and now for something completely different

[makingsouffles]

[She hadn't even really thought about what she was doing when it had happened.

The abandoned starship they'd landed on had turned out to not be so abandoned as they'd thought, instead overrun with desperate humans who were utterly convinced they were hostile, no matter how hard Oswin and Jenny and the Doctor tried to persuade them otherwise. And now they'd been separated and Oswin had to find him, had to make sure he wasn't-

Oh.

He was.

Tearing around the corner, Oswin skids to a halt, her eyes widening as she catches sight of the Doctor pressed against a wall, the man nearby training a gun to his chest. She screams as the gunshot rings out, some instinct taking over, something so deep within her that even Oswin doesn't even know the source. Without a second thought, she throws herself between the bullet at the Doctor, causing it to find another target.

In Oswin's chest instead of his.

She crumples to the ground with a cry of agony, the man retreating once he's figured out he won't be able to get at what he came for.]

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[mrcool]

[It's not exactly the most ideal way to go, the Doctor has to admit. But you know, it isn't his worst death either. He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes.

But when the shot rings out, there's no pain. Strange.

And then he hears Oswin scream.]

No. No!

[The Doctor catches her as she crumples, bringing her down slowly to the ground and cradling her head in his lap.] No no no no, stay with me, it'll be alright...

[This can't be happening. Not again. Oh Rassilon why does everyone die for him?]