#new dukat anon | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

warsofasoiaf · 2 years

Note

I liked your Odo essay. What do you think would have happened if the Founders had been destroyed by the Romulans and Cardassians?

This is a doozy, but fortunately, it's a very interesting one.

Let's assume that Colonel Lovok is never replaced. Enabran Tain successfully contacts Lovok, arranges the alliance of the Tal Shiar and Obsidian Order, and they successfully bomb the Founders homeworld, wiping out the Great Link. The Jem'Hadar go insane after their supplies of ketracel-white run out, likely causing a lot of damage in both the Alpha and Gamma quadrants, but we'll assume that neither the Federation, the Cardassian Union, or the Romulan Star Empire suffer any serious damage. Some Vorta may try to take control of small pockets of space, but I'd imagine most would either commit suicide en masse or flock to seek direction from the only Founder that exists. That's an interesting question right out of the gate, because Odo is in custody on Tain's flagship. Garak persuaded Tain to spare Odo, and Lovok may have only wanted custody in OTL because he was a changeling. So whoever has Odo would have great influence over any Vorta that remain.

My guess is that their success causes upheaval in the Cardassian Union. The Detapa Council and Central Command atrophy significantly as the securocrats from the Obsidian Order greatly increase their power over the Cardassian Union, becoming even more like the Russian Federation in our own history. Dukat is demoted if not outright killed. Ghemor likely has to seek asylum in the Federation. The Romulans and Cardassians form an official alliance, which I'll call the Romulan-Cardassian Axis. However, the two likely don't trust each other and afford each other latitude to prosecute foreign policy, and have a difficult time deconflicting. There's probably plenty of jockeying to gain one over on each other, but the Axis probably establishes spheres of influence, with the Romulans looking towards the Klingons while the Cardassians focus on Bajor and the territories lost in the Cardassian-Federation treaty.

Their first move likely would be to destabilize the Khitomer Accords - the Romulans tried extensively to meddle in Klingon politics with the House of Duras, and the Founders recognized the Federation-Klingon alliance as a threat to the Dominon. Given the strength of the Klingon warmonger movement in DS9, the first move would actually probably be an exercise of soft power. The Axis would sell their decisive action to eliminate the Founders as proof that the Federation was a docile, aging power unwilling to take action to threats against the Alpha and Beta Quadrant. The Axis would sell the Federation's failure at the Battle of Wolf 359 contrasted with the Axis's successful extermination of the Founders showcase the Axis as the new way forward (this is why I called them the Axis, it mirrors the rise of fascism and their touting of liberal democracy as unable to respond to the challenges of a modern era). The House of Duras probably won't be the Axis's choice of a Klingon proxy, but ultimately, the goal is to provide as much covert support to the warmongers as possible, and establish either an internal struggle (which prevents the Federation from interfering) which ends with Gowron challenged and killed by a new Klingon champion to lead the High Council or Gowron caving to the warmongers and abrogating the Khitomer Accords. Success on that front would see other races joining the Axis, such as the Breen, while the Ferengi, ever eager to seek profit, hope to establish friendly relations with them to reap lucrative contracts.

Overall, I'd say that puts the Federation on the back foot. The Axis would be very strong, and if they can successfully break Khitomer, they have the opportunity to be the hegemonic power in the Star Trek universe, unless there are any more Borg cubes lurking. Ultimately, that would make them the overall villains of DS9.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

#star trek #ds9 #deep space nine #deep space 9

14 notes · View notes

writingsfromstarfleet · 4 years

Text

Insufferable - Gul Dukat X Reader

A/N: For a very lovely Anon, who I hope comes off it because there’s very few of us Dukat fans out here :’) Thank you for giving me the excuse to write about him! Anyone else deciding to read, I hope you enjoy this! Hugs! :) x

exclamation points everywhere @ me please calm down

Deep Space Nine was, to say the least, very interesting. Every person you had come across since you were stationed there was unique, and had their own stories to tell. From the people you worked with (most of which you'd come to call friends) to the visitors and beings who stopped off for a couple of days, never was there a dull day. One such person who made quite the impact was a certain Cardassian.

