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1. Consolation prize by cosmic_blue

   Fandoms: Star Trek: The Next Generation  

   • Explicit
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   20 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Jean-Luc Picard/Q
   • Q (Star Trek)
   • Jean-Luc Picard
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Episode: s06e15 Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • blue shirt picard
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Angst
   • Smut
   • Angst with No Happy Ending
   • Possessive Behavior
   • q is a massive dick
   • toxic as hell
   • they both suffer
   • there's a smidgen of light i guess but not much
   • dead dove territory; please check the tags and the summary
   • the only character death reference is the one mentioned in the summary
   • major character death warning is probably an overkill but it's there just in case
   • no one dies in this fic

   Summary

   Captain Jean-Luc Picard died that day, surrounded by his friends. Lieutenant Picard, however, is set to live a long, bleak life of mediocrity, and he’s all that Q has left.

   —

   An AU where, during Tapestry, Picard never asks for Q to let him re-redo his encounter with the Nausicaans, creating one timeline where he dies in the sickbay and one where he stays a lieutenant in astrophysics.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Blueshirt!Picard

   Language:

   English

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