#ship: sera x manu

[lotharkarnstein]

So, in editing this stupidly long — 08:56, to be specific — Sera and Manu vid that’s set across the multitimelineverse, I’ve been getting a few more concrete ideas from the footage I’ve maniped together for my current verses, including the convoluted, but dearly beloved (to me), Destroyer of Worlds, which is essentially an AU of an AU, following on from A Quality of Mercy with Admiral Pike making the terrible decision™ to wake Khan after encountering the Botony Bay instead of Captain Kirk, hoping he will join their cause, which… he does, except it offsets an even darker timeline that was never supposed to exist.

From there I’ve basically cannibalised a bunch of “Bad Future” bits and bobs across various Trek and a few other sources with a dash of inspiration from the Mirror Universe as well. But all of that is a TL;DR post for another time.

Anyway, back to Sera and Manu, I was trying to figure out where to put their first meeting and incorporate him into the verse in general — Sera I already solidly have a complete arc for. And now I’m inclined to have it occur after she’s exiled by La’an after their biggest bust up yet (the girlies will stop fighting eventually, but La’an at this point is still forever salty about alt!Kirk with no interest in amends) from the ISS Puget Sound II.

[ Insert that Krinn quote here about pride and downfall being the natural evolution of it. ]

Sera then sarcastic Vulcan salutes her way back onto her shuttle with the intention of going after Khan by herself (third time’s the charm, right?) but a navigational glitch puts her in Gorn space instead.

Enter Manu Noonien-Singh, AKA the planetary nursery MVP, best big brother, Gorn hunter, Lewis Tan looking fine and divine, ritual schmitual, Mr. Brawn and Brains.

He saves her from becoming lizard chow and welcomes her aboard his stolen starship the Wrath, and I figure they have a few adventures of their own together on their way back to Deep Space 19, which is Resistance HQ, since that’s literally the only “home” Sera has left, along with one of the few safe spaces in the Quadrant for non-Humans.

And that’s very much a midway point where they both then get involved on the space station with Admiral James Insane-Middle-Name Kirk, which is awkward for Sera. For. So. Many. Reasons. Even though this James is not the James she pew pew’d with an antique.

Long conversation short with myself, it’s a good solid place to establish more canon with them, and with Manu and Sera both essentially being independent there’s also the capacity for them to go off-station for missions as and when they’re needed.

And then, obviously, at some point, La’an will be back, and that’s where the aforementioned in previous musings Echo/Bellamy/Octavia style arc comes in to play, followed by eventual actual forgiveness instead of their dynamic being teeth clenched teamwork under the mutual agreement “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

The sparring scene from The 100 says it all for how I visualise it initially going with Octavia/La’an being like, “No, I will not forgive this murderer for something she did [X] amount of years ago, alternate timeline or not.” And Bellamy/Manu being like, “I’m not justifying it, but who she was then is not who she is now.”

Additional Manu/Sera adventures and notes include:

An encounter with the Augments who inform Khan that not one but two of his descendants are still alive… and both of them are working for the Resistance.

Introducing each other to different beverages: Manu to kali-fal and Sera to tea practice.

Hanging out in the holosuite.

Intimate exchanges of truths.

Manu being captured by the Orion Syndicate and forced into an underground fighting ring. Sera then has to get the green body paint out to infiltrate the arena to rescue him.

Manu imparting his knowledge about the Gorn to Sera, including how to interpret their light signals.

Manu learning about Romulan culture to better understand her.

Manu becoming the one person in the world that Sera trusts implicitly.

Manu thinking Sera’s ears are elegant and pretty.

Rescuing a group of refugees from a Gorn breeding planet.

Sera eventually giving Manu her true name (and heart).

Sera giving Manu a crash course in (old) Earth history, including memes and the best of Toronto cuisine, to make up for his lost youth on the breeding planet.

Sera teaching Manu how to read, write, and speak Romulan, only to be surprised by how quickly he picks it up. (What? He’s good with his tongue.)

Stopping the Serene Squall after they raid a Resistance supply ship carrying essential dilithium for the cause.

Training together and showing each other new moves from their respective fighting styles.

