Rec: Home Sweet Home and Crazy in Love

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Hi guys! My turn to rec this week. To do something a little different I've decided to recs by genre each time (although my definition of genre is a little loose and arbitrary so you'll see things like marriage!fic, kid!fic, etc).
So i'm going to start of with a little Domestic!fic.

Title: Home sweet home
Pairing: Ten/Simm!Master
Length: 1,900
Summary: Post-LoTTLs AU. To cure the Master of his evilness, the Doctor takes him to a cottage in Northumberland.
Warnings: none
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): pforte
Why this must be read: I'm going to describe it as a quiet fic. Not much happens event-wise, instead we get a lot of verbal jousting which is perfectly in character and one escape attempt with tea towels.

Excerpt: “So that’s it?” asked the Master incredulously. The hardly healed bullet wound in his chest throbbed in sync with the drums.

“Yep,” said the Doctor. “It’s not much, I know. But with a little work here and there it’ll be a comfy home for both of us.” The Master only stared at him, not sure who of them was the crazy genius and who was only crazy. “Oh, come on!” The Doctor grabbed his arm and dragged him closer to the small weather-beaten cottage in the middle of Northumberland.

Link: here

Title: Crazy in love
Pairing: Ten/Simm!Master
Length: 10,500
Summary: Individuals with Factitious Disorder may be trying to repeat a satisfying childhood relationship with a doctor. (Source: Wikipedia)
Warnings: none
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): shaggydogstales
Why this must be read: First off, it's hilarious. The writing is crisp and the pace is just right. Once again the Master's come up with a ridiculous plan- this time attempting to convince the Doctor that he's madly in love with him. His insane and circuitous logic is absoultely him, as is the Doctor's completely obliviousness.

Excerpt: "Of course, the Doctor was a sucker for all that soppy stuff, and oh so desperate to be loved, constantly surrounding himself with his adoring, if vastly inferior, disciples and saving their dismal little worlds. He’d always been soft, but the current version of the Doctor had a pathetic need for affection. It’d be his undoing, one of these days.

The Master would make sure of it." 

Link to the story: here