“The Begotten” - Deep Dish Nine Version?

brandyfloweyarts:

Just a few thoughts. Not going to focus on the Kira storyline, but the Odo storyline.

-The baby changeling is instead a young child abandoned in a box outside Quark’s bar

-Quark finds the child and lets Odo know

-The child has pneumonia or something and Odo takes them to Julian while he’s on his training shift at the hospital, where the child is treated.

-Odo takes the child under his wing while they recover, and develops a fondness for the child, putting in an adoption file or something.

-Dr. Mora is a social worker who investigates whether Odo would be a fit parent, ironic because he was a terrible caretaker for Odo when Odo was stuck in the foster care system.

-Of course they butt heads, each insisting they know what’s best for the child.

-The child’s condition takes a turn for the worse when Dr. Mora is watching them while Odo’s at Quark’s after work, and is taken back to the hospital.

-Julian tells Odo the child will have to stay in hospital care for a while until they recover, but Dr. Mora agrees that Odo may take custody of the child after they’ve recovered.

-Odo doesn’t have to get depressed!! And the child doesn’t have to die!!