closer (and further away)
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Chris' teeth are chattering with the cold, but he works efficiently, using his phaser to heat a patch of rock, then herding Tilly gently to sit down near it. She's even colder than he is, moving sluggishly and less responsive than he'd like. Given they're soaked to the bone, none of the choices here are great, but awkwardness in the pursuit of saving their lives seems a reasonable bargain.
He tears open a thermal blanket, then channels every impersonal nurse he's ever met and says, "Let's get you out of these wet clothes, hmmm?"
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- Part 1 of closer (and further away)
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Tilly's come to the very peculiar conclusion that Captain Pike is trying to make friends with her.
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- Part 2 of closer (and further away)
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He knows full well he's on thin ice. Asking Tilly to explain the spore drive and the mycelial network was one thing (and he does have the excuse that he still occasionally asks about it, he is still genuinely trying to get his head around it as much as that's possible for a layman), but this... this is transparent.
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- Part 3 of closer (and further away)
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Pike's been sweet to her from the start, always made her feel seen, and she's trusted him as captain almost as long as she's known him, but she didn't ever expect him to be angry for her sake.
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- Part 4 of closer (and further away)
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He absolutely should not invite her into his quarters. In any other circumstance he would find some excuse not to (there are very good reasons he's never suggested they play kadis-kot here, he's not a complete fool), but they watched Airiam take her last ever journey today, Tilly's face is a picture of agony, and he can't send her away.
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- Part 5 of closer (and further away)
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She felt so cared for, so understood. Somehow, she knew he'd get it, knew it was safe to take her pain to him.
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- Part 6 of closer (and further away)
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He's always known his life could end prematurely, that he might die in the course of his duty, save someone else in preference to himself. It's a risk he accepts every time he dons the uniform, one he takes on willingly, baked into the core of who he is.
Losing everything except his life, losing the man he knows how to be? That's a harder prospect.
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- Part 7 of closer (and further away)
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As soon as Tilly hears Michael's plan, she knows what's going to happen, what they must do, and what she will decide. It's inevitable. It settles into her bones without her consent. She knows it's the right thing. She knows that he of all people will understand. It's barely even a choice; it's who she is. Discovery is her family.
But it hurts.
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- Part 8 of closer (and further away)
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He didn't expect to see her on Enterprise, and for one shining moment he thinks- "You're staying?" It's a foolish question borne of desperate hope, one he regrets as soon as he sees her reaction, the way her face crumples.
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- Part 9 of closer (and further away)
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shards by flootzavut for zinjadu
Fandoms: Star Trek: Discovery (TV), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Star Trek
30 Sep 2026
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It still doesn't quite mesh in her head, that they're gone. That everyone she knows who didn't come forward with Discovery is now stardust. It's as if they surround her on every journey she makes. Maybe it's not so bad after all, being one with the stars.
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- Part 10 of closer (and further away)