Cardassians, from your very limited interactions, were intelligent and smart. Garak, the only Cardassian currently left on the station as a permanent resident, was someone you got along with fairly well, thanks to Julian. He'd introduced the two of you and you bonded over your love of literature and the arts. Many would have said that getting to know Garak was a bad decision, though you weren't sure why; he seemed nought but nice.

While Garak was someone you could get along with quite easily, and had many things in common with, the same could not be said for Gul Dukat. It seemed that no matter what, the two of you were destined to clash, right from his first appearance on the station.

"Who's that guy?" you asked Odo, your voice dull as you watched the said man walking with Sisko to his office. He sighed.

"Gul Dukat, he brings nothing but trouble. You'd do well to stay away from him." Odo's voice was strict, yet had the kind of undertone that suggested he was aware you would take no notice. The warning to stay away heightened your interest.

"And why is that?" Your voice dripped with playfulness, and Odo was having none of it.

"He's just not someone you want to get involved with, Y/N. Leave him be" he huffed, his voice stern. It seemed like a genuine warning.

Smirking, you slipped out of Quark's and made your way down the Promenade. To say the least, you were determined to find out just what was so mysterious about the new Cardassian. Rounding a corner, you walked into a wall and hit the floor cleanly. The wall reached out a hand and you realised it wasn't a wall, but rather the object of your interest. Dukat chuckled.

"Now, I'm sure you're supposed to walk around people and not into them, though I don't quite know what they taught you in Starfleet." His voice was smooth, and you couldn't help but find him attractive up close. He wore a smirk as his hand was still extended. You high-fived it and brought yourself up as opposed to taking it, making his stare turn questionable.

"You'd make a shit window but a very good doorstop." You brushed yourself off and went to walk away. Dukat hesitated for a moment, before following. Much like yourself, his interests were very much peaked.

"I see they don't teach manners in Starfleet either." His salty remarked was met with you stopping and spinning round to face him, eyes narrowed.

He was tall, taller than you at least, and he carried himself with such confidence, it was attractive to you. You went for personality first and foremost though.

"Is there a reason you're bothering me, Dukat? Or do you not have anything better to do?" Your smirk told him you were playing, though he did wonder how you knew his name. Telling him would only add to his ego, you thought.

"My, what a sharp tongue you have.." he trailed off waiting for a name.

"Y/N."

"Y/N." Though you didn't want to admit it, you liked the way he said your name.

"Well, if we're done here, I have better things to, like watch the paint in engineering dry."

That was your last interaction with him on this visit. Dukat laughed to himself as you walked away, your last statement he found to be rather amusing. He couldn't help but find himself intrigued by your attitude; you were sarcastic and straightforward, and people didn't usually speak to him like that, which made him all the more curious.

Each time he visited Deep Space Nine, he looked forward to running into you, hearing what other cynical statements you had to throw his way. The two of you found each meeting to be more and more enjoyable, despite your attitudes towards the other. Neither of you were willing to admit that out loud, however. Still, you were sarcastic and bored, still he was inquisitive and cocky.

One visit, however, things were different. You weren't having the best day, and everything you seemed to do just went south. Right from the moment you awoke, things started to go wrong. You had misplaced the notes you needed for the day and couldn't find the file. Your experiment down in engineering had gone haywire and failed. You dropped a drink on yourself during lunch. One thing after another was making your mood all the more sour, and then to top it off, Dukat strode into Quark's for a drink, immediately noticing you, despite not knowing you saw him first.

"Oh for crying out loud.." you sighed, your head falling to the table as Julian placed a hand on your shoulder.

"What's the matter?" he asked, unaware as to what or who you were frustrated with. He hadn't noticed Dukat looking your way, otherwise he would have known.

"I feel tired, I'm going to head off." You stood, head and eyes down, and walked faster than your usual pace to escape. The last thing you had the capacity for mentally was an argument with Dukat, however playful they were. You had no energy, and were very likely to kill him (though many aboard might say that was a duty instead of a crime.)

