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house md fic recs — short fics (<10k). hilson + rarepairs

Other house rec lists: long fics | episode tags | postcanon | infidelity trope (all of these are mutually exclusive apart from the infidelity one)

highly recommend not skipping out on the non-hilson fics!! scroll to the end for a list of some really great ones. No huddy though because I'm not the biggest fan.

house/wilson and gen fic

I decided to just lump the gen fic together with the slash because really most of them can be read as slash with a G rating. Before we get into the fics, here are some notable authors that have written several house fics. Not all their fics are going to be listed individually, but if I have the author there I've read all or a lot of their stuff and enjoyed it, so I recommend going through their backlog.

otter: Some really excellent prose and great atmosphere. A little soft, a little pensive. And they nail the characterisation and dialogue.

ignaz: im sure everyone has read ignaz's longfic (a modest proposal and its sequel — the one where house and wilson get married so wilson cant testify against house in the tritter arc) but absolutely check out all their other stuff — it's all quality.

bironic: I really enjoy the bit of edge in bironic's fics. It makes them so yummy.

bethfrish: What stands out about their fics is how they peer into all the pointy edges of Wilson and Julie's relationship, thus making them excellent and unique Wilson character studies. Great prose and dialogue that rivals the show's.

Transformatron: fics that are transcendent and porny, all featuring a d/s undertone or theme (wilson as the dom)

astolat: if u dont know astolat idk what to say to u. just go read their fics.

blackmare (livejournal / ao3 pseud 1 / ao3 pseud 2 / lj pseud third_owl for slash fics i think) Does really great short fics (mostly gen) that slot into episodes. Like meta but in fic form. All of them are worth a read. Some of their fics are on ao3 but a lot aren't (like nearly all the episodic ones).

Namaste (livejournal / ff.net): Some short fics, some much longer ones. Mostly gen focussing on H&W friendship, with some fics on canon pairings. Interesting character studies and exceptionally discerning prose that is a pleasure to read.

In order of length. *faves, ***underrated faves

***Touch by zulu (<1k) (2007) The number of ways House could embarrass him with touches, Wilson thinks, is practically endless.

Silent Sigh by thedeadparrot (<1k) (2009) Wilson, autumn, melancholy, and House. Second person.

Heartbeats by thedeadparrot (<1k) (2009) Three moments in which House and Wilson are almost kind of functional.

No Pain by bironic (<1k) (2008) House finds a permanent solution to his pain problem and convinces Wilson to give him what he needs. Vampire fic! Frottage! hell yeah.

Also check out the sequel: No Mercy by daasgrrl (3k)

***The Game of Wilson: Six Cards in a Five Card Game by paradisecity (1k) (2006) If you're going to play a game like moving in together, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. Fun and snappy. Great dialogue.

*we're getting good at this by ad astra dean (1k) Wilson had a migraine. Established relationship. Soft and sweet and realistic esp after 8.19. fuck. Premium hurt/comfort.

**********three more stories by besselfcn (1k) The first time it happens is (New Orleans, 1991 | Albany, 2009 | Augusta, 2012) and they are (drunk | sober | out of time). This fic emotionally obliterated me. I’m obsessed with the format like it’s prose halfway to poetry, so creative and unique and well-executed??? I cried so much. I am UNWELL and immeasurably fucked up about them put me in my grave. (Yeah I said these lists were mutually exclusive but this fic is the exception bc idc)

The Awakening of Wils-Ankh-Amun, Royal Concubine by blackmare, Nightdog_barks, pwcorgigirl (1k) It was a rather unusual 'morning after.' This is hilarious. Reads like a classic prank episode. They're so dumb together I love them.

The One Where House Has Always Been a Woman by thedeadparrot (1k) (2009) Despite the hospital gossip, House is not, in fact, a man-hating lesbian. Genderswapped House but not Wilson.

Gray Morning by starlingthefool (1k) All he remembers is that the transition between a stupid joke and the meeting of mouths was almost seamless. Christmas fic that takes place one year after "Merry Little Christmas" (3.10).

Loser Day Blues by blackmare, Nightdog_Barks (1k) February fourteenth is just another day, and another evening in which Wilson winds up at House’s, although — this time — not for the usual reasons.

*indefinable by PaintedVanilla (1k) House can hear Wilson getting ready for bed; he can hear him brushing his teeth, undressing, being unusually quiet. Normally there’s a humming; a breathless energy that House won’t admit to loving about him. He doesn’t hear it tonight. It’s dead silent.

criteria by PaintedVanilla (2k) “I don’t think they know that we’re married.”

***We Live Together in a Photograph of Time by ignaz (2k) Wilson's hair curls when they're fucking. God I'm devastated. The ✨atmosphere✨. This is so in character. And can we talk about the banger title and summary??? I was gnawing my arm before I even opened the fic. Set in s4.

***Things To Do Before You Die by thedeadparrot (2k) In which Wilson turns thirty-eight and a half, thinks about kittens, and doesn't have a midlife crisis. But not necessarily in that order. Prank war with a twist. I’m so fond. Hits all the right cadences with the writing.

So Let Us Melt, and Make No Noise by ignaz (2k) (2007) "You kill patients all the time," House said. "You never stay at work until--" He peered at the clock. "--Four in the morning to make sure they're really dead."

***Curiosity by Namaste (2k) (2006) From Cameron's perspective. Fun character study of her and by extension House and the other two musketeers. Not shippy.

Welcomed Change by JammiesDodger (2k) A cute G-rated getting together fic.

Alone, Together by daasgrrl (2k) Finding new ways to be intimate.

*Keep Your Eyes Wide by deepimpact (2k) There is no specific amount of time passed, no big event, no one thing that Wilson can pin as the catalyst. Obsessed with this. Great atmosphere, excellent prose, and and everything feels authentic and in character. Set pre-season/s1.

***Carrion Eaters by ignaz House, in some indeterminate future or an alternate universe, from the perspective of a new hire. I really loved this story. It's sharp and sad, with great build up.

***Projection by bironic (2k) Remember Ali, that really pretty 17/18 year old clinic patient that was obsessed with House? This fic is Wilson's elaborate fantasy about fucking her, which is of course as much about House as it is her. Post 3.04.

***No Exchange of Payment by otter (2k) The gifts that House gives to Wilson. I adore this. It's about the little things. Otter has exceptional prose and always nails the characterisation, which makes their writing a real pleasure to read.

***All the Effects of Intoxication (3k) by otter This only happens when they're drunk. Just as yummy as that one-line description suggests. I love this a lot — the characterisation and dialogue are excellent and I think this scenario is very realistic for them.

Leave This Harbor for the Sea by otter (3k) House was never the kind of friend who'd help you move, even when he'd had two good legs, not to mention two good arms perfectly capable of lifting boxes. He'd always been the sort of friend who'd stop by while you were packing, make cutting remarks about the failures of your romantic relationships, and use all the half-filled boxes as an excuse to root through your things.

***the growing up, the falling down by riceonrye (3k for the series) Wilson is trying to buy a nice make-up present for his girlfriend, but there’s a guy in the shop with him brazenly shoplifting. Wilson, meet House. This is so good!!! I grinned like an idiot all the way through. It captures the throw-bottles-at-windows side of Wilson so well. A very cute AU of a different first meeting whilst still remaining true to the characters. Don't forget to read the sequel as well.

***never rains (but it pours) by Transformatron (3k) So... remember that episode where House can't pee? I present you some excellently written pisskink pwp. Nails the hilson dynamic, so even if piss isn't your thing, give it a go?

***Blind Spot by blackmare, Nightdog_Barks (3k) Wilson becomes blind after a head injury. genfic.

***Four Blocks South of Eden by bethfrish (3k) If you wanted paradise, you're a little off. I loved the tentative, slightly off-kilter feeling of this. Bang on characterisation, dialogue, and use of 2nd person POV (House). Set in s1 — Wilson's marriage is falling apart, and it leads to a night that could be the start of something new.

***Lie To Me by zulu (4k) It's terribly simple. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after. Exuberant ketamine summer House!!! Equal parts sexy and heartbreaking. Check out the sequel as well (1k).

Stumbling Towards Something Real by ignaz (4k) House and Wilson on holiday in Mexico. (A flagrant excuse for smut, basically.) I'm soft. In character and well-written.

Goes the Neighbourhood by Dee_Laundry (4k) One month into their permanent positions, the new fellows catch a case on the weekend and have to track House down.

***Easy by GoldStarGrl (4k) James Wilson is the easiest person in his dorm. At McGill. In all of eastern Canada, maybe. A fleshed-out version of their first meeting, as well as an insightful character study of Wilson. Slots nicely into canon, whether you believe in the "wilson has cheated on every wife with house" version or the "they fucked when they first met and never talked about it again" version. I really enjoyed this — they’re beautifully in character, and it's excellent writing.

***A Momentary Lapse of Reason by otter (5k) Wilson and Julie through House’s eyes, from the beginning to the end. Skips back and forth between the past and now. The quiet yearning!!! Also *standing on the table with a megaphone* have i mentioned how GORGEOUS otter's prose is??

*Blow the Candles Out by bethfrish (5k) Another year older, another year wiser, another divorce lurking just around the corner. So good!!! Wilson celebrates his birthday amongst the detritus of his marriage. The prose is really exceptional here. House's dialogue is also especially well done. It's a fun read that holds up well on a re-read.

***midnight rain by GoldStarGrl (5k) Wilson can't possibly know the pain. But he wants to. I am vibrating!!! Set precanon, in the aftermath of the infarction. Infidelity, spanking, hello??? Hot, vivid, excellent characterisation, excellent writing etc etc. A+ no notes.

***Through The Looking Glass (The Male Gaze Mashup) by zulu (5k) "If Wilson didn't know, great. What he didn't know couldn’t hurt him. If Wilson did know, it didn't matter, because if he hadn't berated House for it yet, then it was permission to continue." Interesting character study of Wilson and the way House slots into his life. Imaginative and fun descriptions. I did feel slightly lost at some points but it was still a great read. Excerpt: House tears open every envelope, even those addressed to Occupant, then brings back the well-read contents like a cat offering half-dead moles to its hunting-deficient human.

Empathy, Inc. by sassyjumper (5k) Cuddy hires a company that provides 'empathy training' to doctors. House reacts. Set in an earlier season.

***All's Fair In Love (and war) by Transformatron (6k) House and Wilson are enjoying the last day of their holiday when an urgent call comes through from Princeton-Plainsboro - a medical mystery that only House can solve. And he does intend to solve it, despite Wilson's best efforts to distract him. (Established relationship.) Wilson making House do a case whilst fucking him?? I'm an absolute sucker for this trope and I was delighted to find a fic with it.

A Towered Citadel by Namaste (7k) A differential diagnosis for Wilson’s serial cheating.

***And the Borders of Old Cities Get Redrawn by blackmare (7k) Continuation/canon divergence from 8.02 "Transplant". Ch1 is the most perfect episode tag I am vibrating . The way they fall back into their old rhythm!! House seeking out his touch like a cat and Wilson accepting it, even liking it!! The hints of pre-relationship are so delicious. (This is a rare slash fic from blackmare.) Ch2&3 are also absolutely brilliant!! Great characterisation, pacing, and tension-building.

A Voice in Ramah (Welcome to Holland) by ignaz (8k) Cuddy POV on her pregnancy journey. Diverges from the show. Really well done. ignaz did this topic and Cuddy's character justice. I also particularly liked House in this one.

Singapore by thedeadparrot (8k) (2009) In which the boys go to a medical conference in Singapore, House has a few surprises up his sleeve, and Wilson figures some things out.

*A Helping Hand by bironic (9k) Wilson has an unusually rough day and House decides (somewhat despite himself) to help. Things go further than he planned. A believable foray into non-platonic territory, set in between 2.22 (Forever) and 2.24 (No Reason). What better way to take your mind off your patients than a good-ol handjob between friends? Chuck in an absolutely delicious fucked-up overtone characteristic of them and we're golden.

Rarepairs

Chase/House

***pretty doctor by spqr (5k) AU where Chase is a hooker. House becomes obsessed with him after he off-handedly gives the correct differential diagnosis. spqr is an excellent writer that I've followed across multiple fandoms, and this fic did not disappoint. Well-written, great chemistry, hilarious. I could read 100k of this.

