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“We would like to offer our sincere condolences regarding the passing of your husband,” Ethrand states in a lofty drawl.
Julien sees Aranessa’s jaw go taut. “Thank you for thinking of us in our time of mourning,” she grates out.
“Of all Houses, House Tachonis would never seek to downplay or invalidate the importance of a mourning period. However, certain circumstances warrant a loosening of the proscribed timelines.”
Julien’s jaw falls ajar. He can't possibly mean...?
“I fear I fail to understand you," Aranessa hisses. "Elaborate.”
“All this recent unpleasantness was the consequence of years of unfortunate misunderstandings between our two houses. In contravention of what one might expect, I am pleased to say that I am here with an entreaty of peace.”
Aranessa allows a long silence to transpire, one that seems to make even Ethrand uncomfortable. “I will hear the details.”
“In exchange for a lasting peace, we only seek to solemnize this new alliance with a vow.” Ethrand smirks. “Accordingly, my father offers you the hand of my brother Occtis in marriage.”
Julien looks down at the rug. If he doesn’t look down at the rug, he’s going to start shouting.
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28 Jun 2026
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[Spoilers for C4E31.]
“You embarrassed me,” Occtis hisses. “You embarrassed me today.”
The boy is standing over the bed, gaze fixed on the mattress, seeing nothing as his clever mind fixates on some unknown fact of Julien’s prior conduct.
Julien tries to play the day’s hectic events back through his mind, but their flight from Dol-Makjar was a fearful one plagued by paranoia, so much so that he finds his recall hampered. He’s sure he was an asshole to everyone all day, but he doesn’t remember aiming it at Occtis, at least not on purpose.
Waiting for Occtis to volunteer information tends to involve more patience than Julien has handy, so he’d might as well ask. “When did I embarrass you?”
Occtis still doesn’t look at him. “You picked me up like a sack of grain in front of all of our colleagues.”
Of all the things to have a fight about right now, Julien feels like this isn’t the one he’d personally pick, and a stupid part of him wants to say so. An even stupider part of him wants to point out that that was last night, not today.
He manages to hold his tongue on these two points, but he can’t keep his ire from his tone. “What did you expect me to do? Leave you behind?”
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27 Jun 2026
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House Davinos is in debt. House Halovar has wealth―as well as an increasingly desperate need to improve public opinion on their church’s traditional hostility toward faerie kind. Marrying into a faerie-blessed family, especially one which needs to quietly solve their financial troubles, is simply good business.
Julien, after spending several years being a disappointment to his father, is finally asked to step up and secure this alliance―he will be marrying the eldest Halovar son, Wicander.
Occtis, a pariah of his own family and Wicander’s closest friend, is dedicated to his studies and has all but withdrawn from high society―he has no particular interest in marriage, or any attention at all.
Neither Occtis nor Julien expect their chance meeting at a ball, nor the instant, magnetic connection that they share.
Also known as the regency AU I simply needed to get out of my brain ☕
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24 Jun 2026
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"What–?" She sounds as blindsided as he feels. She takes him by the shoulders, turning him to face her. "Occtis, I leave you alone for one day and now I find out you're betrothed to Julien fucking Davinos?"
"I-I—" Occtis stutters, heart pounding in his ears, "didn't know?"
Over Thaisha's shoulder he can see Julien glaring at him like he's personally at fault for this mess, nevermind that he most certainly is not.
Or: The Tachonis temporarily stay their hand and Occtis survives the night at the Palazzo Davinos. Turns out there's more than one way to try to protect an unwanted son.
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24 Jun 2026
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What Ho, Garak! by LadyYateXel (XelBleedsGlitter), tinsnip
Fandoms: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, DS1920s
28 Mar 2017
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Well, it's a bit of a complex sort of story. I mean, it's hard for a fellow to know where to begin. Was it when Dax finagled me into agreeing to get hitched? Or was it when my man Garak dropped callous words on my astounded ears? Or was it the hungry look in the Lady's eye?
Oh, it's no good: I'll just have to start at the beginning. Brace yourselves, and let Uncle Julian spin for you a tale that'll have your locks porpentinial in about two-and-a-half shakes.
(PG Wodehouse's 'Jeeves and Wooster' meets DS9's 'Garak and Bashir'. Expect ridiculous dialogue, giggle-inducing hijinks, and Garak to make it all right again after Julian's made it all wrong.)
Written by tinsnip. Illustrated by Lady Yate-Xel. (For more of Lady's art in this 'verse, may I suggest perusal of the tumblr tags ds1920s and what ho garak, among others?
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31 Aug 2025