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.”
