Fic: Morituri (SPOILERS for "The End of Time")

[lindenharp]

Title: Morituri
Author: Lindenharp
Words: 100
Characters: Tenth Doctor
Rating: for everyone
Spoilers: Waters of Mars and The End of Time, pt. 2
Summary: Now he knows how she felt.
A/N: This is my teeny-tiny reaction fic to EoT 2. Thanks to wendymr  and yamx  for beta services.

The light in Rassilon's eyes is cold and bright, an ancient star glittering in an arctic sky.

Did Adelaide see that in me?

He shudders, remembering.  'Time Lord Victorious.'  'That's for me to decide.'

He had chosen to forget what horrors an unrestrained Time Lord could commit:  Gallifrey's Death Zone, where 'lesser species' battled to amuse their captors; the Rani's cruel experiments; the Master's warped schemes.

The Lord President is millennia older than him, steeped in cunning and power.  Did Adelaide feel like this -- small and insignificant?

He prays for a fraction of her courage, and grips the gun tighter.

Comments

[lindenharp.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the very kind words. My other fics tend to be wordy, but there's something about the drabble format that is very appealing.

If you like drabbles, then you might want to look at my Valiant Tales which is a series of 34 drabbles about the Year That Never Was aboard the Valiant. Each tale is narrated by a different person. Most of them are not canon characters, but people who might have been on board. (Someone had to be maintaining the engines, doing the laundry, etc.) If you're interested, you can click on the Valiant Tales tag or read it as a chaptered fic on fanfiction.net. In either case, do read the tales in order.

Thanks again for reading and commenting!

[darstellen.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! The Year That Never Was happens to be one of the time periods that fascinates me most. Thank you for the links, I can't wait to read!