#ds9 meta
i can’t believe ben sisko and dax are literally soulmates. not romantically, in the sweetest, very platonic kind of way. ben loved curzon and then curzon died but loving jadzia was the easiest thing in the world for him. it took him almost no time at all to develop a beautiful and important bond with jadzia and it was so easy because she was dax. and then jadzia died, and it tore him up. the only time he ever called her by her first name was after she died, when he was talking to her in her coffin, and she couldn’t hear him. she died, he left ds9, and then ezri appeared out of nowhere.
and just like that, he loved ezri too. the minute he found out who she was, he grinned widely and greeted her with an “it’s great to see you again, dax”. she asked him not to call her old man and he obliged. he tried to help her through her transition to life on ds9 in every way he could. ben sisko and dax are bound to find each other, no matter what. look at what ezri and jadzia respectively say: “i knew i had to come and see you!” “benjamin, i was happy when i heard you had accepted this assignment. i had been worried about you.” ezri was totally discombobulated after being joined, and she knew that sisko was the one she needed to go to, the one she needed to see. before jadzia even met ben, she was worried about him. sisko and dax are soulmates. they’ve been friends for three lifetimes, and you know they’ll make it four if they can.
