Jake and Ziyal would have been perfect.

So I truely believe a massive opportunity was missed, and obviously *spoilers* if you haven’t watched up to season 6 of DS9.

If Ziyal had of come into the show slightly earlier then there could have been this fun period before Nog leaves for Starfleet where Jake, Nog and Ziyal are the mischief making trio on the station.

There could have been cool scenes where they cause trouble in the promenade and Odo chases them while they giggle and run. They duck into Garaks shop to hide and that’s when Ziyal meets him.

Garak and Ziyal would have had a more father daughter relationship where Garak tries to show her the love and acceptance that he never got from Tain.

Ziyal challenged Nogs sexism and proves through her rebellious spirit that she can be “one of the boys”.

During high tensions during the war Jake comforts Ziyal and suggests she do an art piece to bring people together. She then asks Kira and Sisko if she can do an art mural on the promenade to show togetherness and inclusivity on the station!

Kira takes Ziyal to Bajor for a religious festive and Jake goes with them to find “writing inspiration” THEY KISS UNDER THE COLOURFUL LIGHTS OF FIREWORKS!!!!

On their first date Garak and Kira spy on them to make sure it goes well and it allows Garak and Kira to bond over something and hate each other less!

Jake and Ziyal do art together all the time, they exchange books and go to art shows on the holo suite! They could even have an episode where they reenact Romeo and Julliet oh my god!!!!

Anyways then when Ziyal eventually dies in sacrifice of angels the emotions would just be so… oh my god. I can imagine Nog arriving back at the station and hugging Jake glad they are reunited and the first things he says is “where’s Ziyal?” And Jake just starts WEEPING into Nogs arms and when Nog realises she’s dead he starts crying too!

There would be a funeral service under her art mural and Jake would write a speech about what she stood for and what she represented for Bajor, the federation and Cardassia. About how she saw a world where everybody could come together in peace and harmony and how her memory should be honoured for it!

Man you could even have in the episode where Dukat and Sisko are trapped in the cave Dukat says “we were almost related by marriage you know? I would have liked to see that, Jake is a good boy and he would have made my daughter very happy” and Sisko agrees and says “we may not always get along but I would have gladly accepted you as apart of my family just to call her my daughter. She was an amazing young woman”

Ahhh oh my fucking god we were robbed, we were robbed, we were robbed!!!!