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1. The Lies That Bind by Ms_prawo_jazdy for DeepRedBells

   Fandoms: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Dec 2020

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Julian Bashir/Elim Garak
   • Elim Garak
   • Julian Bashir
   • Luther Sloan
   • Amsha Bashir
   • Richard Bashir
   • Miles O'Brien
   • Keiko O'Brien
   • Original Cardassian Character(s)
   • Min Zife
   • Established Relationship
   • Married Couple
   • Post-Canon Cardassia
   • Post-Canon
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Panic Attacks
   • Smut
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Partner Betrayal
   • Cardassians
   • Cardassian Culture
   • Bajorans
   • Bajoran Culture
   • Switching
   • Cardassian Anatomy
   • plotty plot plot
   • Character Development
   • Character development but it's actually melodramatic sometimes
   • Spoonlicker
   • Julian is a spoonlicker
   • Cardassian Politics
   • Federation Politics
   • Section 31
   • Original Character(s)
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Disabled Character
   • Adopted Children

   Summary

   The war is over and Julian and Elim are now married and living on Cardassia Prime desperately trying to create a home in the rubble. The young couple is invited to Earth to be awarded for their part in ending the war. The trip to earth serves several purposes - a honeymoon, a desperately needed respite, and a Starfleet style debrief complete with veiled threats, assassination attempts, and political machinations. Eventually, Garak takes the position of head of the Cardassian government backed by the Federation but an old figure from Cardassia's past begins to manipulate Garak's sense of patriotism and duty for her own ends. Julian watches as his husband falls farther and farther away from him and into the clutches of rhetoric, toxic patriotism, and lies.

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   English

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