Fic: Temples Crumble/Empires Fall (Battlestar Galactica)
Pairing: Gaeta/Baltar/Caprica
Rating: hard R/light NC-17
Spoilers: through 3x04
Disclaimer: These characters aren't mine.
Notes: Beta'ed by archerstar and _usakeh_. I love you both. Like for serious reals. Written for nicole_anell, as she was ever so kind and bought me at Sweet-Charity, and has been incredibly wonderful as I've delayed finishing this story time and time again. ( Read more... )
Rating: hard R/light NC-17
Spoilers: through 3x04
Disclaimer: These characters aren't mine.
Notes: Beta'ed by archerstar and _usakeh_. I love you both. Like for serious reals. Written for nicole_anell, as she was ever so kind and bought me at Sweet-Charity, and has been incredibly wonderful as I've delayed finishing this story time and time again. ( Read more... )
I love the symmetry of the beginning and end, his life as a story going on and on without getting to a point or a resolution -- and it moves from that feeling awful and meaningless to having a kind of peace and safety in it. (I also loved the image of kid Gaeta being focused on the technical details, because aw.) I like your choice to focus on the sheer *dullness* on a baseship, the dread of waiting for something to happen and realizing it won't.
You have a feel for all the characters and their contradictions, millari mentioned Caprica above and you also have Gaius with his faux-arrogance and the moment of self-loathing slipping through his defensiveness.
When Felix wakes up, he has thin purple lines across his throat. A handprint.
I love that SO much.
Gaius sits up. “What are you doing on the floor?” Then, “Come back to bed.”
Like a lover.
Is also brilliant, that whole scene.
Part of why I bid on you in the first place is that you don't write traditionally "porny" sex; when it finally arrives it's still unique, lyrical, and character-driven. (Not that it isn't also hot. The kiss = exceptionally hot.) Beautifully done to the very last line - I love an ending that hangs in the air like that, especially since so much of this fic involves silence.
Okay, I'll shut up. Sorry if it gave you trouble, but it was worth the wait. Thanks again! :)
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It took me so long to get writing on this story that really, in the beginning, what finally got me to start writing was to make the story, on a kind of metaphorical level, about how damn long it takes to tell stories. It evolved beyond that, as I finally got into the rhythm, but yeah. This story finally got started as an apology about how long it took to get started, which you might find amusing.
And you *know* kid!Gaeta would be all "But how does the underwater dome work?" ^_^
Ha. That 'purple lines' one was one of the images that really stuck with me, after I finished the story.
Generic sex kind of irritates me - I try to make it as unique and character-specific as I can, because I think that makes it more interesting.
And yeah, it did give me some trouble, but I think it was worth it working through and finishing it. I'm proud of the way this one turned out, and I'm very, very happy that you enjoyed it.
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