Author: J. Rosemary Moss
Genre: Star Trek TNG; Gen
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Alas, I don't own Star Trek or the characters
Summary: Q offers his brand of comfort to Jean-Luc in the wake of a tragedy.
~oOo~
Picard stared down at the corpse of the young ensign. He was laid out in sick bay, soon to be prepared for burial. He looked strangely alive lying there, as if he would awake at any moment. But that was an illusion, Picard thought bitterly. In truth, the lad was dead--and he was dead for no good reason.
The boy had not given his life in battle; he’d had no opportunity for such heroics. Instead, he’d been killed by an aneurysm that Dr. Crusher could not even account for. A freak occurrence, it seemed.
“Upsetting, isn’t it, mon capitaine?”
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Genre: Star Trek TNG; Gen
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Alas, I don't own Star Trek or the characters
Summary: Q offers his brand of comfort to Jean-Luc in the wake of a tragedy.
~oOo~
Picard stared down at the corpse of the young ensign. He was laid out in sick bay, soon to be prepared for burial. He looked strangely alive lying there, as if he would awake at any moment. But that was an illusion, Picard thought bitterly. In truth, the lad was dead--and he was dead for no good reason.
The boy had not given his life in battle; he’d had no opportunity for such heroics. Instead, he’d been killed by an aneurysm that Dr. Crusher could not even account for. A freak occurrence, it seemed.
“Upsetting, isn’t it, mon capitaine?”
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