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Title: Live Long and Prosper
Fandoms: Highlander: The Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Characters: Methos, Joe Dawson, Jean-Luc Picard
Pairing: n/a
Rating: Gen
AO3 Tags: Non-Canonical Immortal, Future Fic
Summary: Old friends wander in and out of each other's lives.

Notes:For

merriman ♥ Your request mentioned a crossover with TNG, and I couldn't let go of the idea of Immortal!Picard. Especially since Sir Patrick Stewart still looks almost the same as he did when the show originally aired. I hope this is up your alley!

Two centuries earlier, Jean-Luc Picard had been a weary solider, a former general in the French Royal Army. Killed in the wake of the French Revolution and unsure why he’d been resurrected, Methos had taken the man in, given him shelter and his first non-military sword. They bonded over a shared love of knowledge, books, and tea. Methos became Jean-Luc’s first teacher, instructing him on the ways of the Game and how to survive as an Immortal. Like Duncan MacLeod, Methos always considered Jean-Luc to be one of the good ones. Perhaps too good, putting the needs of the many above the needs of the few, but only time would tell in that regard.

Methos hadn’t seen him since he took a boat for the Americas and became Dr. Benjamin Adams in the early 1800s. Through his contacts with the Watchers, he knew Jean-Luc was still around, doing what he did best. He led those around him, joining more than one country’s army over the years. It wasn’t for Methos, but it served Jean-Luc well.

Sometimes maintaining the records pertaining to his own life meant hiding his connections to those who might someday come looking for him. He didn’t hold a beef with Jean-Luc, far from it. They had parted on amicable terms all those years ago. But Jean-Luc didn’t know the truth about who he was, and he was better off that way. Methos could pass himself off as only being a few centuries’ old when he had to. He’d had plenty of practice.