One corridor away from your quarters, a voice came from behind you, and you lifted your head in despair.

"Quick exit back there, what was-"

"Save it." Your words were blunt, and he couldn't tell you weren't in any sort of state to play today. You carried on walking, ignoring everything else he said. Still, he persisted. The more you chose not to react, the more he pressed, walking with you right to your door.

"Do you ever stop?" you questioned, finally turning to face him. Dukat saw your tired face, and for a minute, he felt for you, he almost wanted to help.

"Not really." he replied, very tauntingly. Huffing, you went to close the door but he stopped it, stepping inside with you.

"What's wrong with you today? You haven't called me a single name so far and I've been with you at least 5 minutes."

"Oh, I do apologise," your words now laced with top tier sarcasm. "Allow me to make some room in my busy schedule of things going to shit to inform you of just how much of an insufferable nosy prick I think you are, and how much I-"

.Your words were cut short by Dukat's lips on your own, as he pushed you against the door. You responded and wrapped your arms around his neck and ran your hands through his hair. Eventually, he pulled away, giving you both time to breathe.

"Well, do we still hate me?" he inquired, smirking at you with his hand against the wall by your head. You looked at him and smirked back. You kissed him again.

"You're absolutely insufferable."

#star trek imagine #star trek #star trek deep space nine #deep space nine #ds9 #gul dukat #gul dukat imagine #gul dukat x reader #dukat x reader #dukat imagine #x reade #imagine

94 notes · View notes

captaincrusher · 4 years

Note

hi, i have anxiety and as a result my brain was being a bit sillay about joining the st discord lol. i think i'd love to be in it to hang out with people, but i was wondering, what kind of things do y'all usually talk about? are there a lot of strict rules?

Hi! No worry about joining anything if you don’t feel like it right now. But you’re welcome if you want to! The invite might expire but you can always ask me to post an updated one.

They have channels for all the different shows, channels for general topics and all sorts of things. So you get to talk about anything, really. The rules set up by the people running it are basically: Be civil, respect spoilers for new episodes, keep very negative talk about the shows outside of the channel for that show so everyone feels like it’s a space to talk about what they love. It’s easy to follow the rules and see what they are.

I have discussed all the episodes I’ve watched recently, whether Odo is sticky, that Dukat is an ass, all the possibilities with the new Picard show, who’s the best Captain, that Garashir is definitely a thing and posted many memes.

I know how it is with the jerk brain sometimes. How it can play tricks on you. You’re very welcome to join, Anon. We’d love to have you around and chat about Star Trek with you.

And if you join and feel overwhelmed or like it’s not for you right now - that’s ok too.

#Anonymous

14 notes · View notes

ezrisdax-archive · 5 years

Text

okay, kiradax headcanons as asked by anon:

Kira may love her but she refuses to let Jadzia do holodeck picnic dates anymore after the Gagh Incident

Jadzia smirking behind her as she watches Kira tear Dukat a new one like the proud girlfriend she is

Jadzia is like impossible to get up in the mornings and Kira has both resorted to promising to not kiss her all day and shoving her out of the bed as tricks to get her going

On the opposite side Kira is an early riser and Jadzia insists one day she’ll get Kira to appreciate sleepy morning cuddles (note: she will)

Jadzia will sometimes have dreams of past lives and that was never really a problem until Joran was uncovered and she hates that she’s dreamed now about killing people and Kira can understand that better than anyone and will hold her when those dreams come

Sisko walks both of them down the aisle at their wedding because this is a Bajoran/Trill/Human/Klingon combo wedding since Jadzia asked for everyone elses help in planning it (Kira’s the one who asked by the way, she even tried to do it during a holodeck adventure that Jadzia loves. she might have punched out the male love interest that tried to kiss Jadzia first)

Jadzia will never not be amused about how Kira has to stand on her toes to kiss her though she does make it easier for Kira to reach since she’s always doing that leaning thing in Kira’s space anyway.

