Morality Lessons

[donutsweeper]

Title: Morality Lessons
Pairing/Warning/Rating: Vague Doctor/Master, rated G
Word Count: 137
Summary:  The Doctor tries to teach the Master an important lesson.
Author's Note:  Written for unfeathered's prompt from my recent writing meme

“No,” the Doctor warned, “try to do the right thing for once, won’t you?”

“Who cares about doing what’s right?”  The Master fumed.

“Nearly every society that ever evolved eventually developed code of conduct, a system of ethics, an idea of morality if you will.  So I would say that the entire galaxy cares about doing ‘what is right’ as you so childishly put it.”

“But...”

“No.”

They stared at each other for a moment before the Master’s hand shot out, only to be slapped away before he could grab the last scone off the serving plate.

“You do not take the last one, it simply is not polite.”

“But....”

“No.”

“Fine.”  The Master crossed his arms and pursed his lips.  “But don’t you think I’m going to let you forget this.”

“I never expected you would.”

Comments

[unfeathered]

Ha! Fantastic! I love the twist when you find out what they're actually talking about! Brilliant! :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

You know me... slipping in twists whenever I can! :) Thanks for the prompt

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

I adore your icon!

[unfeathered]

It's fantastic, isn't it! It's by 45eugenia and totally snaggable. :-)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

*Grins* brilliant!

(Is it just me, or does this icon fit the last two lines of the fic?)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

That icon is perfect, absolutely perfect for it! :)

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Scones! Poor Master, having to learn to be polite over scones...

Love it!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Originally I was going to have it be digestives, but those aren't as well known in the States. :)

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

digestives are known to anyone it the US who reads British fiction.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

ah, true. They do however, sound a smidge unappealing to me. Cookies= yummy. digestives? I have trouble seeing the appeal

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

Haha.. Excellent fun!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

perfect, perfect icon for this! Glad you liked it! :)

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

House training the Master is SO hard!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

But I bet he would argue it's worth it! :)

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

yes that's why the Doctor was so sad when the Master refused to regenerate!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'd have let the Master have the last scone. It's not like we're talking donuts here!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

maybe sometime you could write a drabble Doctor/Master alien donuts!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Hee! Teatime etiquette, morality, it all comes from the same place! This is very clever, nice job.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! yumm... tea.

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

Of course if it were a cranberry and white chocolate scone we would all be pleading for him to take it (and maybe choke on it?)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I don't even think the Doctor would be quite THAT mean cranberry and white chocolate the horrors

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

*snicker* I can totally see the Master's face here in all his crazypoutyadorableness.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

he does a very good job with that face! :)