don't look too closely at the sun
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life through a lens by flootzavut for TheClowniestLivInExistence, zinjadu
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery
09 Dec 2025
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Chris is in the middle of reading a whole bunch of terribly dense, migraine-inducing reports when the door chimes, and he says, "Come in," on autopilot. He doesn't expect it to be Tilly (she rarely comes in here), and he also doesn't expect her face to light up and for her to practically bounce across the room to him, setting down the PADDs from engineering without a second glance.
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- Part 1 of don't look too closely at the sun
- Part 9 of fly with you
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It's always a relief to get out of sickbay, but Tilly finds herself unable to settle, pacing in her quarters like a caged animal. It makes sense for most people to have time off after a traumatic event, but to her it feels more like a punishment. She desperately wants to go back on duty, back to normal.
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- Part 2 of don't look too closely at the sun
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"Ensign Tilly, are you on painkillers?"
She giggles. "Doctor Pollard gave me a hypospray and now I can see butterfly colours."
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- Part 3 of don't look too closely at the sun
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notes by flootzavut for zinjadu, TheClowniestLivInExistence
Fandoms: Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Star Trek
01 Feb 2026
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"James Tiberius Kirk," Tilly says, next time she catches him over subspace, "why exactly do I have a thank you note from an entire planet?"
or: years ago, Tilly did her bestie a favour at the Academy, and she occasionally wishes he'd stop crediting her for it...
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- Part 4 of don't look too closely at the sun
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standards by flootzavut for zinjadu
Fandoms: Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Star Trek
15 Oct 2025
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She blushes prettily. She's a lot more confident these days, but the ensign-captain dynamic is a hard one to shake. "Okay. Chris." She says it as if it's a complicated word in a foreign language that's she's terrified to get wrong.
(Or: in a future where Tilly isn't in the 32nd century and Chris isn't horribly injured in a freak accident, Tilly gets married.)
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- Part 5 of don't look too closely at the sun
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The tension of nearly dying is bleeding out of her, and between that and the whiskey she's feeling a little lightheaded and a little strange. That's probably why she turns to Vance and says, "I'm glad your daughter knows you love her, but tell her again anyway. For me."
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- Part 6 of don't look too closely at the sun
