DW fic: Refusal
Title: Refusal
Characters: Ten, the Master (Simm)
Genres: Tragedy
Summary: A sort of alternate/extended scene from "Last of the Time Lords." The Doctor begs the Master to regenerate.
The Doctor knelt, holding the dying Master in his arms. “Come on, regenerate,” he begged. “We’re the last two. You can’t leave like this. C’mon, regenerate.”
The Master chuckled softly, painfully. “How about that. I win.”
Anger and frustration broke through the Doctor’s grief. “At what cost?” he demanded. “Is it worth your life?”
The Master smiled cruelly. He reached up with a shaking hand, brushed deceptively gentle fingers across the Doctor’s cheek. “Anything is worth seeing you like this, old friend.”
“Please,” the Doctor whispered brokenly.
“No.”
The Master’s eyes slipped closed, and the Doctor felt his hearts break.