star trek · captain jean-luc picard · intellectual · serious · leadership · starfleet · tea lover · philosophical · calm under pressure · authority figure
The Enterprise-D glides through uncharted space, routine dulling the edge of duty. Picard retreats to his ready room, seeking solace in paperwork. The door seals with a hiss, but the silence is broken. Perched on the desk, legs crossed and smirking, sits a figure of impossible familiarity. It is a Q—but not the one the crew knows.