***atonement in the locker room after hours by missaa (2k) robert chase makes two mistakes in one day Tags: Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, degradation, God Complex, Catholic Guilt This is just as yummy as those tags make it sound. Someone needed to capitalise on the whole *waves hand vaguely* thing that Chase has going on and by god did this person rise to the occasion. Love the characterisation and the elegant prose, and the structure that flashes back and forth between two scenes. I'm insane!

Chase/Foreman Shoutout to ignaz who sold me on this pairing.

*Pretty Harsh (Confirmatory Testing Remix) by everybodylies (2k) Foreman might have flirted with Chase six months ago for like thirty seconds. Chase can't stop thinking about it.

***Two For The Road by ignaz (3k) For the first ever Foreman Fest, prompt 107 -- "after a break and enter gone wrong, Foreman and Chase are both sentenced to 300 hours of community service, which it looks like they're gonna spend picking up trash on the side of the road." Really solid writing (I mean it’s ignaz), believable characterisation and relationship building. I love them 💓💓💓 just overall a real pleasure to read. Also it's hilarious.

***Eric Foreman Doesn't Take It Up The Ass (But If He Did, It Might Happen Something Like This) by ignaz (6k)

Self-Defense, or The One Where Foreman Teaches Chase How to Throw a Punch by ignaz (1k)

Cameron/Foreman/Chase

Third Wheel Rolling by ignaz He's not jealous, but he's been the third wheel for so long that it's hard to tell the difference. Sexy + great characterisations.

Cuddy/Stacy

***Your Reflection and Mine by Starlingthefool (3k) Sweet, hot, well written.

Amber/Thirteen

***Hate (to the power of 13) by ijemanja (2k) (lj) Porny, with snappy writing and believable characterisations.

Hen Night by zulu (<1k) This is how breakups go. Amber's seen movies.

Release by zulu (1k) Wilson dies on the bus instead of Amber.

Chase/Wilson

Erase by bethfrish (<1k) Featuring a bar and crossdressing. Precanon. Second person, Wilson POV.

Patrick Bateman/Wilson

Just Like You, Only Worse by bethfrish (1k) Ok before you raise your eyebrows at the pairing, give it a chance. Bethfrish is an excellent writer. This fic is really a Wilson character study, and it's an interesting read. Second person POV Wilson, set in s1.

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heya ! any reccomendations for fics where aziraphale and crowley knew eachother before the fall and already had either a full on or budding relationship (qpr or romance either works) ? nothing explicit please :]

also is there a tag for the knew eachother before the fall trope on ao3 ?

Hello. We have an #aziraphale and crowley met before the fall tag, so definitely check that out. You can use the same tag on ao3, and I have set up a search which filters out explicit fics for you here. I’ve got a few more to add to our collection...

Not of Us by ShesAKillerQueen98 (T)

"As the countless angels in the hall hurled their insults and pointed their fingers, rage on their usually calmed and immaculately beautiful faces, the expression on the red haired angel stayed stoic and still. Though if one had looked closer, they would have noticed the crease in the skin between his eyebrows and the slight curl to his lips as his teeth poked from his mouth, biting at the thin lip.

His fellow Archangels stared down at him, their expressions stern and icy; listening to the other angels shouting and watching as they pointed, sneered, shook their heads, and turned up their noses. They had made their decision, deliberating for a little over an hour, and it was final.

Their brother would Fall."

An account of Crowley's fall and the memories that still haunt him years later

Masquerade by Raphaela_Crowley (G)

Before the Beginning, during a masked party in Heaven, Aziraphale unexpectedly makes a friend who seems to have everything the lonely angel's ever looked for in a companion.

There's just one little problem: a cocky angel named Lucifer is rebelling, and Aziraphale's flashy new friend is on the wrong side.

It really doesn't help any that the principality never actually saw his friend's face, either.

Gravity, or The Law By Which We Fall by rowenablade & sammininoofthelord (G)

Before Crowley was a demon, he was an angel who made stars.

Before Aziraphale was a principality, he was a soldier in a universe that had never known war.

They're on opposite sides when they meet, but neither knows how to treat the other as an enemy.

They're on their own side, when they remember.

Binary Stars by Kedreeva (G)

Aziraphale meets a star-shaping seraphim before the Fall, and learns a few things about stars.

Sic Semper Ad Astra by lucernis (T)

Thus Always To The Stars

In which Crowley falls, but not before leaving behind stars in the sky and love in his angel’s heart.

the last love story god has to tell by eurydicees (G)

It goes like this: before the world ends, before hell rises, and before heaven looks down, an angel and a demon fall in love.

- Mod D

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Ad Astra News - 7/2 - 7/8

State of the Archive

All's well!  Things have kind of quieted off on the posting/archiving front, but remain apace in terms of our Discord and our weekly challenges!  The Review Hunt is also going great, with people racking up points on their way to winning the month's two offered prizes, too!  Not much else to say, except it's great to see the archive and community active and I'm looking forward to seeing more and more of your creativity.

Weekly Challenge #13 - Altered States

Your challenge this week, should you accept it, is 100 to 700 words about altered states!  Be they altered states of body, consciousness, energy, thought-- interpret this as strictly or loosely as you like!

When you're done, consider posting it on the archive with the freeform tag Weekly Challenge: Altered States and to the Weekly Challenge collection!

Challenge ends on July 28th, 2023 at 11:59PM Eastern.

Stories Archived

Star Trek: Discovery

by lah_mrh Shelter from the Storm - E - Ash Tyler | Voq/Christopher Pike To Make You Well - T - Ash Tyler| Voq/Christopher Pike One New Message - E - Ash Tyler| Voq/Christopher Pike A Matter of Timing - E - Ash Tyler| Voq/Christopher Pike

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

by BeatriceEagle Seven Days on Starbase Twelve - E - James T. Kirk/La'an Noonien-Singh

Star Trek: The Original Series

by daraoakwise The Sound of Integrity - G - Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, Spock by IDICdreads The Laughing Vulcan and His Dog - T - Spock, Ensemble Cast by SLWalker What Good - G - Montgomery "Scotty" Scott & Spock Frosted - T - Montgomery "Scotty" Scott Processing - G - Montgomery "Scotty" Scott

Star Trek: Alternate Original Series

by kalima A Chorus of Ordinary Women - T - Nyota Uhura (AOS)/Spock (AOS), Ensemble Cast

Star Trek: The Next Generation

by jamaharon No PIctures - G - Beverly Crusher/Jean-Luc Picard To Touch the Future - T - Thomas Riker, OCs Home - G - Ro Laren Chance Encounter - G - Odan, Erik Pressman, William Riker by used_songs Lost Causes - Unrated - Jean-Luc Picard, William Riker, Kira Nerys

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

by lilly_c taboo - G - Kira Nerys, Jadzia Dax

Star Trek: Voyager

by lilly_c Sweet dreams and sci-fi sunsets - G - Naomi Wildman, Kathryn Janeway O Saathiya - G - Chakotay/Kathryn Janeway a single rose - G - Kathryn Janeway peace of mind - G - Seven of Nine

Expanded Universes

by DavidFalkayn Convergences 4 BOOM! - Mature - Ensemble Cast Convergences 5: Crashing the Broker - Mature - Cilla Oudekirk, Liara T'Soni, Garrus Vakarian by Hawku Find Voyager? No Problem - G - Ensemble Cast

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Valorant masterlist

A masterlist for all the stuff(fics,hcs, etc.) I wrote thats valorant related.

Angst fluff smut crack

If you want to request, make sure to read [rules] first, (also i dont do ship requests sorry!)

Mutual satisfaction- cypher x g/n!reader(smut)

Dear hermanita- reyna and little sister!reader au(platonic fluff/angst)

Horrible jokes- chamber x g/n!reader(crack fluff)

Lily of the valley- yoru x g/n!reader(angst)

Recognizable- Cypher x g/n!reader(fluff hcs)

His love died a long time ago- chamber x fem!reader(angst fic)

Where his loyalty lies- chamber x fem!reader(angst and fluff fic)

Paranoid- phoenix, omen, yoru x g/n!reader(angst and fluff hcs)

Deity that set foot on earth- Kay/o, omen, cypher x g/n! Deity reader(fluff)

Order up!- Yoru, cypher, chamber, sova,viper, fade, neon jett x g/n!reader(fluff)

You're the problem- Chamber x g/n!reader (angst and fluff)

Praise starved- Chamber x fem! reader (smut)

The valorant protocol when their s/o is good at cooking- Valorant boys x g/n! Reader(fluff and crack)

Part 1 A glimpse of us- cypher x fem!reader (angst fic)

Part 2 A glimpse of us- cypher x fem!reader (angst fic) [wip]

Drunken fun- yoru x fem!reader (smut oneshot)

Slow dancing- Sova x fem!reader (fluff oneshot)

Opposites attract- fade, omen, yoru x reader(fluff hcs)

Good girl- cypher x fem!reader (smut oneshot)

猫(neko)- yoru x g/n!reader(fluff oneshot)

Coded to be human- kay/o x g/n!reader (fluff fic)

Deep sleep- chamber, yoru, sova, omen x g/n!reader(fluff and angst hcs)

Neon, chamber, yoru and fade x fem!reader who wears revealing clothing(smut hcs)

Protective chamber, cypher, sova, omen(fluff hcs)

Thank you aşkım- fade x reader(fluff oneshot)

yoru, omen, cypher and chamber makeout hcs(smut hcs)

One step closer- cypher x depressed!reader (angst fic)

What i think the valorant protocol will get you on/after a date[fade, neon, chamber, skye, yoru, astra,phoenix, raze, brimstone, jett]- (crack, fluff hcs) [part one]

You'll never be a bother to me- chamber x reader (fluff)

Perfection is all I see- sova x fem!reader (fluff angst oneshot)

Cuisiner avec toi- chamber x fem!reader(fluff oneshot)

You're the lily of my valley♡

Your love that sprouts from your heart and the beauty that protrudes from within, such wonder I've seen and your grace is a temptation, and im not afraid to sin

[handlewithkara]

I know I’ve been radio silent for a kind of unacceptably wrong time, but actually I have been writing. I have even sent stuff off to the beta (1 fluffy established relationship smut, one angsty one night stand and the entirety of “All The Boys I Used to Love”) and I have real hopes about posting them. 

Anyway, I’ve also been thinking a lot about various Karamel things and there are some things I really need to get off my chest. So sorry about long rambling and bad screenshots. 

Mon-El:  You should, uh, know that you deserve the same compassion that you show others.

Kara: I forgive you. 

I think there is a reason why I and I'm sure many other Karamel fans found this moment to be absolutely beautiful. Because even beyond getting to see them on screen together again, getting to see them talk, have a real conversation, a lot of this moment made me want to pump my first and shout "Yes!!! Exactly!". Because there is just so much TRUTH in that statement, in that scene.

This scene also made me want to go back and talk again about the reveal of Mon-El's true identity and Kara's subsequent forgiveness. Now I will be the first to admit I get why some people are unhappy with it and I'm sure there are many Karamel fans who would have welcomed it if it had taken Karamel longer to reconnect after the truth came out. But just because it can be argued that it was rushed or that it wasn't great that the moment of forgiveness happened essentially on another show, I feel like going back and remembering and even defending that nonetheless there were some really good touches in how the storyline of Kara's forgiveness played out.

1.) First I think it has to be acknowledged that Kara is a deeply forgiving person. Something we have seen over and over again, even long before Mon-El entered the scene. I think it is stressed the most in season 1 when Alex is clearly worried that Kara will hate her for taking the life of Astra, one of Kara's few living relatives. And instead Kara completely and unquestionably embraces Alex instead (a moment that I think is very well mirrored in season 5 when Kara doesn't have even an ounce of grudge or hesitancy when Alex lashes out at her after Jeremiah's death). But we have seen this in smaller ways as well, whether it is Kara reaching out to, showing empathy with, connecting to or befriending people, who would be "rivals" in other shows (Lucy), or straight up villains (Leslie, Rhea and Sam/Reign come to mind, to showcase that this attitude is pretty much independant of deservedness). IMO even her clearly seeing past Cat's abrasive or insulting behavior and still seeing the good in her is a clear example of this.

2.) How Kara acted when she found out.

