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[#036] The Fraud (Doctor Who)
Theme Prompt: #036: Charlatan
Title: 'The Fraud'
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/Warnings: G; No warnings
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 326
Summary: I hate being me sometimes.
I hate being me sometimes. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of times when being me--being the Doctor--can be more fun than anything has a right to be. It's the greatest thing there is, to coast through the space-time continuum at will. There's so much to see, so much to do. I never get tired of new worlds and experiences. I guess you could say that the spirit of adventure drives me onward.
And there is so much in the way of adventure out there. Planets to be saved, people to protect. I've come to be seen, in the eyes of those people, as a champion. As a hero.
But I'm not. I'm not a hero--I never wanted to be. I never, ever wanted to take on all of the burdens that being a hero involves. Or the occasionally overwhelming pressure that goes with that duty. Somehow or other, everything falls onto my shoulders. At any given time, I juggle countless tasks at once. And I can't afford to let anything drop, even for a moment. If I do...then everything else falls apart.
The universe needs a hero. More than that, it deserves one. This universe is vast and beautiful, and so, so fragile. It deserves to be preserved and protected, sheltered from any who would do it, or its inhabitants, harm.
Yes; a hero is desperately required. For some odd reason, the universe appears to have chosen me to fill that role. I'm in constant fear that, someday, someone will see the truth: That I'm nothing but a rogue Time Lord in a stolen TARDIS. So I work that much harder, in order to keep up the pretense.
On a good day, I can fool anybody. Occasionally, I even manage to fool myself. When that happens, it scares me. For everyone's sake, I must always try to remember that I'm just a fraud, unworthy to be the stuff of legends.
Title: 'The Fraud'
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/Warnings: G; No warnings
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 326
Summary: I hate being me sometimes.
I hate being me sometimes. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of times when being me--being the Doctor--can be more fun than anything has a right to be. It's the greatest thing there is, to coast through the space-time continuum at will. There's so much to see, so much to do. I never get tired of new worlds and experiences. I guess you could say that the spirit of adventure drives me onward.
And there is so much in the way of adventure out there. Planets to be saved, people to protect. I've come to be seen, in the eyes of those people, as a champion. As a hero.
But I'm not. I'm not a hero--I never wanted to be. I never, ever wanted to take on all of the burdens that being a hero involves. Or the occasionally overwhelming pressure that goes with that duty. Somehow or other, everything falls onto my shoulders. At any given time, I juggle countless tasks at once. And I can't afford to let anything drop, even for a moment. If I do...then everything else falls apart.
The universe needs a hero. More than that, it deserves one. This universe is vast and beautiful, and so, so fragile. It deserves to be preserved and protected, sheltered from any who would do it, or its inhabitants, harm.
Yes; a hero is desperately required. For some odd reason, the universe appears to have chosen me to fill that role. I'm in constant fear that, someday, someone will see the truth: That I'm nothing but a rogue Time Lord in a stolen TARDIS. So I work that much harder, in order to keep up the pretense.
On a good day, I can fool anybody. Occasionally, I even manage to fool myself. When that happens, it scares me. For everyone's sake, I must always try to remember that I'm just a fraud, unworthy to be the stuff of legends.
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