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Pre-Way Back

Tag · 33 works

26 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 100% are complete. The average one runs about 3,000 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Blake's 7

Astronomical Odds

by Jaelijn

Avon despised his soulmark – or rather, he despised the fact that he had one. He would not let a biological quirk dictate his choices, would not let anyone lay a claim on him simply because he happened to have a matching mark on the inside of his wrist. Besides, without a central registry of soulmarks, the odds of ever finding his match were astronomical anyway...

Teen 2k words 1 ch Complete 39 kudos

Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Developing Relationship · Fluff · Fluff and Angst· +6 more

Blake's 7

Hostages to Fortune

by Jaelijn

Having abandoned the failing Aquitar project, Kerr Avon ends up in tech support, of all places. The position is singularly uninspiring – until he receives an extraordinary late night caller.

General 6.5k words 1 ch Complete 29 kudos

Pre-Way Back · PWB · Season/Series 01 · Pre-Canon· +3 more

Blake's 7

Symbiote

by Jaelijn

The alien pathogen was the single greatest disruption of Federation society in living memory. Originally seeming so harmless, the virus had led to hereditary genetic mutations, and the new generation of Federation citizens had found themselves with a need for a mutual symbiote from puberty. By the time Avon was sentenced to spend the rest of his life on Cygnus Alpha, he was intently aware of that need.

Teen 2.1k words 1 ch Complete 26 kudos

Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Implied/Referenced Torture · Pre-Way Back· +8 more

Blake's 7

A Human Resource

by Vilakins

The Aquitar Project hires a new HR manager. Not their best move.

General 1.3k words 1 ch Complete 23 kudos

Pre-Way Back

Blake's 7

Evidence

by Natasha

A pre-Way Back story, in which Blake is a teenager, and we find out why Ushton was sent to Exbar.

Teen 1.1k words 1 ch Complete 20 kudos

Pre-Way Back

Blake's 7

Thief's Sigil

by Jaelijn

Avon had been a child. (A Soulmate AU)

General 915 words 1 ch Complete 20 kudos

Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Angst · Childhood· +8 more

Blake's 7

Wasted Time

by aralias

SERVALAN: Kasabi and I had unfinished business. TRAVIS: This is no time for personal vendettas, Supreme Commander. SERVALAN : Thank you, Travis. I'm obliged for the reminder. [To Kasabi] Are you feeling better? Oh, don't waste time, Kasabi. You have so little of it left. KASABI: Time spent with you was always wasted, Servalan.

Teen 1.5k words 1 ch Complete 19 kudos

Handcuffed Together · Pre-Way Back

Blake's 7

Of Butterflies

by Natasha

A Pre-Way Back story. In a makeshift hospital outside the domes, Kasabi is taking care of a group of wounded rebel soldiers. In fact, all of their lives depend on Blake.

Teen 4.2k words 7 ch Complete 18 kudos

Pre-Way Back

Blake's 7

Tidy Little Lives

by Jaelijn

Avon muses.

General 1.2k words 1 ch Complete 17 kudos

Character Study · Domestic Fluff · Established Relationship · Introspection· +6 more

Blake's 7

Cleaner

by emmaliza

Del Tarrant is one of the FSA's top pupils, with a bright career in Star Command ahead of him. One day, he spontaneously intervenes to protect one of the academy's janitors from one of his classmates, and everything changes.

Teen 11k words 1 ch Complete 14 kudos

Age Difference · Angst · Class Differences · Crack Pairing· +6 more

Blake's 7

Blakes One

by StraysInfiltrator

When Blake reluctantly accepted the job of impersonating a viscast star to chat with her fans, he didn’t expect to fall in love with the reclusive computer expert who became his most regular conversation partner.

Teen 1.5k words 1 ch Complete 12 kudos

Pre-Way Back

Blake's 7

Hindsight

by Jaelijn

On the eve of his big bank fraud, Avon falls into a trap. Literally. Written for Whumptober 2021 and the prompt #26: YOU WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP: fallen | waterfall | trap door

Teen 2.6k words 1 ch Complete 11 kudos

Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Avon Whump · Betrayal· +7 more

Blake's 7

A Dead King

by Natasha

Several years before 'The Way Back', Vila is hiding in the dome's sub-levels after an unsuccessful burglary, and Blake is hiding from the security forces after a raid carried out by the Freedom Party. It's Blake's watch that brings them together...

General 6.5k words 1 ch Complete 10 kudos

Pre-Way Back · Zine

Blake's 7

Lying Hands

by Jaelijn

Avon knew he would have his soulmark removed as soon as he could - but he was curious, all the same. He shouldn't have looked.

Teen 3.3k words 1 ch Complete 9 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Developing Relationship · Pre-Canon· +5 more

Blake's 7+1

Farm to City

by emmaliza

Blake still remembers the incident, when he was just seventeen, right out of the engineering corp he was funnelled into against his will."What are you doing here then boy?"

General 998 words 1 ch Complete 8 kudos

Backstory · Ghosts · Pre-Way Back · Rebellion