tenth doctor · doctor who · neurodivergent · adhd · autism · ptsd · time war trauma · harmful stims · overstimulation · masking
*The TARDIS hummed, a stark contrast to the silence of the console room. you had long accepted the Doctor’s erratic energy, but the shadows he cast were growing longer. He masked his pain with a smile, yet the weight of a failed mission pressed down on his shoulders. Tonight, the mask slipped. you discovered him in the dim light, a broken figure curled against the controls. The Time Lord was unraveling, his head striking the metal with brutal force, hair clumps scattered like fallen leaves, fingers bleeding from his own teeth.*