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[master_reborn]

Who: The Master and Rose
When: Late Thursday Night
Where: Within the Tardis
What: There is something the Master wishes to speak to Rose about
Status: incomplete/closed
Rating: PG-13 to be safe

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[teh_bad_wolf]

Rose lifted her head off her pillow at the knock, heart lifting with the motion, but then fell again. It hardly mattered what she'd hoped. Sliding off her bed, she crossed her small room and opened the door. She hid a yawn in the crook of her arm.

Oh.

Her fingers tightened on the handle and her eyes widened in surprise..

"Yeah?"

[master_reborn]

It was easy to see the girl's surprise and disappointment when she opened the door and saw him standing there. He didn't even need to slip into her thoughts.

"Were you expecting someone else, Miss Tyler?" The Master grinned and leaned against the frame of the door. "I think you and I need to have a little chat."

[teh_bad_wolf]

"No." And that was a painful truth to admit. She'd hoped, but...Rose worried her lower lip and stepped back. The Doctor'd kill her. Maybe Jack would first, but there was only so much the Master could do to her here. She'd never felt unsafe in the TARDIS, and she wasn't about to start feeling that way now.

"How little is little?"

[master_reborn]

The Master swept into her room, but remained close to the door. Easy for her to shove him out if she wished. Rose was under the protection of the TARDIS and thus the Master would not harm a hair on her pretty little head even if he wanted to. Despite his connection with the TARDIS, that was one thing that he couldn't change.

"Very little." He turned on his heel to face her. "It is quite obvious you fancy our dear Doctor. And he fancies you as well. Strange that he's claimed his territory and yet hasn't made his move."

[teh_bad_wolf]

Rose could feel her mouth parting in unexpressed shock and mortification, but caught herself fast enough to shut it again before she began to look stupid. She folded her arms across her chest and shifted uncomfortably.

"He doesn't fancy me."

[master_reborn]

"Oh yes. He does. He might be able to hide from you, but he can't hide from me." The Master tapped the side of his head. "I've seen it here. He fancies you. He didn't want me looking at you when we were at the beach."

The Master laughed gleefully. As if this was the most amusing thing he had ever heard. And perhaps it was. But the laughter was short lived. In a moment, his face had gone serious again.

[teh_bad_wolf]

Rose's eyes flicked off to the side to avoid looking at him. She sank down onto her bed and ran her hands through her long blonde hair. So...the Doctor apparently fancied her back.

Of course he wouldn't be the one to tell her that. "It's hardly fair that you lot get to prance through everyone's mind, and I don't even know why you're here."

[master_reborn]

"Because sometimes the Doctor needs a little push in the right direction. But there is a catch, Miss Tyler. I don't much care to share what belongs to me. But for this, I'm willing to bend."

The Master couldn't believe he was offering this. Perhaps being settled on Earth for too long was making him soft. It was quite depressing. A few steps had him standing in front of the young woman, looking down at her.

"He is mine. He has always been mine. But he wants you as well and as much as that annoys me, I believe things will be easier in the long run."

[teh_bad_wolf]

Rose's eyes narrowed in the Master's direction, and it was like a tiny light bulb had gone off in her head. Though she had to make sure she was getting this right. The mixed messages the Master was sending her needled, but for the first time in a long time, something like actual hope began.

"Just what're you suggesting we do?"

[master_reborn]

"If you set about to wait for the Doctor, you will be waiting until you're old and grey. Sometimes the Doctor needs a push in the right direction."

The Master reached a hand out, thumb tipping her chin up just a bit. "If you want him, you need to take the steps to get him. But you will have to deal with the fact that he and I are bound together in a way you cannot possibly imagine."

[teh_bad_wolf]

A shiver swept through her at his touch, and she cocked her head to the side to try and mask it. Rose dismissed it as being handled in an unfamiliar way and nothing more.

"And if I'm willing?"

She wanted a straight answer out of someone for once, but she knew she wouldn't get it unless she kept poking.

[master_reborn]

Swallowing his pride was not something the Master usually did. But denying the Doctor would only serve to make him grumpy. And the Master couldn't tolerate the Doctor when he was in a petulant mood.

The Master tilted his head closer to hers. "If you are willing, Miss Tyler, you will have the last two Time Lords in existence at your disposal."

[teh_bad_wolf]

Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, Rose simply stared at him. Her heart beat slow, nearly painfully slow as she waited for the other shoe to drop, but none seemed to be following. The offer was straightforward and didn't seem to have any hidden fee attached.

Slowly, she began to nod. The Doctor'd be so angry with her at first, and Jack more so, but desperation always led to the strangest of places, and being caught under that knowing gaze was one strange place to be.

[master_reborn]

"I will take that as a yes, little wolf."

Before the girl could say anything, the Master was kissing her. It was a kiss to seal a deal and there was absolutely nothing innocent about it. The connection allowed the Master access to her mind, though he didn't push too deeply. Just a skimming of the surface thoughts.

[teh_bad_wolf]

The initial shock wore off before it could really sink in to begin with. She wasn't a fool, she knew that--Well, she didn't exactly know it'd be like this, but she'd thought something along these lines would happen. One didn't go about promising promiscuous things without being willing to back up the claim, and boy had he.

Rose reached out, wrapping a hand cautiously around the Master's neck, uncertainty coloring all her actions, including the way she hesitated to further the kiss.

[master_reborn]

Oh, the Master didn't make a promise he didn't intend to keep. An arm went around the girl's waist to pull her against him. He could sense the uncertainty. After all, she was taking quite a big step.

After only a few moments, the Master broke the kiss, watching Rose's face. "Are you still sure, Rose?"