And all things nice

by Account5738525

An imagined TOS future where La'an has remained on board the Enterprise (S01e07 What Are Little Girls Made Of). Also, to anyone still reading here, this website is falling apart at the seams and no one appears to be fixing it. As an author, it's a miserable experience, so please, come find me over on AO3, and make sure to tell me you've arrived in the comments. I'd love to know.

"Have you heard?"

Nyota leans into La'an's office like she has dozens of times. Hundreds, perhaps, after almost a decade. Back then she'd offer status updates, inside information from the bridge. These days it's mostly gossip. La'an teaches now; combat training, safety drills. It's better for her sanity not to know what Kirk is doing. Let Pitcairn worry about all that. La'an instructs people they're mortal, how to keep themselves alive. It matters. It's enough. Playing house, Una calls it, but it isn't. It's everything. It's home. Nyota's face says that it's about to shatter.

"They've found Roger Korby."

Oh.