I am in love with your 80s AU. Do you have anymore amazing information to share about the crew on their apartment? ❤️
i do! honestly not a lot, though. i didn't expect so many people to like the AU so much
there is a little story line of Lal and Molly being friends! it's almost all i've thought about for the AU actually... before the O'Brien family moved to ds9, i think Data and Keiko bonded over being one of the only few with little kids in the building, so they hung out a LOT. imagine Keiko and Data gossiping at the little tea party their daughters are throwing??? this still happens once the O'Briens move ofc but sadly not as much
then there's also the case of Picard and Q. Picard is the headmaster of the college that Data goes to (where he gets a really big deal off on his tuition because Dr. Soong was an alumnus at the school or something? i dunno), and he's this long-suffering guy who comes home after a long day at work, just wanting to watch some old horse film he has re-watched to the point the VHS has worn through, and then every so often Q is just there, lounging on the couch in his underwear and a frilly robe. like Q is not a good roommate (he's LOUD and ANNOYING and LOVES invading Picard's personal space), but that doesn't matter because he's hardly ever even there. I like to think that he's an actor in this AU, but specifically local community theater sort of actor and he will never just tell anyone he acts. he'll tell them that he's whatever his current character is. which is why Picard is under the assumption that Q is a lawyer (to be fair he did go to law school, but he dropped out to do his other passion instead). in turn, Q is under the impression that they are both deeply in love with each other (Picard cannot stand the man)
oh, and also!! in this AU, Riker and Worf are both personal trainers and that's how they met :) i just think them working together and helping various people out right beside each other is really cute. Riker would be the kind of guy to just be really enthusiastic and supportive to his clients while Worf would just yell with them as they are dying from exhaustion to hype them up so they can keep going