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Flying High

Feb 06, 2010 14:27

Title: Flying High
Author: kappamaki33
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Even after the Circle is broken up and all are technically forgiven for their parts in the New Caprica debacle, tensions are still running high on Galactica. Some of the crew try to find relief in unusual places.
Pairing: Narcho/Gaeta
Characters: Narcho, Gaeta, Helo, Racetrack, Kat, mentions of ( Read more... )

narcho/gaeta, bsg, gaeta, racetrack, narcho, helo, fic, kat

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kappamaki33 February 8 2010, 03:35:51 UTC

Thanks! I'm kind of tentatively testing out whether I can write pilots. It's fun, but it's not natural; I have to think about what sounds like them than with the bridge bunnies. And I'm glad you liked the call sign--I did think it was rather cute :).

lls_mutant February 7 2010, 01:30:54 UTC

Ooooh, NICE. I like this pair, too. They actually work really well together. And I love the pilot banter, and Cheerio. Heh. :) And the tensions underneath, and Narcho realizing that yeah, Gaeta is a lot more complicated than anyone realizes, and THIS would be a lot more complicated than anyone knows. For all that this is a fun story, there's really a dark undertone here. I love it!

kappamaki33 February 8 2010, 03:38:51 UTC

Thank you! Yeah, the dark undertones I a result of the fact that this started out being much longer, where I had a chance to get into Gaeta being so screwed up from New Caprica but finding peace being relatively alone and Narcho kind of having stopped caring about much of anything until Gaeta surprises him by being thoughtful and interesting. The problem was, I didn't know where to end it if I kept going. I may someday write the rest of it, if I do ever come up with another ending, because they are definitely an interesting pair.

lorrainemarker February 7 2010, 02:25:17 UTC

I really like this pairing, if you have to go quasi-cannon I'd at least like for Gaeta to have Narcho to the bitter end rather than dump Hoshi beforehand. The bits and where Gaeta acts skittish ring very true both to what happened in Collaborators and his character. Narcho realizing that he's getting into something so much more complicated than he expected (or necessarily wanted), but going forward anyway is a good touch. The banter was wonderful. I really liked the slightly exhausted and very irritated frustration they all felt with Tigh and Starbuck - Helo trying to excuse her and Kat and Racetrack having none of it jibed very well with their various on-screen relationships. And Narcho of course had it well before New Caprica.

I really like this one.

kappamaki33 February 8 2010, 03:40:14 UTC

Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed the banter. In addition to figuring out how Gaeta and Narcho would flirt, figuring out how pilots would jibe each other was the other fun challenge of writing this.

prophetkristy February 7 2010, 21:07:45 UTC

Felix sleeping with his flight instructor! Brilliant!

I love all the undertones here. The subtle flirtation, and Felix's unease post-Circle.

kappamaki33 February 8 2010, 03:44:08 UTC

Felix sleeping with his flight instructor! Brilliant!

:) It's both funny and sad. The poor boy has such bad taste in lovers--before the train-wreck that was Baltar, he was smitten with this guy who was willing to make Felix think he was a terrible pilot, just to get laid more often. If I ever get around to writing more of this, hopefully Narcho will be better for him.

Thanks for reading!

safenthecity February 9 2010, 21:27:26 UTC

Oh, lord, woman, yes. I love Felix and Louis as much as the next person, but there is something so damn hot about the thought of these two together, the cocky viper jock and the snarky bridge bunny. The chemistry you give them really works here, and at the same time, there is this really dark, painful underside to all of this that makes it so much better than just straight-up smut. Let me say right here, if you feel like writing the other scenes you have, even if just in the form of disjointed drabbles, I will read them, because there is really something here worth exploring.

kappamaki33 February 11 2010, 16:10:05 UTC

Yay, I'm glad you liked it! I may end up doing that, writing the rest of it as disjointed scenes. If I didn't have to push myself to add in all the connective tissue and just pick out the moments I have strong ideas for...yeah, I could see that working. I have lots of other stuff on my plate, but I will definitely consider that.

Thanks!