Like Humans Do by Mosca and Stellamaru (NC17)

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Fandom: Enterprise
Pairing: Hoshi/T'Pol
Author on LJ: mosca, stellamaru
Author Website: You can find Mosca's fics here: homoneurotica and StellaMaru's fics here: Shiny New Thing
Why this must be read:

There's a decent amount of Hoshi/T'Pol fic in the fandom, but I personally haven't found much of it that could work within canon. There are a few notable exceptions to this, and "Like Humans Do" is one of the best examples. My favorite thing about this fic is that it's NC17, but it's not titillating or even sexy. In fact, it's cold and leaves you feeling a bit unsettled. It's sort of a Pon Farr story, which is one of the trappings many fics about T'Pol (and all Vulcan characters) tend to fall into, and this fic sort of pokes fun at that while at the same time showing what a relationship between these two characters might be like.

The original version was written by mosca, but stellamaru remixed it for Silverlake's remix challenge, and the two work so well together that I can't recommend one without the other. The original is from Hoshi's POV, and the remix gives T'Pol a chance to speak.

Like Humans Do

Like Humans Do (The Cold, Unexpected Remix)