Candlelight by Gill Marsden (PG-13)

[idella]

Fandom: STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Pairing: Riker/Troi
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: A few of her stories are archived here
Why this must be read:

“Candlelight” is a desperately bleak AU where romance is a traitor to survival, and where Deanna Troi sets out to seduce not so much a live man, but a dead way of life. The chilling details of Marsden’s report from the of the end of the world and her strong characterizations (her Riker is particularly good) are my favourite things about this fic.

These were not her quarters, nor his. They had been appropriated from an Ensign Dalish. Ensign Dalish and his roommate had no further use for this cabin, and it being smaller, more economical to heat, illuminate, provide water and gravity to than those staterooms normally enjoyed by the senior officers, they and the other remaining senior officers had abandoned what luxuries came with their rank and had retreated to the lower decks.

Riker and Troi had found themselves together, had gravitated back to one another - here in this small cabin. Doubling up had been a necessity; half the ship had been written off, closed down, sealed. It would have made sense to jettison those now useless parts, but Riker had dismissed the suggestion. He needed to know the Enterprise was still intact, still whole. They all, he had insisted, needed to know that this ship in particular still survived intact.

Candlelight

Comments

[meredith44]

That was quite good. Thanks for the rec.

[idella]

You're welcome.