Solace ('Infinity' entry)

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Title: Solace
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Darkfic
Word Count: 2110
Characters: The Master (Ainley), Nyssa of Traken
Warnings: Mindgames
Summary: Night after night Nyssa dreamt about her father.

AN: This started out much different from how it ended. Usually I have a very clear idea of how a fic should start and end, but this story has twisted around itself several times. It was also very hard to write. I always felt that the Master and Nyssa must have a very odd connection, though it was hardly touched in the series. I have written a bit more about that here. So this fic is about that, and it’s also a story about loss and grief. I’m not sure if it is very good at all, but I needed to write it.

Read it here.

Comments

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Oh, my God. That was beautiful. I love it!

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you! I almost didn't post it, because it felt so wobbly.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Oh, that would have been such a mistake if you hadn't! This is just stunning! :) ♥

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad you like it! I lost a relative recently and it kind of bled into this fic a bit. I think I would have grabbed a bit unreality with both hands if it had just given me a bit more time.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Oh, gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that. :-( I totally get where you're coming from; this year it'll be ten years since my Grandpa died, and his birthday would be near the end of this month. And I think I would absolutely do the same thing for just one more moment, however brief, however unreal.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Birthdays makes you remember, don't they? I can never remember the dates my grandparent's died, but I always remember their birthdays. :) *hugs*

[gallif-migrant.livejournal.com]

Haven't read this yet, but I will when I have time. But as I was reading your linked post, I was being subtly reminded of a Nyssa/Master dark het fic I remembered...and then I saw you mention "Sweet Nyssa."

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I hope you will enjoy it when you do!

This one and Sweet Nyssa kind of came from the same place, but in Sweet Nyssa The Master is perverted and twisted, while here I was thinking more of him as a kind of father figure. Still a pretty twisted one, though. :)