julian/garak, it’s canon, right? i mean i know it’s not canon but it’s canon, right?

less than a minute and a half in and even i can tell that neither of the parties to this conversation believe this is a prelude to an entirely platonic relationship

they’re at an intimate table for two a bit out of the way with bloody flowers on the table if one of them was a girl this would not only be canon it would be people rolling their eyes at the whole ridiculously cliched meet-cute kind of canon and YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO CHANGE A SINGLE THING