Fic idea: AU where Tain exiles Mila along with Garak
Tain states in The Die is Cast that he’s thinking about killing Mila because she knows too much. He knows he needs to get rid of her soon after Garak’s betrayal and him retiring so he sends her away with Garak. So instead of being the suave, mysterious spy on the station, Garak is labelled as that one Cardassian guy that lives with his Mom and might also be a spy. Garak will insist living with several generations of family into adulthood is perfectly normal on Cardassia (it is). Buts its not on Bajor or in most Federation cultures so he just gets labelled as that guy. They open Garaks’ Clothiers together and both work the shop (who do you think taught him to sew??). Cue Mila trying to set him up with ‘that nice young man’ Dr Bashir and her publicly scolding Dukat for his poor manners
Addition: Joseph Sisko eventually comes to the station to visit his family. He and Mila hit it off and after that Garak and Ben Sisko are both lowkey worried that they’re going to be step-brothers soon.
Yes!!!
Ben Sisko and Garak adventures in their attempts to spy on Joseph Sisko and Mila in order to find out “what’s really going on”
Crazy hijinks that ensue when they try to “break them up for the greater good”
In the end it turns out they were just swapping recipes or something equally banal.
Meanwhile, Jake hasn’t seen his grandfather this happy in ages and is disappointed to learn that they were just swapping recipes and playing cards (and doesn’t really believe that’s all there was to it anyway) and starts encouraging Joseph to take it further. Ben Sisko finds out and is dismayed, but Jake’s like, Dad, what’s the problem? Garak would be a cool uncle.
It all ends up going very well between Mila and Joseph Sisko.
Mila: Elim, pack your bags. Joseph and I are getting married and we’re all moving to Earth. Joseph says you can have Benjamin’s old room.
Garak: Why do I have to go to Earth and Captain Sisko gets to stay here?
Mila: Benjamin’s human and they can do what they like, but we’re Cardassians and it would be positively indecent for an unmarried child to live away from both his parents.
Garak: Fine. I’m marrying Doctor Bashir, then.
Everyone is secretly relieved. Except Julian, who didn’t even realise Garak was interested, despite years of Cardassian flirting.
Sisko frankly isn’t sure which is worse, Garak living with his father, or Garak marrying his CMO.
Let’s be honest, the proposal will be something like this:
I was just thinking about this the other day, especially @agrippaspoleto’s drawing, and thought I’d re-blog it. I love it.
Mila of course is monitoring the relationships progress via absolutely ‘legal’ means and thus is always informed about the latest hot gossip and spilling the tea to all of Cardassia.
Aka Agrippa stumbled over another Mulan Scene… (Not sure if this unfolds on Cardassia or DS9, you decide).
Happy new year everybody! I love the Garashir/DS9 Fandom and the wounderful people in it, so have one last shitpost comic before we enter the roaring twenties!
Transcription:
Panel 1:
Julian, peaking out the door: Ahem, Garak?
Garak, outside the panel: Yes, dear?
Julian: Seems your mum invited a few people to help us celebrate our engagement. Which we just decided on I might add…
Panel 2:
Garak walking towards the door: What? Who?
Panel 3:
Garak and Julian peering out the door together, there’s a crowd before the door.
Julian: Cardassia, it appears.
I love love love pushy Mila.
