Title: Obviously

Author: marcicat

Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV); Game Changers (Rachel Reid)

Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Harris Drover

Tags: AU, Animal Transformation, Crack, Not to be taken seriously

Summary: Winning the Stanley Cup gives people the power of animal transformation. Obviously.

Author's Note: Metaphorically, this is the fic version of the xkcd Average Familiarity comic ("Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field"). Operationally, it's an excuse to let Ilya Rozanov be an actual puppy.

( Obviously )

Title: Night Letters

Author: marcicat

Fandom: Guardian (TV)

Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing, Shen Wei, Ye Zun

Tags: AU, Found Family, Cat Tribe Best Tribe, time travel speedrun, there was only one apartment, Ghost Cat

Summary: Da Qing finally remembered to give Zhao Yunlan his mail, and now they need a bigger apartment.

Authors note: I started this in January of 2020, and then 2020 happened. I've fished it out of my gdocs folders entirely for the purpose of writing a short follow-up fic for be a goldfish.

( Night Letters )

Title: A SecUnit's Guide to Academic Conferences
Author: marcicat

Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells)
Rating: T

Characters: SecUnit | Murderbot, ART | Perihelion, Amena Mensah, Ayda Mensah, Iris, Tarik, Three, Gurathin
Tags: Post-System Collapse, Team as Family, Academic Conferences, Enrichment

Summary: One spaceship, two constructs, three humans, and two augmented humans attend an academic conference. What could possibly go wrong?

Author's Note: My writing for the no_true_pair September 2025 Eight-Character Challenge

( A SecUnit's Guide to Academic Conference )

Title: All their hopes depending
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Rating: G

Summary: A simple shore leave arboretum visit gone awry. (aka Boimler and the Cerritos crew accidentally acquire a baby)

Author's Notes: For xinger88. Title from ‘Sounds of Earth’ by Jim Moray

Battleship tags: Ambiguous/Open Ending, Begging, Best Friends, Character(s) as Cats, Comfort Food, Doctor, Estranged Characters, Family, Female Character of Color, Found Family, Friendship Gestures, Happy Ending, Hospitals, Midnight Rendezvous, Nail Polish, Parent-Child Relationship, Reunions, Running Away, Second Chances, Secrets, Sibling Relationship, Trust

on AO3

Title: Whoever finds it first
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Red, White, & Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston)
Rating: G

Summary: AU. Alex is a spaceship pilot; Henry is a reclusive artist. Somehow they still managed a disastrous first meeting. Their second meeting went a lot better, except for how one of them was a cat.

Author's Notes: For xinger88. Title from ‘Sounds of Earth,’ by Jim Moray

Battleship tags: Accidental Courtship, Alternate Universe, Best Friends, Character(s) as Cats, Class Difference, Crack Treated Seriously, Cultural Differences, Crushes, Fluff, Found Family, Happy Ending, Magic, Moving in Together, Pets, Running Away, Sibling Relationship, Sleeping Together

on AO3

Title: All the time I thought of you
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Rating: G

Summary: Three times Chris was confused, and one time he knew exactly what to do.

Author's Notes: For xinger88. Title from ‘Sounds of Earth’ by Jim Moray.

Battleship Exchange tags: 3+1 Things, Biting, Bruises, Comedy, Marriage, Oblivious Character, Rain, Rituals, Soulmate Enforcing Goose, Soulmates, Symbolism, Towers

on AO3

Title: Hope in our hearts, reflected in the stars
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; Star Trek
Rating: T

Summary: In an alternate universe, the circumstances might be different, but the same people tend to find each other. (aka: An AU Kirk and Spock encounter a variety of spatial anomalies, meet up with new friends and current family, and have a wedding. Also featuring: pirates, dragons, a time loop, truth pollen, and far too many caves.)

Characters: Spock, James Kirk, La’an Noonien Singh, T'Pring, Stonn, Christine Chapel, Sybok, Michael Burnham, Christopher Pike, Erika Ortegas, Nyota Uhura

Tags: AU, family, found family, marriage, dragons, cats, genetic modification, unexpected temporary de-aging, time loop, asteroids, storytelling, communication


( Hope in our hearts, reflected in the stars )

Title: Plant you a garden, grow you a future
Author: marcicat

Rating: T
Fandom: Douluo Continent

Summary: Post Season 1, the entire Shi Lan Ke family sets out to create a better world through the power of teamwork, kindness, and time travel. Mostly time travel.

( Plant you a garden, grow you a future )

Title: Rise in Perfect Light
Author: marcicat

Summary: No matter where or when, no matter the circumstances, it’s always possible to share love, to build a family, and to shine a light.

Actual Summary: AU - canon divergence from Shen Xi's death in the drama. She and Zhao Yunlan travel 10,000 (or so) years into the past instead, and meet young Shen Wei and Ye Zun, and things progress from there.

( Rise in Perfect Light )

Title: starting from zero, got nothing to lose
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Power Rangers in Space
Rating: T

Summary: Missing scene from ‘Countdown to Destruction,’ during the team’s time on KO-35. As they learn more about the effects of Zordon’s final gift, Karone and Cassie make new plans to find old friends.

Note: Title from ‘Fast Car,’ by Tracy Chapman. Because everyone should get the chance to write a Power Rangers fic with a song lyric title at some point in their lives, and Ecliptor deserved better.

Dedication: To Star, because sisters. <3

( starting from zero, got nothing to lose )