Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
Laurie's a junior Star Fleet pilot in the war against the Borg, he's crashed on one of the Hainish moons of the planet Winter, and he's pretty much buggered. Not in a good way either. Then he's picked up by Sandy Reid, Star Fleet Medical Officer, also not in a good way. Treated to some of the good meds, and dragged off to a Star Fleet queer party, he's having an eventful day, and war.
Of course, in the meantime he's been presumed dead. So it's a bit of a surprise to his old school pash, Vulcan officer Ralph Lanyon, when he turns up onboard...
Notes:
Basically a Harlequinny novelette, a serialized woman's weekly magazine romance - with added Vulcans. I really feel that there ought to be a special warning for that.
In addition to copious amounts of Star Trek and particularly Vulcans, you will also find a lot of Ursula le Guin's Hainish Federation/Cycle, a bit of Firefly and some Left Hand of Darkness. A little bit of Firefly in my life, a little bit of Ursula by my side... Because, this is important, ALL THE FUTURE SF WORLDS ALL TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.
The warnings I have included are not strictly applicable but used due to discussion of the issues involved.
In the course of research, I must note that I discovered that a villanelle is also known as a villanesque, which, huh, pretty wonderful huh? Titles that nearly happened: Schrodinger's Sweetheart, Perversely Romantic, and what the hey, Villanesque too. Maybe someday. Actual title from the Louis Armstrong song.
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