The Year Of Hell Winter Roleplay '07 Part 13

[asimus]

The Doctor cuddled the Master, enjoying the closeness. Did they love each other? That was the question. He had. He had loved with everything he had, but was that because he was lonely? The Master had been insane and clutching himself to the only other Time Lord in existance. Was that love? But when he looked at him, deep into his eyes, searching. He knew.

Yes, yes we do...

[mastersaxon]

Deeply reassured with the answer, the Master let the rest of consciousness slip away from his grasp, and in seconds he was sound asleep against the Doctor's shoulder.

[desertrose9]

OLDER ROSE

She bit down on her tongue, sticking it out less. She kept cleaning the Doctor's face, finally pulling back when she was sure everything was okay.

"There, done."

[asimus]

The Doctor rocked him gently, comforting him with a blanket of secure thoughts. He cast his eyes up to Rose and smiled.

"Thank you." He mouthed, not wanting to wake the sleeping Time Lord.

[desertrose9]

OLDER ROSE

She smiled, picking up what she had used for both the Doctor as well as the Master, chucking the blood covered cloths in a bin. She turned to face the Doctor, leaning against the wall slightly.

[asimus]

He continuoously stroked the Masters form, enjoying t he snesation of the double heart beats throbbing in the veins of the body beside him.

"Are you ok?" He asked, his voice hushed so not to wake the Master... Koschei.

[desertrose9]

OLDER ROSE

She smiled, nodding.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" she replied just as quietly.

[asimus]

He sighed, knowing all the warning signs of his Rose by now.

"I know what he did to you. I know you didn't like the idea of him being with us. And I'm gratful that you've agreed to let him be with us. But I need to know if you're ok with this. And if you're not what I can do to make this ok."

He smiled, "You're the most important person in the universe to me Rose, I need to take care of you."

[desertrose9]

OLDER ROSE

She stared him straight in his eyes.

"Don't shut me out. Don't drop everything we're doing just because he snaps his fingers."

[mastersaxon]

The Master shifted in his sleep, the uncomfortable position getting to him even through his foggy mind.

[asimus]

He nods. "We need to learn to exist in a three. It'll be hardest for you, you're family groupings always have a pair of equal superiors over a group of subordanats. I know he's not exactly with it at the moment, and you may be looking at him as a child for our pair, but in time he'll be as equal as you and I."

He paused, hoping she understood.

"Remember when it was you me and Jack. The other me. The other other me." He laughed nervously. "But there was three of us, and we could no more exist without one of our group then we could our own limbs. That'll be us. One organism, breathing and existing together."

[desertrose9]

OLDER ROSE

"But what happens if he goes back to his old self? Back to wanting to take over everything."

[asimus]

"He won't." He wasn't going to offer any other explanation. The reasons for the Masters, Koschei's madness were personal to him. He would tell her when he was ready. "I give you my personal garentie."

He could sense Koschei's discomfort, and quite frankly this position was awkward for him too.

"I'm tired and so is he, let's find us an unoccupied bed."

[desertrose9]

OLDER ROSE

She nodded.

"Need a hand?"

[asimus]

He hauled the Master over his shoulder, not struggling under the weight at all.

"I'm good." He responded, "Lead on fair maiden."