The Doctor should be –wheezing and sinking– finished with his little bravery act by now, it shouldn't take this long. It had taken three arduous months to bring him down to such minimal resistance, and this felt like –it had at the beginning, all hope and defiance and sparks at the edges–....
He couldn't afford to dwell on it if he wanted this round. No, he has to dangle it on a string and laugh in spite of the headache it's giving him to maintain such a hold.
You've taken her this far and only to give her up now?
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Date: 2007-10-08 01:53 am (UTC)The Doctor should be –wheezing and sinking– finished with his little bravery act by now, it shouldn't take this long. It had taken three arduous months to bring him down to such minimal resistance, and this felt like –it had at the beginning, all hope and defiance and sparks at the edges–....
He couldn't afford to dwell on it if he wanted this round. No, he has to dangle it on a string and laugh in spite of the headache it's giving him to maintain such a hold.
You've taken her this far and only to give her up now?
Shame on you.