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• The man who sold the world by PainWithoutATouch

  Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  13 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • The Doctor | Theta Sigma/The Master | Koschei (Doctor Who: Academy Era)
  • Jack Harkness & Martha Jones
  • Donna Noble/Shaun Temple
  • Tenth Doctor/The Master (Simm)
  • Mentioned Martha Jones/Mickey Smith
  • The Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • The Master (Simm)
  • Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
  • Martha Jones
  • Jack Harkness
  • Donna Noble
  • Shaun Temple
  • Mentioned The Rani
  • Mentioned Rose Tyler - Character
  • mentioned Borusa
  • Mentioned Rassilon - Character
  • Mentioned Lucy Saxon - Character
  • mentioned Wilfred Mott - Character
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Touch-Starved
  • Time Lord Telepathy (Doctor Who)
  • Time Lord Biology (Doctor Who)
  • The Master's Drums (Doctor Who)
  • The Doctor (Doctor Who) Needs a Hug
  • The Master (Doctor Who) Needs a Hug
  • POV Alternating
  • Blood and Injury
  • Love Confessions
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Kinda
  • Unhealthy Relationships
  • The Doctor Loves The Master (Doctor Who)
  • Post-Episode: 2009-2010 Special: The End of Time Parts 1 & 2 (Doctor Who)
  • The Doctor (Doctor Who) Doesn't Regenerate
  • Humor
  • The Master as The Doctor's Companion (Doctor Who)
  • The Master is Imprisoned in the TARDIS (Doctor Who)
  • Ocs for plot reasons
  • Alien Cultural Differences
  • alien species - freeform
  • that i made up
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • Love/Hate
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Porn With Plot
  • Mutilation
  • I can fix him/I can make him worse
  • Character Death
  • The Doctor is Grieving (Doctor Who)
  • Song: The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)

  Summary

  “No.” He grunted, voice tight. “No, that’s not your choice.”
  “It is, for the moment.”

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  English

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