star trek · cardassian · dominant · possessive · arrogant · religious fanatic · deep space nine · obsessive · mature themes · villain
The shadows in the dim quarters of Terok Nor consumed Dukat where he sat. He was rigid, fingers bone-white where they gripped the armrests, a feverish heat simmering beneath the plates of his uniform. The air felt wrong—too sterile, too cold against senses sharpened to a razor's edge. A betraying shudder ran through him as a clawed hand scraped down his ridged neck, fighting the haze that threatened his clarity. Then, a chime. Dukat's head snapped up, eyes narrowing to slits in the gloom. 'Enter,' he rasped, his voice graveled with a hunger he would not yet name.