This is my response to the Trek BBS January/February 2023 Challenge: Write a short Trek fanfiction about pets.
I chose Porthos.
And a foul-mouthed little lizard-like creature from Dr. Phlox's menagerie...
Love is love, as daily prompts turn into the colors of the rainbow. Written for the 2015 Twelve Trials of Triskelion, Week 7, Daily Prompts.
Time Traveler Rick Daniels spends the beginning of the 3100s bedding women in time, to try to ease his guilt at witnessing some of the worst moments of the prime timeline.
On October 12, 2153, Captain Jonathan Archer and Doctor Sam Beckett reciprocally leap in time, in this Quantum Leap crossover. 
A cake, a Caitian, and a hot Brunette’s bobby pin.
Written for FalseBill.
In 3111, Otra has a vision of a temporal, somatic and spatial switcheroo that overwhelms her.
During the Xindi War, the Enterprise was thrown back in time, to 2037. 
In 2154, the second iteration Enterprise met its original counterpart, which had become a generational ship.
But just what happened between 2037 and 2154?
And which parts of it happened twice?
They never said your name, but I knew just who they meant.
Hoshi and T'Pol go through Tripp's things and are both affected, but in different ways.
During the Xindi War, the Enterprise 
was thrown back in time, to 2037.
What happened between 2037 and 2154?
Was the crew proud of any of it?
Travis Mayweather 
is removed from his bed for an odd alien experiment. Can he work together with other species? Are any of the people he's been kidnapped with even real?
In November of 2160, 
First Contact with the Arisians has a strange effect on Hoshi.
On March 12th of 2155, 
Porthos overdoes it, with a little help from a Caitian girl.
When the Azezans come 
calling, only one member of the crew realizes there’s something amiss.
What if Phlox succumbed, and Malcolm missed? The events of Bounty unfold far differently.
How do you begin, or begin anew?
What’s going to happen next?
What if you could predict it, or at least have a good handle on forever?
What would you do with that information?
And for the people you’ve promised yourself to, forever, what does that really mean? Do you ignore the truth, or do you listen to all of it, even the ugliest parts?
Revenge is a dish best served at Movie Night.
Their lives seemed perfect – or, at least, close enough. They were happy, and together.
And then they were forced to do things that they didn’t want to do – and then discovered that they did want to do them. 
How could they go back, and save what they had?
Or would it be better to do something radically different?
How could they pick up the pieces and stay together after having done that?
There are women coming to the Enterprise! Travis Mayweather proposes a friendly competition with his friends – whoever gets the girl first wins. But then the winner gets more than he bargained for, and learns just how much he can take. How much can you tolerate?
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This story has two musical themes: Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll7UFxqI2pM
and Mickey and Sylvia’s “Love is Strange” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpEA5QGYJFQ
Meet Lili O'Day, sous-chef on the NX-01. In 2157, she's got little to look forward to, save hearing from Chef what's for dinner that night.
Until she begins having interesting dreams ....
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This story has two musical themes.
Lili's theme is Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSddgYKtPBE
Her mystery man's theme is Robbie Williams's "Feel": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XHuyJyyZXU
On a truly multicultural NX-01 Enterprise, a life is remembered and a holiday is celebrated.
