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ext_17679 ([identity profile] netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2006-03-08 04:57 pm

Everybody Else's Girl by Mosca (PG)

Fandom: STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Pairing: Riker/Troi
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] mosca
Author Website: homoneurotica
Why this must be read:

For a lot of The Next Gen Troi was an underused character. Mosca takes the idea that in addition to being an empath and Riker's on/off love interest Troi is a starfleet officer with the rank of commander and runs with it.

For four years, we have carried the same rank. When I passed the commander's test, Captain Picard wrote me a letter of congratulations. It was an awkward thing, but he sometimes finds it easiest to express himself when he has time to edit his words. "This crew has a tendency to forget that you are not only an excellent counselor, but an excellent officer," he wrote. "I hope that this will help you remember."

Every morning, I fasten three gold disks to the collar of my uniform and remind myself that I am a Starfleet commander. I have sat in the center chair of the fleet's flagship, and I have done her as proud as I could. (I only crashed her once.) Starfleet has been sending me on sensitive espionage missions. I am ordered to probe the enemy's thoughts and wrap up her secrets in the recondite corners of my mind. I have made a career of keeping confidences.



Everybody Else's Girl
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[identity profile] belladonnalin.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooooooh. I really don't have any sort of attraction to Star Trek fic, necessarily, but I LOVED this. Very stark and kind of floaty at the same time. I love the idea of Troi as calculated and so self-aware, lying to Riker because she knows that he's just going to pout at her if she doesn't.

Plus she does love him. Kinda. Just not like he loves her.
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[identity profile] zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com 2006-03-08 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, hell, yes. Riker/Troi is my OTP of OTPs for ST:TNG and i can never get enough of fic for them. this has just made my day.