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1. Choices by Imagination_Is_Key

   Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
   • F/F, F/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   10 Mar 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)/Original Female Character(s)
   • River Song/Original Female Character(s)
   • The Doctor/River Song
   • Tenth Doctor & Donna Noble
   • Tenth Doctor & Martha Jones
   • Tenth Doctor & Original Time Lord Character(s) (Doctor Who)
   • Jack Harkness & Original Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Time Lord Character(s) (Doctor Who)
   • Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who)
   • River Song
   • Martha Jones
   • Jack Harkness
   • Donna Noble
   • Rose Tyler
   • Astrid Peth
   • The Master (Doctor Who)
   • Wilfred Mott
   • Dalek Caan
   • Davros (Doctor Who)
   • Time Travel
   • Romance
   • Slow Burn
   • Drama
   • Suspense
   • Feel-good
   • Suffering
   • Aftermath of Torture
   • Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery
   • War
   • Military Backstory
   • Time Lord Angst
   • Time Lady!Original Character
   • Time Lord Telepathy (Doctor Who)
   • Fobwatched Time Lord
   • Historical Futuristic Time Travel
   • Forced Regeneration (Doctor Who)
   • Slow reveal trauma
   • Eventual Relationships
   • Warm cuddly feelings
   • author cannot tag to save their life
   • Mystery
   • Action/Adventure
   • Friendship
   • Developing Friendships
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Delusions
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Tags Contain Spoilers
   • Self-Harm
   • Unrequited Love
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Complicated Relationships
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Donna Noble Deserved Better
   • Found Family
   • The Doctor (Doctor Who) Needs a Hug
   • The Doctor is Not Okay (Doctor Who)
   • Original Character is Not Okay
   • protective original character
   • Bittersweet
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Canon-Typical Emotional Devastation
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Complete

   Summary

   Florence died, and her last act was to selflessly bring Circe back to life.
   But Circe spent centuries being controlled by the Master, and all she knows is how to be a soldier. Can the Doctor show her a life beyond obedience? Can Circe make the choice to be more than she was made to be?
   After all, it's our choices that make us who we are.
   ~~~

   Read Selfish first.

   Series

   • Part 2 of What is Romance without its Tragedy?

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