[I learnt early on that there were people who shipped Bashir and O'Brien (though, for some reason, there are not many people here on tumblr who do that). What I find absolutely hilarious is that Bashir started to spend more time bonding with O'Brien when Bashir’s relationship with Garak had to be toned down. In other words, there is a Conseravation of Homoerotic Subtext happening in DS9. Now, isn’t that neat?]