Doctor Who Drabble: Admitting The Truth

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Title: Admitting The Truth

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Ten, Martha

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 007 – Confessions at dw100

Spoilers: Gridlock.

Summary: Confession is good for the soul.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

He lies to Martha, telling her stories of the beauty and splendour of Gallifrey, saying he won’t take her there because he doesn’t want to go home. Been there, seen it before, travelling is more fun. He keeps lying until Martha backs him into a corner, metaphorically speaking, and compels him to honesty. Then it all comes out.

It feels good to confess, admit the truth. He wants nothing more than to go home, but he can’t, because home isn’t there any more: his world, his people, gone forever. The only thing he doesn’t confess is that it’s his fault.

The End

Comments

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Sort of like a hand-kiss.

Maybe it's more of a big deal to me because I never held hand's with my male friend's. But I get what you mean. My brother had female friend's who would be touchy-feely and it confused the whole just friend's thing for him.

Strange that Ten and Donna created a life through the use of their "hand's". Only in Sci-Fi.

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I think touching that's not sexual in nature comes more naturally to women. Men have a tendency to misinterpret any physical contact. That wouldn't be so true with the Doctor because he's not a human man.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I guess it depends on how well the friendship is, so everyone knows where they stand.

In regards to my brother. I think it made him uncomfortable. He is more reserved with female friend's compared to how he would be with a women he was having a relationship with. I think his female friend's went a bit overboard because his not the type to flirt back.

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Some women try to be more even when a guy wants to just be friends. Mind you, so do some guys. It depends on the individual.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Double standard's can go either way. In this case women can come on to a guy and it's no big deal even if he is not interested. Due to the fact that men are physically stronger so it shouldn't bother them.

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But if it's the other way around, women feel threatened. It's not fun.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It's certainly a complex situation. It depends where everyone involve is coming from.