#rainbow rewrites

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5.  What’s your favorite headcanon you use in fics?

Currently, there is really only one thing I use consistently:  Chakotay’s spirit guide is a wolf (thank you, Christie Golden).  not a snake. no snakes. just no.

used to use a lot in the old days, I’ll give you two:

Tom’s spirit guide is a golden eagle and B’Elanna’s is a peregrine falcon.  I got the latter idea with the whole “B’Elanna’s the only one I know who tried to kill her guide” crack Chakotay made.

Kathryn’s middle name is Melanie.  the initial “M” was mentioned in the Caretaker novelization and I gave that to her from that point on since canon never bothered to give her one (and Elizabeth isn’t canon either.  that’s someone else’s fanon pick.  if it were, that’d be cool because then we’d share a middle name!  but it’s not, so i gave her one!) 

15.  Give us a snippet of something from your WiPs!

from Rainbow #2, the intro to the Delta Flyer in an AU way….

“Now that you’re bothhere, do you have a few minutes?" 

"We do,”Chakotay replied.  "What’s goingon?“ 

Instead of replying, Harrytapped his badge.  "Kim toParis." 

"Paris here.” 

“The eagle haslanded." 

"Acknowledged.” 

Kathryn raised aneyebrow.  "Harry?“ 

The ensign grinned.  "You’ll see, Captain." 

The distinct hum of animpulse engine echoing from the west broke the relative stillness.  Kathryn turned towards the sound just as asmall diamond-shaped craft appeared on the horizon, its Starfleet linesbecoming more apparent as it closed the distance.  Swooping over the heads of the gathered crew,the craft banked a wide curve near the opposite horizon and performed a seriesof zigzagging darts above the eastern forest before ascending into thestratosphere and briefly vanishing from sight. 

Kathryn turned to thestill beaming Harry.  "Is this whatI’ve seen you two whispering about the past couple weeks?" 

"Yup.  We wanted to surprise you." 

The swoosh of the craft’s descent drew her attention once more; itreturned much the way it had come, looping past the forest and back overhead,coming to land a dozen meters behind Voyager. As the crew hurried over, the shuttle’s hatch opened.  Tom emerged first, followed by B'Elanna,Seven of Nine and finally Vorik.  Tomweaved through the crowd, accepting the praise and backslaps as he made his wayto the command team’s side. 

"So what do youthink, Captain?" 

"I don’t know whetherto be miffed that you didn’t let me in on this project or to praise youringenuity,” Kathryn admitted. “Maybe a combination of both. But it’s not nice to leave your captain in the dark,” she added,fixing him with a slight glare. 

“Wouldn’t be asurprise if we’d told you, though,” Tom winked, gesturing her to followhim as he headed back to the shuttle.  "Don’tworry, Tuvok supervised.“ 

"How long did it taketo construct?” Chakotay asked. 

“About two weeks,though this is something B'Elanna and I have been working on in concept formfor about six months now.  Because let’sface it—standard Starfleet shuttles just don’t cut it in the DeltaQuadrant.  We’ve needed something biggerand better since we got here. So….” The pilot gestured with a grin.“We built it ourselves." 

"In two weeks,”she repeated, shaking her head in amazement. 

“Beholdthe Delta Flyer. Ultra-aerodynamiccontours, retractable nacelles, parametallic hull plating, unimatrix shieldingbased on a design Tuvok’s been working on, and a Borg-inspired weapons systemcontributed by Seven.”  Tom gave thehull an affectionate pat.  "Wanna goinside?“

@zjofierose tagged me a handful of days ago and i’m just now getting to this, between babysitting and actually writing more/writing something i’m comfortable sharing.

more Rainbow 2 spoilers from a different scene :D  also please have pity on me.  this is rough as crap and i already see 100 issues with it. :P

tagging @jhelenoftrek, @rawkfemme, @coffeeinanebula, @mia-cooper  and @muldyfi :D (for those who have done it already, share from another scene or another WIP and let’s keep the cycle going! :)

“You’re free to go.  I’ve gotten the Captain settled in and you are welcome to visit her.”  The Doctor nodded back towards the private alcove area.

“The Captain settled in?”  Worry suffused him and the demand for more details was on the tip of his tongue when a high pitched cry filtered through the hubbub.  Chakotay’s head snapped around at the sound, recognizing it instantly for what it was.  His feet carried him towards the source on autopilot, past more smiling faces until they faded behind him as he crossed the threshold into the right hand alcove. 

Inside the alcove, the lights were lowered and he had to blink to adjust to the dimmer illumination but there was more than enough light to reveal the beautiful sight before him:  Kathryn reclining on the low cushioned biobed and cradling a small swaddled bundle in her arms.  She looked up at the sound of his footsteps with a smile as he reached her side.  He gave her a tender kiss, then his attention returned to the small bundle.  “When--?”

“About half an hour ago.”  Her smile turned rueful.  “Despite the chaos, she was born with no complications, thankfully.  But it doesn’t surprise me she was born during a crisis, though at least it was a minor one this time around.”

“She?”

“Mhm.  Seems your intuition about a daughter was right all along.”

Daughter.  My daughter.  His thoughts were churning at warp five, even as he held out his hands in a silent plea.  The baby uttered a whining squawk as she was passed over into her father’s arms and he immediately moved to draw her close to his body the moment he had a steady grip on her.  Her face scrunched up as if she were preparing to cry, but it came out as another whine.  Her eyelids fluttered and slowly opened.  Eyes as dark as his own stared back at him, fringed with tiny dark lashes that matched the curls peeking out from beneath the small cap that covered her head.

someone somewhere (@carlynroth i’m pretty sure...or maybe @jhelenoftrek....I forget) tagged me in this WIP meme to show the last sentence of your current WIP.  

She suddenly found herself staring up at the cave's ceiling, the fern-like plants providing a cold but soft cushion.

also this is where i had stopped the day that tag hit my notifications - so you get two last sentences. where I’m currently stopped is borderline NSFW so it’s below the cut line down at the bottom ;)

tagging @natural--blues and @rikerssexblouse (if you two want to do it) because they’re the only writers who i haven’t seen being tagged yet.

@joyful-voyager is responsible for this one, kids.  my first ever tumblr prompt fic to boot.  but I still had fun writing it - so thanks again, Laura, for the prompt! 

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