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Hi all!

We still have a few pending gifts - I'll be following up with the remaining gift givers over the next couple days and assigning pinch hitters as needed.

Thank you for your patience!

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Someday, rated T. Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

Una Chin-Riley and Philippa Georgiou meet at a party that is, and is not, for them.

written for @lipstickonmylabcoat. Thank you for the lovely prompt and your patience! I loved the idea of these two meeting earlier in Una's career. They're such fun characters.

for the @startrekwintergiftexchange thanks again for running it!!

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Within the gates

@startrekwintergiftexchange: a (belated) gift for @a-k1tty

@badthingshappenbingo: Troubled Fetal Position

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Elim Garak/Kelas Parmak

When a broken and overwhelmed Julian Bashir appears in Tolan’s garden shed, Garak and Kelas struggle to put him back together.

[read on ao3]

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hello @radicalhoodie! I had you for the @startrekwintergiftexchange :) here is a wiggly warp core disaster Geordi gif… also in Purple!LowerDecks edition

ID: [A video showing changing lineart on a colored digital drawing of Geordi La Forge standing in the “you know we had to do it to em pose”. He is in a yellow uniform with a brown skin tone, and is wearing bright green star earrings. This loops, then is followed by a slighth change in pose, where Geordi has one hand holding a PADD and the other on his hip. In the second sequence he’s saying “the Warp Core will collapse in 35 minutes.” This is followed by the same image but colored in with monochrome purple.]

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dividing up the universe ➸ songs old men in love bones + kirk + spock might listen to while slow dancing in their living room ✧˖

i. Ladyfingers by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

ii. A Sunday Kind Of Love by Etta James || Love for all my life, to have and to hold

iii. Dedicated To The One I Love by The Mamas and the Papas || And tell all the stars above / This is dedicated to the one I love

iv. The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly || I see your face in every flower, your eyes in stars above

v. My Heart Belongs to You by Bobby Vinton || You are the song within my soul / A melody that can't grow old

vi. Stardust by Willie Nelson || When stars are bright / You are in my arms

vii. A Summer Place by Andy Williams || Your arms reach out to me / And my heart is free

viii. If You Love Me by Kay Starr || Shall I catch a shooting star? / I can bring it to where you are

ix. A Thousand Stars by Kathy Young & The Innocents || A thousand stars in the sky make me realize / Tell me you love me

x. j's lullaby by Delaney Bailey || You could have all of the time / You could have the stars

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There was nothing too sappy about this, Bones decided, given the circumstances...

After all, if married folks weren't allowed a little love, who was?

"You're never gonna get him a right foot, Jim," he calls from the settee, lazily swirling his brandy in its snifter.

Jim furrows his brow and readjusted his grips around Spock's waist and hand. "Hush now, you're distracting my student."

There goes that eyebrow again. Bones smiles into his glass at the look on Spock's face, beautifully patient, yet to a point of detriment if he has any opinion about it. Bones almost pities the ridiculous, sacrificial love Spock seems to have for Jim. Their husband would have gotten about half a second of trying to "teach" Bones to dance before he'd have left Jim with a swift swat the the shoulder and a colorful reprimand for the ages.

"Jimmy, darlin'. This might be the saddest attempt at anything I have ever witnessed. I can't even blame the Vulcan on this one."

"Watch it, Bones," Jim says sweetly from over Spock's stiff shoulder, "or that Klingon opera that you so love is going on next."

Bones glares back and mutters under his breath. That damn wailing should have been burned and banished from his home ages ago.

He sits and watches Jim drag Spock around the room for a few more aching minutes, before he's had enough and decides he needs to step in, for the good of everyone. "You two look like an alligator and a crocodile trying to mate in winter," he grumbles as he stands and crosses their living room. He inserts himself swiftly in between the two before Jim can try dipping the man, God help them, and puts his back to Jim while casting an apologetic look upward to Spock. Jim huffs behind him and Bones can easily imagine the indignant hands he's put on his hips.

He takes Spock's hand and brings it up to his glass, resting their fingers together for a moment as he leans up to press a light kiss against Spock's lips.

"Run. I'll handle the beast," he says conspiratorially, smirking along with Spock at Jim's noise of protest behind them.

Spock grazes their fingers together one more time before taking off with Bones' glass, a bit faster than his usual gait, Bones reckons. As Spock busies himself at the sideboard Bones turns back around to his other partner, and rolls his eyes at his pout.

"Come on, Jim," he says with a fond sigh. He takes one of Jim's hands and brings it to rest on his shoulder, grabbing onto his waist and his free hand gently. "Let me show you how it's done."