#kiradax #kira nerys #jadzia dax #femslash february #trek femslash #femslash february 2019

102 notes · View notes

mirrordata-archive · 7 years

Text

A few last words about the whole yesterday shitstorm. This is long, but please, read until the end. This is quite serious, and I refuse to let it go so lightly.

First of all, I still believe that the situation could've been resolved peacefully way before it escalated this far. Like, maybe you thought that Dany (bluespock) was wrong for telling ladyvean and guljerry to "literally die" in response to them engaging in sexual roleplay under her post, which she did not consent to. Fine, even though I and other people who have witnessed how many times Dany had to deal with all kinds of gross, thoughtless and completely uncalled for comments on her posts, would strongly disagree. Because at some point you just lose all patience saved for dealing with stupid people, and that's understandable. And if you support the point that people shouldn't be offended by strangers saying weird shit on their personal posts on the internet... well, you know. If you wouldn't just randomly come up and say this to a complete stranger in real life, don't say it online. Do manners and common sense just stop existing the moment you log onto Tumblr?

And even if she was wrong about saying this, there was a much more diplomatic way to go about this. Like, none of you ever thought of apologizing first? No, you still think that jumping onto someone's post and roleplaying a mass murderer with a boner was an okay move. If one of you had even an ounce of empathy or just used your brain for a second, you would've come forward and apologised, and then you could've said Dany's words made you uncomfortable, too. But you completely refused to consider the feelings of the OP of the post you derailed, and decided to express your discomfort in the classiest, the tumblr-est way possible: by vaguing and namedropping.

You proceeded to call us, your opponents, children and "tumblr tots" while acting like infants yourselves, especially considering all of you are in the 25-30 (?) age range, and the oldest of the people you picked fights with were 21. I'm 16 myself and you are the same age as most my high school teachers. To imagine any of them or any people their age getting into petty arguments and acting like they were oh so hurt and offended by an 11-grader jokingly saying "I will kill people who fetishize genocidal dictators" on the internet — it's hilarious, to say the best.

None of you were ever in any real danger. We weren't standing at your doorstep with battle axes and Bajoran phasers. Acting like being told to pee your pants is suicide baiting doesn't make you look very mature.

(Sidenote, it was really funny to watch ladyvean tell fluorescentbrains not to get into argument with them and simultaneously enjoy the support and help of everyone and their dog on her side. But, you know, hypocrisy probably isn't a new word for someone who thinks saying "Dukat is bad" once is enough a justification to go and continue roleplaying his dick.)

But that was all still when the whole situation could be described as petty fandom drama.

And then the whole nazi thing happened.

Like, even if it wasn't anyone from the scalie squad (including admitted nazi apologist mostlyhydratrash and their husband, the Token POC) who did this, that was when I lost the last bit of respect and consideration for anything any of you had to say. Your actions motivated someone to go and create entire blogs full of nazi imagery specifically to harass me, a Jewish minor.And none of you had even attempted to apologise.

No, you continued acting in your dumbass fashion and told me I made these blogs myself, as if it's really worth it, to go and give myself a panic attack just to frame you as the bad guys. Your arguments were already looking pathetic enough.

But that's still unbelievable to me, that you had the fucking nerve to say I was the one harassing YOU on a post where I literally answered one of the disgusting asks I received.

I didn't even answer all of them. Just one. Just to show the mere scale of what's happening. I was too shook and panicked to answer anything that came after it, or even to screenshot it — I just blocked the rest of it as soon as I read it, and closed my askbox. Still, the first blog, which is now deactivated, enjoyed a solid 15 minutes of reblogging every post I made in the past day and shouting and calling me a nazi in between.

Like, if you think this is excusable in any way, and me saying I want this disgusting freak to die is somehow a worse offence... wow. You are a nazi apologist, no more, no less.

And the funniest shit is that when one of my friends made a callout and mentioned that we have the nazi blog's IP address (we thought it was perilsperil, since they were the only person involved who was still online at the time it happened), whoever made it immediately came forward and apologised...

For inconveniencing perilsperil.

On anon.