[female-fogbank]

@romulanslutempire this one is for you!! Thank you for the request as I am shipping Sera and Manu pretty hard! I hope you enjoy- Sera x Manu- In a Shuttle! It can be read on AO3 here

“What are you doing?” Manu asked Sera. They had successfully escaped the Gorn after destroying one of their military outposts. They were on their way back to one of their many hideouts to share the news when Sera placed the shuttle on autopilot and turned his chair to the side.

“Celebrating,” Sera said as she knelt between his legs. Her hands smoothed up his thighs until she reached the top of his pants. He was already rock hard, the adrenaline of the battle, and the success sang through his veins. He never felt more alive than after a good fight or fuck. Today, he was going to have both. “Don’t even think of interrupting me,” she warned him.

Manu smiled indulgently, he gripped the chair handles as he watched through hooded eyes as she unzipped his pants. His erection sprang free, precum formed in the tip. Manu groaned in pleasure as she grabbed hold of his shaft and licked around the edge of his tip. He fought not to thrust his hips when she lapped up the precum before she took him inside her mouth.

“Fuck, you look so damn beautiful when you’re sucking on my cock,” he said in a ragged voice as she eagerly sucked his cock. She also stroked the base of his cock with one hand and massaged his balls with the other. 

He practically lost his load when she opened her mouth wider and relaxed her throat and took him deeply into her mouth. When she swallowed, he felt the back of her throat to squeeze the tip of his cock. He dropped his head back and let out a low moan, sweat prickled across his skin, his heart raced. He couldn’t be passive as he sank his hands into her soft hair. 

He felt her smile around his thickness, she sucked him with fervor. Saliva dripped down his shaft onto his balls, the dirty and raw wet sounds of her sucking it, sent heat and pleasure course through his veins. He was soon lost to the sensations, his body took over, he thrust up, fucking her mouth. 

Sera moaned, as she relished his pleasure. It felt good to be the one to make him lose control. She loved it when he was tender and gentle but it felt even hotter when he got over enthusiastic and a little rough. Like now, tears filled her eyes, her jaw ached from his girth. He was much thicker than the average Romulan male. She was turned on, her pussy ached to be filled by him. Her clit pulsed in need as her body flushed with arousal.

“Fuck, I am about to come,” Manu cursed, he lifted Sera’s head up, her mouth came off his cock with an obscene ‘pop’ sound. He pulled her to her feet, before she could chastise him for interrupting their moment, he turned her around and bent her over the console. 

“You could have come in my mouth,” she said breathlessly as he pulled her tights and knickers down her thighs. She dropped her head and whimpered when his fingers smoothed over her ass and the stroked over her soaking wet pussy. Teasing and making her breathless. 

“You have your way of celebrating and I have mine,” he told her, they both groaned when he thrust into her with one swift and precise stroke.  She looked over her shoulder, their eyes locked, she saw the naked possessiveness in his eyes.  “Hold on,” he told her, Sera shivered at the note of dark hunger in his voice.

He wrapped one hand on her hip as the other tangled in her hair. Sera turned her head back. Manu kissed her in a bruising manner as he started to thrust within her, in deep and hard. She loved it, the sound of husky groans, the slick sounds of their flesh connecting, the slight burn as his thick cock as he fucked her. The scent of their sex, his sweat. It all heightened her pleasure. When his fingers found her clit, she didn’t last more than four or five strokes before her orgasm slammed into her body.

“Manu!” she cried out in ecstasy as pleasure rocketed through her body. Her core clenched down on his cock. 

Manu cursed in Romulan, his voice rough as he came. She felt his cum bathe her insides as he locked his hips against her backside. Her core milked him for everything he had. He nuzzled her neck, his nose gently teased her ear. His hands covered hers, their fingers intertwined as they stayed there for a long moment, relishing it.

“Do you forgive me for interrupting your celebration?” he asked in a low voice. His hot breath tickled her ear. She shivered in renewed arousal as he nipped her lobe and pressed soft kisses to that deliciously erogenous zone below her ear. His cock still buried deep within her twitched, his recovery time was always impressive. She smiled.

“Maybe,” She replied, “But I might need more reparations to be given to me,” she teased, she used her pelvic floor muscles and squeezed his cock with her core. He made a rumbling noise his cock grew hard and lengthen within her.

“I think that can be arranged,” he told her.