Challenge 83 - weakness
Title: Envy
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica/Star Trek Voyager
Characters: Roslin/Janeway
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine
Wordcount: 200
Kathryn Janeway hoped she didn’t show her emotions as she watched the President. It had been a long time since someone had the potential to get that close. She was accustomed to her crew who maintained a certain distance from her. Laura Roslin, however, was breaking all of her defensive patterns and routines. It was a little disconcerting. This ‘wanting’ was something she was unaccustomed to, that she had no safety net for. Her crew were subordinate to her and, therefore, to her mind off limits. Always at the back of her mind was the niggling question, ‘would they feel obliged to’ if she expressed an interest. So she buried Kathryn’s feelings of loss and loneliness under the Captain’s mantle of protocol.
And now, after so much denial, there was Laura, offering friendship and perhaps much more. Showing her attraction, vulnerability, her sexiness and her in your face intelligence and self awareness. It was that mixture that made Kathryn jealous. Laura was the President of the Colonies, had the weight of the survival of her people on her shoulders, and she still maintained an extreme femininity as well as ruthlessness. Unapologetic. Unashamedly Laura. Unlike Kathryn, who was only the Captain.
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica/Star Trek Voyager
Characters: Roslin/Janeway
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine
Wordcount: 200
Kathryn Janeway hoped she didn’t show her emotions as she watched the President. It had been a long time since someone had the potential to get that close. She was accustomed to her crew who maintained a certain distance from her. Laura Roslin, however, was breaking all of her defensive patterns and routines. It was a little disconcerting. This ‘wanting’ was something she was unaccustomed to, that she had no safety net for. Her crew were subordinate to her and, therefore, to her mind off limits. Always at the back of her mind was the niggling question, ‘would they feel obliged to’ if she expressed an interest. So she buried Kathryn’s feelings of loss and loneliness under the Captain’s mantle of protocol.
And now, after so much denial, there was Laura, offering friendship and perhaps much more. Showing her attraction, vulnerability, her sexiness and her in your face intelligence and self awareness. It was that mixture that made Kathryn jealous. Laura was the President of the Colonies, had the weight of the survival of her people on her shoulders, and she still maintained an extreme femininity as well as ruthlessness. Unapologetic. Unashamedly Laura. Unlike Kathryn, who was only the Captain.