In This Corner

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Fanfiction
Title:	In This Corner
Author(s):	Jan and June
Date(s):	13 October 1996
Length:	12,700 words / 76K
Genre(s):	slash fanfiction
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: Voyager
Relationship(s):	Chakotay/Paris
External Links:	In This Corner (Stories by Jan and June) In This Corner (Trekiverse) In This Corner (AO3)
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In This Corner is Chakotay/Paris story by Jan and June (12,700 words). It was listed in the C/P Fanfic Bible of the Chakotay/Paris Writers' Support Group as an essential C/P story.

Summary (author's site): After the episode "Investigations," Chakotay is at the end of his fuse. Luckily for us, Tom happens by just at the wrong moment.

Trekiverse summary: "After 'Investigations,' Chakotay is angry at everyone, particularly Tom Paris. Meanwhile, Tom is having his own problems with the Maquis members of the crew. But when the two men finally confront one another, more than just their anger is released..."

The story was posted to alt.startrek.creative.erotica on October 13, 1996.

A note on the title, from June:

I kept focusing on the fight as the center of this story. I thought we should call it "In This Corner." Once I started getting excited about the idea of a C/P fight, I had this vision of some intergalactic Las Vegas type place. And the announcer says, "In this corner, he's battered and abused, but lean and lithe. He's survived Court Martials, The Maquis and the final test, New Zealand. Here he is, the Hot Shot Pilot -- the Blonde, Young Beauty of Voyager -- Thomas Eugene Paris." And once the shouts, cheers, and boos die down, the announcer turns and says, "Entering the ring now, he's the dark, mysterious former Maquis leader. He left Starfleet to defend his home and heritage but now he's back. He's Big, he's Beautiful, he's your First Officer and Reigning Champion, Chaaa-kooo-taaay!!!"

This meta comment describes pretty much the character dynamic that attracted slash writers to the Chakotay/Paris pairing.

Reactions and Reviews

This pair of writers do hot, feisty C/P, and they manage the slash writer's trick of taking an edgy, tense pair of guys (in "In This Corner") and making it seem perfectly natural that they'd start an evening slugging one another and end the evening by having sex. The follow up ("Taking the CONN") was great, and if you like the idea of sex on the bridge (and face it, who doesn't) you should check it out.