FIC: "Possibilities" (PG-13)

Title: Possibilities
Rating: PG13
Warnings: some swearing, sci fi violence
Characters/Pairing: Tom Paris, B'Elanna Torres, Kathryn Janeway, Mike Ayala, Ken Dalby, Harry Kim
Tags: action/adventure, light angst, technobabble.
Summary:  It's early days in the Delta Quadrant. Stuck on a shuttle with three suspicious Maquis and a 'Fleeter who won't give him the time of day, Tom Paris finds trust impossible to come by. And that was BEFORE the Vidiians attacked...
Notes: This was written for Delwin, as part of the 2013 VAMB Secret Santa exchange. She asked for a "Starfleet and Maquis crews blending (more or less successfully as the author chooses) story featuring Paris, Torres or both. Banter and/or technobabble a plus" -- and was there ever a more perfect prompt? The story takes place early in Season #1, shortly after "The Phage." As it happens, Delwin – soul sister! - drew my prompt in the same exchange (neither of us knew we were writing for the other…) and wrote the absolutely wonderful "Blind Draw", for which this could almost be a companion piece. Please check it out!

Huge thanks are due to my bellwether, Runawaymetaphor, whose faithful administration of the does-it-suck? test has become vital to my mental health. I own nothing of Star Trek except two Tom Paris action figures, a couple of Borg mugs and two plush Andorians.

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