#qirie

What do you get when a chronically ill space god and a half-Romulan with enough self-hatred to kill an elephant meet? True love, that's what!

That is, unless said space god is stuck with an abusive human boyfriend, who she could probably strike dead with just a thought, but doesn't because of his constant manipulation and gaslighting, and said half-Romulan doctor is still so deep in her own self-loathing that she can't see the definitely requited feelings between them.

When Qiara finally sees that her boyfriend, Mark, isn't going to get any better, and that she loves Marie, it's too late. Marie's ship has been attacked by the Borg, and Marie has been assimilated into the hive mind, her body used as a vessel for the Borg Queen.