perchance to dream

by anaiata

“It’s an interrogation room,” she says finally, “That… thing. The Veil. If it touches you, you die. If you give it a confession before it can, though, it freezes, and the castle shifts ‘round a bit. Lets you run. Almost impossible to leave,” she pauses, “Should be the same in a dream, I think. Not much wiggle room when your memory’s as good as mine.”

or,

an unholy fusion of the Dream Lord, the confession dial, and the angstfest that is Thirteen post-Spyfall, pre-Timeless Child.

Words: 5819, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

• Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)
• Rating: General Audiences
• Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
• Categories: Gen
• Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan, Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair, Dream Lord (Doctor Who)
• Relationships: Thirteenth Doctor & Yasmin Khan & Graham O'Brien & Ryan Sinclair, Thirteenth Doctor & Dream Lord
• Additional Tags: Confession Dial (Doctor Who), Friendship, Angst, various reveals, which reveals?, No Idea, ask the me who plotted this and left no notes behind, i'm just the one who unearthed it from the depths of gdrive, and now has to figure out what the hell was meant to happen, Uno Cameo, Gratuitous italics