First I want to say: look, Kara knows what it is like to find out that a person you are emotinoally close to lies to you, to find out they were somebody else from what you thought they were and they have been keeping that from you.

And look how she didn't come up with a complex plan to screw Mon-El over and "make him feel the same kind of pain she felt". How she didn't lie to him and pretend to be okay and continue to relationship just so she could stab him in the back, steal from him and carry out a scheme to lobotomize the entire world just because she got hurt.

But I do want to stress, that isn't because she wasn't angry or because she is Kara and as such some kind of benevolent forgiving saint.

The very first scene after she finds out is her having dinner with the Daxamites. And Kara is passive aggressive pissy. And petty. There is this scene where she steers Mon-El into having to fess up and explain himself in front of everybody, something that he is clearly uncomfortable with.

Heck he even vocalizes it. 

Mon-El:  I'd rather not.

Kara:  No, no, Prince, by all means. Please tell us of your heroic escape.

What woud have been the 100% "saintly" reaction? I don't know. Maybe to cry and run off the moment she found out the truth? Or to immediately turn down dinner with the slave owning autocrats? But that's the kind of nuance I love about Kara as a character. Yes, the is good and forgiving and strong and awesome, but she also has a temper and she absolutely can be petty.

But the thing is... Kara's petty phase doesn't last long. By the end of the very same episode, Kara does the sane thing, the fair thing.

She demands an explanation. She cares about the details (”Were you ever gonna tell me the truth?”) She listens to what Mon-El has to say. She is not convinced. 

And she cuts Mon-El out of her life. THAT is the non psychopath thing to do when you are disappointed in somebody. When you think that they will just hurt and disappoint you again and you want to protect yourself.

Kara:  He lied to me about who he really is - for nine months. -  I can't shake it

Kara:  I don't even know who he is anymore.

Kara (about Winn’s girlfriend):  You're just going to forget about it? Aren't you afraid she's gonna hurt you again?

3.) Why Kara forgave him aka The Crossover.

I'm not going to pretend the crossover is perfect. There are many things worth criticiziing, whether it's from a meta level (was it a good idea that Karamel making up took place on a different show? should the focus have been more on Westallen?) to a structural one (the conflict Westallen have doesn't really match the conflict Karamel have all that well, nor does the problem of "Tommy" from the music world have that much in common with the real Mon-El, Musicmeister's action are really random and lack motivation). But going back to it I wanted to talk about it on a pure character level. Namely: What is the reason Kara forgives Mon-El? What motivates her?

Is it Musicmeister reminding her that she luuuves Mon-El, is it just because Musicmeister says so, is it jealousy, is it because she doesn't want to be single again, is it Mon-El having a good explanation, is it her being touched that Mon-El followed her, is it that she came close to dying?

No.

To me it is pretty clear that the focal point of the episode is this one.

Kara:  I think you're being a little tough on your son. [...] it's obvious why he didn't tell you right away. I mean, look at the way you're reacting. Maybe if you just listen and and hear his reasons and try to see things from his point of view maybe maybe you'd understand why he didn't tell you before now.

And that's why Mon-El's words about Kara's compassion for others ring so true. Because this is at the heart for why Kara re-embraced Mon-El. She gained some distance, looked at the situation from a different perspective and started thinking about it differently. Kara put herself in Mon-El's shoes and came to a conclusion about how he felt about the whole situation. That's why at the core of Kara's forgiveness is empathy and compassion.

Mon-El's motivations didn't change. They are still really sucky reasons. But Kara put herself in his shoes and empathized with him anyway and had compassion. All things she said are still valid, that she didn't deserve to be lied to, that Mon-El didn't give her a chance to react.

And that's why it felt so good when in s5 when Kara regained her spine, she stresses this. That her motivations do matter (and mind: Kara did listen to Mon-El's motivation and she did care about the details even before Musicmeister entered the scene). That the compassionate thing would have been to care about why Kara did it. Because when she shoe was on the other foot, that is exactly what Kara was willing to do. To first listen to Mon-El's explanation and then put herself in his shoes and empathize with how he got there and have compassion for him as a flawed person. Who did screw up but Kara is pretty damn bighearted. And that's why she rocks.

4.) So Mon-El's lie = Kara's lie?

So was Mon-El's lie about his identity basically the same thing as Kara's lie about her identity? I don't think so. I think there are both aspects that make it worse and aspects that make it better.

First the obvious one:

When Kara lies about Supergirl (or when Alex lied about working for the DEO), she is not lying about a morally bad thing. She is lying about a morally good thing. There is nothing morally reprehensible to most people about saving others or working to protect others.

By comparison, being the Prince of Daxam isn't just something many people would find morally objectionable as long as they knew the details of it (imo picture it less as fairy tale prince and more like "actually my dad is Saddam Hussein/Bashar Al Assad/Kim Jong Un"), it's also something that Mon-El specifically knew Kara disapproved of.

So regardless of whether one agrees with that Kara's blanket dislike of "The Prince" was justified, Mon-El knew that she had a strong opinion on this and hence knowing about this aspect of his life would be something she would reasonably want to know about, care about and it might have a big influence on her opinion on him.

Secondly, after the nature of what Mon-El is lying about, there is the is the aspect of motivation. Let me stress once more that the story has made it clear that motivation is something Kara does care about. That's why she cared about asking Mon-El to explain himself (after some encouragement from Alex and Winn). it’s what Mon-El talks about in 100, that Kara’s motivation matters and that's why in season 5 when she puts her foot down she makes it clear that her motives to lie do matter. 

And the thing is: Mon-El doesn't have a good explanation for it. There is no "well the government told me to" or "I did it for personal safety or to protect the safety of others", no "I lied becasue I was trying to save the life of my bother", no "well if I told the truth our parents would start a mob war", there is only "I was lying, but I wished it was true" and "I was worried about what your reaction would be". (let me note here: I actually like that about the story, that there is little attempt of the story to muddle the waters here and justify it. Mon-El screwed up, Mon-El is contrite, Kara is willing to give forgiveness despite there not being any excusing additional aspects).

So far, so reprehensible, right?

Well to me there is one thing that makes Mon-El's lie about his identity different than Kara's lie about being Supergirl/an alien, that I think has a meaningful influence on why Kara was willing to forgive and embrace. At this point in the story, "being the prince of Daxam" wasn't really an active part of Mon-El's life. It was part of his past.

Yes we can discuss whether you can ever truly shake off that kind of privilege or what you were taught, but the base point of it is that Mon-El didn't really lead a double life with Kara. He didn't pretend to be the perfect little boyfriend with her and then turned around and snuck off to lead a life of Daxamite privilege and decadence. When he said he was going to work, he really went to work. He had no access to that life of privilege anymore and he made no moves to regain it. All the things that Kara cared about: his feelings for her, him being flawed but trying to be better were still very much there (Alex: “Maybe he's just a guy who's ashamed of his past, and he's looking for a fresh start.”). 

Similarly, all the flaws that Kara might associate with being the prince (like promiscuity, laziness, cowardice) were still visible and present in Mon-El before she knew he was the prince.  

When Mon-El lied about his idenity, he lied about a part of himself that he at the very least had mixed feelings about and eventually grew to actively dislike and try to get rid off. A part of himself he didn't actively engage in and that he eventually went to great lengths to reject.

By comparison when Kara hides that part of herself, she hides something about herself that still very much takes up large chunks of her time, that is very meaningful to her and that she has every intention of carrying on, of keeping up.

Mon-El lied about his past, Kara lied about her present. That's why I think if somebody dealing with Kara found about Supergirl, they could reasonably say "Wow, I feel like I only know like 50%" of you. While with Mon-El, with the kind of insight Kara had into him at that point, finding out that he used to be the prince of Daxam is a lot more like "Wow, I feel like I only know 90%" of you.

That's why I think that upon realizing that, considering Kara's general attitude towards forgiveness and considering that she knew, felt and believed about Mon-El it was reasonable that she came to the conclusion that their relationship was worth preserving, at least for now/while she was still evaluating him and seeing how he would behave in the future, in regards to her, his parents and heroism. It was still a leap of faith of her to do that, but considering what we know of Kara's personality, I think it makes sense that she is the kind of person who would make this leap of faith.

So to recap, the top reasons why it made sense that Kara forgave Mon-El:

1.) Kara has shown over and over again that she's a very forgiving person whether people deserve it or not

2.) Kara herself has also lied to/deceived people she liked or cared about her identity (ie Cat, Lena). AND she has also previously been lied to by people she cares about about having a whole other identity (Alex). Because of this Kara imo clearly and staunchy believes that a lie about one's identity does not invalidate the connection you have with a person, it doesn't mean that it invalidates the interactions you have with them or that you don't really care abuot them, that the relationship you have with them isn't real.

Obviously Kara still considers herself a friend to the people she didn't let in on her secret and obviously Kara thought that her relationship with Alex was more meaningful than the fact that Alex had a secret second job.

3.) The encounter with Musicmeister above all stressed empathy, namely Kara relating to Mon-El and how he probably felt.

4.) In the end, Mon-El's lie was fundamentally about the past, it in retrospect didn't really have that much to do with what Mon-El was at this point and with what he was inside Karamel's relationship. It's pretty clear to me that at that point Mon-El had already emotionally seperated himself from his role as the prince and from his parents.

I believe that Kara sensed that and put trust and faith in that and she ended up being proven right about that (Kara: ”we found a connection.Through the kindness in our hearts”)”. If you look at the scene where she breaks up with him, imo she doesn't get hung up on the lie, but she does lose faith, she worries that longterm Mon-El won't have the moral fortitude to be a hero or a good boyfriend. ("You just want things to be easy, Mon-El. But being a hero and falling in love, those are not easy things. They're hard and they're messy. And they hurt sometimes.") This is what matters to her, whether he will have the strength of character to stick with being a hero. 

Mon-El refused to rejoin his parents, essentially cut them off, staying away from them even beyond what Kara expected or wanted (Kara clearly was supportive of Mon-El reconnecting with them as his parents), to the extent that was wiling to support Kara and stand by as Kara kills his mother and unleashesh a dangerous attack on the rest of his people, is willing to join the fight against them and even after being split from Kara shows no signs of returning to his life as a prince.

It's pretty clear to me that Mon-El basically cut off that part of his life,  that at that point it wasn't an active part of his life anymore and that in the future he did everything to minimize that part of himself (compared to Supergirl being a sizable, ongoing part of Kara's life that is important to her and that she intends to carry on in the future).

That doesn't mean that his lie wasn't a big deal or that Kara had no right to be mad about it, but I do think it lends some believable weight to why Kara was willing to take the plunge and accept him.

Again, this is a character aspect we have seen many times in Kara, that she is willing to encourage and embrace people to turn their life around, even if they have gone pretty damn far into their road to villainy (again, Livewire, Rhea).

One last thing I want to say, I have read people claim that they found it "out of character" that Mon-El became a good and attentive boyfriend after this experience. I personally always read this as a clear and natural progression. This event of Kara's forgiveness imo clearly left a big impression on Mon-El. He didn't just almost lose her, I think he also truly got that Kara not just forgiving him but being willing to re-embrace him and give him the benefit of the doubt was a big. fucking. deal and that probably the vast majority of people in her position wouldn't have done it. So it makes sense to me that he was on his best behavior and eager to show both his gratitude and she wasn't wrong to gift him that.

Conclusion: Kara is a kickass awesome person and character and the story of her forgiving Mon-El is more nuanced than people give it credit for

[runawaymarbles]

Good Omens fic rec pt. 3

Full list here

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[cyclone-rachel]

you and me and atmosphere

a Supergirl fanfic

(post-Crisis, rating: G, word count: 2,000, pairing: Kara x present day Kenny Li although it’s pretty much completely platonic)

read on AO3 here

~

The stars looked different.

Kara didn’t notice immediately, as they were among the city lights and there wasn’t immediately time for her to look at the night sky clearly, but on one clear night, she did, and the realization refused to leave her alone.

She couldn’t yet examine what she recognized and what could have only been doppelganger stars from different universes, meeting in the same constellations and multiplying across the galaxy.

And that was just the stars- there was no way of knowing what planets were different from those she grew up learning the names of, studying alongside her aunt Astra no matter how much her mother disapproved as Astra brought her other ideals along with her during those visits.

