Diwali (and a fic: that light still reaches us)

[raven]

Shubh Diwali to you all, a little late. It didn't go to plan around here. I had decided to have a tiny little party with pizza. But then I didn't feel so well, and we did a discord server DS9 and MASH rewatch which was fun, and then I thought Monday would be okay but I had a cough, anyway long story short what I got for Diwali was covid.

So that's great. I'm actually ok-ish - I don't feel amazing but I don't have a fever and mostly I'm just unhappy about the things I had to do and wanted to do with my remaining 17 days not working. And one of them was get that last tattoo, annoyingly, I feel like I want to be well and truly clear before breathing on someone for three hours but argh.

I had also intended to write a little batch of Diwali stories like I have done in previous years but obviously that plan got derailed too. Here is the one story that I did write, which is sort-of a sequel to the MASH Star Trek AU I wrote over the summer. It's not really a sequel, it's just a fun slice-of-life snippet set in the same universe.

(Urgh. covid. Nope. Last time I had it it was forty degrees and I had cluster. NOPE.)

and still that light reaches us (1743 words) by raven
Fandom: MASH (TV), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Relationships: B. J. Hunnicutt/Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Characters: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, B. J. Hunnicutt, Maxwell Klinger
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Nonbinary Character, Dominion War (Star Trek), Episode: s05e03 Margaret's Engagement, Alternate Universe - Star Trek Fusion
Series: Part 2 of a ship like a lantern in space

“So, two things happened while you were asleep,” Hawkeye says. “Margaret got engaged. And we accidentally drifted into Dominion space.”

Comments

[philomytha]

It's a gorgeous story, and I hope the covid clears up quickly <333

[chestnut_pod]

Oh no, I'm terribly sorry! I hope you recover very quickly.

[msilverstar]

It's never simple and that is so canon, also their voices!

[rydra_wong]

I hope you stay ok-ish and the Covid is gone soon!

The fic is gorgeous.

[goss]

Shubh Diwali! <333

Awww, feel better soon! *gentle hugs*

[kass]

UGH I am sooooo sorry you got Covid.

(but oo yay fic off to read that now!)

[lovelythings]

Oh no! I hope you feel better soonest.

[aurumcalendula]

Oh no! I hope you recover quickly!

[asakiyume]

Covid booo!DS9 fusion fic, yay!

[scribe]

Noooooo, I hope it's stayed mild and that you have an easy recovery!

wild fan sighting...

[asakiyume]

I just saw this on Mastodon and thought it might brighten your day:

I just finished two stories by Iona Datt Sharma, "Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night" and "Penhallow Amid Passing Things" and you pagan-y people really need to read these. And Longest Night starts out with a quote from the Halsway Carol, which is one of the best solstice songs ever. (source, if you want to look at it in situ)

Re: wild fan sighting...

[raven]

Thank you so much for letting me know! I saw you wanted copies of them - if you have trouble with the ebook versions, lmk and I'll send you copies.

Re: wild fan sighting...

[asakiyume]

Will do! I've bought things through Kobo before, so it should be fine.