Paradise Lost [Star Trek XI; Christine Chapel; PG]

[velvetmouse]

Title: Paradise Lost
Author: velvetmouse
Characters/Fandom: Christine Chapel, Star Trek XI (Reboot)
Rating: PG, for mild language and innuendo
Warnings: Spoilers for the movie; references to TOS
Word Count: 6461
Community/Prompt: Written for the 2009 femgenficathon prompt 29) Suddenly I laugh and at the same time cry / And in pleasure many a grief endure / My happiness wanes and yet it lasts unchanged / All at once I dry up and grow green -- Louise Labé (circa 1520/1522 - 1566), 16th-century French poet of the Renaissance.
Summary: Sometimes hell can sneak up on you; other times, it announces itself with bells and whistles.
Notes: Many many thanks to my awesome betas, fringedweller, who patiently corrected my newbie mistakes, and Sherry, who is, as always, the other half of my brain.
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(Paradise Lost)