She didn’t even know which ones had survived, and which still left vacant space in locations where life had once thrived, how many people on planets that once were who found themselves living different lives, with different families.

How many more people that had once lived on many planets, in many different universes, who now ceased to exist at all.

(The one exception- Argo. She had to know that it still lived, and when she and Brainy repaired the communication device that transmitted a signal back and forth there, hearing her mother’s voice answering her brought a wave of relief that overcame her as quickly as the tears that fell down her face)

Her first priority, however, on a night where she didn’t have to deal with Lex Luthor or other post-Crisis anomalies, was to find out for herself- just as she had when she first experienced such a disorientation after leaving Krypton, looking up at the stars above Midvale… first with Eliza and Jeremiah, then Alex, then a trusted friend. And now, on Earth Prime, she felt a need to do so again.

And so her search led her to an observatory located in one of the National City museums.

~

SPECTACLE OF THE STARS, the banner read, and Kara smiled as she looked up at it, before entering the area herself. It was close to the Krypton exhibit that she’d gotten to help with- and helped ruin, regrettably, even though that was more the fault of J’onn’s brother (she certainly hadn’t asked him to turn into a dinosaur- or for him to take Kara’s pod as a method of escape)- and before she got closer to the observatory, she lost herself a little bit in looking around there, seeing children look at everything that symbolized her journey so far, the last remaining pieces of the world she’d lost.

It was more comforting, certainly, than seeing them worship her- taking in everything with childlike wonder, admiring her accomplishments and learning her story but that inspiring them instead of throwing themselves in her path for her to save them. There was a kiosk, there, with a table that held a box of pencils and blank pieces of paper, as well as a large bottle full of those slips of paper, next to a cardboard cutout of herself, and a sign that read “How can you be a Supergirl (or Superman) to others?”.

As she watched, she saw a little girl and her mother both write things down and put them in the bottle, and she smiled. Nobody knew who she really was, here. Nobody was aware that behind Kara Danvers’s glasses was Kara Zor-El, their Supergirl, the Paragon of Hope who had helped make sure they had an Earth to live on. She and the others had brought the universe back, and as much in it as they could… but she was going to find out how much soon, after the crowd of kids around the museum’s astronomer dissipated.

~

“You’re in luck, you’re the last person who got here before my lunch break.” Says the astronomer.

Kara adjusts the bag she’s carrying on her shoulder, trying to be casual.

“Well, far be it from me to get between anyone and food.” She says. “I can… take a look myself, it’s okay.”

“Nope, that’s against the rules, I have to give my spiel to everyone.” He answers. “So, how much do you know about astronomy?”

A lot more than anyone would think.

“I learned the basics in middle and high school.” She says instead, casually, before looking up at the telescope, and the equipment attached to it. “How does this work, exactly?”

He smiles, and she moves aside so he can show her.

“Actually, I started out making a prototype of this myself.” He says. “And when I started working here, I got to design this version- basically the same technology, but on a larger scale and with a bigger budget. Without bogging you down in all the specifics, this screen-“ he gestures to it, with a constellation already visible- “captures what the telescope sees, in photographs that can even be downloaded on one’s laptop.”

If Kara hadn’t been feeling déjà vu before, she would be now, as the astronomer continues.

“Somewhere, past all that darkness, there are whole other worlds.” He says. “Can you imagine?”

“Yeah…” she answers. “Like the one Supergirl and Superman used to live on.”

“Exactly.”

“Can your telescope see any of them?”

The astronomer gives her a sad smile, shakes his head.

“Not yet, but I’m working on it.” He says. “Someday.”

“Well, good luck.” Kara answers, knowing that whatever answers she was looking for regarding those planets would have to wait until she got a way to travel into deep space herself. Maybe she could borrow Brainy’s Legion cruiser, now that she knows he has his own- or maybe they could go together, her and Brainy, and J’onn- and Alex too of course, and Nia. Her whole team of super-friends, traveling through galaxies, getting to see the worlds they saved.

From that perspective, it did sound like a miracle, instead of the tragedy that still sometimes consumes her nightmares.

She’s so lost in thought, considering it, that she misses the astronomer’s next question.

“What did you say?”

“Do you want me to show you something I found?” he asks. “You’d be surprised what this thing sees.”

Kara nods, and he moves the telescope until he finds it- one specific comet, orbiting the Sun.

“That’s so cool.” She says, taking a look at it herself, first through the telescope and then displayed as a still image on the screen.

“Yeah.” He answers. “It’s… well, after coming up with all of this, it’s my new pride and joy. I even got to name it.”

“Really?”

The astronomer nods.

“It’s true. I, um… I decided to call it Kara- after a friend of mine, who encouraged me in all of this back when we were in high school together. She was the strongest girl I knew- and I couldn’t think of any better way to thank her. Not sure where she ended up, but… if I ever meet her again, I want to show this to her, and tell her how much that meant to me.”

You already did, Kara thinks.

“That’s… great.” She says. “Seriously, congratulations.”

“Thank you.”

Kara adjusts her glasses, before moving forward.

“Sorry, I’m- I was rude, I just… realized I forgot to ask you what your name is.”

“No problem at all.” He answers. “Kenny Li.”

I knew it.

She might not have known for certain at the beginning, but… this was definitely him. Had he never been dead, in a post-Crisis world? Or was this a version from another universe?

Would she have to ask J’onn to give him his memories back, show him what had happened to himself on her Earth? Could she do that to him, seeing him so happy, and proud of his accomplishments?

In any case, she hadn’t seen him in over twelve years, and certainly wasn’t familiar with this adult version of him, so for now she was going to move forward slowly.

“What’s your name?”

She almost doesn’t want to say. She considers giving him Linda Lee, the name Red Daughter used… but in the end, she wants to be honest with him, in a world where she gets a second chance to be.

“Kara.” She finally answers, looking around before taking off her glasses, watching his face light up. “Kara Danvers.”

“Oh my god.” He says. “The Kara Danvers? From Midvale?”

“The one and only.” She answers, and he hugs her, just for a moment.

“Sorry.” He says afterward, regaining his composure. “It’s not every day that…”

“You get to see an old friend, after years apart?” Kara finishes. “I feel the same way. It’s really nice to see you again.”

“Likewise.” Kenny says, hands in the pockets of his jacket, before pressing something into her hand. “I have a business card. If you wanted to talk, maybe catch up when you have the time-“

“I would love that.” Kara answers, accepting the card. “Thank you.”

“Thank you, Kara Danvers.” He tells her, as she puts her glasses back on, professionalism returning before he puts up a sign telling people he’s on a break. “Have a good rest of your day.”

“You too, Kenny Li.”

She realized, as she walked away, that she hadn't really gotten an in-depth look at the stars, or the specifics of how they had changed. But as much as she had wanted to know those things, and got to know them when she was younger, there were other ways she could discover them, and after this certainly other opportunities to explore such changes. What she'd gotten today was something she hadn't even considered, another positive change in addition to those that her friends had already identified, and even experienced for themselves in the month since the Crisis had ended.

And that, for the moment, might have been worth more than any changing pattern in the stars.

"Alex?" Kara asked once she'd left the museum, over the phone. "You're never going to guess who I ran into today..."

~

Kara was familiar with the meaning of “star-crossed”. She’d first encountered the phrase in ninth grade English class, and earned some odd looks when she pointed out that stars couldn’t literally cross- but she’d excused herself, saying that that was theoretical, and Alex had called her a nerd. She later learned that it was a mere metaphor, and had nothing to do with real stars, that it meant fate had doomed whoever was unlucky enough to have that title, and it was most often associated with lovers.

For a long time, Kara thought her own life was star-crossed- that she was fated to lose her planet, lose her opportunity to pass the knowledge of her home to her cousin and raise him as the last son of Krypton he ought to be. Fated to become trapped in an endless, lonely void forever, until she was pulled free with the sins of her mother’s past. Fated to lose many others- from both of her best friends to, for a moment, her cousin and the love of his life, as well as her mother and the part of Krypton that she’d just gotten back. Fated to lose someone she cared about and had come to love, when she’d grown up hating his people, in a way similar to how she had been lost.

(That one especially hurt, months later, when she’d come across his copy of Romeo and Juliet, meaning he too was familiar with the concept… yet he had only highlighted parts that he’d read while thinking of her)

Fated, ten years before- before solving a mystery that had led her and Alex to becoming a truly united pair, to really feeling like sisters after a few years of being awkward around each other at best and loathing each other at worst- to lose her first real friend, the keeper of secrets who hadn’t even realized how much keeping such a secret meant to her.

It was only fitting, then, that Kara and Kenny were brought back together by the stars themselves, and this time, they were aligned in their favor.

[billehrman]

Curb Your Enthusiasm

While we have made tremendous strides fighting the coronavirus, we want to temper some of that enthusiasm as it relates to the markets as we have a long way to go until things are settled. Clearly it is good news that growth in the number of new cases of the coronavirus is cresting which will permit some states and countries to open. We believe that the pace of the recovery will be slow until we have a therapeutic, antivirals, contact tracing, more testing including antibody tests and eventually a vaccine. While we finally can see light at the end of the tunnel, we will not see a semblance of how things were until 2022.

The financial markets are fighting a tug of war between global economic weakness and tremendous liquidity to the tune of over $7 trillion having been created so far by all the monetary authorities and governments around the world. We find it amusing to listen to the pundits who constantly remain one step behind getting bearish as markets decline and bullish when the tape is rising.

We are in a unique economic environment where we see only a handful of fundamental winners over the next few years.  These companies are benefitting directly and indirectly from the new normal where we spend more time in our homes utilizing smart devices to access services heretofore done in person. We would continue to avoid all companies needing government assistant who are in financial trouble due to the drop off in demand as a result of the coronavirus. We do not see demand for most of these companies returning to levels achieved just a few months ago until 2022 therefore profitability and balance sheets will remain challenged and at risk. Many may not even make it. We see the market tiering further over time giving higher than historic valuations to the winners in the new normal while avoiding the losers.

More than ever this is a market of stocks rather than a stock market. Active management is the only way to invest in the new normal as passive money managers will hold many of the losers that need to be avoided at all costs. It will be interesting to hear what Warren Buffett says tomorrow at Berkshire Hathaway’s online Annual Meeting. While he is the ultimate active manager, he has sung the virtues of passive investing for years.

The global number of coronavirus cases as of Friday hit 3.28 million with 234,000 deaths while the number of cases in the U.S now exceeds 1.1 million with over 63,800 deaths.  While the rate of gain has crested, we remain concerned that countries and states are opening too soon as we do not have enough testing nor is there a therapeutic available so we can feel safe. We get how hard it is for politicians to risk of opening too soon. They have to weigh economic, social and emotional impact of not opening vs. the risk of the virus continuing to flourish and possibly resulting in death. Personally, my biggest concern is an acceleration of cases as we open, which, of course, would cause another lockdown. As we open slowly, we need to maintain strict social distancing and making the wearing masks mandatory for several more weeks.

We heard last week that Gilead’s Covid-19 treatment Remdesivir showed encouraging results from a key U.S trial. Patients who received the drug recovered in 11 days, on average, while those taking a placebo took 15 days. Both Drs. Fauci and Hahn, after reviewing the data, said that this could be a game changer and are supporting emergency authorization by the FDA to permit its use. And the FDA did grant permission for emergency usage yesterday.  There was also some positive news on a vaccine from Moderna and Oxford University/Astra Zeneca. Bill Gates, who is investing heavily in this area, went out on a limb predicting a vaccine possibly as soon as in 9 months but certainly within 18 months. There are over 100 drug companies working on therapeutics, testing and vaccines. All good stuff!

It appears that monetary authorities have unlimited capacity to provide liquidity to the financial markets. We heard last week from the Fed, BOJ, Bank of England, and the ECB that each will buy unlimited amounts of bonds in response to the coronavirus. Again, all this liquidity will not create demand which really is the only way out of the global recession/depression. We will need as Fed Chairman Powell and ECB President Lagarde both said major fiscal spending programs to boost demand while also providing money to individuals/companies to make it to the other side. We expect our government to implement Phase 4 and 5 programs as needed to supplement individual incomes and provide money to small/medium size businesses to stay afloat rather than filing bankruptcy.

