P/T Dots and Other 
Original Stories

by Barbara Watson (bwleaper@aol.com)
The last new story was added on May 9, 2004

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* Winner 2001 ASC Wolf & Otter Award for Best New Author *
Original Voyager novel
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An Original Voyager Novel
* FEATURED ON THE BEST OF TREK FANFIC SITE *
Be Careful What You Wish For...
Part 1
Segment 1 * Segment 2  * Segment 3
An alternate take on how the series might have ended.
If there were only two choices: settle in the Delta Quadrant or take a one-shot risky attempt to get home, how and why would they make the choice? * Reflects canon through WORKFORCE then it’s all AU from there.  * Written January 2001
P/T, J/C, an ensemble story * Rated R * (189k)
Be Careful What You Wish For...
Part 2
Segment 4 * Segment 5 * Segment 6
The decision made, the crew must get ready to say goodbye to their lives on Voyager. How will they spend their final days on the ship? What things must they leave behind? * Written February 2001
P/T, J/C, an ensemble story * Rated R * (144k)
Be Careful What You Wish For...
Part 3 & Part 4
Segment 7 * Segment 8 (226k)
Segment 9 * Epilogue (236k)
What happens when you get what you’ve always wanted and it’s not what you expect? How do you deal with the consequences of your choices? * Completed March 26, 2001
P/T, J/C, an ensemble story * Rated R * 
There But for the Grace of God
Part 1 * A Work in Progress
The long-promised sequel to Be Careful What You Wish For.
Voyager is home from the Delta Quadrant, out of spacedock, and heading out on a very familiar first mission: a trip to the Badlands in search of Maquis. This time, however, it’s a mission of mercy. But just as they were before, Kathryn Janeway and her crew are in for a bigger adventure than they had bargained for as a message from their past promises to change their futures forever. * Written January to July 2003
P/T, J/C, an ensemble story * Rated R *
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“Connect the P/T Dots”
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A canon-consistent history from THRESHOLD to UNITY.
DOTS#1: Barriers, Part 1 * Winner 2001 ASC Award: Best Paris/Torres Story *
Post THRESHOLD through DREADNOUGHT. Tom Paris has broken through two crucial barriers: Warp 10 and B’Elanna Torres’s contempt. But will their friendship survive Tom’s secret mission to uncover the Kazon spy? * Written May 2001

P/T, though everyone gets to play * Rated PG13 * (121k) 
Buy the video from Amazon.com: THRESHOLD, MELD, DREADNOUGHT
DOTS#1: Barriers, Part 2
Post DREADNOUGHT through INVESTIGATIONS.
A continuation of Part 1, which I broke up into two pages for easier reading. Don’t try to come in at the middle! Go back and read Part 1. * Written May 2001

P/T, though everyone gets to play * Rated PG13 *  (210k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: DREADNOUGHT, LIFESIGNS, INVESTIGATIONS
DOTS#2: Dreams & Nightmares, Part 1
During and after DEADLOCK.
Picks up immediately after Barriers left off. B’Elanna just watched Harry die. How do two Toms, two B’Elannas and one Harry deal with the hard choices that had to be made?  * Written May 2001 

P/T, P&T&K, and a little P&C * Rated R * (83k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: DEADLOCK
DOTS#3: Dreams & Nightmares, Part 2
Before INNOCENCE through RESOLUTIONS.
Picks up immediately after D&N, Part 1 left off. Tom, B’Elanna and Harry are pretty much inseparable these days. So why is Tom so opposed to Harry’s plan to rescue Captain Janeway and Chakotay? * Written May/June 2001 

P/T, P&T&K  * Rated PG13 * (138k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: INNOCENCE, RESOLUTIONS

 
DOTS#4: Dreams & Nightmares, Part 3
After RESOLUTIONS through THE BASICS
Things are changing, not only for Tom and B’Elanna, but for Voyager’s captain and first officer. Is this the beginning of a new life, or just a prelude to another nightmare? Written June 2001 

P/T, P&T&K  * Rated R * (124k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: RESOLUTIONS, THE BASICS Part 1, Part 2

 
DOTS#5: Dreams & Nightmares, Part 4
After THE BASICS through THE CHUTE
A continuation of Part 3. For the third time in less than a year, Tom Paris might be gone for good. What does that mean for B’Elanna? Written June 2001 

P/T, P&T&K  * Rated R * (112k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: THE BASICS Part 1, Part 2, THE CHUTE

 
DOTS#6: Ranks & Rationalizations, Part 1
After THE CHUTE through THE SWARM
Immediately following Dreams & Nightmares, Part 4. Ever wonder why B’Elanna was so crampy and fidgety in that shuttle? Ever wondered what Tom’s Lake Como sailing program was really like? Ever wondered how the Doc got back all those memories he lost? Well, P/T fans, you’re in the right place... Written June 2001 

P/T, P&T&K  * Rated R * (137k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: THE CHUTE, THE SWARM

