Present for slash4femme

[starcrossedtrek]

Title: Vintage
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Garak/Bashir
Warnings: Slash, foodplay
Recipient: Anna E. O. /slash4femme

Comments

[slash4femme]

gah! I don't think I can form coherent sentences after reading that

[idanianspice]

I am so very glad you liked it. I love post-series G/B fic, but sort of suck at writing it, but once a good friend of mine pointed me in the right direction, I felt okay. I also just wanted to play around with the construct that Garak necessarily has to have a hand in remaking Cardassia as a leading citizen or as a government official. I thought it might be a little ironic if Garak finally returned home to sort of be shunned by his own people.

When I first read your review, I did a little jig, as I adore your writing and know you have exacting standards, so that you liked this made me very happy!

[elimandjulian]

Extremely well done. I also like that this wasn't a typical "Garak goes back to Cardassia and is a LegateEmperorGul" all in one. You made his fate very believable and I could see Bashir wanting to "rescue" him but having grown up enough and known Garak well enough to know that he was right where he wanted to be.

[idanianspice]

Thank you! Yes, I wanted to put a different spin on Garak's homecoming. While I don't believe that is what would happen (and I haven't read A Stitch in Time or any other post-Series books, so I actually don't even know what does happen), but I somehow fe3lt like this scenario might fit.

[ahavia]

This story is as sweet at the wine Garak made, as passionate as the love they made and as sad as their parting.
Thank you, Ahavia

[idanianspice]

Thank you, Ahavia, for such a lovely review. I wasn't sure how to approach this until literally the last minute, and I am pleased at how it did turn out, and I did want there to be an underlying sweetness to a story that, at its core, wasn't going to have that happy an ending.

[idanianspice]

Yes! I was like, WAIT, there is someone else in this exchange who wants G/B?!?!?!?! THIS IS SPOCKAWESOME! I am so glad you enjoyed. I like writing melty!Bashir. In my world, he is putty in Garak's hands, lol!

[lady_drace]

And you said you couldn't write post-series G/B??? You dirty rotten liar, you! My GAWD this was good! GUH!!

[idanianspice]

*tacklehugs* I literally could not have done this without you! I'm so glad you like it, and that you for all your help. If I could send you Garak covered in chocolate, I would - well, after taking a few licks first!