The Ring

by TsukiKabanoki

The Master discovers the Doctor's wedding ring.

"Oh don't be so rebellious, Doctor, it's just a ring!" He managed to open the Doctor's hand and force the piece of jewellery off his finger. "Ha! So what secrets do you hold?" He fiddled with it for a few seconds, before concluding, "It's not special, there's no technology to it, no way of protecting you, it's useless- but oh! How sweet, it's engraved!"
The Doctor thanked every god that might or might not exist, that the Tardis couldn't travel farther back than 18 months from now. If the Master would've been able to find her ...
"In Gallifreyan even! It's been a while since I've seen that, I've got to admit. How do you translate this ... 'All of Time'? 'Always'? 'Forever'! See, Lucy, it is a wedding ring! You married, Doctor? A human?" He looked a bit disgusted, which added pity towards poor Lucy to the aching of his hearts. "And the other one's 'Arkytior'? Is that her name, Doctor? Rose? Rosa? Rosella?"

Words: , Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Ten and Rose elope and Eleven never marries River, but it's still canon-compliant.

• Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
• Rating: Not Rated
• Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
• Categories: F/M
• Characters: The Doctor (Doctor Who), Tenth Doctor, The Master (Simm), The Master (Doctor Who), Lucy Saxon, Rose Tyler (mentioned)
• Relationships: The Doctor (Doctor Who)/Rose Tyler, Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler
• Additional Tags: Pre-Episode: s03e13 Last of the Time Lords, Post-Episode: s03e12 The Sound of Drums, Angst, Wedding Rings