Abhorrence
F/F | Mature | Graphic Depictions of Violence | 5,102 Words | Read on AO3
[id: a photographed purple-blue hummingbird in front of a dark red background, in focus except for wings blurred in motion, looking over its shoulder at the viewer. In front of or behind it hovers the blurred bright green-yellow form of another, or possibly another image of the first, facing away. end id.]
Relationships: Michael Burnham/Tracy Pollard, Hugh Culber & Tracy Pollard, Tracy Pollard & Jett Reno
Characters: Tracy Pollard, Michael Burnham, Hugh Culber, Jett Reno, Gen Rhys (minor appearance), Original Nonbinary Character(s)
Tags: (one of whom doesn’t make it through the fic but one of whom is just fine), background Hugh Culber/Paul Stamets, Season/Series 02 AU, Established Relationship, Heavy Angst, Minor Character Death, Torture, Injury, Blood Loss, Aftermath of Torture, my attempt at the ‘Person A was tortured and Person B comforts them’ trope, Hurt/Comfort, Grief, Psychological Trauma, Dissociation, unreality, Non-Chronological, Flashbacks both narrative and psychological, brief mentions of Lorca creeping on Burnham, brief mention of alcohol, and food, gratuitous Shakespeare references, I take it to be a truth universally acknowledged that, “death’s door and [they’re] quoting Shakespeare”, is a trait shared by many a Starfleet officer in addition to AOS Spock, m_class’s 2018-2019 completed-WIP collection
Summary: When she is rescued after days of torture, Tracy Pollard finds herself sliding between past and present as her loved ones try to help her hold on between one moment and the next.
