Show Me How You Do It

by WalkinAfterMidnight

Summary:

Picks up about a month after the events of Part 1 of the “And The Sky Was Made Of Amethyst” series, and takes place during the two months leading up to, and a tiny amount immediately after, the episode “Night”.

Despite all the evidence and everyone around them screaming at them to just please get together, Seven and B’Elanna are still telling themselves they’re just friends and the other person isn’t interested in more than that. Even with ludicrously obvious flirting.

When they enter a region of space devoid of stars or any stellar phenomena, consumed by darkness, it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain that distance.

Notes:

This builds on Part 1 which was partly inspired by Synthwave/Electro. This is more 70s/80s, New Wave, New Romantics, bit of Goth, synth-pop, Electro, Industrial, Italo-Disco. I don’t know why, it popped in my head and I ran with it. No familiarity with those genres is required.

Title is from “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure. I added the playlist I was listening to as chapter 1 (actual story begins in chapter 2).

I have once again taken liberties, this time redesigning Tom’s holodeck garage. I grew up in garages so that had an influence. Dicked about with the timeline so “Night” occurs after “Unimatrix Zero”.

Second part in a series with a slow burn across multiple parts.

There is, however, uninterrupted smut in chapters 5 and 7.

Chapter 1: Accompanying Playlist

Summary:

In case anyone wants to check out the songs behind the fic, this is the list.

Playlist:

Just Like Heaven – The Cure

Love My Way – The Psychedelic Furs

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) – Talking Heads

Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) – Simple Minds

Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You) – A Flock of Seagulls

Mirror in the Bathroom – The Beat

Pictures of You – The Cure

Damaged Goods – Gang of Four

The Killing Moon – Echo and the Bunnymen

Just Like Honey – The Jesus and Mary Chain

Hold Me Now – Thomson Twins

Don’t Talk To Me About Love – Altered Images

Obsession – Animotion

Space Age Love Song – A Flock of Seagulls

I Love a Man in Uniform – Gang of Four

I’m in Love with a German Film Star – The Passions

(Feels Like) Heaven – Fiction Factory

Everythings Gone Green – New Order

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – Soft Cell

I Love You Too Much – The Human League

I Wanna Be Adored – The Stone Roses

Goodbye Horses (Extended Mix) Q Lazzarus

Master and Servant – Depeche Mode

Careless Memories – Duran Duran

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes – Ultravox

Too Many Creeps – Bush Tetras

Surfside Sex – Patrick Cowley

Warm Leatherette – The Normal

Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat

Love Song – Simple Minds

Life in Tokyo – Japan

The First Picture of You – The Lotus Eaters

Brilliant Mind – Furniture

Imagination – Belouis Some

Temptation – Heaven 17

Good Man in a Bad Time – Ian Hunter

Touch Me (All Night Long) – Wish and Fonda Rae

Lips Like Sugar – Echo and the Bunnymen

April Skies – The Jesus and Mary Chain

Uncertain Smile – The The

Pale Shelter – Tears For Fears

Hypnotic Tango (Original 12” Version) – My Mine

Self Control – Raf

Tainted Love – Soft Cell

Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood

99 Luftballons – Nena

Can’t Be Funky – Bush Tetras

To Cut a Long Story Short – Spandau Ballet

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These) – Eurythmics

Sound of Thunder – Duran Duran

Going Home – Patrick Cowley

Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes

Leuchtturm – Nena

The Politics of Dancing – Re-Flex

Who’s That Girl – Eurythmics

No G.D.M. – Gina X Performance

Wanderlust – Krisma

Seedy Films – Soft Cell

Promised You a Miracle – Simple Minds

Blue Monday – New Order

Tryouts For The Human Race – Sparks

M.E. – Gary Numan

Chant No.1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) – Spandau Ballet

Anyone Out There – Duran Duran

Noch Einmal – Nena

A Little Respect – Erasure

Nodisco – Depeche Mode

Planet Earth – Duran Duran

Disorder – Joy Division

Why – Bronski Beat

Nice Mover – Gina X Performance

Black Silk Stocking – Krisma

Do You Wanna Funk? – Sylvester and Patrick Cowley

Everything Counts – Depeche Mode

Birthday – The Sugarcubes

I.C. Love Affair (Italian Version) – Gaznevada

Faces – Clio and Roberto Ferrante

Talk About – Phaeax

Girls on Film – Duran Duran

Love on Your Side – Thomson Twins

Sometimes – Erasure

Heartbreak Beat – The Psychedelic Furs

What We All Want – Gang of Four

Digital – Joy Division

Cities in Dust – Siouxsie and the Banshees

Inbetween Days – The Cure