Just further showing what a pathetic coward they really are. So you're brave enough to google and save nazi imagery, to arrange a whole blog harassing a 16-year-old, but not enough to show your fucking face after that? Your side was preaching the whole time about how words have consequences uwu, but apparently that doesn't apply when you are the one talking.

And how convenient must it be for all of you that I have no one to address my quite justified rage to, now you can claim that I'm harassing all of you! But, y'know... if the shoe fits...

Anyways. Dear Mature Adults! In the past couple of days you all have made a huge step in your Mature Adult Lives and now you can add another bullet point to your lists of Mature Adult Achievements, right next to boring shit like buying a house, finding a stable job and getting married to the only person in the world that can stand you. You very maturely harassed and encouraged harassment of a Jewish teenager, one of many people involved in a petty fandom debate, to the point that they decided to abandon their blog for the sake of their safety. Congratulations!

And I wish at least one of you would read all of this and at least feel bad for yourself, but I'm fairly sure that even if this post reaches one of you, you will probably skim it with a smirk on your face and still somehow blame me for what happened. Well. I wish I didn't care, but I kind of do, because I was hurt by your mindlessness.

And that's just the tea on that.

Reblogs are really appreciated, and if you can, please @ the people this is addressed to. I'm probably going to empty my blocklist just so they can see it.

This is the last post I’m making on this account.

#really. read and rb please #L #nazi tw ///

98 notes · View notes

deepspacedukat · 10 months

Note

Prev anon: I did not mean that as like a request or anything, I just needed to tell *someone* that I've been thinking about that non stop so it would leave my brain lmao

Oh, no worries, new friend! I'm always happy to hear peoples' thoughts regarding Gul Delicious Dukat! Tumblr is a lovely place to scream about lizard blorbos like him, so you're more than welcome in my inbox anytime! 💜

#deepspacedukat asks #new dukat anon

0 notes

deepspacedukat · 10 months

Note

On anon cause I'm shy but first up I wanted to say that that three-part fic about Dukat sharing his partner is my all time favorite. For real fully my favorite fic I keep rereading it.

Second there's literally nobody I could scream this at irl cause they'd think I'm insane but I can't stoppppp thinking about like. A woman sleeping with Dukat when he's visiting DS9 and then going *right* to Garak, smelling of kanar and a man he hates... The way he'd be disgusted and jealous, lol. Anyways then Dukat could smell Garak on her and they'd both be jealous and possessive and it would be very hot.

My Dukat obsession has been strong recently lmao and I'm definitely blaming you for that.

Oh, hi new friend! Welcome! 💖 I one thousand percent accept the blame for your Dukat obsession! In fact, I'm proud that I could contribute!

I'm so glad you enjoyed that impromptu little trilogy!! That was honestly so fun to write!

OOOOHHHHH I love it when people scream brainrot at me!!! (I'm entirely serious! I live for it!) Omg and this is good brainrot too! I love a possessive space lizard, and two being possessive over the same gal?? YES PLEASE!! 🥵👀

#deepspacedukat asks #new dukat anon #hiiiii welcome to space lizard hell!#we have kanar #and smirking guls

1 note · View note

deepspacedukat · 2 years

Text

Current Requests

These are the requests I have received and am currently working on. I’ll update this post as needed, so if there’s a question of whether tumblr ate your ask, please check here first. These are what I have currently, NOT NECESSARILY THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WILL BE POSTED.

Last Updated: 4/18/24

Fic/Drabble Requests:

- Damar (ST:DS9): Smutty sequel to “Tiny Dancer.” (Anon request) - Preliminary Title “Warm Me Up”

- Kov (ST:ENT): Pon Farr smut. (Anon request) - Preliminary Title “Calm Veneer”

- Q (ST:TNG/DS9/VOY): Paris smut (Requested by android-boyfriends) - Preliminary Title “Paris or Bust”

- Malcolm Reed (ST:ENT): Request was for anything, so this will be a comfort fic (Anon request) - Preliminary Title “Restorative Properties”

- Keevan (ST:DS9): Artsy s/o (anon request) - Preliminary Title “Brushstrokes”

