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1. the stars look very different today by CallicoKitten

   Fandoms: The Outer Worlds (Video Game), The Outer Worlds 2 (Video Game)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   27 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Niles Abara/Male Commander
   • Tristan Rao/Male Commander
   • Niles Abara
   • Male Commander (The Outer Worlds 2)
   • Tristan Rao
   • Inez Silang
   • Marisol Delgado
   • Azahelia 'Aza' Leitenger
   • V.A.L.E.R.I.E
   • Asexuality Spectrum
   • Queer-platonic relationships
   • Pining
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Obsidian: "only platonic relationships with your companions"
   • Also Obsidian: niles asks a semi-sentient robot with access to personnel files to compile lists of your favourite things
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon Disabled Character
   • Sensory Overload
   • everyone on this ship is an absolute disaster
   • spoilers are tagged chapter-by-chapter
   • Mental Health Issues
   • References to Depression

   Summary

   Before Horizon Point, Niles was with the Incognito for six months – not counting hibernation stints.

   In the grand scheme of things, it really wasn’t that long – he was at the Academy longer, hell, there are people he met when he was running with Zeb that he knew longer, spent more time in the field with – but he fell hard for the Incognito, for her little crew, for their chatty, principled Commander. Back then he’d be happy to follow him into the jaws of hell and back; would follow his lead unquestioningly, knowing instinctively they were doing the right thing.

   Now, though, things hit different.

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   or, niles has a complicated relationship with his commander, their crew and just about everything but he's reasonably certain he'll figure it out at some point

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   27,297

   Chapters:

   6/8

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   15

   Bookmarks:

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