Another close call and you lose it. But what you feared so much comes easy. Mindless fluff.

A challenge response from Ad Astra. Challenge: "Show us a character of yours in an alternate reality where they found a different calling in life, rather than service in Starfleet, Central Command, etc. How are their lives different. Are they better, worse, or essentially the same?" So, by definition, very much AU, very much ‘out there.’ Can be read as friendship or slash, depending on readers' preferences, there's certainly room for both.

Beauty isn't always that which survives. A dark AU tale.

At the moment when things started to look promising again, the time is cut short. A part of the Absolute Horizon storyline, major parts of which are not written yet. Sequel to Da Capo al Coda.