Best Enemies

That's right, another week of me spamming the com with recs.  BECAUSE I CAN.  Enjoy!

Title: Worst Bedtime Story Ever.
Pairing: Ainley Master/Fifth Doctor implied, Five Bot
Length: 670~ish
Summary: The Master tucks his pet Doctor replica in with a bedtime story.
Warnings: Utter cuteness and crack
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): tardiscrash 
Why this must be read:

So, this is probably a bit short for one of my normal recs... but it's also adorable and I really couldn't not put it up here.

One of the things I love about tardiscrash's fics is that they are usually happy ones. Yes, I know. There's probably a lot of shock in that, coming from me, but even I like happy sometimes. With the Doctor and Master, it's sometimes so very rare to see them just enjoying each other. No games. No killing. No angst. Just simple pleasure that does something wonderful for the fandom. Especially the Five and Ainley ones, because while Five is just meant to be tortured, it's good to see him happy every so often too.

Also, I think Ainley is a bit of an under-appreciated Master. I haven't heard many people that dislike him, but he just seems like he's forgotten among the other Masters. He doesn't quite have the charm of the Delgado Master, nor the craziness of Simm, or even the outstanding horror of Roberts Master (sorry, Roberts fans, but... *shudders*), but he's melodramatic and over the top and really quite fun in his own way. He gave new life to a character who had spent such a long time out of the series only to come back crispy, not to mention giving us some lovely angst and memorable serials.

tardiscrash does such a lovely job with the Fifth Doctor and Ainley Master's voices too. Seriously, have I mentioned how jealous of that I am? I've never quite managed to find a good pitch for Ainley and my Five... Well, we aren't going into my love-hate relationship with writing Five. Suffice it to say, I am extraordinarily jealous on how effortlessly tardiscrash is able to write these characters and make them sound so perfect.

This story in particular is part of the Five Bot universe, which is, for those of you who don't know about it, utterly adorable. The Master finds himself with a sex bot who is about as innocent as a five year old and looks exactly like the Fifth Doctor and ends up as a legal guardian instead of an owner. Did I mention there was adorable fluff?

This story is one of my particular favorites. The idea of the Master explaining his relationship with the Doctor to a lesser life form as a bed time story not only wonderfully gives us clues to his own feelings, but also is just adorable and fluffy and with crack to spare. Seriously, why isn't this done more in fandom?

Also, I have much adoration for how the Master ends the bedtime story. It amused me greatly. So go forth and immerse yourself in the cuteness, my kittens! You won't regret it.

Excerpt:

“To his dismay he found that the shepherd boy was scared of him and didn’t want anything to do with him. “Go away.” he shouted as he hid behind his garden wall. “Wolves are evil and not to be trusted, I would certainly never want to play with one.” The wolf stayed there all day and night hoping that the shepherd boy would change his mind but he would not. Hearts broken the wolf left, taking out a few sheep for spite as he left the property.”

Link to the story: The Worst Bedtime Story Ever.

Extra: And since I went on and on (though thankfully didn't go longer than the story itself again) and that one was short, I'll also give you another fic of tardiscrash's. This time with Awesome Six Voice. Plus, Six and Simm need to happen far more often. It just does. Foresight and Hindsight