Title: Risking Hope
Author: Mareel
Author's email: Mareel@earthlink.net
Author's URL: http://www.geocities.com/bdebpr
11/16/2003
Fandom: Star Trek Enterprise
Category: Slash (m/m)
Rating: G
Status: Complete
Pairing: Archer/Reed
Archive: Permission to archive granted to EntSTCommunity, Archer's_Enterprise, Reed's Armory
Series: Just Yesterday
Previous story: Dichotomy
Next story: Foreplay
Number in series: 6
Spoilers: Twilight
Disclaimer: Of course they belong to Paramount, but that doesn't stop me from spending time with them.
Summary: Of hope glinting through the shadows.
Author's Notes: This is set during "Twilight" and is a sequel to Dichotomy, though chronologically there might be other stories set between the two stories. We'll call it 6/? anyway since I'm obviously not over this yet.
Nine years since I last set foot on Enterprise? It hardly seems possible. This is my ship…was my ship; I'm not even in uniform today.
She looks much the same, from a distance. Inside, there is a pall. Trip…Captain Charles Tucker…imagine that…says it's anti-matter conservation. It feels more like lingering defeat. Their loss is less raw than my own, but the scars are deep.
I caught three flashes of hope: a smile, if brittle, from Trip—for old times' sake. The warmth of Hoshi's hug, for friendship.
And the light in Malcolm's eyes. For love.