- Gul Madred (ST:TNG): Dark, kinky smut (horta-in-charge) - Preliminary Title “Interrogation”

- Dukat (ST:DS9): Female Vulcan!Reader smut (virtually-vulcan) - Preliminary Title “Armored Contradiction” (potentially more than one chapter, because brain)

- Weyoun (ST:DS9): Smut with glowing eyes (azorastarr) - Preliminary Title “From The Dark”

- Shran (ST:ENT): He tries to teach the reader some Andorian (Anon Request) - Title TBA

- Shran (ST:ENT): He tries to teach the reader Andorian customs (Anon Request) - Title TBA

- Colonel Lovok (ST:DS9): Corrupts Federation officer reader while the two are in Dominion prison (anon request) - Title TBA

- Romulan/Human headcanons: fluffy - I’m doing some general, and some more character-specific. (Anon Request)

- Picard (ST:TNG): His girl is a security officer who likes music/painting, etc. (Anon request) - Title TBA

- Milton Dammers (The Frighteners): Auditory-tactile synesthesia (Anon request) - Title TBA

- Koval (ST:DS9): “Trepidation” style riff but without the established relationship (bigblissandlove1) - Preliminary Title “Catch, Release, Repeat” (2 or 3 parts)

- Major Hayes (ST:ENT): Werewolf AU (horta-in-charge) - Preliminary Title “When All The Moons Are Full”

- Telepathic virus AU (horta-in-charge) - Title TBA

- Q starts an experiment house with multiple characters (bigblissandlove1) - Title TBA (and probably more than one chapter to get the proper effect)

- Shran x Reader x Weyoun - Sharing her for “diplomacy” 👀 (Anon request) - Preliminary Title “Temporary Alliance”

Mini Drabble/Ficlet Requests:

- Kov or Mestral smut (multiple numbers) - Title TBA

- Dukat + 98 +136 smut (Anon request) - Preliminary Title “Beneath”

Plot Bunny WIPs:

- Mirror!Malcolm Reed (ST:ENT): Malcolm convincing Prime!Reader to let him do smutty things.

- “The Only One” Parts 7-11

- Brunt (ST:DS9): Smut - Don’t look at me like that/I blame Jeff. - Preliminary Title “Everyone Has Their Price”

- Boheeka (ST:DS9): Dabo Girl!Reader smut - Preliminary Title “The New Girl”

- Hemmer (ST:SNW): Fluff based off a quote of his - Preliminary Title “To Fix What Is Broken”

- Weyoun (ST:DS9): Defector!Reader serves at Weyoun’s pleasure (smutty of course) - Preliminary Title “Serving”

- Dukat (ST:DS9): Fic based off “Natural” by Imagine Dragons - Preliminary Title “Natural”???

- Weyoun (ST:DS9) + Dukat (ST:DS9): Threesome imagined by some cursed part of my brain and inspired by tagthetrekkie - Preliminary Title “What We Do In The Dark”

- Pre-Surak Soval (ST:ENT): uh...don’t know how to describe this besides smut with mild plot - Preliminary Title “Enantiomers” (multi-chapter)

- Shran & Soval (ST:ENT): 3 way smut after the events of “Kir’shara” - Preliminary Title “Atonement”

- Shran (ST:ENT): Smut based around “Cease Fire” S2E15 - Preliminary Title “Amidst The Ruins”

- Shran (ST:ENT): Pon Farr style Andorian heat inspired by an anon ask - Preliminary Title “Heat”

- Shran (ST:ENT): Secret collab fic with android-boyfriends 👀🤫

- Milton Dammers (The Frighteners): General fluff - Preliminary Title “Special Agent”

- Sumner Cavic (Urgency): Smut - Preliminary Title “Hey, Neighbor”

- Admiral Savar (ST:TNG): Plot TBA - Preliminary Title “First And Foremost”

- Mirror!Shran (ST:ENT): Smut, a lil fluff, and a lot of emotions (3-ish chapters) - Preliminary Title “Mirror, Mirror On The Wall...”

