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Michaela, whilst grieving and overwhelmed with the feelings blossoming in her chest for her cousin's widow, does the only thing she can think to do when asked so sweetly to stay, she flees.
But now, after two years of running, she has returned to London, determined to make amends with the woman she has managed to convince herself she cannot fall in love with, under any circumstances.
Yet her chosen path is not an easy one, for Francesca Stirling, now seething with rage, grief, and a furious current of feelings she neither understands nor can explain, is just as determined to discover the very reason for Michaela's flight in the first place, a reason Michaela is intent on keeping to herself.
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24 Mar 2026
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"Burning Nerves?" he mutters, moving in closer. "I'm afraid I haven't heard of it."
Garak hums and accepts it, pushing aside a stray pillow to break the distance between them.
"Oh, I'm not surprised," he almost purrs. "It's not exactly a children's nursery rhyme, or even a famous classic. In fact," he adds lightly, as if telling him a secret, "the author was exiled in disgrace."
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Garak tells Julian a story about trust, and honesty. Their interpretations on its meaning vary, even to themselves.
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12 Feb 2026
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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