#bookham

"In a TV landscape that still often fails to allow its black characters love and happiness, I'm so glad the Star Trek Discovery gave that beautiful happy ending to its leading black couple. They get to be happy, still in love, and they get to see their son thriving and succeeding." - Captain Pike a chu

This is another large part of why I have such adulation about this couple and feel they need to be protected. It is not simply about "shipping" - I've shipped various couples, both canon and non-canon of different make ups. This is about finally getting the representation I, and many others, have been desiring to see. The writers for Discovery deserve high praise for recognizing that the happy ending with a baby may be cliché or stereotypical for other couplings; however, it is uncommon for a black couple in today's media and it needs to be seen. That's what good writers do. They have AWARENESS.

And putting race and representation aside, Michael and Book are just genuinely a great couple, who deserved a happy ending.

Never stop commenting on old, unfinished fics y'all. Those comments worked miracles and got me to work on this fic after leaving it alone for over 6 years.

Also, it's been such a long time, but huge thanks to @resplendentgoldenwings for the idea of Three Nights in the first place. Back in 2019, she suggested I write a Lorcham fic where they meet on vacation and I loved the idea sooo much.

So this started off as a PWP and then it transformed into a romantic fix-it series of 138,321 words asking two big questions:

What would happen if Prime!Gabriel and Prime!Michael met before the start of Disco? And what would happen if Prime!Gabriel finally got home to his Michael?

BYE I ALREADY LIKE RAYNER

THEM❤️🖤

I can watch a series of just these 2. A show about a Black couple, in the far future, in space , in love, going on adventures and getting into all sorts of hijinks situations. Sonequa Martin-Green and David Ajala really did something special here.

Their chemistry, their banter, the friendship, their romance, their passion for each other and the world around them, the way they make each other better, the ease in which they flow all make this relationship phenomenal. I love how they can just be themselves with each other. They love each other because of who they are, not because of titles and duty to Starfleet. A Starfleet captain is not only a captain. They're a person too, and Book loves the person that is Michael Burnham. And Michael loves Book for who he is. Neither are perfect people, but who is? They love each other past their mistakes. Michael and Book feel like a real couple.

They have the love that I want. Seeing them together gives me hope.

I wish I were a stronger writer because I would have already written so many stories about them on AO3. There's so much to work with because they're that compelling.

Michael and Book are one of the best written couples in modern media, not just Star Trek. The fact that they are a Black couple makes them that much more special because there is an underserved representation they provide, especially in science fiction.