- Letant (ST:DS9): Chin’toka continuation (multiple chapters) - Preliminary title “Romulus” (Ch. 1 Title “Temrhae (Beginning)“)

- Solok (ST:DS9): “Reluctantly Primal” sequel, ready room smut - Preliminary Title “Private Orders”

- “Praetor’s Pride” Part 6-12?

- Dukat (ST:DS9): Enemies to lovers, captive/captor (multiple chapters) - Preliminary Title “Captive”

- Letant, Koval, Vreenak, S’Talon: SMUTTY SMUT (inspired by bigblissandlove1) - Preliminary Title “Friendly Competition”

+ About 20 more plot bunny drafts I’m too lazy to add rn. They will be added in due course, but for now, surely this list has enough to keep your thoughts occupied...?

#deepspacedukat fic #current requests #wips

17 notes · View notes

writingsfromstarfleet · 4 years

Text

The Husband - Gul Dukat X Reader

A/N: For a lil Anon, you’re great, thank you for requesting, I hope you enjoy! And all you lovely Dukat fans out there, I hope you enjoy too! :) x

alternate title being ‘malachi can’t do titles or endings and therefore the readers have to suffer lmao I’m so sorry

It was universally acknowledged aboard Deep Space Nine that Cardassians were not the most popular of people in the quadrant. Given the stations previous history as Terok Nor, as well as the occupation of Bajor, they weren't the favourites amongst many, and with good reason. Elim Garak took his stay aboard the station, however even that didn't come without its issues for him. Alas, therefore, you can imagine your hesitation to disclose the fact that you were married to one yourself. Your husband wasn't just any Cardassian, either.

Gul Dukat was the man you had chosen to marry. Many would call you mad, and many had. The people around you who knew had tarnished you both by the same brush, and people you had considered close to you had left, not agreeing with who Dukat was and what he did. Though you could hardly blame them for such opinions, something inside you told you he had parts left to love. You would have to be a fool to discredit everything he had done in his past, and you couldn't disagree that it was horrendous, but you saw a man that nobody else saw. Behind closed doors, he was different. You had seen him laugh, you had seen him cry. Dukat had many issues, and you wanted only to fix them.

Putting it lightly, Dukat adored you. Still, even after several years of marriage, he was baffled still as to why you loved him, why you had chosen him of all people. In his mind, you deserved better than him. How wrong he was, he would never know. To him, you were a gift. Every time he needed you, you were there. You fixed everything in him that felt wrong, and Dukat would never be able to express just how much you meant to him. He loved you, far more than he had loved anyone else.

The first time you had met, he was drawn to your fire. You were sarcastic, you were snarky, and he loved it. Nobody had the guts usually to talk back to him; you, however, had no qualms with stepping up that bar. Spitting attitude at him for something he had said in a bar, he knew there was something about you he needed to explore. Little did either of you know it would lead to where you were now.

"You're going to be aboard?" You asked him, the video call having gone on for an hour or so now.

"I am, and I cannot wait to see you" his voice was smooth, his signature smirk gracing his face. You raised an eyebrow and smiled. This would be the first time you would be aboard on his arrival.

"Nobody knows about us here, Dukat, and I'd like to keep my career if that's acceptable to you."

He feigned insult, gasping dramatically.

"Why, Y/N, you hurt me, am I so bad that you cannot be seen with me?" You laughed, picking up on the blatant sarcasm in his voice. You knew him all too well to know he was only joking.

"Absolutely, how dare you assume I could ever be seen with such a man."

It was his turn to laugh, and you loved it. In the beginning, a genuine laugh from Dukat was rare, given he was still getting through a lot of things. Now, you praised yourself on your ability to draw hearty, honest laughs from the Cardassian. Humour was your speciality, after all.

The call went on for a couple more hours, before you had to call it a night, hoping to get some sleep for your morning shift the next day. Bidding each other a fair night, you got your rest, and thankfully, a peaceful sleep overtook you.

Rising the next morning, you got dressed and headed down to the bridge for your assignment for the day. What you had forgotten, however, was that Dukat was arriving that day. Stepping through the door, you heard his voice and stopped to stare at him, unable at first to process the fact he was standing before you.

