"Daddy, can I go spend some time with Anne?"
Karl Agathon looked up from the book he was reading and was about to tell his daughter 'yes', when his wife, Sharon, interrupted. "No. Hera Agathon, if I remember right, you were grounded for what you tried to pull with Anne Adama the other day."
Hera bit her lower lip and looked pleadingly at her father, who just shrugged at her. "Sorry, sweetheart. Your mother wants you to keep working on your homework, I guess." There was a look between Karl and Sharon that Hera didn't catch as she sighed, hating her mother right then.
"Fine."
Hera grabbed her papers and walked to the Observation Deck of Galactica, where she ended up meeting her boyfriend Joseph. She kissed him and frowned. "Mom's being unreasonable. She won't let me see your sister." Hera whispered and sat down, looking out at the stars. "Just think what Mom will say once she finds out Anne and Nicky are married. She'll have me grounded for life, which is so dumb. I'm twenty! By my age, Mom was..." Well, her mom was a Cylon, so technically, Sharon Agathon was probably trying to hook up with Karl Agathon at the time.
"Okay, bad example." Hera rested her head on Joseph's shoulder, looking down at her papers. "I don't want to do anything with ROTC anymore. I'm done. I'm quitting." Joseph didn't say anything and Hera realized he must have known she was bluffing. "I'm just so tired of trying to live up to her standards! I'm only Cadet Lieutenant and she..."
Hera wiped at her eyes and decided to forget about homework, despite what her mother had said.
"You're so lucky that your mom is so much more understanding, Joseph. Must be a guy thing," she frowned, holding Joseph Adama's hand as she tried to at least enjoy this moment.
Muse: Hera Agathon
Fandom: "Battlestar Galactica" OC
Word Count: 313
OOC Note:
son_also_rises used with mun's permission.