The BLTS Archive- Safe Sex
by Melissa (meister@sprint.ca)

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"40cc Theratazine!"

Several nurses ran back and forth from supplies back to Dr. Bashir's
prone body on  the stretcher. A collection of medical moniters were
bleeping wildly and several  bio-meds were attached to the doctor's
pale body.

"What happened, exactly?" Odo asked, with Sisko bearing down on him
over Odo's shoulder monitoring his response.

"I don't know,"Garak replied, "He accepted my invitation to dinner at
my quarters and he arrived just before seven. The meal progressed and
then he suddenly  started convulsing."

Sisko watched Garak carefully as he talked. The tailor was definitely
agitated. When he raised a grey hand to smooth back his dishevelled
hair, Sisko couldn't help but notice its trembling.

"They're saying it's poison of some sort. Venom. Are you sure you
didn't  do this on purpose?"

Garak flashed Sisko an infuriated glare. "I would never hurt Julian."

Sisko raised an eyebrow.

"He's coming around," a nurse said. "He's asking for Garak."

Nervously, the tailor approached his friend. Julian's skin was almost
as grey as his  own.

"Garak..."Julian croaked, his throat constricting through the pain.

"You shouldn't talk," Garak said to him gently, patting Bashir's hand.
"They say your throat was burned by the poison as you swallowed."

"Garak,"Julian said again, "Listen..."

Garak nodded sadly, tears beginning to well in his eyes.

"Garak, "Julian clasped the tailor's hand in his, weakly, "Next time
use a condom."

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The End