How Do I Hold Thee?

by ModernWizard

Alison has had an uneven time with her robot ["the Magister" to her, "the Master" to the Doctor] and his inevitable spouse the Doctor. Yes, she met her robot and found in him a loyal partner and protector, but she also got mind-fucked twice by other aliens. She's sick of people barging into her head, and she needs to go home.

It's time for the Magister to leave too. As much as he loves the Doctor, he remains miserable at their control over him. If his choice to be with the Doctor is to mean anything, it must be fully informed and consensual. He must have the option to go.

The Doctor wants to give Alison a happy adventure for once, so they propose a farewell party for her and the Magister at the Floating Carnival, the universe's coolest fair. Since the inevitable spouses last went there before graduation from the academy, the place is charged with memories. The fact that it's currently run by the Stylist, an old frenemy of theirs, also complicates matters.

Let's just say that disentangling yourself from the Doctor is never easy.

Words: 4592, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of Alison Wonderland

• Fandoms: Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka, Doctor Who, Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
• Rating: Mature
• Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
• Categories: Multi
• Characters: Alison Cheney, The Master (Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka), Ninth Doctor (Shalka), The Master's TARDIS, Scintilla (The Master's TARDIS), The Stylist
• Relationships: Alison Cheney & The Master (Doctor Who), Alison Cheney & The Doctor (Doctor Who), Alison Cheney & The Master's TARDIS, Ninth Doctor (Shalka)/The Master (Shalka), The Doctor/The Master (Doctor Who), Alison Cheney and Scintilla (The Master's TARDIS), Alison Cheney & the Stylist, The Master & the Stylist
• Additional Tags: Shalkaverse, Shalka Dorks, Disabled Character, Disabled Character of Color, Female Character of Color, Canon Character of Color, Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, They call me the Angst Master, HD Angst in Surround Sound, Robots, Robot Feels, Cyborgs, Neurodivergent Master, Neurodivergent Doctor, Asexual Doctor, Asexual Master, Kinky Doctor, Kinky Master, Kinky Alison, Kink Negotiation, Consensual Kink, Control Freaks, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, People with Disabilities, disabled people, Introducing the Stylist, She's a Black Time Dork, And she's fucking awesome!, She has an interesting past with the Master, And she's got even more interesting stuff going on these days too!