New Fic: Justified
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jackwabbitJustified
Fandom: Star Trek Discovery
Rated: PG
Category: Drabble. Hugh Culber Focus.
Season: Post-Two, Pre-Three.
Spoilers: Entire Hugh Culber arc through the end of season two.
Summary: It can be hard to accept compliments and awards. But in this one, Hugh feels justified – just not for the reasons most might expect.
Note: This is the supporting evidence for the earlier chapter “Point.”
Also, this is part of the "I Rang The Bell With My Heart In My Mouth" series, and stories in this series are presented as inspiration strikes, not chronologically. See notes above for timeframe/related stories.
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It wasn’t dying.
Fandom: Star Trek Discovery
Rated: PG
Category: Drabble. Hugh Culber Focus.
Season: Post-Two, Pre-Three.
Spoilers: Entire Hugh Culber arc through the end of season two.
Summary: It can be hard to accept compliments and awards. But in this one, Hugh feels justified – just not for the reasons most might expect.
Note: This is the supporting evidence for the earlier chapter “Point.”
Also, this is part of the "I Rang The Bell With My Heart In My Mouth" series, and stories in this series are presented as inspiration strikes, not chronologically. See notes above for timeframe/related stories.
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It wasn’t dying.
That had been easy.
After all, he hadn’t known it was coming. There was no anxiety. No fear.
And he hadn’t suffered.
It was over in an instant.
It was nothing.
And it wasn’t what came after.
No, it wasn’t the burning. Or the madness. Or the hope that appeared out of nowhere only to be ripped away.
It wasn’t even the rebirth, painful as it was.
It was the fact that he’d stayed.
He’d wanted to run. He’d tried to run. Hell, he had run. But in the end, he came back.
To Discovery.
To Paul.
