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Elim Garak has gone undercover to discover if his hunches once again have proven right. In an effort to gain an ally he seeks out Colonel Kira Nerys on Deep Space Nine, only to instead run into the very inebriated chief medical officer of the station, Julian Bashir.
As Garak battles his relapse with substance abuse he must find a way to keep this newfound knowledge a secret. Made public, it would threaten the already fragile future of Cardassia. It doesn't get easier by the fact that his feelings for Bashir reawakens. What is he to do when faced with the very real possibility that the Doctor might actually want him too? This Doctor who is famously known for playing fast and loose with love. And how will Bashir handle the fact that he, for the first time, has fallen in love with a man?
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01 Feb 2026
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Elim Garak has been forced to live on Terok Nor for nearly a decade. Hated by both his own species and the Bajorans imprisoned on the station, Garak is sure nothing will change—until the Federation takes over and he meets a doctor as lonely as he is.
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21 Dec 2025
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The choices we make, or others make for us, change who we become. Or do they?
Julian Bashir was meant to be a doctor. But when his augment status nearly comes to light at Starfleet Academy, he pivots—quietly, strategically—into engineering, hiding among Starfleet's remote outposts. His latest assignment: a contested Class-P planet, where the days stretch to 27 hours and the company is limited to a handful of observers… including one Garak. Charming. Cryptic. Dangerous?
Cut off from the rest of the galaxy by atmospheric interference, Julian finds himself navigating more than the frigid planet surface. As he and Garak find themselves in close quarters—and closer conversations—the outpost begins to fail. Hidden agendas surface, and a fragile alliance may be the only thing standing between survival and ruin.
A ‘butterfly flaps its wings’ AU where Julian and Garak cross paths years before the events of DS9.
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12 Dec 2025
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When Hannibal met Will Graham (the man who had, three years prior, been mistaken for the Chesapeake Ripper), he expected amusement. What he got was his first taste of obsession. Dark and bitter in the back of his throat but achingly sweet on the tongue. He knew at once that this feeling, this Man, would consume him.
And Hannibal would consume Will right back.
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21 Sep 2025
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Julian feels giddy, a bit, and unwound. He reaches for the small plate of limes and plucks one from it, sucks the pulp from the skin before licking the rind of salt off from the glass rim of his drink. “You keep—keep watching me.”
Even now, Garak watches him with a strange, frightening insistence. Overly pointed. “Just making sure you don’t ‘blow our cover,’ as you say.”
“Wont,” Julian mutters before he takes a generous drink. He grimaces at the sour pull, the heat burn going down and settling. “I’m very skilled at keeping a secret when I want to, Elim.”
[Julian and Garak go undercover at a Couple's Retreat on a tropical planet! Will they keep dancing around one another or finally be able to try their shot at honesty?]
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04 May 2025