 
DOTS#7: Ranks & Rationalizations, Part 2
After THE SWARM through REMEMBER up to SACRED GROUND
Immediately following Ranks & Rationalizations, Part 1. Let’s recap: Since starting this flirtation, B’Elanna has rejected Tom for: 1) not telling her about his secret undercover mission; 2) being a disaster magnet who almost got himself killed three times in one year; and 3) because she thought he was dating someone else. Can Reason #4 be far behind? Written June/July 2001 

P/T, P&T&K  * Rated R * (147k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: REMEMBER, SACRED GROUND

 
DOTS#8: Ranks & Rationalizations, Part 3
After SACRED GROUND through FUTURE'S END
Immediately following Ranks & Rationalizations, Part 2. Tom Paris, Mister 20th Century America, gets his chance to experience the real thing. Unfortunately for P/T fans, he also gets to experience something else he hasn’t had in a while... Written July 2001 

P/T, J/C, P&Tu, T&C, a little of everyone  * Rated PG * (224k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: FUTURE'S END Part 1, Part 2
DOTS#9: Vulcans & Other Strangers, Part 1 
WARLORD, THE Q AND THE GREY, MACROCOSM,  & FAIR TRADE
They’re almost ready. They’re more than willing. They’re...on separate shifts, flirting with photons, attacked by giant viruses, arrested for murder, and silently sabotaged by a Vulcan with a hidden agenda. Fasten your seatbelts, this could be a bumpy ride. Written August 2001 

P/T with guest appearances by just about everyone else * Rated R * (212k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: WARLORD, THE Q & THE GREY, MACROCOSM
DOTS#10: Vulcans & Other Strangers, Part 2 
FAIR TRADE, ALTER EGO & a smidge of BLOOD FEVER
Before now, it was just the fates conspiring against them. Somehow, this time it feels a little more...orchestrated. And what in the heck is wrong with Harry? Watch as three best friends learn that getting help from Vulcans can be more trouble than it’s worth. Written September/October 2001 

P/T with guest appearances by just about everyone else * Rated R * (255k)
Buy the video from Amazon.com: FAIR TRADE, ALTER EGO
 

DOTS#11: Balance & Imbalance, Part 1
BLOOD FEVER
B’Elanna hasn’t felt this good in a long while. So why is everyone else acting so strangely? This chapter is subtitled: My girlfriend went to Sakari IV and all I got was this lousy bite mark... A warning to the prudish (and to quote Tom Paris): “This isn’t about the gun; it’s about sex!”  Written October/November 2001

P/T  * Rated R (no, this time I mean it!)  * (355k)
 

DOTS#12: Balance & Imbalance, Part 2
BLOOD FEVER Aftermath
After eighteen months of flirting, a few pon farr induced kisses, and a near-miss roll in the Sakari ruins, Tom and B’Elanna’s relationship is at a turning point. The unresolved question for them both: was their time in the caves the beginning or the end? Written December 2001/January 2002 

P/T  * Rated R * (204k)
 

DOTS#13: Friendly Fire, Part 1 *Winner 2002 ASC Award for Best Paris/Torres Story*
Post BLOOD FEVER up to UNITY
New Year’s Eve 2373 brings new beginnings on Voyager. As the crew prepares to celebrate, Tom and B’Elanna have to learn a brand new dance, Harry rediscovers an old flame, and Chakotay and Tom get a few painful lessons in trusting and being trusted.  Written May/July 2002

P/T with a few guest starts from the continuity clean-up crypt * Rated R * (152k)

 
DOTS#14: Friendly Fire, Part 2 * COMING ONE DAY, I HOPE!
UNITY, DARKLING, and FAVORITE SON 
These days, it seems like everyone and everything is changing. The Doc is experimenting with new personalities, Kes is reevaluating her life, and Harry is suddenly popular with a planet full of women. To top it all off, B’Elanna finds herself shot, tortured, and practically blown to bits, and yet none of it seems to bother her. Tom has to ask himself: what the heck is going on? Stalled in development...SORRY!

“B’Elanna, have you been 
reading the ‘Dots’ again?”
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Short stories, missing scenes, & codas
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Just an attempt to prove that I can write short stories...
The Con Game
A weird little tidbit of a story inspired by—though sadly not based on—real life events. B’Elanna and Tom decide to mess with Harry’s mind. Little do they know that the joke is on them. Set immediately after CARETAKER. Note: For my favorite Church Lady on her birthday. Written August 6, 2003.

P/T of course * Rated PG *
Virtual Voyager Season 9
Episode 11: Down Deep, Part 1
I was recruited to write for the now infamous Virtual Voyager Season 8/9 project--and I always wanted a book cover with my name on it. So...if truth is the first casualty of war, will the crew’s principles be the second? NOTE: You do not have to be following the VVS9 series to understand 99% of what’s in this story. * Written July 2002 

P/T with some blasts from the past * Rated R * 
Virtual Voyager Season 9
Episode 12: Down Deep, Part 2
Part of the now infamous Virtual Voyager Season 8/9 project. Tom Paris faces an old enemy and a new friend as he fights for his principles...and to stay alive.  NOTE: You do not have to be following the VVS9 series to understand 99% of what’s in this story. * Written July 2002 

