Couples_Therapy 39.2
This prompt response features AU!Kara, and takes place in the AU!Earth-verse. Sam is Notmyfate and Leoben is Cylon_prophet.
2. What do your friends think of your partner? Does their opinion of him/her matter to you?
People like Sam. Sam's hard to not like, y'know? He's loyal, and brave, and he's just...Sam, I guess, and it's really strange to think people might have some kind of problem with him. Back on Galactica, he made friends easy. We'd be out for a drink at Joe's and he'd strike up a conversation with anybody. He's just that way. When I first met him, he gave me shit and we played Pyramid and then I went to bed with him.
Then he found out he was a Cylon. I think Sam's convinced everyone hates him, or is all afraid of him now or something. But they don't, not really. I go over when he's coaching sometimes, and I watch him and he's just as easy with people as he ever was. We walk down to the restaurant on the beach and people know him as Sam who's a Cylon, and they don't care, and they talk about sports and buy him a drink.
I don't think his friends care much, either. Sam's still Sam, and I think he's starting to get that. Cylon or no, people just like him.
As for "our" friends, I don't have that many, I guess. I'm sure Sharon doesn't care, and Helo comes over and plays Pyramid, so I doubt he does, either. Things might have been weird at first, but we all found out and then we went to war and so there's not a lot of time to process crap when you're trying not to die.
Maybe Lee didn't like him before, but that's not...well, that's because of stuff that doesn't matter anymore. I think they get along now.
[locked to Number_eight AU!version]
He doesn't know. About you and Lee. Should I tell him?
[unlocked]
But it wouldn't matter what anyone thought of him. I love him and the rest of the world can frak off if they don't like him. I don't think that'll ever be a problem with Sam, though. Like I said, he's likeable. Probably the most likeable of the three of us, if you want the truth.
As for Leoben...
I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't like him. But I think that's because he's not like Sam--he's not friendly, or chatty, or good with people. Leoben's so frakking intense all the time, and he's kind of quiet and sort of weird, and people think he's strange or scary or whatever. I don't know if Sharon actually dislikes him, but I don't know if she likes him much, either. I have no idea about Cylon interactions before we...well.
Before.
Helo, I have no idea about, either. Helo's such a nice guy, I don't think he dislikes him, but if they're friends, I don't know about it. Leoben, do you have any friends?
Did that sound bitchy? Sorry.
I like Leoben, obviously, but I know he's kind of...hard to get to know. And then you get to know him and you want to put a knife in his chest sometimes, I won't lie, and that whole quiet-intense-thing never quite goes away. I think most people think he's just sort of creepy and a stalker, and sorry, honey, but that's not entirely a lie. But I don't really care if people like him or not. It's not important. Our problem was always liking each other, despite whatever weird thing made us get together in the first place. I didn't get that until recently, but there it is.
So now that we do, frak everyone else.
Really, I just want them to like each other, and it's nice that Sharon doesn't hate them, since she's probably my closest friend. But I clearly don't pick my partners with the goal that everyone liked them, or I doubt I'd be in this situation in the first place.
2. What do your friends think of your partner? Does their opinion of him/her matter to you?
People like Sam. Sam's hard to not like, y'know? He's loyal, and brave, and he's just...Sam, I guess, and it's really strange to think people might have some kind of problem with him. Back on Galactica, he made friends easy. We'd be out for a drink at Joe's and he'd strike up a conversation with anybody. He's just that way. When I first met him, he gave me shit and we played Pyramid and then I went to bed with him.
Then he found out he was a Cylon. I think Sam's convinced everyone hates him, or is all afraid of him now or something. But they don't, not really. I go over when he's coaching sometimes, and I watch him and he's just as easy with people as he ever was. We walk down to the restaurant on the beach and people know him as Sam who's a Cylon, and they don't care, and they talk about sports and buy him a drink.
I don't think his friends care much, either. Sam's still Sam, and I think he's starting to get that. Cylon or no, people just like him.
As for "our" friends, I don't have that many, I guess. I'm sure Sharon doesn't care, and Helo comes over and plays Pyramid, so I doubt he does, either. Things might have been weird at first, but we all found out and then we went to war and so there's not a lot of time to process crap when you're trying not to die.
Maybe Lee didn't like him before, but that's not...well, that's because of stuff that doesn't matter anymore. I think they get along now.
[locked to Number_eight AU!version]
He doesn't know. About you and Lee. Should I tell him?
[unlocked]
But it wouldn't matter what anyone thought of him. I love him and the rest of the world can frak off if they don't like him. I don't think that'll ever be a problem with Sam, though. Like I said, he's likeable. Probably the most likeable of the three of us, if you want the truth.
As for Leoben...
I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't like him. But I think that's because he's not like Sam--he's not friendly, or chatty, or good with people. Leoben's so frakking intense all the time, and he's kind of quiet and sort of weird, and people think he's strange or scary or whatever. I don't know if Sharon actually dislikes him, but I don't know if she likes him much, either. I have no idea about Cylon interactions before we...well.
Before.
Helo, I have no idea about, either. Helo's such a nice guy, I don't think he dislikes him, but if they're friends, I don't know about it. Leoben, do you have any friends?
Did that sound bitchy? Sorry.
I like Leoben, obviously, but I know he's kind of...hard to get to know. And then you get to know him and you want to put a knife in his chest sometimes, I won't lie, and that whole quiet-intense-thing never quite goes away. I think most people think he's just sort of creepy and a stalker, and sorry, honey, but that's not entirely a lie. But I don't really care if people like him or not. It's not important. Our problem was always liking each other, despite whatever weird thing made us get together in the first place. I didn't get that until recently, but there it is.
So now that we do, frak everyone else.
Really, I just want them to like each other, and it's nice that Sharon doesn't hate them, since she's probably my closest friend. But I clearly don't pick my partners with the goal that everyone liked them, or I doubt I'd be in this situation in the first place.