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  1. Public Bookmark 17

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    Who knew meeting a strange man tinkering with a mysterious device in sickbay would result in Data learning what dreams are made of?

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    Set during the events of TNG season 6, episode 16 Birthright Part 1

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    16 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 13

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    It’s been so long, you’ve forgotten to expect it. And yet, there it is: a dusty, faded flower, sitting pretty on your doorstep. The thing’s face is withered, nearly gray instead of purple, and a simpler you could write that off as the cause of your delay in recognition if the thing wasn’t so distinctive, and that makes it denial, and isn’t that so much worse?

    A little necklace adorns the thing; thin string punched through cream-colored paper, the corners folded just-so. A wax seal you might recognize, but coordinates you don’t, at least not from here, so you lean in for a closer look. You pick up the flower, and something in your mind whitens. The fuzz of the stem prickles at your thumb, just like so many kisses, and that- that is when his voice comes up, dread-warmth in your ear.

    “For bonny sweet Robin is all of my joy.”

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    Or, what happens when a demon of Eliot's past refuses to be outrun.

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    16 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 1

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    Moreau sends a video to Eliot's email. There are two problems with that: 1) Hardison's fancy monitoring system says Moreau's still locked away in San Lorenzo and 2) Hardison regularly snoops around Eliot's email.

    Right. And what's on the video, that's also a problem, but at least it's one that's in the past. And Eliot was there for it—it wasn't that horrible. It started worse than it went on to be. Then why does he even remember their start?

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    16 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

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    “Is that a body,” Tim blurts before he can stop himself, rising to his feet. Martin looks, if possible, even more scared.

    “He’s alive!” he hisses, almost defensively. “It’s not - it’s not Gertrude again, I didn’t kill him, he just – I don’t know what happened to him, I just found him in the stacks like this.”

    “And you dragged him up here?” Tim says, and then registers several things at once – the build, the hair texture; the little round scars peppering a pair of thin hands and an awfully familiar face. “Wait, is that Jon?”

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    Jon stumbles back into an earlier Archive, looking for a way to fix the world. (Or, mom says it's my turn for the obligatory time travel au)

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    08 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    Julian had gone through a lot over the course of his career, but had managed to, for the most part, keep himself together. But, when something that had been an important coping mechanism since he was a teenager gets defiled and ruined, his composure slips.

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    Or, Julian gets raped and doesn't know what to do.

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    31 Jan 2026