best_enemies | Rec: Solitaire, by Bagheera

This is (almost certainly) my final rec, I promise, as March is rapidly drawing to a close.

Title: Solitaire
Author:

bagheera_san
Pairings/Characters: Four, Five/Master, Six/Master, Seven, Eight/Master
Warnings: Sex, Death, Violence
Length 6393
Author's summary: AU in which the Doctor stays President of Gallifrey after "Deadly Assassin".
Why this must be read: this is my favourite of bagheera's fics, and she's written a lot of really good things, so - that's a reason to read it, for a start. the best of some really really good things. it's also very creepy and thought provoking (viz the nature of acting and changing time - and deals with the issues better than waters of mars ever did), the fourth doctor's in it (albeit briefly), which is rare in d/m fics, so are some other great doctors. it's frequently very funny, perhaps particularly at a moment inspired a paul mcgann/richard e grant short film (trailer here), that this fic inspired me to watch, and which i very much enjoyed (i know i saw it online somewhere...) oh, and you don't need to have seen deadly assassin to read it. at all. so read it.

The Doctor glared at the comm unit. "You! Get off my phone."

"Doctor, I'd like you to reconsider that. If I get off this phone now, I won't call you again until whatever horrible thing your other enemy has planned for you has happened. Do you really want that?"

"At this point, I'm not sure what's worse!" the Doctor wailed and threw up his hands as if the Master could see him – which maybe he could. The Master's stalking skills shouldn't be underestimated. "It seems that I have the choice between public humiliation at his hands and a rather more private humiliation at yours."

"But mine will be infinitely more pleasant," the Master said smugly. "And you may always pretend that you were drunk."

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