Star Trek Holidays 2024: Letter

Hello writer!

Much of this is similar to my letter for 2023, so please consult that first here. All of my basic preferences, DNWs and so on are explained in detail there OR in the AO3 signup.

Ideas for additional ships not covered in the previous letter:

Curzon/Garak: Garak was on Romulus and Qo'nos at some point before canon; Curzon was an ambassador who traveled to those places. What if they overlapped, and what if they hooked up? What if this is part of why Jadzia and Garak seem to be a tad uneasy around each other / what if this is why Jadzia seems to disapprove or be skeptical of Julian's relationship with Garak?

Curzon/Julian: Obviously, a time-travel situation. Julian goes back in time, meets a younger Curzon Dax and they bang. What kind of dramatics ensure? How does this affect his relationship with Jadzia or Ezri when they get back? (No endgame Julian/Jadzia or Julian/Ezri please, as per the DNWs, so this is more "how would it affect their friendship/working relationship?")

Sisko/Jadzia: As I said in the sign-up, I'm a big fan of both a more traditional romantic treatment of this, or some more casual sex/hooking up. Can go with a mix of both too! But I'd rather it not be pure UST or pre-het/pre-romance - I would like it to be reciprocal. (Pining/UST can be great with this ship, but there's more than enough of it already.) Love exploring them hooking up and any complicated feelings that might ensure, based on their history, Jadzia now being Sisko's underling, etc. Especially if you also suggest there might have been something going on with Curzon and SIsko back in the day! Does this count as "reassociation"?

Curzon/Sisko: I'm just amazed there isn't more of this out there. As with previous, can be more casual or a romance. I love it being mixed in with some sort of mentorship relationship, where Curzon is both an authority figure or mentor and also someone that Sisko is hooking up with. I would prefer Sisko not be too young or naive here, though; I don't want it to take on too much of an air of Curzon taking advantage of him. More just having fun with Sisko getting to fuck that old man (whom he literally calls old man!) I also wrote a fic where the "Curzodo" situation in "Facets" lets them rekindle it a bit, and I love that idea.

Curzon/Cal/Sisko: similar sort of detail to above, but adding in Sisko's friend from The Lives of Dax to the mix!

Dax Symbiont/Sisko is anything where Sisko is with multiple Daxes over time, and would be a great place to do a soulmate AU or something of that nature.

Garak/Sisko: I firmly prefer this as a one-off thing during "In the Pale Moonlight," not as an ongoing endgame serious relationship, but it's really interesting to imagine the very strange relationship these two develop to each other bursting into sexual tension and then something more briefly. Could also work for me as a catalyst to help them explore their feelings for someone else. (Sisko as a "practice" human for Bashir for Garak, etc.) Or even just to make Dukat jealous, hahahaha

Julian/Goran'Agar: The tension, whatever kind you call it, between them can be cut with a knife. I don't really want this to be suggested to be true love or an ongoing forever thing, but it could be interesting to explore it as something where both of them wonder if it could be that way while feeling like they might never get off the planet during "Hippocratic Oath." Could be a great place to explore Julian's xenophilia, and how he likely feels about being probably the first humanoid to get it on with a Jem'Hadar (and also worldbuilding about what exactly they have down there) and if he wonders if he's taking advantage of Goran'Agar's sexual naivete, while Goran'Agar wonders if he's taking advantage of Julian being at his mercy. I'm interested in this either happening within the episode as it is, canon-compliant, or in an AU where Julian manages to cure them and/or get Goran'Agar off the planet. Though, again, I don't want it to be endgame.

Any combo of Winn with Kira, Keiko or Kasidy: This is firmly in "I love mess," toxic yuri territory, but there's a lot of different ways you could play these various women as butting heads. I think I elaborate enough on Kira in the previous letter... with Keiko, playing into their clashing over religion and Keiko's teaching; with Kasidy, them both trying to manipulate each other relative to their respective relationships with Sisko and/or the Maquis, but it turns into a real, uncomfortable attraction; etc.

Female Founder ships: anything here that plays on her attempt to curry favor with powerful women who hold essential positions in major Alpha Quadrant powers. Especially there's a lot of potential for mess and guilt with Winn, but Lwaxana with any other strong woman is just inherently fascinating (heh) to me!

Mila/Winn: I love this as pre-canon, running on the idea that Mila is an Order agent and Winn was part of the Bajoran resistance, perhaps, and it was a honeypot. Or even that Mila didn't know she was being used that way, in some respect, by Tain, or had moved on from him and found herself on Bajor for other reasons. Whatever you want to do here that works!

Kira/Mirror Kira: You know what this is about. Just wild, crazy hatesex. Alternately, this is one where I'm fine with one-sided pining from Mirror Kira to Prime Kira - but also, Prime Kira experiencing a strange attraction mixed with loathing for her counterpart, and wondering what would happen if she gave in. All the weirdness of fucking your clone, etc. One of them trying to manipulate the other, but then it's hot. I would like some action, but whether it's actually happening between them or all in one or the other's head is up to you.

Kira/Ziyal: Reciprocal or one-sided from Ziyal toward Kira are both good to me, but I definitely want a version of this that explores this dynamic being kind of messed-up no matter how you play it. Not something where Kira is outright being intentionally predatory, but where she's discomfited perhaps by feelings for his young woman who she had previously taken a more parental role toward, but still flattered. Fun if she still tries to keep her away from Garak over fear of what he intends, and ends up being a hypocrite. (That said, if you do go that route, please don't suggest that there was actual reciprocal Garak/Ziyal actions or interest, per the DNWs.)

Tobin/Iloja: I've written a multichapter epic about the idea that Tobin Dax and famed Cardassian poet Iloja of Prim actually hooked up, running from Jadzia bringing up that they knew each other during the episode with the Cardassian scientists. But I'm up for anything you can come up with here, including various readings of those characters. Go wild!

 

A note: With Julian and Garak ships, when I say I don't want anything where they're in an endgame that isn't Garashir, what I mean is to just not write anything that could preclude a future Garashir endgame. So don't have them get married to that other person, don't suggest they love them more etc. I think with all of those though, there are a lot of ways you can write it where that's just not an issue at all!