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something like this by emptypockets for peculiartako
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who
07 Jul 2022
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Relationship /ri-ˈlā-shən-ˌship/
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the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected.-
Yaz is yearning for something, and she doesn’t know what, but she thinks it looks something like this.
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She’s already had three glasses, but it’s to be expected, really. Regeneration is a slip and a fall away, the universe is being held together by band-aids and some string, and Yasmin Khan is in love with her.
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In 1901, Yaz is challenged to confront her feelings for the very first time.
Galaxies away, after the events of the Flux, the Doctor finds herself in a similar position.
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never say forever by emptypockets for SpaceBetweenGalaxies
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who
26 May 2022
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The pessimist on her shoulder is once again urging her to run. Take Yaz’s hand, and leave the Master to his handpicked fate.
But she can’t.
So she doesn’t.
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The Master captures the Doctor and Yaz under the guise of malice, or revenge - or perhaps something else.
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frightened is no way to fall by emptypockets for FictionPenned
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who
22 Mar 2022
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He doesn’t deserve her empathy, of course, and it’s always infuriating to be reminded that she doesn’t have the means to shake it, and he doesn’t have the capacity to feel it. The Doctor has always drowned in compassion whilst the Master held his breath. He left his hearts in a war, and so did she, but at least she went back for them.
He never even tried.
“What happened to you?”
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The Doctor finds the Master at the end of the universe, and the end of his rope.
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something’s working (heart is turning) by emptypockets
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who
09 Feb 2022
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When the Doctor travels with someone new, they have earned her affections from their very first moments on board.
But sometimes, of course… it runs just a bit deeper. The Doctor can’t explain it, and certainly can’t understand it.
But she notices it.
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At first, her existence just aches. Only a little.
And then it burns like a collapsing star.
She can feel everything.
And everything hurts.
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- Part 2 of Thirteen Fanzine Prompt Week
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“They’ve had a couple of instances of devious play around here.” The Doctor explains, unprompted. “Stink bombs, prank calls, you name it.” Yaz snorts. “So they’ve had to up their protocols for, you know, safety reasons. Shouldn’t take long.”
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From the moment they entered the truth field, they should have anticipated the Doctor getting herself into trouble.
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- Part 1 of Thirteen Fanzine Prompt Week
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“I want to show you a universe that makes sense, not one that I have to readjust to under an entirely new lens. It’s not fair, Yaz, I want to stay.”
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Being trisected across the universe has unexpected consequences for the Doctor, and Yaz is tasked with the responsibility of keeping her awake.
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to keep your ghost close by emptypockets for winged_daydreams
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who
04 Dec 2021
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There’s a part of her, only briefly, that almost dares to be grateful for the years they’ve been apart.
Because it led to this moment. This terrible, beautiful, unexpected moment that Yaz will cherish for the rest of her life.
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While Yaz scrambles to find her way home, the Doctor is being forced back into unwanted memories, and running the risk of rendering her universe nothing but a legend to be told across its neighbors.
Unless, of course, she refuses.
After all, someone's waiting for her. And whatever the cost, the Doctor won't leave her hanging.
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“I’m so, so tired Doctor. And I don’t want to say it, but you owe me something, anything at this point. You have no idea… the couple of days I’ve had.”
“Because you won’t tell me!” The Doctor howls, blatantly deflecting, and this seems to be what pushes the tears in Yaz’s eyes to fall.
“Sound familiar to you?” Yaz cries, “At all!?”
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A troubling encounter with a stranger reveals a bit more about the Doctor's past than Yaz was prepared to hear, and far more than the Doctor is prepared to answer to.
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When Yaz awakens on foreign land, bound and surrounded by a violence-crazed audience, she rightfully assumes her day is already as bad as it's going to get.
When she sees who they expect her to take up arms against, however, she apologizes to the universe for ever underestimating its cruelty.
Victory was never going to be an option, was it?
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Who is she? If she’s so much 'more', containing so many multitudes, who is this suddenly foreign version of herself that’s been formed out of deceit?
The Doctor. That’s it. She’s just the Doctor, and that will never change.
The thing is, she wants to do better. She can do better, she knows she can do better.
But unfortunately for the Doctor, the universe seems determined to prove her wrong.
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Touch is a form of electricity, the Doctor decides. A prickly static that stings her skin, a quickening of the hearts, a shock to the system that she tends to subconsciously avoid.
For the 2020 Thirteenth Doctor Fanzine
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Altruism /ˈaltro͞oˌizəm/
noun
the belief in or practice of selfless concern for the well-being of others.Matrovon 7, and its inhabitants, are dying. The Doctor can do something about that if she can just get to her feet.
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“Fine. Maybe when you’re knocking on death’s door you’ll feel like talking.”
“Oh, don’t tell me you’re going old fashion.” The Doctor rolls her eyes, body swaying theatrically with the gesture, but Yaz doesn’t miss the edge of fear in her tone there. Subtle, restrained, but bubbling to the surface. “What, you gonna whack the information out of me? Make me a coordinate piñata?”
“No, I’m just not giving either of you the antitoxin.”
The Doctor goes awfully quiet, eyes narrowing skeptically. “The what?”
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She’s tapped out over 47 million seconds against her palm, and her hand is only just now beginning to cramp up.
Another ticks by. Another after that.
And same as the 47,304,051.8 million previous, no one comes.
Then, someone does.
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Yaz inhales sharply as she feels cold pressure on the skin at her temples. Apparently, she's never experienced true fear before.
-“You want to save your friends so badly? Then do it yourself. Better be quick.”
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The Doctor searches the ruins of Gallifrey for survivors, and the fam finally get to see her home.
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She needs them just as much as they need her.
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(One-shot series surrounding the events of Series 12)
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The first time her fist comes down on the console, nothing budges except for the bones in her hand, so she brings both down at the same time. Hard.
Gallifrey is gone. Again.
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The Doctor finally breaks, and the fam helps put her back together.