for the "send me a ship and i'll tell you" post, jadzia and deanna!!
I wish I knew how to insert a readmore on mobile because this is l o n g
Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling/vice versa? I don’t think either of them really do. Partly because the doors are all automatic, partly because neither of them are really airheaded. Though I’m sure sometimes when she’s distracted and stressed Jadzia takes the wrong path and Deanna wonders where she’s going but follows her anyway because she’s curious where her girlfriend goes by default. One time a couple of months into their relationship, she ends up at Deanna’s quarters and blinks at the door, then at Deanna who’s just smirking as she types in the door code, steps inside, and pulls Jadzia down for a kiss.
Who doodles little hearts all over the desk with their initials inside them? Deanna. During particularly boring briefings she half pays attention, half doodles Jadzia’s name in her notebook with little hearts around it. Last name sharing doesn’t quite work in either of their cultures, but she still, secretly, writes Deanna Dax or Jadzia Troi or JDxDT in little hearts. She keeps the data chip with those embarrassing doodles in her pocket, and freaks out at least once when it gets lost. When Jadzia finds it, she never stops teasing Deanna, but Deanna can tell that it’s coming from a place of playfulness and love with no actual malice.
Who starts the tickle fights? See, you’d think it would be Jadzia just because she’s so much more outwardly playful, but in private? It’s Deanna every time. Unfortunately, Jadzia is way less ticklish, so Deanna also loses every time. If you can call it losing.
Who starts the pillow fights? They both do.
Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile? Deanna usually falls asleep first, and Jadzia admires the way her hair is an uncontrollable mess at night, the way her eyelashes refract starlight, the way she snuggles with a surprisingly tight grip even in sleep. Deanna also wakes up first, basks in Jadzia’s peaceful joy, the perfect equilibrium of hard lines and soft curves in the shapes of her face, and eventually wakes her up when she starts idly tracing constellations in the spots on her cheek with a finger.
Who mistakes salt for sugar? People do this??? Then again I guess people who aren’t me actually use salt and don’t pass out regularly. Like with the door thing, though, I don’t think either of them are that kind of ditzy.
Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1am in the morning? Jadzia. Deanna loves her, but the woman seems to have no sense of time.
Who comes up with cheesy pick up lines? Jadzia. They’re all, like, REALLY bad puns.
Who rearranges the bookshelf in alphabetical order? Jadzia, who probably organizes the entire suite when she’s stressed. Then Deanna gets home and is like “babe, you messed up my organization of the bookshelf. They were sorted by theme, and within a theme by how strongly the author felt about argyle socks.”
Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies? Deanna. Is that even a question? It’s chocolate. Plus, I bet Jadzia is more of a “make cinnamon twists out of spare apple pie dough” type. But Deanna usually insists they make brownies for dessert whenever they’re cooking from scratch, and Jadzia can’t bring herself to say no, especially when she sees how happy it makes Deanna.
Who buys candles for dinners even though there’s no special occasion? Jadzia. She does love fire. And Deanna loves classical romantic gestures, so it’s a win-win.
Who draws little tattoos on the other with a pen? Deanna. I don’t think I can see Jadzia being an artsy person, really. Jadzia probably is the one to write silly love poems, though.
Who comes home with a new souvenir magnet every time they go on vacation? Just a magnet? Jadzia finds all sorts of weird art on every vacation. The walls and shelves of their quarters are covered in mementos of foreign locales. A lot of them were Curzon’s; he got out a lot more than either of them. Most of Deanna’s artwork and trinkets were gifts from her mom. She hides them away in a box, accordingly, not least because half of them are nudes.
Who convinces the other to fill out those couple surveys in the back of magazines? See, Deanna is a practicing psychologist, and yet I’m absolutely certain Jadzia is the one who’s like “horoscopes are BS and so are personality quizzes” and Deanna is the one who’s like “come on, they’re not about objective truth, they’re about ~discovering yourself~ and, in this case, each other.” In the same vein, Deanna definitely reads Jadzia’s horoscope and their compatibility chart. She mentions it to Jadzia once - “my Mars is square to your Venus!” And Jadzia laughs and says, “neither of us was born on Earth, and we aren’t on Earth now.” Deanna starts reading Bajoran astrology instead.