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For the @startrekwintergiftexchange for @nonbinaryezrabridger I come baring T’Pol/Hoshi wholesome goodness.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63562231

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Hi! I was just wondering, if we haven't gotten our gift yet, at what point should we let you know?

We have about a dozen folks who have needed extra time on their gifts. I've been keeping track of whose gifts have been posted, but if you haven't received your gift by March 14, please let me know!

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For @73chn1c0l0rr3vel, a silly fic where Una struggles to find a movie for her date with M'Benga.

“Listen. Listen!” Una cried as she hurried down the Enterprise corridor after Joseph M'Benga. “You don’t have to sing along, I promise.”

The CMO laughed but did not slow down. “Nothing doing, boss, I may like spending time with you, but Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan cannot be invited.”

“Oh, alright. I’ll let them know.”

Finally he let her catch up. They stook next to each other waiting for the lift to arrive. Even though it was allowed by Starfleet for two senior officers to date, Una still felt uncomfortable with other people knowing, so she didn’t link arms with him, even though she wanted to.

Una didn’t consider their relationship to be very serious, at least not yet, but she was having fun. Even taking into account his regrettable lack of appreciation for her beloved operettas. It did make planning a movie night more difficult, but she would persevere!

“I can bring the movie again,” he suggested.

“No, no, I can find something! It’s my turn.”

He smiled his beautiful smile at her. “If you insist.”

Una did insist. But that didn’t mean it would be easy.

Of course, Una enjoyed other genres of movie or program, but the ones she kept in her quarters on the Enterprise were all either things Joseph didn’t want to watch or things the two had already watched together. So she needed help.

/

“No.” Laan turned back to her station.

Una pouted at her friend’s severe braid. “Why not?”

“You know why not. I lent you my copy of Tchaikovskii’s On a Sunbeam, my favorite movie, and you lost it.”

Una sighed. “I know, and I’m sorry, and I bought you a replacement.”

“Yes, yes, but remember what else you said?”

“What did I say?”

“You said it was boring! You said you fell asleep halfway through.”

Oh right, she had said that. “It was a beautiful movie. I just think maybe it could have had more… dialogue?”

Laan laughed. “I’m not lending you another movie you won’t even like, Una. Find someone else.”

/

“… and finally, a copy of the 150th anniversary performance of Wicked on Broadway.”

“Wow,” said Una. She stared at Uhura’s beautifully organized box of film cards. Nyota watched her with excited anticipation, obviously proud of her collection: several dozen movies, almost all in a variety of languages Una didn’t understand.

“I’m just not sure I want something with subtitles,” Una confessed.

“Oh, most of them don’t have subtitles,” said Uhura brightly.

“That might be a problem… Is Wicked really the only English-language film you have?”

/

“How goes the quest?” Joseph asked over lunch in the mess room.

“It goes badly,” Una sighed. “But I will prevail!”

But after lunch Una found that Eria only had a handful of film cards, all about zombies for some reason. Christine was off the ship right now. And she wasn’t even going to approach Pelia.

There was only one person left to ask…

“Wait,” said Chris, turning off the water and drying his hands. “I’m not sure I heard you. What did you say?”

“Oh you absolutely heard me.”

He laughed. “Yes, but I want to hear you say it again.”

Una rolled her eyes. “Please, Chris, I need your help.”

“Music to my ears.”

“I need to borrow a movie for a date.”

“And you came to me… do you know how many years I’ve waited for this?”

“Chris, I swear…”

“Okay, okay,” Chris paused in cutting up a zucchini to point out where he kept his film cards. “Have a look through those.”

/

Finally it was time for their date. Joseph had brought dinner from the mess hall and was setting it out as Una arrived at his quarters.

“Successful?”

“Mmm, mess hall lasagna!” Una handed him the film card she had chosen.

Joseph squinted at the label. “2001: A Space Odyssey. Ah, a classic. I haven’t seen this one.”

“Oh, good. Neither have I. I’m hoping there aren’t any cowboys in it because Chris has… a shocking number of cowboy movies.”

In the end the lasagna was merely okay, but the movie was good. There were no cowboys, no singing, and more men in monkey suits than Una had been expecting.

“So, he’s a baby now?”

“I guess? I don’t know.”

“Huh.”

They stayed cuddled on the couch as the credits played. “I thought it was good,” said Una, “but you know what else I think?”

“What?”

“I think you’d better bring the movie next time. This was far too much work!”

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to die, to sleep

Hey @jordanlafordan! Here's your @startrekwintergiftexchange gift from yours truly! This is an Ash Tyler Angst special. I will warn you, I got a little bit carried away with the angst. Just a bit. But I really enjoyed writing it, and I hope you enjoy reading!

Either way, have a lovely day.

