He Who Would Valiant Be
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preserved_gingerTitle: He Who Would Valiant Be
Character(s): Ten, Jack, Master
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
Rating: PG
Setting: Last of the Time Lords
A/N: The title is from the hymn by Percy Dearmer, who wrote a modernised version of John Bunyan's poem Who Would True Valour See for the English Hymnal (thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tree_and_leaf for the info!)
Disclaimer: I am borrowing, without permission, what will never be mine.
Summary: He's close to breaking point.
Character(s): Ten, Jack, Master
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
Rating: PG
Setting: Last of the Time Lords
A/N: The title is from the hymn by Percy Dearmer, who wrote a modernised version of John Bunyan's poem Who Would True Valour See for the English Hymnal (thanks to
tree_and_leaf for the info!)Disclaimer: I am borrowing, without permission, what will never be mine.
Summary: He's close to breaking point.
He cries, at night, when he thinks no-one can hear him.
The Master hears him, because he (like all Time Lords) needs little if any sleep. It pleases him to think the Doctor’s broken.
Jack hears him, too. Jack has been having trouble sleeping lately, so he’s awake long after most everyone is in bed. Jack hears him sobbing his heart out, letting the pain that he is living with overwhelm him because he doesn’t know how to bear it any more without losing his mind.
And each and every one of those heart-broken, sobbing cries has a name.
Rose.
