Inevitable

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Title: Inevitable
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing: Doctor/Master
Rating: PG
Notes: For my most beloved Doctor. ♥



It's strange. The Master doesn't know how to explain it, even to himself. There are no explanations. There aren't even words for it, no matter how thoroughly he searched for them. It's been an odd sensation, somewhere between pain and pleasure, a bitter sort of happiness that he can't get enough of. The past is too hard to think of. The present is all he can manage. The present is what makes him, what makes them.

He holds the Doctor in his arms, the other Time Lord sleeping soundly, an utterly peaceful expression on his face that isn't often seen in his waking hours. This sort of look isn't something he's been used to seeing since their days on Gallifrey. When they were still Koschei and Theta Sigma, naive little dreamers who planned on forever exploring the universe at each other's side. Neither had known how much misery they'd have to go through, how many centuries of agony and fighting until they could manage it.

They've finally made it, though. The Master can hold his lover, the man who has been his hearts since the moment they met. He can kiss him, getting a reciprocation that sends shivers through his body. He can take him, their sweat soaked bodies rocking against the mattress or the console or whatever object they decide to press themselves against. He can have him. He can own him. He can get what he's always wanted.

It's hard to admit, and he often doesn't say it out loud, but his eyes say everything he can't. And the Doctor knows. Perhaps he's always known; it isn't as if the Master has ever been subtle about his feelings. It's been a long time, but he has him. He finally has him, and he won't let him go.