While cleaning out her side of the closet, Troi finds something that belonged to her son Ian. “We don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.” “No, I think it’s time I did.”

Instead of Riker pursuing a command path aboard various starships, he works as a doctor at Starfleet Medical. He meets Troi when she is admitted for a broken arm. Riker always follows one rule: Never fall for a patient, even if it’s a beautiful woman. But he can’t help but feel a strange connection between the two of them. *A different sort of AU fanfic.*

Jim Kirk's unexpected death while saving the Enterprise from the Nexus ribbon stuns both family and friends. 

Cover image from TrekCore.

After a Cardassian warship crosses the border from the Neutral Zone into Federation space, they board the Federation flagship and kidnap Counselor Troi, taking her hostage on a planet they claim is rightfully theirs for colonization.