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Rule Number One Thirteen by jazzypizzaz
Before everything happened -- before the Valiant and its crew were destroyed by a Dominion attack gone awry, before Nog back in his bed on the station is tossing and turning after another sleepless night -- Nog and Jake were on the Shenandoah carrying out a relatively safe mission, and everything was fine.
Nog had accepted that maybe he wasn’t attractive as a romantic partner (or maybe not yet, or maybe just not to Jake) and he was fine with that. He had a career to build and goals to achieve, and he wasn’t going to let anyone distract him from his duty, and besides he was fine being alone.
Everything had been fine.
Archive Warning: Major Character Death
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Relationships: Nog/Tim Watters; Nog & Jake Sisko; Nog/Jake Sisko
Characters: Nog (Star Trek); Tim Watters; Jake Sisko
Additional Tags: Episode: s06e22 Valiant; Angst; Canonical Character Death; Consent Issues; Canonical Drug Use; Hurt/Comfort; First Time; Power Dynamics; Grief/Mourning