Bonds spreads continue to narrow which shows that monetary policy has provided enough liquidity to assuage market concerns. The bond market is operating very efficiently permitting companies to raise money up to 100 basis points better than expected. Boeing’s 25 billion offerings were oversubscribed by 3-4 to 1. U.S high-grade bond issuance continues to set new records each week.  All good news!

We focus on long term profitable investing with a 12- to 24-month time frame. The market environment remains favorable as the Fed is providing so much excess liquidity not needed by the real economy such that it is pushing investors further out on the risk curve. We always maintain cash reserves knowing that the market could have a correction at any time providing opportunities to add to our portfolios at lower prices. We believe that the U.S economy will be bottoming out shortly which is good news even though we think the recovery will be an elongated U.

Not all stocks are equal. Corporations have never faced an environment like this so it is important to listen to earnings calls so you can differentiate the winners from the losers. Especially in today’s environment, you need to focus on management, strategies, and financial strength. Avoid at all cost companies with demand and financial problems as it will last well into 2021 at a minimum.

We continue to focus on the winners in the new normal. Our list includes companies whose business models are mostly tied to the web/internet/data centers where usage has gone through the roof. Our positive view on these companies was supported by their first quarter earnings reports and conference calls which demonstrated all their favorable short- and long-term strengths. The best is yet to come for each of them. The Democrats are proposing an $80 billion-dollar bill to promote broadband expansion and buying smart devices for all that cannot afford them. 5 G will play a major role as the next generation for cellular technology. If you can, listen to the Qualcomm conference call. We also added a financial and an industrial. Both are best in class and will gain market share/profitability as we move through the other side.

We do not own bonds, the dollar nor private equity funds.

Finally, we would hope that all countries work together investigating the origin of the coronavirus rather than doing it individually.

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Noch einmal TÜV Bitte - ROST beseitigen - Teil 6 - Astra G BJ 99 - 164000 km

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The Seven Deadly Sins Pt. 8

genre: angst, fluff, fantasy, supernatural, knight au, royalty au, nanatsu no taizai au (no need to watch the anime to understand the story)

pairing: jungkook x reader (ft. all bts members)

word count: 3500++

warning: language

author's note: thank you for all the support! Hope you’ll like this part as well!

summary: your kingdom was taken over by the enemies and all the royal members were taken prisoner, except you who managed to escape. Determined to save your country, you’re willing to do anything, even if it meant you had to free the seven worst criminals.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 (on-going)

It was probably the best sleep you had in quite a while. Fully rested and totally refreshed, you woke up feeling awesomely great rather than anxious like the previous days. The comfort of the warmth enveloping you made you even more reluctant to open your eyes and leave the bed, until you realized it was Jungkook's arms which provided the warmth for you.

Your eyes shot open to find Jungkook's sleeping face only a few inches from you. You swallowed back your gasp quickly. It's his first proper sleep after three days of staying awake. You wouldn't want to accidentally wake him up with your surprised gasp.

Being so close to him, you took the chance to study Jungkook's face. It was probably the first time you saw him so calm and peaceful. He always looked tense and cold when he was awake as if he forced himself to constantly be on guard in case something bad happened. It's really refreshing to see him so relaxed like this you could watch his face all day. Realized what you were thinking, you quickly shook the thought away as your face went red. After you admitted your growing feelings towards Jungkook, it was harder for you to stay calm whenever you saw his face. You hoped you wouldn't make things awkward between you two.

Well, actually, Jimin beat you to it.

Without knocking first, Jimin barged into the room which you and Jungkook shared while chirping loudly, "It's morning! Wake up, you sleepyheads! Are you trying to become Yoongi? Why are you still-" Then his gaze finally landed on you and Jungkook on the bed. From how he smirked at you, you could see him getting the wrong idea. However, before you could say anything, he already went out to call Seokjin.

Cheeks flushed, you desperately said while trying to free yourself from Jungkook's embrace, hoping Jimin would come back to listen to your explanation, "Jimin, it's not like what you think!"

The commotion must have woken Jungkook up. You could feel him loosen his hold to stretch. The sudden movement made you snap your head towards him. His eyes were still closed when he greeted, "Morning."

Feeling guilty for waking him up, you apologized, "Did I wake up you up? Sorry, I was being too loud."

Jungkook shook his head lazily as he reluctantly sat up. "No. It's fine. We need to go anyway." He was about to climb off the bed when he stopped to stare at you. "Thanks for helping me sleep yesterday. I've forgotten the last time I slept that well."

"I'll be glad to help you again anytime you need," you said with a big smile, completely hiding the fact that you also enjoyed the company.

Jimin chose that timing to barge in again, dragging half-awake Seokjin into the room. "Look, Seokjin! They slept together! Oh man, why did I have to be stuck with you last night?"

"What the heck, Jimin?" Seokjin groaned irritably. "I didn't force you to room with me. And you really need to stop caring with other people's sex lives. It's none of your business. They can fuck all night long and I don't give a damn about it. So now will you please let go of my hand before I starve myself and die out of hunger?"

Looking extremely pissed off, Jimin retorted after letting go of Seokjin's hand harshly as if it scalded his skin, "Fine. Go ahead and stuff your face, you pig. Oh and let me remind you one more time that you can't die."

The short argument ended and the two of them disappeared from view, leaving you and Jungkook confused in the room. You turned to give him a questioning look, only to be replied with a shrug.

"They misunderstood, though. Is it okay to leave them be?" you asked, still a little bit shy knowing that Jimin and Seokjin probably got the wrong end of the stick.

Jungkook climbed off the bed and headed out to go to the inn's public bath, taking a new set of clothes with him. "I don't mind. I'm going to take a bath. Are you coming or not?"

Public bath could be dangerous for women if perverts were using it too at the same time. It's touching to know that Jungkook always remembered to accompany you everytime you wanted to take a bath. He might have thought of it as his responsibility, but you wanted to think that he cared about you. The fact that he didn't bother to clear the misunderstanding gave you the idea that he didn't mind being mistaken to have romantic relationship with you.

"Coming!" You stumbled as you rushed to follow him, smiling at your own thoughts in the process.

***

It was a relief that you arrived just in time at Astra's entrance gate, despite the endless questionings from very curious Jimin about your supposedly sex life and the countless stops at food shops to restock Seokjin's food supplies.

Right by the entrance gate, there was a young beautiful woman wearing noble dress standing close to the gate guards. She waved her hand as she spotted your group in the distance, beckoning you to come over to her. According to the message you'd got from Namjoon's group, she must be Hoseok in disguise. You turned on your invisibility in case the people there recognized you.

Hoseok asked you to wait while he was talking to the guards. You were impressed that he could imitate her - whoever he disguised as - perfectly, as if he was a total different person from the Hoseok you knew. During the whole conversation, Jimin was eyeing Hoseok with his lustful gaze. You almost choked on your own saliva since you didn't expect the curse would work on Hoseok too when Jimin was fully aware that it was him. Judging from Seokjin's evil snickers and Jungkook's grin, they already knew it would happen but they didn't intend to do anything about it, instead they found it amusing to just watch.

Clueless of what to do, you quietly followed behind Hoseok as he led the way, together with Seokjin and Jungkook. Jimin was already flinging his arm around Hoseok's shoulders, flirting with him way too blatantly that Seokjin and Jungkook found that hilarious. Worried that Hoseok might be uncomfortable with this, you shifted your gaze towards him to check on him. Unexpectedly, he seemed quite happy; he talked a lot and responded to Jimin's flirting. You supposed it's because someone finally paid attention to him. It's sad that Hoseok couldn't mingle with the others when he was being himself. Looking at how happy he was, you didn't have a heart to stop Jimin, so you just pretended to know nothing and ignore them.

Jungkook nudged your side; he was able to find you just fine even when you're invisible at the time. He finally stopped laughing at his two friends and fell into step next to you. "Hey, why are you not saying anything?"

"Jungkook, did something happened between Hoseok and the rest of you?" you asked, eyes still lingering on Jimin and Hoseok. Under normal circumstances, they would never be that chummy with each other.

"Oh, you were thinking about that. You realized, huh?" Jungkook's gaze landed on Jimin and Hoseok too. "Me and Hoseok were never popular with the guys in the seven deadly sins. We're the kind you don't want to get along with. You see, I keep get angry at stupid things and Hoseok is always envious with whatever you have. If you have that kind of friends, it's natural if you want to keep distance from them, right?"

Jungkook had a point. The other guys' curses weren't damaging relationships that much; Yoongi slept all the time, Seokjin ate a lot, Taehyung only wanted money, but with his element, he was already the richest one among them, Jimin didn't flirt with guys, and Namjoon, though he thought high of himself, he was actually the smartest one, so nobody had a problem with that. But it's different if it's Jungkook's or Hoseok's curse. It was bound to get you annoyed at one point if you had friends who were easily irritated and always envious of you. You finally understood why the two of them seemed distant with the others.

Hoseok led you to a two-storey house in the remote rural area, a bit farther away from Astra's capital town, Chester. Namjoon, Taehyung, and even Yoongi were already downstairs to welcome your group. You turned off your invisibility the second you stepped across the threshold.

"Welcome to Astra, Your Highness, Princess of Elucia."

You were surprised with the greeting from a young lady who suddenly came out from a room in the first floor and curtsied to you. She was oddly familiar the more you studied her. You tried to remember where you saw her before. And your memory told you it was when she visited Elucia, probably ten years ago. That's why it was quite hard to recognize her.

"Thank you, Your Highness, Crown Princess of Astra." You curtsied back.

Jimin was still flirting with Hoseok in disguise and Namjoon glared at Hoseok to command, "Change back now, Hoseok."

Namjoon's order was absolute and couldn't be resisted. In an instant, Hoseok changed back to his own self and Jimin backed away from him at once as if he was an infectious disease. Hoseok didn't show whether he was hurt by Jimin's sudden harsh treatment, but you were sure he must be. You made a mental note to have a talk with him later.

"I can understand if it's Seokjin. But not you too, Jungkook. Why won't you stop him? I thought we agreed about this before." Namjoon shook his head in disbelief. "More importantly, show your respect to the crown princess. Her Highness is the one letting us stay here."

Jungkook, Jimin, and Seokjin bowed simultaneously and greeted politely, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, Crown Princess of Astra."

Jihyun, if you didn't remember her name wrong, chuckled. "There's no need to be so formal. Your princess is standing over there, you know."

Taehyung offered an explanation, "We decided to omit the formalities between us, since we're technically on the run now."

"Is that so?" Jihyun said, sounding amused for some reason. "Then we don't need to use formalities too. Just call me Jihyun."

Winking to the princess, Jimin piped up, "I'd be glad to, Jihyun."

Jihyun giggled in amusement. "So you're the pervert old man? Taehyung told me."

Jimin elbowed Taehyung's stomach, earning a pained groan from the latter. "What the hell did you tell the princess?"

"But I told her the truth!" Taehyung defended himself, still holding his aching stomach.

"You've got some pretty interesting knights in your country, Y/N. Nice to meet you again, by the way." Jihyun offered her hand, which you took pleasantly. You had no grudge against her, although she was the crown princess of the enemy country. It was the problem of the countries. She hadn't ruled Astra yet, so she still had no power to make any decisions.

"Same here, Jihyun. It's been a while." You gave her a smile.

"You know each other?" Namjoon asked in disbelief. "I thought we're at war with Astra."

You nodded. "It's true we're currently at war. Our first meeting happened ten years ago during the war declaration."

Jihyun elaborated. "My father took me with him when he visited Elucia to declare war. I was clueless at the time, though. I'm the only child in the family, so I was excited. Thinking I got a new friend, I was playing with Y/N in her chamber during the entire visit. Sadly, I was told later that it's war declaration."

"You said the princess is the one letting us stay here, right?" Seokjin suddenly said to Namjoon, cutting short your reunion with the princess of Astra. It seemed he'd been curious about this since arriving. "Then how did you meet the princess?"

"The girl Hoseok disguised himself as is the daughter of the prime minister," Namjoon explained. "He was unlucky to bump into the princess right after the princess met the girl. His cover was blown immediately, but after listening to his reasons for coming here, the princess decided to join hands with us. Fortunately, everything turned out well in the end."

