New Book/Chapter: Earth Rain - Book III, 28/?, BSG, K/L, NC-17
I have bad cramps, and stayed up all night last night, then slept from 7pm til 2am... I've been mostly organizing my fics and documents and clearing up Aaron's TiVo. And since this story seems to be the one most people are waiting for, I figured I'd keep my promise to them all (especially cherylad) and post what I've got so far.
Title: Earth Rain
Author: Alice J. Foster (a.k.a. shipperfey)
Book III
| For Books I, II, and previous chapters, go here |
| Chapter 28 | Chapter 29 | Chapter 30 | Chapter 31 | Chapter 32 |
| Chapter 33 | Chapter 34 | Chapter 35 | Chapter 36 |
| Chapter 37 | Chapter 38 | Chapter 39 | Chapter 40 | Epilogue |
Summary: In the present, Kara, Lee and Aria spend the holidays with Bill, Laura and the Agathons. In the future, we get to see the Adama children struggle with their legacies.
Spoilers: Anything up to Season 3 is fair game.
Category/Warnings:Smut. Angst. Romance. Fluff.
Pairing/Characters: Kara/Lee, Helo/Athena, Hera, Bill Adama/Laura Roslin, OC.
Rating: NC-17/M for overall angsty smut, mature themes, and bad language.
Started: 12/20/07
Finished: 3/31/09
Thanks to: Please see the note at the very end of the Epilogue.
Disclaimer: Don’t own the characters and situations you recognize, and I own the ones you don’t. Not that anyone's gonna be fighting me over these.
Author's Notes: Book I had flashbacks, this book has flashforwards, Lost style. We get to see snippets of the future, backwards. We start sixteen years from this point, and work our way back, so that both present and future kind of end up meeting at a common point, and we understand who Kara and Lee are now, and what they will become, and the same for the rest of their family. I hope this isn't extremely confusing, but I tried to make it as simple as possible.
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Chapter 28
Chicago O’Hare was Hades as far as Lee was concerned; too many frakking flights to keep track of.
He’d lost the paper with Kara’s landing terminal information, so he decided to just wait by the gate where their connecting flight was departing from, on its way to New York.
As Kara finally emerged, heading towards him with Aria in one of those rented strollers, Lee saw an expression he hadn’t seen in years: Starbuck about to punch someone.
He hoped it wasn’t him.
“Hey,” he greeted both of them as he moved to pick up Aria. Three weeks since they’d last visited and she was already bigger.
“Daddy!” Aria screamed excitedly, drawing a few glances their way.
“Hey baby, how are you,” he asked, moving the curls off her face.
“Pwesents,” she offered as a reply.
“That’s right, we’re going to New York to open presents,” Lee confirmed; Aria giggled and clapped excitedly.
Lee stole a glance at Kara, feeling relieved as he noticed she’d relaxed somewhat. He held out his free hand to her, and she took it.
“Sorry I wasn’t there to greet you guys, I couldn’t find the terminal because I lost the paper,” he apologized as he realized just how many bags she was carrying. He knew how strong she was, so the weight wasn’t an issue; he was more concerned about the insanity of trying to carry so much around in one of the busiest airports during the holidays.
She nodded, forgiving him as she sighed and laid her forehead on his shoulder. “Your daughter’s acting up like a frakkin’ Saggitaron,” Kara moaned against the fabric of his jacket.
He glanced at Aria who offered him an innocent look. “Fwakkin’,” Aria repeated, emphasizing Kara’s point. To her credit, Kara didn’t even flinch. Both parents had agreed if bad language was the only bad trait they passed on to their offspring, they would’ve done great.
Lee frowned; Aria’s temper kept getting worse the longer she was away from him now. He’d get calls from Kara at all times asking him to talk to their daughter and settle her down. It made him feel guilty, but if things worked out as planned, their separation would soon be over.
“Sorry,” he replied to Kara.
She pulled back and looked up at him from behind tired eyes.
Lee bent down and kissed her softly, hoping to cure some of her exhaustion with enough tenderness, but her eyelids still looked heavy. “Come on, they’re pre-boarding,” he pointed towards the gate.
At least she’d be able to nap on the way to New York.
It wasn’t until Kara was drooling on his jacket in their seats that Lee realized he’d never seen her so tired, not even during the initial Cylon attacks.
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[Sixteen Years and Four Months Later]
“The answer is no!” Kara insisted as she walked into their home with confidence.
Aria was right on her heel. “Mom, I’m not asking.”
Kara stopped, dead in her tracks. Obviously Aria underestimated how strongly her parents felt about this issue. “You are not joining the Air Force,” Kara gritted out in the voice she used to reserve for Kat and a few of her more stubborn pilots.
“The Academy has accepted me already,” Aria replied, holding out the admission letter. “This is what I want to do, and my mind is made up.”
Kara took an unsteady breath, trying to stop the images of Zak’s accident from popping in her mind. “Aristaeia… It’s too dangerous.”
Aria scoffed. “You did it, Dad did it, Pops did it. And don’t give me the ‘it was the end of the worlds’ spiel because all of you made the decision to join the fleet long before that.”
Kara blamed this on the Old Man, for having filled Aria’s head with glamorous stories about the cockpit.
She and Lee had agreed early on that they wouldn’t let their kids feel like it was their duty to wear a uniform. And Aria knew this was the one issue she didn’t have her father wrapped around her finger, hence her talking to Kara instead of Lee.
“We won’t help you financially if you choose to go,” Kara lied, running out of arguments to keep their daughter on the ground.
“I can get grants and scholarships, and Pops left me some pocket change. It’ll be enough,” Aria argued back. “This is what I’ve wanted to do my whole life, Mom!”
Kara sighed. Aria was most definitely her parents’ daughter; if anything, knowing that made it harder for Kara to let her do what she wanted.
If anything happened to Aria in the air… it would kill them.
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Chapter 29
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Author's Note: Ok, so a lot of people have been waiting patiently for me to finish this-- I haven't finished it. Not even close to it. However, I've got 24 pages and eight chapters written (some chapters are missing flash-forwards), so I feel if I don't post it now, I'll never do it. karie22 has been kind enough to agree to beta the rest of Book III that I've written since she last used her super beta magic on it, so hopefully I'll post a little more soon... hopefully it'll stir the muse into helping me finish this story.