Obscure & British Commentfest 2015

[lost_spook]

Welcome to the Obscure & British comment fest III! This is a comment fest for any small(ish) British fandom and open to all fanworks.

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Classic DW- Tegan and Nyssa

[irishvampire13]

It's a funny thing about grief. When you're in the midst of it, you delude yourself into believing that no one else has ever felt it before--or, if they have, then they haven't felt it anywhere near as keenly as you do. You can't let yourself believe that anyone can know that level of sorrow.

When you find out that you're wrong, it's...an odd feeling. It's a mixture of renewed pain...and relief.

They cling to each other at first, though both seem too outwardly strong for such things. Different worlds (Tegan sometimes wonders what Traken was like, compared to Earth), different connections to a loss (for it's one thing to lose a beloved aunt, and quite another to lose a father).

But sorrow is still sorrow. And the knowledge that their grief stems from the same source--

(Tegan, always the fiery one, curses the Master on a regular basis for all the pain he's caused; the more level-headed Nyssa can never quite bring herself to express the same sentiments, out of love for the memory of Tremas; both respect the other's feelings, a

Re: Classic DW- Tegan and Nyssa

[paranoidangel42]

I really like this - seeing how they bond over the loss of a loved one and how they're different, but come to be more than friends.

(Sorry it's taken so long to get to this - it's been one of those weeks)

Re: Classic DW- Tegan and Nyssa

[irishvampire13]

Thanks so much! I've never written these two before, so it was quite a challenge. :)

And no worries; these things happen. :) Yesterday was kinda like that around here!