Doctor Who: Dark Enough to See the Stars (The Penalty of Greatness Remix)
Original Fic: Sucks to Be You, by studyofrunning
Remix: Dark Enough to See the Stars (The Penalty of Greatness Remix) [Ten, Martha, 100 Words, Rated G, spoilers through the end of New Who season 3] by wojelah
Martha Jones, daughter, sister, auntie, doctor (almost) - all of those things in one determined human. He'd promised her superlatives. Biggest. Brightest. Best.
He hadn't mentioned that perspective has a cost. Hadn't worried about it.
He should have known better.
She's down there and he has complete faith she'll get it done. She'd gotten superlatives. She'd become superlative.
But superlatives work both ways. Smallest. Darkest. Worst.
She's learning those too, he has no doubt. He has no doubt she'll survive them. She'll still be Martha Jones. Superlative. Highest in quality.
And she'll never trust his promises again.
He can't blame her.
Remix: Dark Enough to See the Stars (The Penalty of Greatness Remix) [Ten, Martha, 100 Words, Rated G, spoilers through the end of New Who season 3] by wojelah
Martha Jones, daughter, sister, auntie, doctor (almost) - all of those things in one determined human. He'd promised her superlatives. Biggest. Brightest. Best.
He hadn't mentioned that perspective has a cost. Hadn't worried about it.
He should have known better.
She's down there and he has complete faith she'll get it done. She'd gotten superlatives. She'd become superlative.
But superlatives work both ways. Smallest. Darkest. Worst.
She's learning those too, he has no doubt. He has no doubt she'll survive them. She'll still be Martha Jones. Superlative. Highest in quality.
And she'll never trust his promises again.
He can't blame her.