Fic: A Quiet Empire (1/1, Teen)

Title: A Quiet Empire
Word Count: 13,466
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Discovery
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Michael Burnham/Mirror Gabriel Lorca
Characters: Mirror Philippa Georgiou, Mirror Ellen Landry, Mirror Gabriel Lorca, Michael Burnham
Additional Tags: no happy-ever-after, No Romance, Non-Violent Non-Con, mind games and general effed-upness, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary: Canon divergence AU from "What's Past is Prologue." Lorca wins the battle in the throne room, and Michael must make good on her promise to stay with him.

Notes: Re-emphasizing a couple of points from the tags: while this is noncon, it is nonviolent ... just still, y'know, messed up. Also, this is not a fic where Burnham and Lorca are going to get a happy ending.

Immense thanks to lizbee for her beta services, especially for her attention to canon detail. You'd think an American who grew up with Star Trek would be more familiar with it than an Australian, but you'd be very wrong.

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