P/T with some blasts from the past * Rated R * 
Virtual Voyager Season 9
Episode 23: Terra Nova, Terra Firma  * NEW!
Part of the now infamous Virtual Voyager Season 8/9 project. A duel shore leave story. Kathryn and Chakotay contemplate their futures while revisiting their past, while Tom and B’Elanna hit the open road for a family vacation from hell.  NOTE: You do not have to be following the VVS9 series to understand 99.9% of what’s in this story. * Written November 2002 

J/C and P/T, and that’s pretty much all * Rated PG13 * 
Letters to Neelix
An original short story set exactly five years after the events of Voyager’s series finale, ENDGAME. Starfleet’s only permanent ambassador to the Delta Quadrant is now receiving his own private monthly datastream. Two of his old friends have a lot to tell him about the changes in their lives and the lives of the rest of their friends. * Written September 2001/Posted April 2002 

P/T (on the sappy side) with mentions of everyone else * Rated G *
That Which Does Not Kill Us
An original short story set immediately after the Season 7 episode NATURAL LAW. (Don’t worry, Ray: This story is 100% EMH and Seven free!) Tom has been spending every night on the holodeck, but this time he isn’t playing games. See how the “ghosts of those three dead officers” get a lesson of their own, when Tom must finally come to terms with his greatest failure. * Written September 2001/Posted January 2002 

A Tom Story, P/T, P&J, and a hint of J/C * Rated PG * (64k)
Fangame: Revenge of the Fanfic * A Parody
The last, missing hour from Voyager’s series finale, ENDGAME. (*Finale spoiler alert!*) In the post-finale Voyager nuclear winter, all we fans can count on is each other... * Written May 25, 2001

P/T, J/C, D/7, P&P, P&T&p * Rated PG * (35k)
Buy the novelization of ENGDAME from Amazon. com. On second thought...don't.
 
 Memories
A few “missing scenes” from the Season 7 episode WORKFORCE, Part 2
After Quarra, B’Elanna helps Tom get back his missing memories (and a little something else...) * Written March 2001

P/T, some 'mushy stuff' * Rated PG13 * (35k)
Now And Then
A short (hopefully funny) “missing scene” from the Season 7 episode SHATTERED
Voyager’s “mismatched crew” has defeated Seska. Tom, B’Elanna and Harry are on their way back to their own times, when Tom forgets when he is... * Written January 2001

P/T, P&T&K * Rated PG * (16k)
 It’s About Time
A brief, sappy post-script for the Season 6 episode ALICE. Tom ran off with another “woman” and almost got them both killed. So what does B’Elanna have to feel sorry about? High sugar content; diabetics beware... * Written November 2000 * Posted March 2001 

P/T, some more 'mushy stuff' * Rated PG * (16k)
Drabbles
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Silly little stories that are exactly 100 words long... 
Who thought this was a good idea?
Grease Monkey
Part of a Collective challenge to use twelve of the most clichéd words in NC-17 fiction in a G-rated drabble. (A drabble, as I understand it, is a story with exactly 100 words, yes?)  *  Written June 2001 
P/T (sort of) * Story Rated G * List of Words Rated...PG-13 * (8k)
Text/MS Word Copies
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After a slew of requests, I am happy to share my longer stories in document format...
...for those of you who can’t or don’t want to read a long file on your screen. Here’s all you need to do:
  • Under the rating line for the longer stories, you will find a link that will allow you to either view the story (click your mouse) or download the story (“right click” your mouse). 
  • To download the story, “right click” (use the mouse button on the right instead of the normal button on the left). A list of options should appear. Choose the one that says “Save Link As” or “Save File As” or something close to that. You can then choose where on your computer you would like the files to be saved.
  • NOTE: As of July 2002, new stories will be available in Microsoft Word (.doc) format instead of plain text. This way, the special formatting stays put and I don't have to create three versions of everything.
  • PLEASE NOTE: With the exceptions of the characters and concepts that are owned by Paramount Pictures, these stories are my property. Please do not archive them or save them for anything but your own personal reading. Anyone who would like to add my stories to their site should add a link to this page. DO NOT COPY AND REFORMAT THE STORY ON YOUR OWN PAGE. Thanks!

A note about my work:
I write character-based stories. Though they focus on relationships among the crew (mostly P/T, many J/C, some D/7, no slash), they are never without some real story. Some even involve all the characters in a traditional episodic format. I believe a plot is a good thing. I try to follow canon as established in the series itself. 

The only payment I will ever receive for all these stories is your feedback. Please drop me an email and let me know if you enjoy them!

 About “Connect the P/T Dots”:
Don’t ask me why, but I’m attempting to write a canon-consistent (meaning “it could have happened”) history for Tom and B’Elanna by connecting otherwise unrelated scenes from the episodes into an independent story. 

Unlike traditional “missing scenes” stories, these will never contradict the facts as shown in canon, and will generally incorporate scenes from more than one Voyager episode. Hopefully, when I finish, I’ll have cleaned up some of the messes left behind the Voyager staff writers who, until Season 7, could never seem to decide what they wanted to do with this pair.

 

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