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Best Garashir Mutual Pining Fanfics

The best mutual pining Garashir (Elim Garak/Julian Bashir) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff.

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All Our Sins in the Daylight

Mutual Pining

by Daquri

Five years have passed since the end of the Dominion War—Julian is still with Ezri, but for the last three years, he’s been questioning why. Till he gets a letter from Garak—inviting him to Cardassia for the first time ever, claiming he has things he wants to tell him—and suddenly Julian knows why h

53 kudos 79,859 words 15/18 chapters Mature
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Deep In The Sea

by Mackoonzie

Currently on a merfolk kick, brought on by rewatching The Little Mermaid and Help! I'm A Fish for the first time in about 20 years, and so I've spent the past few weeks drawing various Trek pairings and characters as merfolk. (At least it's not ponysonas. Yet.)   Update June 30th: Today's Special: T

597 kudos 29 words 60/? chapters General Audiences
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Bad Land

by Eleta_Preloc

We're going on a road trip, it's going to be a shit one. Kira, Garak, and Damar, on the lam. Set during 'The Dogs of War'.

57 kudos 11,719 words 5/5 chapters General Audiences
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Limits

by QueenBsCat

At a moment that is meant to be joyous, something happens to Garak. Julian must now face a deadly situation and a possible change to their lives forever.

47 kudos 35,216 words 25/25 chapters Mature
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Vole Hunting

by AsothMercury

After Julian's genetic staus is revealed, Garak confronts Julian, will they be able to repair their friendship in time to deal with a potential Dominion plot? Earth it seems has the answers but to get them they will need to engage in a spot of vole hunting. If they do well maybe there's some shore l

27 kudos 74,643 words 27/27 chapters Explicit
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The Seeds We Sow

by Miss_blue664

(Spoilers for Book A Stitch in Time) Life was going as well as one could think with a war being waged. Garak was alive (amazing), in love (who allowed that?), and trying to help end the war quickly by cracking Cardassian codes. However, one night, his world is turned upside down when Kel Lokar shows

26 kudos 68,850 words 11/11 chapters Explicit
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The Dominion War Years II: Starfleet Intelligence

by Zaglossus

The Deep Space Federation, threatened on two fronts by the Dominion-Cardassian alliance and Edward Janeway's authoritarian Terran Union, is barely hanging on by a thread and desperately needs new allies. Kathryn Janeway and her friends Julian Bashir, Jadzia Dax and Garak have been recruited by Starf

21 kudos 89,939 words 19/38 chapters Explicit
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Held in the Grip of Incurable Vice

by Runavik

Exile has been hard on Garak's connection to the Web. After Julian is abducted, Garak launches into action to rescue him. This means calling in old favors, pulling some strings, and collaborating with people he'd really rather not. (A fix-it fic to Dance the Double Jeux that doesn't contain any of

19 kudos 4,487 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Tosk Switching

by timetraveller14

Two men cross paths on their hunt for a greater adventure. What effect will they have on each other's lives? A silly story written with love based on a ten-second on-screen interaction and this silly post of mine:https://www.tumblr.com/timetravellr14/807769731146907648/ [Contains innuendos, allusion

14 kudos 7,530 words 6/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Pull the Trigger

by p6_quito

Julian and Garak have a method of foreplay where frustration is nutured until a breaking point is reached, until there's nothing the other can do but fuck them. This is Garak's magnum opus in that regard.

13 kudos 11,732 words 2/2 chapters Explicit
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Bitter and Sweet

by Liviconnor

Julian likes to spoil Garak with fancy chocolates. Garak likes to be spoiled.

12 kudos 1,941 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Truth

by not_a_spy_garak

A young Julian and Garak talk about the truth

10 kudos 219 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated
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The Hollowing

by Turlough11

A murdered doctor. A killer hiding behind prophecy. A case that never should have belonged to Julian Bashir. Sent to investigate a series of ritualistic killings on Bajor, Julian finds himself pursuing a murderer whose crimes seem to follow a pattern only he can see. As the investigation deepens, lo

9 kudos 12,374 words 6/? chapters Mature
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Reversible Reaction

by rusblk

You walked into my life like you owned it. So my ignorance is your fault. Yours alone.

8 kudos 1,129 words 1/1 chapters Mature
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Restoration Projects

by thesometimeswarrior

“The question is now,” says one of the members of the committee overseeing his case. “What task you might set yourself.” This is not a surprise to him. Varba, Garak’s guardian appointed by the Reconciliation Commission, had explained as much in one of their initial meetings. “After you listen,” he’d

6 kudos 4,207 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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Especially the Lies

by wyrmy

Elim Garak, ruthless leader of the New Obsidian Order, lies dying of congestive heart failure. One of his spies is present to take down all his secrets but Garak can't stop talking about his past in the days of the Dominion War.

6 kudos 1,910 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Prompt: Fake Your Death and Run Away With Me

by melorasalive

A sort of abandoned story prompt that I wrote for myself.

5 kudos 140 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated
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Anzoni Anniversary - canon compliant screenplay edition

by JacklegPenwright

In which Interrogation, Anzoni Anniversary, and Sidruna Pudding are a single integrated story. This is the canon-compliant AU.

5 kudos 2,902 words 7/39 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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You can fly this?

by Gun Roswell (GunRoswall)

Yes, Garak is able to navigate a Federation shuttle!

4 kudos 550 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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VIDEO: Light

by CamAlot369

A tribute to the ups and downs in outer space with couples who find love, no matter how hard it is for them sometimes to see how their partner loves them for who they are.

2 kudos 125 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences

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Why Mutual Pining Garashir Fanfiction Works So Well

Elim Garak/Julian Bashir — Deep Space Nine's exiled Cardassian spy invited the young doctor to lunch in episode three and spent seven seasons lying to him charmingly. Andrew Robinson played Garak as openly flirtatious — his own words — making this Trek's most text-adjacent slash ship.

Mutual Pining — Both characters are in love with each other but believe their feelings are unrequited. Readers can see the truth while characters remain oblivious.

Weekly lunch dates, literary debates, and a tailor who is never just a tailor; the mystery is the seduction. The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff. That's why mutual pining Garashir fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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