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crack_van2012-07-23 11:57 pm
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Ways and Means by Aris Merquoni (NC-17/Explicit)
Fandom: BABYLON 5
Pairing: Na'Toth/Neeoma Connally
Length: 3420 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aris_tgd | aris_tgd
Author Website: Aris Merquoni at An Archive Of Our Own
Why this must be read:
"Na'Toth doesn't know what to make of the fiery leader of the Babylon 5 Dockworker's Guild. Neeoma just wants to get through negotiations with Zento and the command staff alive. A couple acts of charity, a couple drinks, and suddenly all sorts of possibilities seem to appear. "
I have a huge weakness for secondary characters, and stories that expand the world beyond the small sphere of the main cast of a given show. Here, two women with a lot of responsibility but limited power (the sort of people who make B5 go ‘round behind the scenes) meet unexpectedly in the course of their duties. Na'Toth, for all her badassery, turns out to be remarkably kind, and intrigued by the human who quotes Marx at her. The sex, when it comes, is charming, clever, and quite hot.
Excerpt:
"There aren't enough female Narns on this station," she grumbled after her third glass of taree.
G'Kar was either less drunk than she thought or very good at picking up on specific types of frustration, because he turned to her and said, "Oh, really?"
Damn. She tried not to groan and looked back at the dancers. "It's unfair that the males get all the highest governmental and military positions."
"Females need to nurture and train the next generation of Narn warriors."
"Oh? So if the pouchlings aren't actually in your pouches, they belong to the females?" She snorted. "I'll find some male to carry my children, but I'm too busy to raise any."
"And you can't find any other females on Babylon 5?"
"None that are interested," she grumbled into her glass. She looked up into his amused expression. "And knock that grin off your face. I know your solution, and I'm not that desperate."
"The Humans, among their many delights, have the saying, 'Don't knock it until you've tried it.'"
"I've seen those frilly things you admit to your quarters," she said acidly. "I'm not interested in a decoration. No matter how flexible they are."
Ways and Means on Livejournal | Ways and Means at An Archive of Our Own
Pairing: Na'Toth/Neeoma Connally
Length: 3420 words
Author on LJ:
aris_tgd | aris_tgdAuthor Website: Aris Merquoni at An Archive Of Our Own
Why this must be read:
"Na'Toth doesn't know what to make of the fiery leader of the Babylon 5 Dockworker's Guild. Neeoma just wants to get through negotiations with Zento and the command staff alive. A couple acts of charity, a couple drinks, and suddenly all sorts of possibilities seem to appear. "
I have a huge weakness for secondary characters, and stories that expand the world beyond the small sphere of the main cast of a given show. Here, two women with a lot of responsibility but limited power (the sort of people who make B5 go ‘round behind the scenes) meet unexpectedly in the course of their duties. Na'Toth, for all her badassery, turns out to be remarkably kind, and intrigued by the human who quotes Marx at her. The sex, when it comes, is charming, clever, and quite hot.
Excerpt:
"There aren't enough female Narns on this station," she grumbled after her third glass of taree.
G'Kar was either less drunk than she thought or very good at picking up on specific types of frustration, because he turned to her and said, "Oh, really?"
Damn. She tried not to groan and looked back at the dancers. "It's unfair that the males get all the highest governmental and military positions."
"Females need to nurture and train the next generation of Narn warriors."
"Oh? So if the pouchlings aren't actually in your pouches, they belong to the females?" She snorted. "I'll find some male to carry my children, but I'm too busy to raise any."
"And you can't find any other females on Babylon 5?"
"None that are interested," she grumbled into her glass. She looked up into his amused expression. "And knock that grin off your face. I know your solution, and I'm not that desperate."
"The Humans, among their many delights, have the saying, 'Don't knock it until you've tried it.'"
"I've seen those frilly things you admit to your quarters," she said acidly. "I'm not interested in a decoration. No matter how flexible they are."
Ways and Means on Livejournal | Ways and Means at An Archive of Our Own