Birthday drabble: Masquerade

[lindenharp]

Title: Masquerade
Author: Lindenharp
Rating: All ages
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Jack Harkness
Genre: drabble
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: none
Summary: It's Carnival time, and masks are required.
Disclaimer: The sandbox belongs to the BBC. I'm just playing here in the corner. Not making any money, not asserting any claims.
A/N: This was written as a birthday gift for yamx.  No beta.

The streets swarm with nagri, skeludancers, dabby girls and blufers. Carnival on Ordovicco: by law, everyone must be costumed and masked.

He sighs inside his nagr hood. He didn’t want to visit Ordovicco, but Jack and Rose pleaded, and he couldn’t find it in his hearts to refuse.

A blufer escorts a dabby girl whose yellow feathers match her hair. They rotate slowly, searching the crowds.

He smiles. They haven’t seen his costume, and many nagri wear identical robes.

"Doctor!”

The dabby and the blufer hug him.

He shouldn’t be surprised. They’ve always been able to see through his masks.

-- THE END --

Comments

[yamx]

*squee* You writed me a birfday fic!!!! *hops*

Thank you so much! *huggles* I love it. And yes, they'll always see through their Doctor, won't they? :)

[lindenharp.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like it! Yes, they see inside him -- sometimes, more than he's comfortable with.

[canaana.livejournal.com]

Ooo. With your usual fine flair for endings. Lovely.

[lindenharp.livejournal.com]

Thank you!