Too Many Stars and Not Enough Sky by Kaite (R)

[idella]

Hi, I’m idella, and I’ll be driving the Star Trek: The Next Generation van this month.

perclexed did a great overview of TNG in 2003, and to quote Leonard Cohen, nothing much has happened since. We may not have a shiny new movie, but we have lots of shiny fic! (Not nearly enough shiny new fic, mind you, but we have lots of shiny classics that haven't been recc'd here yet.)

You can expect me to showcase mostly canon het, with occasional forays into gen, femslash, and fic that focuses on TNG's female characters. I'm also into angst, plot, and Trek's deliciously twisted Mirror Universe.

On to the recs!

Fandom: STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Pairing: Troi/Worf
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: You can find more of Kaite's fic here (scroll down)
Why this must be read:

This is one of several stories from Kaite that breathes new life into one of TNG's most underused and underdeveloped characters. (She gets bonus points for taking on one of the show's most unpopular pairings, too.)

Here, Deanna Troi has personality to spare, and she sees through everyone, especially herself. If she were ever to publish a monograph on the sex lives of her colleagues, this would be her snarky brainstorming session.

She's changed, since she came on board seven years ago, all wide eyes and short skirts, following her imzadi around like a love-struck puppy. She's older, not much wiser. The floating dresses and pale skin have gone, now she's black and blue. She's earned these colours. The new pip. The uniform she can actually breathe in. The large fingerprints and bite marks that stain her skin all the colours of the rainbow. It's like armour beneath her clothing, a secret skin no- one knows about. She's doing things she'd never imagined before.

Too Many Stars and Not Enough Sky