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Ghost in the Machine by Killa (NC-17)
Fandom: STAR TREK: VOYAGER
Pairing: Paris/?
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
killabeez
Author Website: Killa's Adventures in Melodrama
Why this must be read:
If you've read any Star Trek slash fiction, then you've probably read this one since it's a classic. Killa's writing is always skillful and her sex scenes hot, but it's the revelation in this one that makes it memorable.
I'm going to try and avoid spoiling you in case you haven't read the story, so I'll rather cryptically explain the plot by saying that Paris uses his holoprogram-writing talents to recreate a fantasy. There are enough hints dropped in the lead-up that the reader has an idea who'll be appearing, but the actual appearance still makes an impact because of that skilled writing I mentioned before. It explores something that became a staple of the later series: what happens when a hologram realises it's a computer construct.
The shattering sound of something breaking makes me jump a foot. It takes me a second to realize he's hit the metal divider screen, and not me. I make myself breathe and take a mental inventory. No, nothing damaged. I summon courage enough to look at him.
He's standing there, staring dumbly at the blood that's dripping from several small cuts on the edge of his fist. His shock is so eloquent I can see it on him; he can't believe that he's actually bleeding. I want very much to say something, but nothing comes.
The silence goes on so long I feel that maybe I've gone suddenly, inexplicably deaf. But at last he covers up his bleeding hand with his undamaged one, bringing them both to rest in front of him. I can see he's embarrassed that he lashed out like that, and I'm embarrassed that I drove him to it. He's not a man who's accustomed to losing control.
Ghost in the Machine
(Star Trek was probably my first fandom - or at least it was a close second to Doctor Who - and I watched it from the original series. When I came online, it was the first fanfic I read, and where I discovered what slash meant. My favourite series to watch was Deep Space Nine, but I like reading in all the series, so this will probably be an odd mixture of recs!)
Pairing: Paris/?
Author on LJ:
killabeezAuthor Website: Killa's Adventures in Melodrama
Why this must be read:
If you've read any Star Trek slash fiction, then you've probably read this one since it's a classic. Killa's writing is always skillful and her sex scenes hot, but it's the revelation in this one that makes it memorable.
I'm going to try and avoid spoiling you in case you haven't read the story, so I'll rather cryptically explain the plot by saying that Paris uses his holoprogram-writing talents to recreate a fantasy. There are enough hints dropped in the lead-up that the reader has an idea who'll be appearing, but the actual appearance still makes an impact because of that skilled writing I mentioned before. It explores something that became a staple of the later series: what happens when a hologram realises it's a computer construct.
The shattering sound of something breaking makes me jump a foot. It takes me a second to realize he's hit the metal divider screen, and not me. I make myself breathe and take a mental inventory. No, nothing damaged. I summon courage enough to look at him.
He's standing there, staring dumbly at the blood that's dripping from several small cuts on the edge of his fist. His shock is so eloquent I can see it on him; he can't believe that he's actually bleeding. I want very much to say something, but nothing comes.
The silence goes on so long I feel that maybe I've gone suddenly, inexplicably deaf. But at last he covers up his bleeding hand with his undamaged one, bringing them both to rest in front of him. I can see he's embarrassed that he lashed out like that, and I'm embarrassed that I drove him to it. He's not a man who's accustomed to losing control.
Ghost in the Machine
(Star Trek was probably my first fandom - or at least it was a close second to Doctor Who - and I watched it from the original series. When I came online, it was the first fanfic I read, and where I discovered what slash meant. My favourite series to watch was Deep Space Nine, but I like reading in all the series, so this will probably be an odd mixture of recs!)
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Thanks for sharing that link.
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