Fic Rec

Diminishing Returns by sddeer

Presented as Julian’s “27th weekly transmission to Garak’s last known location,” this story has the doctor confessing all the scenarios, good and bad, he imagines Garak could be in on postwar Cardassia, and his regrets as well. 

Excerpt:

I dream of Cardassia, is that strange? But I do. I wasn’t there long, and it certainly wasn’t the Cardassia you might have wanted me to see. Still, I close my eyes and unbidden come to me the images of the city, the hills, the plains, the burning sun.

You. I see you, in a thousand forms in a million ways, I see every Cardassian on the planet, and each of them is you.

Metadata:

Title: Diminishing Returns
Author: sddeer
Year Posted: 2016
Approx. Word Count: 1,500
Chapters: 1
GB - Slash or Platonic: Slash
My Rating (1-5): 4
Keywords: Post-Canon, Epistolary, Regret, Angst