#fandom:startrek

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There_Once_Was_A_Girl

Writer 

Fandom(s):  Check Please - any ship but PB&J 

Star Trek (TOS/AOS/NextGen/DS9) - any ship 

Teen Wolf - anything without Peter Hale 

Harry Potter - any ship that doesn't involve snape 

Leverage - OT3

Offering:  Writing (fics 5k words and under), Writing (fics over 5k words)

Likes:  mutual pining, AUs and canon divergence, happy endings

Dislikes:  explicit, graphic violence, non-con

Link 1: https://archiveofourown.org/works/7264657

Link 2: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9620591/chapters/21735374

Link 3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/6463306/chapters/14793259

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Equilibrium

Equilibrium by PSW (AO3; 152,000 words)

Fandom: Star Trek (TOS)

Relationship: Gen

McCoy's transport is destroyed in what appears to be a containment field explosion, leaving no known survivors. The truth, however, is not so simple as that …

Notes: long, character-driven, plotty. reads like a miniseries or movie that does true credit to both the primary three and the larger ensemble of TOS

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Of Two Worlds

Of Two Worlds by Yahtzee (originally on AO3, preserved by Wayback Machine - 12,000 words)

Fandom: Star Trek (AO3/TOS)

Relationship: Spock/Uhura

Summary: Spock finds himself shifting between the Prime universe and his own -- for a very unexpected reason.

Notes: does a lot to show the commonalities and divergences between AO3 and TOS, and a good Spock/Uhura showing to boot

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The Puzzling Disappearance of Dr. Gillian Taylor

The Puzzling Disappearance of Dr. Gillian Taylor by WitticasterCole (one-shot - 1,300 words)

Fandom: Star Trek (TOS movies)/Buzzfeed Unsolved

Relationships: Gen

Summary: “This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved, we’re covering the disappearance of Dr. Gillian Taylor--a highly-publicized case that has baffled police and amateur detectives for decades.”

Notes: perfectly light one-shot that captures the voices of BU to portray the pinnacle Whale Movie

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what you were and might've been

what you were and might’ve been by tomakelifemorebeautiful (AO3; one-shot - 2,200 words)

Fandom: Star Trek (ENT/Reboot)

Relationship: gen (referenced T’Pol/Trip and Kirk/Spock)

Summary: T'Pol has just turned one hundred and forty four the day the child is born. They have named him Spock.

Notes: enterprise is MY FLAWED BABY and t’pol DESERVES THIS NUANCED LOOK AT HER IN THE REBOOT UNIVERSE

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Thou Best and Dearest

Thou Best and Dearest by Thistlerose (AO3; one-shot - 1,500 words)

Fandom: Star Trek (TOS/TNG)

Relationship: if-only Montgomery Scott/Nyota Uhura

Summary: Scotty didn't want to know about the fates of his friends, but when he runs into Spock, he can't help asking about one. 

(Set after the TNG episode "Relics." Knowledge of the episode really helps.)

Notes: but it gives me feelings. mostly sad ones.

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assassins down the avenue

assassins down the avenue by green_postit (AO3; one-shot - 5,800 words)

Fandom: Star Trek (2009 Mirrorverse)

Relationship: Christine Chapel/Montgomery Scott (background McCoy/Kirk)

Summary: This is how Christine Chapel falls in love.

Notes: i don’t know how you take a canonical AU that hasn’t been interpreted for a particular reboot, mix in a rarepair, and still have it come across as believable. violent, desperate romance.

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Things

Things by Raven (singlecrow) (AO3; one-shot - 9,400 words)

Fandom: Star Trek (TNG/DS9/VOY) / His Dark Materials

Relationship: gen (canon Kira/Odo, Keiko/Miles)

Summary: "Needs must in a time of war, sir."

Starfleet and its daemons.

Notes: daemons were highly in vogue a few years ago, but this fic really reminds you of how incredible the concept can be. questions of personhood and humanity and the soul.