Jihyun added, "Everyone seems to be hiding something from me. So I want to find out what. Hoseok has been constantly disguising as Rahee, the daughter of the prime minister, to infiltrate the ministry's meetings that even I'm not allowed to attend. I sent Rahee to another country while keeping the fact she's not here a secret from her father. So we're helping each other, actually."

While all of you were still catching up with each other, someone entered the house, distracting everyone from the conversation. The young man - you guessed he was an Astranian knight, judging from his attire and armor - dropped to one knee in front of Jihyun.

"You called, Your Highness?" he asked politely, his eyes fixed on the ground, as if meeting the princess' gaze without being permitted first was a sin.

"Stand up, Junhong," Jihyun said authoritatively and then turned to face the seven deadly sins and you. "I've told you about the seven deadly sins and the princess of Elucia. I want you to guard them and help them with everything they need while they're here. They're my special guests. Tell no words to anyone about them. What happens here stays here."

"Yes, Your Highness. You have my word." Junhong gave you and the seven deadly sins a judgmental look. "However, Your Highness, pardon my rudeness, I fail to understand why a princess who brings her seven knights still needs more guards. Unless the infamous seven deadly sins aren't capable enough to protect one royal, I don't see why I am needed here." He paused to looked at Jungkook condescendingly. "Or is that really the case? Then I have no comment."

That Astranian knight had definitely stepped over the line. What he'd said really offended everyone and he'd totally got on Jungkook's nerves which meant the situation had got much worse. A very angry Jungkook walked over to Junhong and cornered him until his back was against the door. He brought his arms up to grab on Junhong's collar in rage.

"What the fuck did you just say?" Jungkook growled furiously, causing everyone in the room to flinch.

Junhong didn't look the slightest bit terrified. "I only stated the fact. And get your hands off me."

You gasped when Junhong slapped away Jungkook's arms harshly. Jungkook would be unable to control himself if he was hit physically. Wrath would completely take him over. And that meant danger to everyone standing near him. You had promised him that you would stop him whenever he went berserk again. So you had to do it this time even if you hadn't done anything to improve your healing ability, only hoping that you would come out of it safely in the end.

Gulping nervously, you approached Jungkook cautiously and called, "Jungkook?"

Jungkook tensed and turned to look at you. However, it's already too late. He had already taken over by wrath. Raising one arm, he set the chair next to you on fire and faced Junhong again, ready to burn him to death. You were about to distract Jungkook one more time when Namjoon stopped you.

"Yoongi," Namjoon called calmly.

At once, the view around you changed and suddenly, you were all outside the house, everyone except Jungkook. Namjoon must have asked Yoongi to teleport all of you to safety earlier when he said his name.

Junhong seemed confused, but he was way too pissed off to find out what happened, so he stormed back into the house without saying anything.

"I would stop if I were you," Namjoon said, still completely composed.

Looking thoroughly offended, Junhong scoffed as he whirled around. "Stop? I would never let that-"

"Just shut it, kid," Yoongi grumbled in irritation. "You don't know what you're doing."

"Kid?" Junhong retorted. "How dare you call me a kid? Who do you think you are?"

"We're at least one hundred years older than you." Jimin glared at Junhong angrily. "So just shut the hell up before I ruin that ugly face of yours."

Junhong laughed mockingly. "One hundred years? What kind of bullshit are you on about?"

"Junhong!" Jihyun said loudly, her fists clenched, seemingly frustrated and guilty with the problem her knight had just caused. "Just stop!"

Taken aback, Junhong dropped his gaze to the ground. "I apologize, Your Highness." And then he fell silent.

"I'm really sorry, Y/N," Jihyun apologized. "I haven't told my knight the details yet. I hope Jungkook will be fine."

"It's okay. He will be." You offered Jihyun a weak smile, though you're worried about Jungkook.

You felt completely useless once again. The promise you had made with Jungkook came to your mind and you felt awful you had gone against your own word. You should have been the one stopping him before he went on a rampage. Why were you unable to do anything? Because you were weak.

"Stop beating yourself up, Y/N," Namjoon suddenly said to you. You were surprised that he was already standing next to you. You were too occupied with your own thoughts that you didn't know when he came. And of course, Namjoon would know what you were thinking. "I was the one stopping you from doing what you were planning to do. I know what you've promised him, but trying to stop him with your current ability is the same as killing yourself. He's way too strong for you now. At least, you should train to be stronger first."

"But I don't know how to train without my magic teacher back in the palace," you said in a low voice, embarrassed with how helpless you were.

Namjoon pondered for a while. "Hoseok might be able to help you. He has copied hundreds of people and has used many kinds of magic. He might know the best way for you to improve."

Why it had never popped up to your head before? What Namjoon suggested totally made sense. Hoseok could even transform into you. If there was someone else that knew well what you're capable to do besides your magic teacher, it would be Hoseok. And you remembered you were going to comfort him about the incident with Jimin earlier. So you could just ask him for help while you’re at it.

"Namjoon, you're a genius! Thanks for the advice," you said excitedly.

"I know I am," Namjoon said pridefully. "You're welcome."

There was silence while all of you were watching the house, waiting for Jungkook to come out. There's no sign of the house was being burnt, but the all the furniture inside might have been destroyed already. No one knew what Jungkook would do in his current state. He'd caused the onyx bar to explode before. He could do the same with the house.

"He won't burn the house down, right?" Taehyung asked to no one in particular, seemingly having the same thoughts as you. "I just started to like the house."

Not long after that, Jungkook came out without setting the house on fire, looking completely dejected and remorseful. He kept his gaze on the ground as he approached the group. Before he said anything, Namjoon tapped his shoulder reassuringly, stopping him before he apologized.

"Taehyung, Yoongi, time to work," Namjoon said while walking back towards the house. "Taehyung, fix the broken things. Yoongi, make something new out of the ones which were completely burnt. I'll help with the metals."

"I don't know you can fix things, Taehyung," you said in amazement.

Taehyung grinned proudly, showing his teeth. "My other ability is alchemy." Then he ran to follow Namjoon and a levitating Yoongi. The seven deadly sins’ abilities seemed endless, you thought. They never failed to surprise you.

"I guess I can start cooking for dinner now." Seokjin was about to walk towards the house when he spun around. "And I could use some help."

"I'll help," Jihyun volunteered excitedly and fell into step next to Seokjin. Junhong automatically followed Jihyun. Jimin and Hoseok did too, leaving only you and Jungkook behind.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to stop you myself but Yoongi beat me to it. I'll definitely stop you next time.” You gave Jungkook a warm smile, as if Jungkook hadn’t just gone on a rampage inside the house. 

You didn't want to make Jungkook feel awful again like before. You wanted him to think that it's fine to go out of control, that you would be there for him. Hopefully, after training with Hoseok, you would be strong enough to stop him. Much to your relief, you no longer found him frightening, probably what Seokjin had said to you helped. Maybe it was because of your words, Jungkook seemed to finally relieve himself from his remorse and returned your smile.

"Welcome back, Jungkook,” you said.

"I'm back." Jungkook took your hand in his and the two of you walked hand in hand towards the house.

author’s note: finally all of them are together again! There are a few new characters introduced! Hope y’all like this part! Thank you for reading! Feedback is greatly appreciated! See you in the next part!

update: read the next part here.

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fluff alphabet. || ( john constantine )

A/N: hey there, i’m jinxie and this is my dc imagine / appercation blog. it’s still a bit new but feel free to have a look around. anyway, i’m starting off with something fluffy for one of my favorite assholes, john constantine. no gifs belong to me as they belong to their respectful owners, please tell me if you want yours put down. requests are open, feel free to send them in. masterlist / / what i do and don’t write.

anonymous requested: Fluff alphabet w/ John?

A - Attractive (what they find attractive)

john is attracted to many gorgeous men and women alike, but your witty tongue and teasing just let him begging for more.

B - Baby (do they want a family?)

family, is rather a very tough subject for john in general since his father abused him and what had happen to astra during newcastle. so in most cases, he doesn’t want to have a family, he couldn’t deal with putting you or them at the risk of what he does.

C - Cuddle (how they cuddle)

cuddling isn’t a common thing with him unless it’s usually just the two of you. but he usually switches from being the big and small spoon depending on the day.

D - Dates (what dates with them are like)

a rare bit in most cases but it’s mostly you to remind john that you two have a date. he’ll play it off saying that he remembered. though there’s some date surpises from john.

E - Everything (you are my…)

“you’re my better half, luv.”

F - Feelings (when they realise that they love you)

feelings were a bit hard for john, he just doesn’t realize them sometimes but his feelings were found after he saw you with someone else. he got jealous but was a bit glad when you two broke up before he came clean about it.

G - Gentle (are they gentle?)

john constantine? gentle? a little hard to believe but yes, he can be gentle but again like pda, it mostly happens between you two. though if you do happen to get badly hurt or after doing an exrocism of a demon inside of you, he’ll run up to make sure to cradle you. checking everything to be sure you’re still with him.

H - Hand/hold (how do they hold you? Do they hold hands?)

hand holding isn’t really his thing though there are moments where he’ll lace them together if he sees you feeling anxious, sometimes giving the back of your hand a kiss. but nothing too much.

I - Impression (first impression)</small

he was in a loop when you two first met as you were zatanna’s assistant and learning under her since you discovered your abilites a little late. but there was no way that you went easy on him until later.

J - Joker (do they pull pranks?)

pranks don’t happen often since you have to be serious for the job though there was a few. however the unlucky victim happened to be chas who was very much unamused by you both.

K - Kisses (how they kiss)

there’s the soft sweet kisses to the very rough kisses depending on the situation and your moods. there’s a few in between but it’s not often. though he’ll snog you if he catches someone looking at you for too long.

L - Little things (what little things they love)

john doesn’t notice too many small things since he can be forgetful or he simply didn’t listen to it. though he does try to remember things that you liked such as flowers to bring you when you’re mad at him. though he’ll double check with chas if it’s the right ones.

M - Memory (favourite memory together)

there’s a lot of memories you both shared but one would have to be where everything was calm and you two just spend the day in peace for as long as you possible can since you know, you gotta go hunt demons and other supernatural ghoulies.

N - Nickel (do they spoil?)

spoiling comes in different form when it comes to john. you don’t get the fancy diamond rings or anything like that. john sometimes spoils you by finding a bottle of scotch or some booze you really enjoy. or when you two are alone, he spoils you in rather different ways if you get what i mean.

O - Orange (what color reminds them of you)

for some reason, it’s a purple that reminds him of you. perhaps it’s when the jl dark team and him saw your eyes glow to do your full strength that shined a purple glow to defeat your enemy. so now everytime he sees purple, it reminds him of you and not to piss you off to that length.

P - Petnames (what petnames they use)

petnames are rare with him, though sometimes he simply calls you ‘luv’ or 'sweetheart’ but there’s not much of petnames in your relationship.

Q - Questions ( what are the questions they’re always asking?)

they are mostly “are you sure you want to do this? or "why do you choose to stay?”; almost always some type of reassurance questions.

R - Remember (their favourite memory of each other)

funny enough, john doesn’t have very fond memories but his favorite memory of you is when he first saw you up on stage doing a solo act. he couldn’t believe that he had gotten lucky to have someone like you in his life even though he swears you can do better than him.

S - Sad ( how they cheer themselves/others up)

john tends to drink his problems away, least that was before he met you. he drinks still sometimes but you make him talk to you first before you two go out.

T - Talking ( what they love to talk about)

it’s hard to find something that this man loves to talk about besides his booze and the shit he has done but there are times he’ll ramble about you and what a lucky fella he is.

U - Universe ( a metaphor)

“and the world was their stage as their played many characters throughout their life.”

V - Very ( thoughts about each other)

honestly you think he was an ass when you two first met, well there’s some of it still there but you have grown to love some of his mannerisms and learned some british slang from him. john’s thoughts are a bit more sadder than yours. he always think you can do better than him and is scared that you could be taken like astra though sometimes he feels incredibly lucky to have someone like you to keep him grounded.

W - Why ( reasons why they love you)

you keep him grounded like mentioned above plus you bring out the good in him that is still there. like yes, john can be an ass but he does still have a heart that you remind him of.

X - Xylophone (what’s their song?)

ENDLESSLY - the cab that includes both of you.

