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1. Then and Now and Forever by mimsical

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   22 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • ART | Perihelion/Murderbot
   • ART | Perihelion
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • POV ART | Perihelion
   • Kink Negotiation
   • Developing Relationship
   • tags to be updated

   Summary

   I didn’t know why this was still so hard for me. SecUnit had said it wanted me to be genuine, had proven it wouldn’t abandon me in the aftermath of a scene. I had even successfully participated in its games as the drone. I had given it my submission, and it had been good, so why was I still so fucking terrified? Why did I fear its kindness as much as—if not more than—its brutality?

   --

   Or: ART and Murderbot try to find the new balance of their relationship.

   Series

   • Part 5 of Trust Fall 'Verse

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   English

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