Otter's Rock

Title: Undiscovered Stars
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Wars: Original Trilogy
Pairing: James T. Kirk/Lando Calrissian
Written for: IridescentLily in JustMarried 2022 Exchange
Rating: General Audiences
Betaed by: Irina
Length: 7755 words
Summary: Just how far out in the Unknown Regions was he, Lando wondered, that they didn't use hyperdrives?

At AO3. At Squidgeworld. On Pillowfort. On tumblr.


Lando studied his cards nonchalantly. Actual paper cards, no holograms or randomizers or any other technology than ink and paper. It was quaint, and he couldn't decide if he liked it or not. On the one hand, it meant it would be harder to find someone who had palmed a hidden card, as you couldn't scan for a power source. On the other hand, there were no computer components to be sliced. It made it both easier and harder to cheat at the same time. He took a sip of his drink as cover for looking at his fellow players.

Nothing had changed in the last few minutes. All near-Humans, none of any species he recognized. Nor any culture or language he recognized, either. Thank the Force they had excellent translation technology, in the form of small devices that were easily tucked in a pocket. (Though, curiously, they didn't have protocol droids. Or astromech droids. Or any other droids at all.) As the game progressed, Lando listened more than he spoke, drank as little as he could get away with, and prayed that his hosts' social cues were as familiar as they seemed to be.

( He'd never flown this blind in all his life. Even when he was a teen first starting out as a gambler and small-time con artist, he'd known the score. )

I just realized that there are several fics I've written recently that aren't here! They're on AO3, but not cross-posted, and since I am a fanatic about crossposting fic (being old enough to have watched with dismay as whole favorite ARCHIVES vanished into the mists of time), here they are! First, we have Introductions, a Lando and Luke piece.

Title: Introductions
Characters: Luke, Lando
Fandom: Star Wars
Author: Beatrice_otter
Summary: Lando's first impression of Luke Skywalker wasn't very positive. Dumb kid who stumbled into the Empire's crosshairs somehow and then wandered into an incredibly obvious trap and needed to be rescued by the very friends he was supposed to be rescuing.

On AO3.

( Lando's first impression of Luke Skywalker wasn't very positive. )