What if rather than an AU, Bashir had a Good Omens holosuite program? Bashir wants Garak to play as Crowley but Garak objects as to what Julian is implying by this.

I’d enjoy the two of them picking the book apart as well. Garak doesn’t care for the humour but rather likes the message, although he doesn’t understand why it takes so many pages to state the obvious: God doesn’t exist, the whole thing’s a joke, Humans are ridiculous to believe it and should instead focus on improving the lot of other Humans and functioning as a single Union for the good of all.

Julian rubs his eyes. “I’m not quite sure that’s the message.”

“Well, what else could it possibly be?”