So true, and the Master going "no, don't tell him! That's my plan to tell!" so harks back to these schoolboy days when their relationship started.
Hee! Exactly! :D

And thank you for all the background story, I love the fact that this OTP goes back nearly 40 years (and has been so unashamedly shippy the whole time).

Master (and now follows an actual quote): "A universe without the Doctor scarcesly bears thiking about."
I've got an icon with that quote uploaded to my IJ! \o/

(Oh, and if you ever have a chunk of time available, I think you'd enjoy Between Canons: The Year That Never Was. Pimping myself, but... Also you'd think I'd have worked out how to do html! *headdesk*)