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rec: hush by lysia
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idelthoughts.livejournal.comStory: Hush
Author: lysia
Rating: Adult
Word Count: 2643
Author's Summary:
A slashy alternative take on the scene in the warehouse in 'End of Time' before the soldiers kidnap the Master. The Doctor finds his
nemesis in the wasteland and tries to protect him. The Master decides to play a game.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor/Simm!Master
Warnings: Explicit sex
Recced because: In the author's notes, lysia says she wrote this as a challenge to herself to escape from the trap of being too chatty when she writes. I haven't been lucky enough to read any of her other stories, but I think she succeeds at her self-challenge. There's no dialogue in the entire story, but it is gripping and personal and entirely captivating.
The relationship between the Doctor and the Master is so twisted I feel like I'd need a psychology degree to understand it fully. There's an obvious power play dynamic between the Doctor and the Master in any incarnation, but Ten's desperation for a connection to his people makes the relationship between Ten and Simm!Master particularly messy. In a lot of fics, that dynamic falls into some pretty dark territory, and can often ignore the fact that there is a deep connection between them. I like lysia's take because while the Master does artfully pull the Doctor's strings and manipulate him through a mix of kindness and cruelty, in the end the Master knows when the game is over, and when it would go too far. He lives to best the Doctor, not destroy him - whatever melodrama he may drum up, he loves the game far too much to risk losing his opponent. And, no matter what face he puts on it, he needs the Doctor as much as the Doctor needs him.
( Excerpt )
Author: lysia
Rating: Adult
Word Count: 2643
Author's Summary:
A slashy alternative take on the scene in the warehouse in 'End of Time' before the soldiers kidnap the Master. The Doctor finds his
nemesis in the wasteland and tries to protect him. The Master decides to play a game.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor/Simm!Master
Warnings: Explicit sex
Recced because: In the author's notes, lysia says she wrote this as a challenge to herself to escape from the trap of being too chatty when she writes. I haven't been lucky enough to read any of her other stories, but I think she succeeds at her self-challenge. There's no dialogue in the entire story, but it is gripping and personal and entirely captivating.
The relationship between the Doctor and the Master is so twisted I feel like I'd need a psychology degree to understand it fully. There's an obvious power play dynamic between the Doctor and the Master in any incarnation, but Ten's desperation for a connection to his people makes the relationship between Ten and Simm!Master particularly messy. In a lot of fics, that dynamic falls into some pretty dark territory, and can often ignore the fact that there is a deep connection between them. I like lysia's take because while the Master does artfully pull the Doctor's strings and manipulate him through a mix of kindness and cruelty, in the end the Master knows when the game is over, and when it would go too far. He lives to best the Doctor, not destroy him - whatever melodrama he may drum up, he loves the game far too much to risk losing his opponent. And, no matter what face he puts on it, he needs the Doctor as much as the Doctor needs him.
( Excerpt )
