The Great Mysterio

by Tapeworrm

"She did want to be indifferent, to be callous as usual. But as she stares at the carefully rendered painting of this Mr Mysterio, done up to look like those vintage magician posters, she can’t help but feel something strange begin to grow inside her. Something within which seems to know this man. Something which feels like it shouldn’t be inside of her, like a foreign body, or a tapeworm. But it knows him. She can’t place it, it can’t be true, yet deep and deeper still in her entrails blooms a horrible feeling of familiarity and it sits there, unwinding like a spool of barbed wire. "
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Clara Oswald is tired of life - what's new. One rainy detour brings her to the theatre where a master magician by the name of The Great Mysterio is said to be performing. He's a psychic, illusionist, mentalist - frightening. Nightmares and strange visions infect her, something draws her to this man, something calls out to her. What is happening to her? Suddenly life isn't so boring after all.

Words: 9951, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

• Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)
• Rating: Mature
• Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
• Categories: Multi
• Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswin Oswald
• Relationships: Twelfth Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald, Twelfth Doctor & Clara Oswin Oswald
• Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Magician and apprentice AU, Slow Burn, Psychic Visions, their bond connects them mentally, Not Canon Compliant, possible romance in later chapters - Freeform, i guess this has elements of horror in terms of nightmares and fear, alcoholism in later chapters, I'm just having fun