#love to write garak being oblivious abt the fact julian 100% returns his affection

[tokidokifish]

Sugar please (please!) 💜

julian and garak have a bdsm scene as completely casual friends, really! (not really)

“Sex?” Julian says.

“Isn’t this about sex?” Garak asks, curiously. Of course his previous guests hadn’t all fucked him, but he had always imagined that had more to do with his species than any inclinations.

“It doesn’t have to be,” Julian says. “Some people seek another sort of relief.”

“Is that what you seek?”

“It can be, if that’s all you want to pursue,” Julian says, and then licks his lips. “But—generally, no, I came here looking for play with a sexual component.”

“And that hasn’t changed, considering whom you’ve settled on as a partner?” Garak asks, carefully, and is rather startled when Julian laughs.

“Oh, I’d say I’ve become much surer of it, actually,” he says, with a bashful sort of grin, and rolls his shoulders. “I wouldn’t be asking if it wasn’t something I’m interested in. But it’s up to you.”

Garak feels a rather wild urge to laugh, himself, for an entirely different reason.