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Julian and Garak grapple with their pasts and their feelings for each other at the end of the series.
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12 Jun 2026
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The only thing that truly surprised him was that Julian had asked, or rather, that he hadn’t simply written that he needed an annulment and had taken the liberty of filling out his half of the requisite form, and was just sending it over to be completed. Instead: “I think we should get a divorce.” As if it were a suggestion; as if it would be perfectly acceptable for Garak to refuse.
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At the end of the Dominion War, Elim Garak and Julian Bashir were married in order for the doctor to immediately begin helping with Cardassia’s recovery. Now, after several years spent apart, Julian has apparently met someone else and is looking for a divorce, a good enough excuse to get him back to Prime for one last visit… but Garak finds himself at something of a loss for how to deal with the strange distance Julian brings with him.
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06 Jun 2026
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“I just wanted to report that due to the revelations of your genetic modifications, you have been withdrawn from consideration for the LMH program,” Zimmerman announces, rocking on his heels.
“Yes, thank you, I gathered as much,” Julian says.
“As such, there’s no reason for me to keep this,” Doctor Zimmerman says, and produces a datarod. “Character interviews; completely worthless now. You might as well have them.”
Julian blinks, thrown off balance. “Thank you?” he tries, taking the datarod.
Zimmerman just shrugs. “There’s nothing to thank me for,” he says. “They’re simply of no use to me.” And without another word, he continues onto his transport.
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Reeling from the revelation of his genetic enhancements, Julian is presented with a temptation: the unfiltered opinions of his friends and coworkers. Of course he's going to look - and in so doing, he discovers an interview he wasn't expecting: one Elim Garak. The only thing even more surprising is what Garak has to say.
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27 May 2026
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He was no one’s choice of nurse, Garak reflected, even if Bashir seemed to tolerate him more than anyone else on the station did. Garak had been trained to inflict pain, not to ease it; to terrify, not to comfort. Bashir had shown Garak more tenderness and care than anyone had in many, many years, and the idea of trying to play that same role for the good doctor now was, frankly, a little intimidating.
Not trying at all, however, simply was not an option.
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26 May 2026
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It is the most sordid affair Julian has ever been apart of.
Maybe that's why he likes it so much.
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23 May 2026