ok but like people think that PTSD is all flashbacks and melt downs but what about the constant feeling of paranoia and being scared to be alone but scared to be by others and nothing feeling safe no matter where you are
The Master takes care to lean into the Doctor’s personal space. Calculated gestures of self-invitation: he smells of cinnamon and sharply clean aftershave and, vaguely, from incessant mechanical tinkering, the tang of gasoline. Black-lined maple-brown eyes sweep her features; they are bright; they simmer with yearning. Regardless of the color, they always have. He smiles.
And then he pulls back.
“Oh yes, of course. That’s self-evident. I can’t imagine why I would ever wish to encroach upon your bubble, Doctor. It’s not as if you’re my lifelong North Star, and, currently, a breathtaking adorkable little blonde. That I should very much like to ravish. Right here, right now.”