Revery of Silence (Doctor Who)

I - Perfectly ordinary

"Ayyye, that wasn't the date I had in mind for you two," the Doctor whined. "It was fun, of course, but far from romantic. How about... there is a bright pink ocean on Okeleperaxia. Poisonous, so you can't take a swim, but beautiful nonetheless."

"Poisonous?" asked Rory carefully and threw an anxious side-glance at Amy as if he was awaiting her to be excited about it.

Well, she was a little bit. And if she was totally honest, it was fun having Rory on their adventures now. He just had to... warm up to them a little, and with time he would surely grow to love them as much as she did.

"Maybe something... tame and completely safe then?" she offered and squeezed Rory's hand. It was okay to take it slow. Her love for him had been rekindled in Venice, and that so fast and so intensely that it made her feel bad for ever having tried to mess with the Doctor. A little at least. A smaller part of her still wouldn't mind.

The Doctor thought about it intensely, his face darkening, brows raising, his mouth moving from one side to the other, his tongue poking his cheek... Eventually he nudged the Master, who was repairing something next to him.

"Any ideas?"

"Err... nope." He obviously didn't even try to think of something and plainly resumed his work.

"Come on. Since you're staying here, you can at least be of help." The Doctor tried to poke a finger at him, but the Master evaded, grabbed the finger and bent it just enough to let the other man whimper and slightly double.

"I'm repairing your stupid ship, because you're too daft to do it yourself! Tell me something about being helpful again!" He grunted and let go of the Doctor.

He slid away, rubbed his finger and sulked a bit. "Was just thinking you might have something in mind, is all."

The Master flung his screwdriver onto the console and fully turned around, a devilish grin on his lips, as he tried to tower above the actually bigger Doctor. "I am the Master, evil down to the core, demise and doom of the universe... What... makes you think, that I could have any good idea for something stupid like a date!?"

"Well..." the Doctor squeaked, bent backwards and carefully stepped away, then pointing behind the other Time Lord. "Because you had one with her."

Everyone turned and saw Roka sauntering in, a mug in her hands and a bit perplex about the sudden attention. Amy chuckled at the thought of those two having an actual date and decided to probe them later for details.

"That's actually a great idea." the Master stroked his beard dramatically and glanced at Roka. "Where would you go on a date?"

"With you?" She gave him a mocking glare above her mug, while taking a long sip. "How about this huge volcano on Helkeriva I heard it's one of the hottest in the Milvartia Nebula."

The Master chuckled and grinned widely. "Something dangerous then? I like that."

"No..." Roka leaned casually against the banister and gave off a content hum. "Just to push you in. Completely accidentally of course."

"Okay... stop." The Doctor trod between them, before anyone could drag this any further. With a wide smile he hurled around and held open his hands towards Rory. "How about, we let you decide? After all you need to be initiated as a new crew member, ey?"

"Uh... me?" He pointed at himself and threw some help-seeking glances around. "Oof, I don't know... I mean it's... err..."

Amy clutched his arm and cuddled against him. "Out with it! You have an idea, I can sense it!"