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Summary
After years of turmoil, married life on Deep Space 9 is almost too peaceful for Ambassador Garak and Doctor Bashir, forcing them to wonder if they've become addicted to crisis. Their quiet routine is interrupted when an old friend arrives with a desperate plea: a mysterious toxin is destabilizing a sensitive region, threatening to escalate into a new war. The emergency arrives just as Bashir is thrown into a challenging new role—not as a lone genius, but as a mentor to a team of young medical residents, testing the limits of his patience and his principles. Meanwhile, Garak must navigate a diplomatic minefield, learning to balance the slow, frustrating work of negotiation with the familiar efficiency of his old spy methods. Forced to confront escalating tensions, and their own personal demons of jealousy and hubris, their ultimate test becomes learning to fully embrace the life they have chosen, in all its quiet joys and terrifying storms.
Series
- Part 3 of Mending the Seams