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• Our Favorite Drug by meratrishoslee

  Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M, M/M, Other
  • Work in Progress

  18 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries)
  • There was only one skull
  • doing this one for fun
  • Post-Season/Series 01
  • Masturbation
  • Self-Hatred
  • scratches
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
  • Recovery
  • Shame
  • Mildly Dubious Consent
  • (resolves immediately)
  • Exhibitionism
  • Voyeurism
  • canon typical suicidal ideation
  • Minor Gurathin/Bharadwaj
  • Pining
  • Sub Gurathin
  • soft dom Murderbot
  • Praise Kink
  • Safewords
  • Sex Toys
  • Pre-Come
  • Premature Ejaculation
  • Orgasm Control
  • Enemas
  • Look - Just Trust Me On This One
  • Vulnerability
  • Pet Names
  • Teledildonics
  • E-stim
  • Cock Rings
  • Hair-pulling
  • Dry Orgasm
  • Hand Jobs
  • Anal Sex
  • Author is Open to Hearing about Dead Batteries
  • Oral Sex
  • Aftercare
  • Dry Humping
  • Boundaries
  • Happy Ending
  • (If it's not happy -- it's not yet the ending)
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • Orgasm Edging
  • Moaning
  • Food as a Metaphor for Love
  • Choking
  • oversensitivity
  • Post-Orgasm Torture
  • Face Slapping
  • Semi-Public Sex
  • Bathroom Sex
  • Rough Sex
  • Biting

  Summary

  Mera takes some book canon and sprinkles it like fairy dust it to make these two show-based idiots fall in love, and also (eventually) fuck nasty.

  Or, subtitled: "omg, they were SKULL-MATES"

  Don't let the length of this one scare you (said the gigolo to the nun) -- chapters have separate word counts and ratings in their summaries as well as tags in the notes (on most of them), so you can flip through and go straight to the money shots, if you want. <3

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  125,558

  Chapters:

  26/35

  Comments:

  522

  Kudos:

  278

  Bookmarks:

  33

  Hits:

  8,863