Divaricated
In the dying months of humanity's resistance efforts against an overwhelming alien invasion, a struggling, depressed Jump Technician aboard the Terran Catastrophe-class Battlecruiser Indomitable meets a hypercompetent alien bioengineer with self-confidence issues and a lifetime of trauma to deal with. In the ensuing chaos, they end up stranded alone in distant space with nobody to save them but each other.
This one ended up meaning a lot to me. It's a long-form exploration of an alien world that ties into exploring the dynamics of a healthy(ish) ownership relationship and accidentally helped launch a fandom.
Read it at /divaricated.
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