fic: Games Adults Play (4/6)

[icedteainthebag]

Title: Games Adults Play (4/6)
Author: icedteainthebag
Pairings: Bill Adama/Ellen Tigh/Laura Roslin, think square dancing + Saul
Rating: MA
Summary: Ellen's return to the Fleet brings complications to Bill and Laura's lives.
Word Count: 2,744
Notes: Written for the bsg_epics ship swap exchange in order to fulfill wishflsinfl's request of Bill/Laura/Ellen, not PWP, in canon. So

Comments

[wishflsinfl]

ARRGGHHHHH!!!! You Bitch. Now I have to wait 23 hours and 15 minutes for the next part!?!?!?! Seriously?

Okay.

Fine.

Whatever.

I chose to sleep with Gaius and then he challenged me.

This is totally canon.

So things are getting ugly and it’s interesting that Ellen seems to be the only sane one among the three of them, the only whose held onto her bearings. The way she sees through Laura is so dead on. Laura seemed to move through all of her bad choices thinking no one noticed unless she let them, but I can definitely see Ellen being onto Laura’s machinations in a big way.

The exchange between Laura and Bill about the nuke killed me. It’s such a departure from their in control, on top of things way of doing business and hammers home their state of mind and why they’re about to make such a big leap.

She was nothing.

Maybe this was what freedom felt like.This says so much about Laura’s life up to this point

[icedteainthebag]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING DAYS JUST TO DO THIS TO YOU. #cliffhangerofwin

This is totally canon.

I just had to fic drop in here. I couldn't help it. Totally canon.

Ellen seems to be the only sane one among the three of them, the only whose held onto her bearings.

She's the least emotionally involved of all of them. That's what makes her a very fine narrator.

Ellen's a forward little vixen, man! Makes you wonder why she decided to go for it, huh? (besides the fact that Laura's hot)

I'm glad you've found it hot so far. I would say we're at about a 5 on the hotness scale, going into tomorrow. :D Ahem. OR MAYBE IT WON'T HAPPEN.

Thank you for the awesome feedback.

[wishflsinfl]

I came back to read this again, to be sure I hadn't imagined that you stopped where you did. And to be sure I hadn't missed any important details.

Makes you wonder why she decided to go for it, huh?

It does, actually. Laura's hot and Ellen thinks she needs a good frakking, so there's that. Maybe Ellen thinks it's the only way she'll get anywhere with Bill. Or maybe she cares about Bill and knows what he needs and this is her deliciously twisted attempt at matchmaking. Whatever it is, I have feeling we're going to find out.

I really love where you're going with this. Laura walking in on Bill and Ellen, even in what is only a moment of friendship, was so unexpected. The dynamics of Bill and Ellen having a longstanding relationship and Laura being on the outside right now, tantalizingly close to being part of it, are so unsettling in a good way.

And this:

She kept swearing off this habit, this tendency to frak her pain away and it never seemed to work. But it kept happening.This is probably the only thing that works for me in

[icedteainthebag]

important details.

Uh huh.

;)

Whatever it is, I have feeling we're going to find out.

You know how Ellen loves to talk.

I love that you came back to say more! I am a total comment whore.

This is probably the only thing that works for me in terms of explaining what we saw of Laura's pre-series relationships.

I feel like it's true for me, too. Have you been reading carnography's elective affinities series? Now there is some pre-series Laura that fits right into your theory here.

[wishflsinfl]

I just recently discovered the existence of elective affinities but haven't started reading yet because I'm roughing out a bit of Laura/Richard backstory to weave into a S3 Bill/Laura fic. Once I'm done with that I'm planning to give it a read.

[icedteainthebag]

Makes sense to me. And get that fic done! Come on! :)

[somadanne]

This is totally canon.

Yes it is. Totally. Absolutely.