queerplatonik's tags are perfect on this okay

#alright this is funny#and i love these two ferengi nerd brothers#but i am just FIXATING on nog in this gifset#because nog has met keevan#nog was captured by keevan’s jem hadar#nog’s last impression of this vorta was that he was willing to participate in the killing of his entire group of soldiers#supported it completely#betrayed everyone under his command in order to look after himself#so while his father is being friendly and naive#nog is closing himself off#if nog was being a Starfleet Officer before#he becomes a soldier here#because he’s the only one on this ship that knows what keevan is willing to do to save his own damn neck#and he KNOWS#he knows how unsafe this is#so his shoulders go up#and his fists tighten#and his teeth clench#(not to mention what happened the last time he went to fucking empok nor jfc)#you say anything bad about nog and i will punch you in the face LOOK AT THIS C H I L D#who has become a soldier#and in his starfleet career he has so much hurt to come#he will suffer so much more than he knows now#what a brave kid.