".. Commander Sisko, please, it's-" He cut his sentence short as his eyes fell on you, the sound of the door originally having drawn his attention. Dukat tilted his head at you, expression unreadable.

The two of you stared at each other for longer than should have been normal, and finally, someone interrupted.

"I don't think you've met our newest addition, this is our new science officer, Y/N. Y/N, this is Gul Dukat, he's here every now and then" Sisko's said, contempt in his voice on the last few words, clearly unhappy at the Cardassians arrival.

"Actually, I-"

"We haven't, no. A pleasure, Dukat." You cut him off and he narrowed his eyes, a small smirk playing at his lips that you'd have to be looking for to find. There was a mischievous glint in your eyes that he picked up on, and it told him you were not going to make his stay easy.

"Indeed, Y/N" came his voice, stiff and somewhat quiet.

"Are you sure you haven't met before?" Sisko sounded certain you were lying, despite your flashy smile aimed his way. He blinked a couple of times, still seeming unconvinced. The tension was clearly felt between all parties present.

"Quite." "Quite." Both you and Dukat spoke in unison, not helping the situation.

Leaving the bridge without acknowledging Dukat again, you went about your duties as though it was a normal day. Every so often, you bumped into him with intent to annoy. That feeling, however, was profoundly mutual.

First, it was on the Promenade; you walked past him as he strolled down, making sure to brush your arm against his as you passed. He grabbed your arm before you had a chance to walk on, and you turned to him with a wink, turning the rest of the way and heading off to your destination. The interaction didn't go unnoticed, as both Julian and Garak watched on at the scene with questioning looks.

Second, it was in the doorway of Sisko's office. You were due to report your days results to him as per, and as you rang the door, Dukat had begun to exit the office, the two men bearing looks that conveyed annoyance. You saw your chance, and looked at your commander as you grazed Dukat's hand with yours, running it up and around his back as you stepped around him. Dukat just stared at the back of your head as you walked on, not even bothering to say hello. Jadzia eyed you as you walked to the lift, a knowing look on her face as she caught your eye.

Lastly, he got you. You were in Quark's having a somewhat quiet drink by yourself. It was something you enjoyed every so often, simply sitting, reading your PADD and listening to the various voices scattered around the bar. As you read the article you chose intently, a hand gently ran itself through your hair, and you spun your head round to see who it was. Nobody was behind you, though you did see a tall Cardassian leaving your table. Raising a brow, you continued to read.

Seating himself next to you, Dukat laid a hand on your knee, which ended up being a hand on your thigh. Refusing to look at you, he could feel your burning glare as you sat still, as if willing him to try anything else. Some started to stare, and you grew agitated with your husband. Odo watched you both silently from his seat at the bar, wondering what was going on and if what the crew had been talking about was true. His suspicions were heightened when Dukat saw his opportunity for revenge, and leaned in every so slightly and kissed your cheek. Having had enough, you walked out of the bar and headed to your quarters.

"I believe I'd call that.. a draw, my love" Dukat's voice rang through your quarters as the door swung open to reveal him. The same smirk plastered on his face from before, you played angry at him to see how he would react.

"How could you think that was okay?"

"I didn't," he started, strolling over to you and placing his hands on your waist. "I thought it was my given right, based on how you acted all day." He backed you up against the wall and lowered his head to rest in the crook of your neck.

"Do explain.." you drawled out, running a hand through his hair and chuckling. You felt him smile.

"Why explain when I can show you the result of your actions?" Bringing his head up, he caught your lips as you wrapped your arms around his neck, pulling him closer. The kiss was passionate, and conveyed every single feeling he had for you. Words weren't spoken between you and your husband, though they definitely were between the crew. You didn't care, all that mattered in that moment was Dukat, and you were glad you had him with you.

Needless to say, it was quite the long night.

#star trek #star trek imagine #star trek x reader #star trek deep space nine #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #ds9 #gul dukat #gul dukat imagine #gul dukat x reader #dukat #dukat x reader #imagine #x reader

96 notes · View notes