#He's not mentioned in the story but now I can't stop thinking about Admiral Owen Paris since I've head canoned that they were friends

[marymoss1971]

A new fic -- very dark theme

thanks to @curator-on-ao3's excellent The Autobiography of Kirsten Clancy - Chapter 1 - Curator - Star Trek: Picard [Archive of Our Own], I've always wanted to write something with Clancy. But I had no idea what. I surely didn't consider this.

However, recently, I began thinking about Admiral Patterson. I've always suspected that he worked at Utopia Planitia on Mars--perhaps as the Director. So, I figured that he died in the Synth attack.

But this weekend, I thought "What if he didn't die in the attack. What if it's more tragic?" Anyway, Patterson and Utopia Planitia got me to thinking of Clancy and that's how this story came to be.

PS: another shout out to Curator since her Clancy autobiography showed me that stories can be written around a peripheral character.