An email discussion about dialogue led to two companion stories. This is the one without dialogue.

An email discussion about dialogue led to two companion stories. This is the one with dialogue.

Jean-Luc, Beverly, a hammock.

Tell me Worf didn't see anything when he came in."

If Lal hadn't died, how would she have developed? Discovering you are capable of emotions can't be easy when your own father can't love you. Lal gets a gift and begins to become more human at a much faster rate.

Beverly has a birthday gift for Jean-Luc.

Beverly has a secret she has managed to keep for 16 years. *I have written a sequel called 'Children, Polls, and Speculation' for all those who asked for it.*

New! In the aftermath of Will's affair with Beverly when he playedhost to Odan the Trill ambassador, Beverly couldn't let go. Initially with Deanna's blessing, Will and Beverly continue the affair until eventually, it all gets out of hand.

Updated. Beverly struggles against her feelings for Odans replacement, gutted that it was not a man.

Updated. Will and Beverly get another chance at resurrecting their relationship. What's to stop them?

Updated. Will is in sickbay once more and while Will is sleeping Beverly takes the opportunity to do something she's wanted to do since he'd been joined with Odan.

Updated. Will is back in Bev's sickbay once again, only this time there is a past relationship between them. A relationship that Will wants to continue but Beverly is the one holding back.

Updated. Will and Beverly accidently collide outside Will's quarters, but it was all it took to remind them of the last time they'd gotten that close.

Updated. Will and Deanna are preparing for their wedding and Beverly is torn in two. But maybe there is someone else who can step into Will's shoes. Thomas.

Updated. Beverly calls on Will ands seems to need him for something, but he's not quite sure what. He soon finds out.

Updated. Will is in bed having some rather erotic fantasies about Beverly wishing that they were for real.

Updated. Will wants to carry on with his relationship with Beverly but she is thwarting his every move

Updated. Beverly is reflecting on whether to carry on with Will or not

Updated. That important conversation before Beverly takes Odan out of Will's belly

Updated. Will and Beverly had been seeing each other casually for some time but Will wants to take the relationship further. But does Beverly?

Drabble. Geordi LaForge gets a little astronomy lesson.

Finally...the true story of the era immediately following Beverly's becoming widowed. Here is her courageous struggle to move on from Jack's death and raise her son Wesley alone. Chapter 7 uploaded...more to come later...enjoy!

After his ordeal with the Borg, Jean-Luc suffers from pretty understandable grief...

A little tag on Best of Both Worlds that explains why Picard stopped drinking his tea and went to the window.

Geordi and Data make love for the first time.