fidget under his gaze, “I was wondering whether you would remember that. You have an excellent memory for slights, Master, but it’s often rather fallible when it comes to your own promises.”
The Master laughs. “Some promises are a pleasure to keep. All of creation, Doctor. All of it. Anything you choose. I’ll even let you run away to a cold shower if you insist,” he says as the Doctor closes his eyes, coward, his hearts beating rapidly out of sync, “but that does seem like a criminal waste of a wish.”
“Anything I want,” the Doctor breathes in the darkness behind his eyelids.
“Is yours,” the Master says like a purr. He hooks a finger under one of the white and red braces, runs the captured hand up the Doctor’s chest and pulls slowly. “Oh, my dear Doctor, the things I would give you if you would only ask for them.”
The Doctor leans into him as if drawn by the tug on his braces. “Leave,” he says softly when he can feel the Master’s breath on his face. “Get in your TARDIS and leave.”
“Oh Doctor, you do disappoint me,” the Master chides, but he steps away instantly. “Until next time, then. I trust you will enjoy your shower-”
“No, you don’t understand,” the Doctor says and he opens his eyes, forces himself to smile. “You never do. You never listen.”
“Oh?” The Master raises an eyebrow. “In that case, enlighten me. What don’t I understand?”
“Master, I’m afraid this is it.”
The Master narrows his eyes curiously. “Are you giving in, Doctor?”
“Quite the opposite actually,” the Doctor says briskly. “When I say ‘this is it’, I mean there won’t be a next time.”
The Doctor has always been very good at suppressing his emotions and never more so than in this current regeneration. Adric’s death left him so angry that if his remaining companions hadn’t been there to witness it, he would have landed on Telos and removed every single hateful cyberman from the tapestry of time. The loss of Nyssa and then Tegan, who had been with him so long, made him want to whimper and cry in the dark, but it wasn’t appropriate and he endured.
“I want you to leave me alone,” he says now, light but firm, as if it is a relatively minor matter but one that has been irritating him for some time, as if he is not filled with a mix of anger, loathing - for the other man and for himself – and simple, treacherous lust. “I want you to leave the universe alone. Find some forgotten corner of it and live out the rest of your miserable existence away from innocent people.” He smiles pleasantly. “Will you do that for me, Master?"
What happens then?
It's sweet and bittersweet and funny and touching, as an epically dysfunctional love affair gets a chance at both becoming functional and saving the universe.
Wonderwall and its sequel, The Masterplan
Pairing: Doctor/Master (Five/Ainley!Master, Eight/Jacobi!Master)
Length: 6,117 and 11,328 words
Author on LJ:
araliasAuthor Website: Fic tag and page at Teaspoon
Why this must be read:
At the end of "Planet of Fire," the Doctor allows something bad to happen to the Master. This is often presented as one of many turning points in their relationship, not only because of the Master's much debated line, "Won't you show mercy to your own...?"
In "Wonderwall,"
aralias raises an interesting question: what might have happened if the Doctor had shown mercy? The Master's just promised him anything: what might an angry, sick at heart Five ask for?“Ah,” the Doctor says, trying not to fidget under his gaze, “I was wondering whether you would remember that. You have an excellent memory for slights, Master, but it’s often rather fallible when it comes to your own promises.”
The Master laughs. “Some promises are a pleasure to keep. All of creation, Doctor. All of it. Anything you choose. I’ll even let you run away to a cold shower if you insist,” he says as the Doctor closes his eyes, coward, his hearts beating rapidly out of sync, “but that does seem like a criminal waste of a wish.”
“Anything I want,” the Doctor breathes in the darkness behind his eyelids.
“Is yours,” the Master says like a purr. He hooks a finger under one of the white and red braces, runs the captured hand up the Doctor’s chest and pulls slowly. “Oh, my dear Doctor, the things I would give you if you would only ask for them.”
The Doctor leans into him as if drawn by the tug on his braces. “Leave,” he says softly when he can feel the Master’s breath on his face. “Get in your TARDIS and leave.”
“Oh Doctor, you do disappoint me,” the Master chides, but he steps away instantly. “Until next time, then. I trust you will enjoy your shower-”
“No, you don’t understand,” the Doctor says and he opens his eyes, forces himself to smile. “You never do. You never listen.”
“Oh?” The Master raises an eyebrow. “In that case, enlighten me. What don’t I understand?”
“Master, I’m afraid this is it.”
The Master narrows his eyes curiously. “Are you giving in, Doctor?”
“Quite the opposite actually,” the Doctor says briskly. “When I say ‘this is it’, I mean there won’t be a next time.”
The Doctor has always been very good at suppressing his emotions and never more so than in this current regeneration. Adric’s death left him so angry that if his remaining companions hadn’t been there to witness it, he would have landed on Telos and removed every single hateful cyberman from the tapestry of time. The loss of Nyssa and then Tegan, who had been with him so long, made him want to whimper and cry in the dark, but it wasn’t appropriate and he endured.
“I want you to leave me alone,” he says now, light but firm, as if it is a relatively minor matter but one that has been irritating him for some time, as if he is not filled with a mix of anger, loathing - for the other man and for himself – and simple, treacherous lust. “I want you to leave the universe alone. Find some forgotten corner of it and live out the rest of your miserable existence away from innocent people.” He smiles pleasantly. “Will you do that for me, Master?"
What happens then?
It's sweet and bittersweet and funny and touching, as an epically dysfunctional love affair gets a chance at both becoming functional and saving the universe.
Wonderwall and its sequel, The Masterplan