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Hi all! If you haven't already, try to get your gifts posted today. This is a soft deadline, so if you need a bit more time, that's okay, too!

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New Star Trek fic: Data & Geordi BFF!

Wrote this fluffy friendship fic for @spittyfishy for @startrekwintergiftexchange

SpittyFishy wanted Data in the snow and I provided!

Also: a vaguely tense relationship between Geordi and his dad - A disappointing reaction to gifts of hot chocolate - Inciting the local children to violence

Excerpt:

“What are your plans for the upcoming shore leave?” Counselor Troi asked Data during their regularly scheduled meetings. Although Data did not have a psyche and therefore was a poor candidate for psychology, she was invaluable in helping him decode human behavior.

“Geordi invited me to accompany him to his father’s home,” Data told her. “I do not know what, if any, activities he had planned there.”

Counselor Troi nodded. “Do they live near a city? Perhaps there are museums or art galleries you could visit.”

“Geordi doesn’t enjoy visiting museums or art galleries,” Data told her. “He prefers to learn in ways which are not entirely visual.”

Counselor Troi seemed to consider this. “You don’t have to spend the whole time with Geordi. Maybe you could visit them while he spends time with his family.”

“I don’t think he’d appreciate that,” Data said. “I believe that part of his reason for inviting me was to serve as a ‘buffer’ for his family.”

Counselor Troi nodded again.

“Regardless,” Data continued, “the residence is not located near any densely populated areas. Geordi has previously complained about its remoteness from ‘anything interesting’.”

“Is there anything you might find interesting in the area?” Counselor Troi asked.

Data considered this for .8 milliseconds. “I have not previously spent much time in the biome Geordi’s father is located in, especially in the winter season. I am interested in observing the local environs, especially considering the work that was put into restoring the habitat to its state pre-western colonization and climate change.” He paused, then continued:

“I do not believe that Geordie would enjoy observing the natural environment. Geordi does not seem to enjoy outdoor activities. While he is physically fit and capable of duties required of a StarFleet officer, and while he sometimes mentions occasions during which he has enjoyed hiking and camping, I have observed that when given an option between socializing inside and participating in such activities, he choses socializing more often than not.”

“Perhaps there are social activities that happen outside?” Counselor Troi suggested. “There are a number of activities you can only do in the snow.”

This was true, Data considered. A query to his database returned quite a large number of such activities. He narrowed the search parameters to include what he knew of the terrain Geordi’s father’s home was situated in and the limited period of time available.

“There are quite a few activities we might participate in,” he concluded, out loud. “Thank you for the suggestion.”

Counselor Troi smiled. “You are very welcome.” Read on AO3

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He's never had a patient quite like this before! Can doctor Julian Bashir navigate the asteroid fields of romance and secure a stardate with the handsome android?

my @startrekwintergiftexchange gift for @lady-sci-fi , for the prompt "Julian unable to hide his massive crush on Data". I saw a kind of shoujo cover in my head, and it turned out a bit different to how I envisioned this first, but I hope you enjoy it! :D

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RIKER X TROY (Star Trek: TNG) ➢

@startrekwintergiftexchange — my gift for @neopuff

credit: x + x

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Shore leave

General audiences

Pike/Una

1.418 words

I wrote this @startrekwintergiftexchange fic for @female-fogbank, I rly hope you like it!! I thought about this story for weeks... not many words came out in the end but I wrote them with love <3

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Hello @marymoss1971! Here is your gift for the @startrekwintergiftexchange! 🥳💝 I went with your request for platonic Tom & Harry, and I had a lot of fun writing this!

I hope you enjoy, and that you’re doing well. Live long and prosper! 😊🖖✨

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock Characters: James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Crew of the Starship Enterprise Additional Tags: Episode: s02e20 A Piece of the Action, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Prime Directive (Star Trek), Humor, Moral Dilemmas Summary: for @startrekwintergiftexchange​ and @it-spirk-to-me​

“The Horizon visited before the Prime Directive was established,” Jim says. “They must have interfered with the cultural development of the Iotians.”

“Interfered? That’s Chicago,” says Bones. “Did they drop a tourist pamphlet into their laps?”

[An AOS take on "A Piece of the Action].

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Compromise

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63397030

Jim wakes up from yet another near-death experience.

That's right, I filled all three gift requests! Here's another fanfic for @neil-armsloth for this year's @startrekwintergiftexchange! They asked for:

Kirk/Spock - either TOS or AOS universe, I love both - in some kind of hurt/comfort conversation or scenario.

Thank you to the mods for organizing this event!

Fandom: Star Trek AOS

Words: 660

Rating: General Audiences

Relationship(s): James T Kirk/Spock

Characters: Spock, James T Kirk

Additional Tags: Near Death Experiences