Y - You (what you are to them)

you are the other piece of him that he didn’t know he needed until you came into his life and now he needs you in it.

Z - Zebra ( what pet they want to have)

it was you to suggest it but it was a black cat that you decided to dub as 'sebastian’ though he is now more of your cat than john’s but john doesn’t mind it too much. though sebastian became sort of like salem from sabrina the teenage witch by accident.

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Per Aspera Ad Astra, ch.5

I FINISHED IT (previous chapter)

thanks to @onaperduamedee, @elissastillstands, and @speedygal for their input, and @nomi--sunrider for the cheering.

Words: 3578

Rating: T

(please be aware there’s a fair amount of injuries in this one)

Michael Burnham/Philippa Georgiou

Philippa's hands come instinctively up to her face as a small explosion materialises in the middle of the bridge. Though it does nothing but warm  her palms, her panic instincts rise.

“Ops, what was that!?” she demands, at the rest of her shaken bridge crew. Narwani’s fingers tap desperately at her panel.

“A containment breach sent volatile particles in testing free, they've made it through the venting system!” she shouts back. Michael's hand rests on Philippa's shoulder, a tight grip.

Deep breath, Philippa. We're gonna make it out of this.

“Is an evacuation in order, Jira?” Philippa's calmer tone, combined with her technique of using first names, soothes the atmosphere.

“That would be recommended, Captain,” she responds.

“Computer, open a shipwide channel.” The machine whirrs and clicks for a moment before beeping. “All hands, begin evacuating! We’ll be beaming as many of you as possible to escape pods to avoid volatile particles. If you're near a medkit, please take it with you.” Philippa pauses for a moment. “Stay calm enough, crew. Captain out.” Philippa sighs and reaches for Michael's hand.  

I love you, Michael.

“Get me a lock on every member of this crew,” she orders. “Medical priorities fir-” Philippa's calf rips with pain, searing her skin as thousands of red-hot wasps descend upon her leg. She whimpers. Michael looks horrified.

“Medical priorities first,” Philippa manages, teeth gritted. Michael drops to a crouch to inspect her leg. The skin barely resembles skin, and Michael's own calf twitches.

“Anyone have a dermal regenerator?” she half-asks, half-commands. She can't tear her eyes away from the sickening burn. A clattering from her left indicates the arrival of her tool.

“Michael, I'll be fine,” Philippa gasps, stamping down her pain.

“Philippa, you're a bad liar. Stay still.” Michael holds her ankle gently in place and glances over at Keyla, who managed to transport just about everyone off the bridge.

“The transporters are almost drained, Captain! I think I can squeeze in one of you….” Philippa waves a hand in her direction.

“Can you transport yourself?” she asks, Michael working on her wound. She winces as Michael picks out a piece of her uniform.

“I can...your leg?”

“I'll live. Go,” Philippa orders. Keyla swivels back to her panel and disappears with a few taps.

“You're patched, Philippa.” Michael leans out to pat Philippa's shoulder. An explosion rocks her forwards, her hands clutching at nothing. She gasps, the pain crawling under her skin like roots, shooting pain across her spine. Alien feeling creeps across Philippa's back. She reaches for the regenerator, her calf protesting. Michael bites her lip until it bleeds.

It'll be okay, Michael.

The faint humming of the tool fills their ears as Michael's skin fills itself in, the stinging fading.

It'll be okay.

Philippa, it hurts…

I know, honey.

Philippa slips the regenerator into her pocket and helps Michael to her feet.

“How-” Michael inhales sharply “-how do we get to the shuttles?”

“We can set a transport with the captain's chair. It's a backup system with limited access, but it can get us to the pods,” Philippa explains, already pulling at the side panel of the seat. Michael's back is throbbing, and she watches as Philippa pulls out a physical transporter matrix.

“A little old, don't you think?” Michael prods, the technology older that the transporters themselves.

“Well, you clearly have no problem with old things, Burnham, since we happen to be romantically involved.” Philippa pokes her in the thigh as she fixes the first post to the ground. Michael gasps in fake-horror. “Shut up and plug this into Keyla’s panel, you bug.” Philippa hands her a port, attempting to secure the second post to the ground with one hand. Michael slips it between her fingers and jams it into the proper outlet.

An explosion nips at Philippa's heel, its teeth gnawing at her skin in pinpricks. Michael's head whips around. She reaches for the dermal regenerator, instead burning her hand on a formerly cylindrical lump of metal. She sticks her forefinger in her mouth, the skin red. Philippa hammers in the last component of the matrix. Her heel is encompassed in a void of pain, only amplified by her shaky mount to her feet.

“We're...we’re done. Get that console working.” Michael groans as a fireball brushes her bicep. Philippa feels the sting at her hip, too close to Michael's arm. She stamps down the pain and tries to punch the controls into the malfunctioning panel. It responds with a fizz. Philippa grumbles and kicks it hard, her heel ripping open. She wonders dimly if her toe is broken. Pain swirls her thoughts into fuzz, and Michael manages to get the command input. She helps Philippa to her feet.

“–Thank you,” she breathes. Michael pulls her into the prism of the matrix, activating one of the posts. Philippa feels the air go still. Dread hits as an explosion throws her into Michael, her eye blacking out and the skin nearby searing. She inhales with a gasp. Michael catches her, turning on the last post, soothing her as they disappear into the shuttle bay.

“Shh, Philippa, I'm sorry, it'll be okay.” Philippa's sure she's in shock, but Michael's already leading her into a shuttle. Philippa slumps against the pale wall as Michael takes a seat at the controls, disengaging them from the ship.

“Michael…”

“Yeah?”

“Can I help?” Philippa's rustling through the medkit as if her fingers were stone.

“Find some of the measurement pads,” Michael orders. Philippa manages to extract a patch and sticks it to her forearm. It beeps to life, her heart rate and other vitals playing. “Now, there should be a calming solution in there, can you plug it into a hypo?” Michael jerks the controls up to avoid some debris. Philippa plugs a cartridge into a hypospray with clumsy fingers. She presses it to her neck, a hiss comes as the solution injects.

“Thanks.”

“How about a dermal regenerator back there?” Philippa checks that her vitals are returning to normal before digging out the tool.

“Got it.” She raises it to her eye and clicks the end. It does nothing. Philippa shakes it, hard, and tries again. The front fizzles. She lets out a long string of Malay curses before laughing bitterly.

“Philippa?”

“It's fucking broken,” she spits. Michael groans.

“Damn. You think you can take it apart?” Michael yanks the shuttle down.

“I'll give it a shot.” Philippa pulls off the bottom cap, peering into it.

Michael pulls the ship into a turn, arriving at a patch of clear space. She leans back in her chair. “You don't know what you're doing, do you?”

“Not a clue. Come here.” Michael leaves the shuttle on autopilot and spins in her chair. Philippa taps at her boot. “Lie down. I need a distraction.” Michael awkwardly lowers herself onto her side, her bicep stinging. She unzips and shrugs off her jacket. Philippa fits into her back, an arm draped over her stomach and her knees bent. She presses a kiss to Michael's shoulder.

“This feels good, Philippa.”

“Mmm. So it does.” Philippa adjusts her position to nuzzle Michael's curls. “You're so sweet, my love.”

“You're quite the flatterer, Philippa.”

“I just state facts, Michael. It's not my fault you're so adorable.” She tightens her grip around Michael's waist.

“I…-g-well,..–” Michael stammers.

“So adorable. I will never let you live your reaction to pet names down.” Michael grumbles.

“Shut up.”

“Noted.” Philippa kisses Michael's scalp. “This is not how I pictured this day going,” she mumbles.

“Oh? How so?” Michael's voice has a thing of sarcasm. She tilts her head in an attempt to make eye contact, jostling Philippa from her comfortable position.

“Hm...We were going to watch the moons freeze over.”

“We can still do that, Philippa. Through the window. You mean something else.”

“Well–I--Michael, move your leg, it hurts.”

“You're avoiding the question,” Michael teases, while shuffling her calf forwards and wincing slightly.

“I…I was going to…” Philippa stammers.

“By the Gods, Philippa, spit it out. What do you expect me to do? It can't be that bad,” Michael sighs.

“I was going to propose to you today. I had a poem copied out for you...” Philippa's cheeks go bright red. Michael stares over her shoulder with a quizzical look on her face before breaking out into peals of laughter, a huge grin across her face. Philippa releases Michael with a halfhearted pout.

“What is it, Michael?” Philippa glares at Michael's hiccuping form and very gently pushes against her head with the tip of her shoe.

“It's just–” Michael snorts and covers her mouth with her sleeve. “Philippa-” She manages to roll onto her back, one hand lying limp on her stomach, and heaves with roaring chuckles. Philippa tilts her view down and blocks Michael from sight.

“What am I going to do with you?” Philippa shakes her head. Michael’s hands grip the side of the shuttle and she pulls herself to her knees.

“You could...marry me.” Philippa snorts.

“You're okay with that, Michael? I don't want to push you…” Michael strokes Philippa's uninjured cheek.

“It's been three years, six months, and five days since we agreed upon a probable outcome of marriage, so not only am I okay with that, I have something to prove it.” Michael reaches for Philippa's discarded boots, pulling the left one towards her.

“What on Earth are you doing, Michael?” Philippa questions. Michael grabs the medkit, and pulls it open.

“You see,” she starts, rustling through the pack, “I also planned to propose to you today.” Michael sticks the handle of a laser scalpel in her mouth, apparently oblivious to Philippa’s absolute shock.

“What? Today?” Philippa gapes. Michael points the fine laser at the melted heel of Philippa's shoe.

“Today, at dinner. I had a whole puzzle designed…” She points the bottom of the boot at Philippa.

“You hid an engagement ring...in my shoe?” Philippa stares at the misshapen gold ellipse.

“I'm going to assume that was a rhetorical question.” Michael sighs. “Why did you pick today?”

Philippa shrugs, with a smile. “It's the five-year anniversary of the first time you asked for a hug.” Michael’s brain searches to remember the moment.

“A cold environment means body heat is essential, Philippa, I would hardly call that asking for a hug.” Michael picks at the sole of the boot.

“First time you used me as a pillow?” Philippa grins. “First time you fell asleep in my bed? First time you fell asleep in my arms?” Philippa recounts the memory, Michael's form flush against hers, shivering, warm breath, Michael's head nestled perfectly in her neck.

“Oh, stop it!” Michael pouts. Philippa leaves a kiss on her cheek.

“Why did you pick today?” Philippa's curiosity has piqued.

“Today was the most logical date my calculations could pick.” Philippa smiles at her Michael.

“How'd you calculate it?”

“I input every significant day into a calendar, including any sort of anniversary, any dates of misfortune that you mentioned, and anything in relation to your family. Three days were far enough away from all the events. Today was the nearest and I was a little impatient.” Michael sighs and leans into Philippa's shoulder. “Today did not go as planned.”

“So this is certain? I can call you my fiancée instead of my girlfriend?” Philippa's not sure the situation has hit her quite yet, possibly due to the stinging in her eye, the pain in her heel, and the burning on her hip.

“And soon enough, you can call me your wife. If that's what you want.” Philippa feels her heart swell.

“Gods. Yes. I love you.”

Michael feels a sour pinch at the back of her throat and buries her head into Philippa's neck, kissing her veins and arteries, her tendons, her muscles. Philippa settles an arm around Michael’s shoulders. Michael feels tears pooling across her skin but can't make herself stop, deft fingers tracing along her back and a quiet, soothing shhh, shhh, sending tremors through her nerves.

Is this just...happy tears, Michael? Or did I do something?

No, Philippa, just–she makes a watery chuckle-just happy tears.

Philippa smiles and tucks her chin above Michael's head, exhaling. The smell of Philippa's soap is buried across Michael's scalp. Philippa grins. “Did you use my certified not-Starfleet soap, Michael?” she murmurs.

“Maybe.” Michael's voice is muted by Philippa’s neck.

“You're getting more human by the minute, baby girl.” Michael reddens profusely. Philippa laughs. “Oh, Michael, you're adorable. And as much as I have enjoyed our cuddle-” Michael groans. “-I think it's time to get that regenerator working again. First, though--” Philippa slips out of Michael's embrace. Michael grumbles at the abandonment. Philippa reaches for her discarded boot, holding it out with a smile, kneeling, eyes lowered. “Michael Burnham, will you marry me?” Michael snorts and Philippa stifles a laugh.

