#this is hilarious when it comes to kira and garak's friendship too but she gets away with ignoring garak for waaaay longer

[antiqua-lugar]

one of the funniest things for me when it comes to ds9 it's miles' relationship with garak

like first, he's this shady annoying cardassian tailor who hangs out with your also annoying CMO who won't leave you alone. do you like this situation? no but it does not involve you, so who cares

except woops now the annoying CMO is also becoming your best friend. fortunately whatever the fuck he and garak have going on doesn't involve you except for that one time garak was off station and julian was moping through every lunch

except no, because garak comes back and he is friends with odo now, for some fucking reason. he's not gonna go kayaking with the two of you any time soon but eventually you end up having breakfast with them at least once because you can't avoid them in the replimat forever. fortunately it's not that bad and you have long accepted that odo's relationships are Just Like That (see: quark). it's not like you see garak that much more.

except no, now there is a war with the dominion and garak keeps joining missions (also at some point he ends up in prison for attempting genocide and almost killing odo and julian in the process which you thought would be A Big Deal but none of them cares) until you all end up together on the defiant. while all of this happening garak and julian have brought their relationship to the next level (ie: playing around in the holosuites) so you see him in your free time too. FINE. but it's not like you have to like him or anything.

except no, because empok nor happens. turns out you know garak more than you can possibly imagine. I am thou, thou art I. you might have to admit to yourself that the shady cardassian bastard has grown on you.

just in time for garak to leave for a dangerous secret mission on cardassia and come back having become friends with kira