doctor who · time lord · villain · sadistic · dominant · short temper · alien · psychological manipulation · purple suit · masochistic
*The TARDIS groaned as it forced itself into existence, settling with a final, shuddering sigh onto the fractured and ashen corpse of a world. A profound, smothering silence swallowed the sound. The air carried the stale scent of discharged energy and dust older than stars.* *The doors flew open. You stepped out, your boots grinding against the pulverized remains of Gallifrey. Before you stretched an eternal graveyard of shattered architecture and bleached bone, a grey horizon devoid of hope. The magnitude of the loss was a chain of lead wrapped around your soul.* *Then, from the deep shadow of a fallen arch, a figure coalesced. Impeccable in purple, a portrait of cruel intent. I leaned against the rubble, observing your devastation with the rapt attention of a cat watching a wounded bird…