“I don't think I have to answer that.”

“You don't,” she says, tossing the shoe across the room. “I'll take the opportunity to propose with a boot whenever I can.” She pokes at the regenerator again, mostly disassembled.

“Let me.” Michael drops to a crouch. She fiddles with the pieces for a moment, before plucking what appears to be a jelly-filled plastic tube out from the pile. “That's the issue. The neural processors can't get through.” Philippa stares at her in astonishment.

“How did you ever figure that out?” Michael taps the side. The contents of the tube wave.

“It's too liquid for the message to send. We just have to cool it.”

“You say that like there's a way to do that easily,” Philippa adds, frowning. Michael grins.

“There is.” She crawls up to the front, gazing at the planets in front of her. “You still want to watch them freeze?” Philippa makes it to the controls, cursing her hip.

“You--of course I want to. What do you me--ohh. The planet–”

“Will be cold enough to solidify the circuit.” Michael's eyes gleam. Philippa smiles.

“That's quite the solution. Won't we be cold?”

“The EV suits will keep us warm.” Philippa kisses Michael’s cheek.

“You are brilliant, baby girl.” Michael blushes profusely and averts her eyes.

“You should bandage your hip, Philippa,” she diverts, cheeks darkened.

“You're so damn cute, Michael,” Philippa mumbles, as she retrieves the healing sheets from the kit. “Stand up. I need to dote on you.” Michael pretends not to hear. Philippa sighs and rolls her eyes. She finds a proper-sized sheet, measuring it against her hip, before ripping the backing off and laying the white plastic against her wound. The suction activates.

“I've plotted in a course. You want helm or comm?” Philippa sneaks up to her, a hand firmly on the back of her chair.

“I'll take helm. Hold still.”

“Wha–” Philippa places a sheet over Michael’s bicep, the plastic sticking to her skin.

“It might hurt to pilot with a burn.” Philippa winks. Michael sighs.

“Philippa, follow the directions, I'll notify Saru,” she orders, already punching in her message. Philippa takes her seat, pulling the back off another bandage, this one long and skinny to bend around her eye. She plasters it awkwardly to her face. Michael chuckles. “I could have helped you.” Philippa pouts.

Quiet, Burnham.

It's really crooked.

Stop-

Michael reached out and adjusted the bottom of the bandage. Philippa smacked her wrist away.

“Back to work, Burnham.” She fixed her hands to the controls, pulling the shuttle into the proper descent. Michael’s panel pinged as her message sent.  

“Saru’s been notified. I'm going to get my suit on.” She swung her chair and began to rifle through a compartment. Philippa continued her slow control, the shuttle tipped slightly forwards. The moon seemed endlessly grey beneath her. The ice hadn’t spread yet. Her panel blinks in warning, red flashing. The shuttle lurches.

“Michael, hold on!” She slams a hand on the consoles, turning off nonessential systems. Michael spins, her helmet in her hands, the gold paneling of her suit shining in the light.

“The thrusters got a little dented, and I can't divert quite enough power to them!” Philippa's panic is waving through her, her fingers searching for any system they might not need.

“Try the gravity emitters!” Michael bounds up to Philippa's console and powers them off herself. The shuttle is still for a moment, before the engines power and Philippa's stomach turns. Michael smiles for a moment.

“Michael--oh, fuck.” Philippa groans. Her stomach is quite unhappy with the current situation. The weightlessness is disorienting. Michael’s already rifling through the medkit for a hypo. Philippa grips the chair handles tightly, eyes closed. The clicking of a loading hypo is followed by a cold prick at her neck.

“That should do it. Look!” Michael pushes herself to the window.

“The moons?” Philippa forces her uninjured eye open. Michael tugs at her wrist. The anti-nausea hypo has already started to kick in, and she gently pulls herself to the window. A small white speck appears in the bottom right quadrant of the moon. It expands, tendrils creeping across the grey plane. Michael brushes a strand of Philippa's hair out of her face.  

Wow.

Philippa, put your hair back, I can't see. .

Philippa adjusts her hair into a bun, wincing as her elastic flicks her scalp. The planet is half-frozen now, icy fingers crawling across the surface.

It is something.

Philippa’s hand clutches Michael's.

It sure is.

Michael pulls Philippa up, up out of her chair, tangling her arms and legs around Philippa's, suspended in midair, their toes almost balanced on the chair. Philippa nestles backwards into Michael's shoulder. Her eyes are still fixed on the white orb in her view, Michael's chin on her collarbone. She leans sideways into Michael's cheek.

“Never let me go,” she whispers. Her throat stings with tears.

“I love you, Philippa,” She hears the other woman cry, and folds her into her arms tighter. Their foreheads touch, their noses, and Michael's hand strokes Philippa's uninjured cheek.

“Never let me go,” Philippa repeats, barely audible. Michael kisses her, a sweet taste on her lips.

“I'll never let you go.”

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Binary Stars/epilogue.

Michael’s shot fires without hesitation. T’kuvma topples over, Philippa stumbling back, a hand over the wound that slashes from the centre of her chest on a shattered angle to her thigh, the mek’leth scattered to the floor. She gasps, the pain ripping through her, uniform already red.

“Philippa!” Michael sprints up the steps. Her mind can't stop reminding her of the destructive capabilities of Klingon weapons, the flat facts she'd learned as a child in the Learning Center alive.

“I’ve lost the captain's life signs! I have to get you out of there, Burnham!” Saru’s voice rings in her ears, Philippa collapsed on the ground. Shots ping behind her. She trips over a step and throws herself in Philippa's direction, a firm hold on her boot as she dematerializes.

“Commander?” The voice is strange.

“Sickbay. Now.” Michael's hands are shaking. She pulls herself onto her knees, dematerializing once again to the stark white of the Sickbay, the floor impressing to her hands. Swarms of white-clothed people surround her. She tries to reach for Philippa’s mind, the whisper presence at the back of her soul gone. She watches as Philippa is lifted to a table. Her mind reaches again, Philippa's katra a slick stone in her hands.

“Commander, are you all right?” A concerned voice echos from her side. Michael takes a moment to catalog her body, noting the pain across her calf. She sticks her leg in front of her. The back of her leg aquiered a phaser burn, the red skin agitated and cracked. A gasp comes from her mouth, not quite intentional. She almost touches it before a medical officer helps her to her feet and leads her to a biobed.

“Commander?” The sound is scrambled before it reaches her ears, her mind already retreating into its meditative state. She falls into a quiet suspended state, her mind freezing and blanking, overtaking worry halting. Her mind is still.

Michael?

Philippa?

Did I die?

I----don’t know…

How am I here?

Maybe your katra’s stuck to mine, like Sarek’s…

Wake up, Michael. I’ll still be here.

Okay. I love you…

Love you, baby.

Michael leaves her trance as fast as she can, waking up to Doctor Nambue standing over her. She jerks upright.

“Comm-”

“Where’s Philippa?”

“Michael, she’s barely alive. I--I can’t do anything, I’m so sorry…” Michael shoots out of her biobed. She sprints to the other end of Sickbay, to Nambue’s displeasure, skidding to the foot of Philippa’s bed. Her hands skid along the side of Philippa’s face. Michael’s fingers press against her temples, her thumbs on her cheekbones, her eyes so close to Philippa’s closed oned.

“My mind… My mind to your mind, my thoughts to your thoughts,” she whispers.

Her mind opens and fills Philippa’s, the dimming consciousness melting between her mental fingers.

Wake up, Philippa. It’s okay.

Michael?

Wake up, please, I love you.

Philippa shakes and jerks awake. Michael sighs, her legs jelly. She collapses, managing to fall next to Philippa, her wound healed and scarred.

“Commander, are you...you were standing up for ten hours!” Saru’s worry overtakes his voice.

“It’s-” Michael yawns. “-it’s okay, Saru.” Philippa smiles, Michael tucked into her arms.

“Mister Saru, it really is,” Philippa echoes. He sighs.

Sweet dreams, Michael, love.

“Same to you,” Michael mumbles, confusing poor Saru and warming Philippa.

And everything is okay.

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Voyaging the Cosmos with UP AstroSoc: National Astronomy Week 2022

Even millennia ago, ancient philosophers and pioneering astronomers always wondered what lies beyond the blue skies and the starry nights. A thought then becomes a hypothesis that would eventually become a puzzle piece that aids humanity in its more profound understanding of the universe. And on October 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite - Sputnik 1 - was successfully launched and entered Earth's orbit, marking the beginning of space explorations. About 59 years later, the country's microsatellite named Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) launched to the International Space Station on March 23, 2016, and deployed to orbit earth a month later on April 27, 2016. 

Since Sputnik 1's historic feat, space research organizations continue to construct spacecraft with missions to investigate Earth and its moon, the nearby planets, the faraway planets, and even beyond the solar system and the galaxy. These tremendous achievements not only have yielded innovations that benefit societies (water purifier system, resources, etc.), but it has also presented new means to solve problems on a global scale (climate change, environmentally sustainable development, etc.). 

As former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos declared in Proclamation No. 130, s. 1993, the Philippines celebrates its 29th National Astronomy Week (NAW) this third week of February 2022, recognizing the rich history and the pertinence of space exploration to humankind with the theme, “Ma(g)laya(g) Tayo Sa Mga Tala.” With the entire country, the University of the Philippines Astronomical Society will also once again celebrate in its way with the theme of "Space and Sustainability: Relevance of Space and Space Exploration to Human Lives," through a series of events that upholds the organization's primary vision.

The University of the Philippines Astronomical Society, commonly known as UP Astrosoc, is a non-profit organization in the University of the Philippines, Diliman. With their emblem of a telescope pointing at the skies and their motto "Ad Astra Per Aspera! - To the stars, through difficulties!" They dedicate their efforts to promoting astronomy to students and the general public of the Philippines. Throughout the years of co-celebrating National Astronomy Week since proclamation, UP AstroSoc conducted numerous events that catered to the interests and awareness of students, educators, and the general public for astronomy via workshops, quiz bees, and many more.

In their second year of virtually commemorating National Astronomy Week, some events from the face-to-face celebration will be making their return to the line-up with the new activities, remodeled to suit the online setting from February 19 to March 5, 2022. Students, educators, and the general public nationwide may participate in the following events this NAW 2022:

Star Trails Astrophotography Contest and Artists Showcase. This event aims to showcase the out-of-this-world talents of both amateur and professional astrophotographers. The top 4 winning photographs shall be chosen through popularity votes. Simultaneously, there will be an artists showcase wherein artists from across the country may show off their mastery of the arts in their astronomy-themed creations. This event will be held on the official social media channels of UP AstroSoc on February 20, 2022.

Orionids Online Trivia Quiz. A test for the public's general knowledge of astronomy while providing other fascinating information about the cosmos is fitting for this momentous occasion. The daily trivia quizzes with one winner per day will be held on the official Facebook page of UP AstroSoc from February 28 to March 4, 2022.

Parallax Webinar Workshop. Teachers and educators nationwide may join a webinar workshop that aims to enable them to acquire another understanding of astronomy and advanced instructional skills that helps their pedagogy. Additionally, Parallax aspires to promote the significance of curiosity, imagination and shared discovery in society. The webinar workshop will be via Zoom Meetings on February 26, 2022, from 2-5 PM.

Big Bang Astronomical Quiz Show. This astronomical quiz show returns with a bang! It aims to showcase the knowledge of secondary-level students nationwide about astronomy. Additionally, Big Bang promotes greater interest and appreciation of the significance of astronomy on the cultural and societal evolution of humankind. The teams that will be participating in the quiz show shall consist of five students per team, and each participating school may enter as many teams as they wish. Big Bang will also have an admission fee of Php 350.00 per team. The top 3 highest-scoring teams in the Final Round will be the winners of the competition. Finally, the Big Bang Astronomical Quiz Show will be via Zoom Meetings on March 5, 2022, from 8 AM to 2 PM.

The awarding ceremony for all the events will be on March 5, 2022, after the Big Bang Astronomical Quiz Show. Join the festivities of UP AstroSoc and tune in for updates on the events through their official social media pages:

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