Retelling of 'Measure of a Man.' Commander Bruce Maddox and Data have a long history. For the first few years of his activation, Data was confined as a prisoner for Maddox's research. As a result of this abuse, it took Data years to realise his own personhood. On the eve of a significant personal milestone for Data, Maddox returns with orders to take Data into custody.
Data struggles to reconcile the discrepancies between Tasha's verbal and nonverbal communication during and after the events of Ligon II. "Am I the 'complication?" Data asked. Data begins to develop emotions. Tasha/Data fluff & angst. Data/Geordi friendship. Covers the events of TNG season 1 with- missing scenes, original adventures, and some mild AU retelling of events.
The crew of the Enterprise are invited to a holodeck murder mystery birthday party in honour of Data. Everyone is thrilled about to spend shore leave engaged in a thrilling mystery. It soon becomes apparent things are not quite what they seem. Something about this mysterious, omnipotent Butler has Jean-Luc on edge. Features the whole TNG gang and Q, Lore, and Lwaxana Troi.
Summer 1971. The Wizarding War sits on the brink of conflict. As the half-blood son of an alcoholic muggle from a dingy home in Cokeworth, Severus longs to be something more. And he knows that in order to survive both in this new world and among his friends, he will need a position that affords him stability and prestige after Hogwarts. Part 3 of the "Ache" series.
Data and Tasha find their tag-team approach to parenting is put to the test when they must care for one terribly sick, miserable baby. Oneshot. ***SPOILERS for The Complication series***
The late-night escapades of Spot and the Enterprise's tiniest inhabitant. A wee girl and her cat go on a midnight quest for the comfiest sleeping spot on the ship. Domestic fluff. Oneshot. *SPOILERS FOR MY SERIES THE COMPLICATION*
Worf is child of two worlds. He's never quite fit into either. Not Klingon enough for the Empire. Yet the only Klingon in Starfleet. He's an outsider to everyone - except her. She doesn't have Riker's culutral sophistication, Deanna's experience, or Geordi's charm. No, as the child of a forgotten backwater, she doesn't get their jokes either. But she's always right behind him.
Summer 1995. Minerva's struggling to adjust to changes at Hogwarts as Severus navigates reentering the Dark Lord's inner circle. Both find themselves in the suffocating atmosphere of Grimmauld Place in the days leading up to and the aftermath of the dementor attack on Little Whinging. A sequel to "Ache" but each story can stand alone. Not Pottermore compliant.
Chapter 6 now up. There was more to the backstory between Dolores Jane Umbridge and Minerva McGonagall than the books gave us. The story begins in 1951 with Aurors Tully McGonagall and Alastor Moody about to take down one of Knockturn Alley's biggest crime families. Not Pottermore compliant.
October 1981- Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall share a toast, and the memories, of everything that Gellert Grindelwald and Tom Riddle took from them. "Time and whiskey won't heal your heart, Minerva," Dumbledore warned her before assigning her to see to welfare of the newest member of Hogwarts staff, Severus Snape.
After Minerva McGonagall left him, Dougal McGreger spent 40 years thinking he wasn't good enough for her. In order to protect him, Minerva struck a deal with the enemy. Following an attack, they are reunited and Minerva must make a choice. One shot. Set during OOTP with short flashbacks encompassing scenes from the first war and Minerva's marriage to Elphinstone Urquart.