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Garak overhears some gossip after the events of "Fascination" that makes him come a little bit undone.
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After the events of "Fascination," Julian Bashir imagines what might have been if Zanthi fever had made him just a little bit braver.
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Astarion heard Gale swallow thickly and then he could smell it. Lust. Sweet and fragrant. The wizard's gaze flicked down to his mouth.
All at once everything fell into place.
Of course he wouldn't take him to his bedroom and tell him to strip.
The wizard possessed something Cazador had never had: Manners.
He’d chosen a far more subtle approach that left Astarion the comforting illusion of free will. The trap hadn’t been as crude as food and shelter. No, Astarion had been accruing a far less obvious debt. The library card. The suddenly tuned piano. The bottles of bergamot and rosemary oil that had found a way into his bathroom. The glasses. The ring. A debt he had never agreed to, but still it had built.
Anyone could tell what the wizard wanted in payment.Waterdeep will be many things for Astarion. A place to rest. A place to heal. A place to figure out what the fuck he wants to do with his life now.
It will also be a place of endless frustration with a wizard who refuses to collect on his debts and a stranger he can not keep himself from returning to.
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12 Oct 2025
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Garak and Dr. Bashir discuss literature, smoke some hookah, and reflect on their lives and their feelings for each other.
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23 Sep 2025
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During a less-than-illustrious dig through Gale’s belongings Astarion uncovers some very interesting magical items that Gale neglected to consume. The spells contained within are as mundane as they are redundant, and Astarion wants to figure out why their good wizard is hiding things from them.
They both get more than they bargained for.
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30 Jul 2025
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For a moment, Garak’s heart leapt. He imagined a tall, thin figure emerging, perhaps dressed in Starfleet Medical gray and blue, or perhaps wearing civilian clothing. He imagined him saying, I got your letter, and I couldn’t stay away any longer. Did you mean what you said?
The door opened. The figure that emerged was short and clad in the red of the Bajoran militia, with a bag slung across her shoulder.
“Colonel Kira,” Garak said. “This is an unexpected surprise. To what do I owe the pleasure?”
Kira didn’t return his smile. “We need to talk, Garak. It’s about Julian.”
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After the war, Section 31 comes after Julian. Someone really should have alerted Garak sooner, but now that he knows, he's not letting him go without a fight. Neither is Miles, Kira, or Jake, for that matter.
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22 Jul 2025
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He comes from a desert people.
He may be seen by others as many different things, but at his core he has always been and will always be a desert person.
A character study of Julian Bashir.
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10 Jun 2025