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~BSG: Tarnished

Sep 06, 2010 16:23

Title: Tarnished
Author: kastari
Summary: He didn’t ask for her absolution, but he had it, anyway.
Characters: Adama/Roslin
Rating: T
Word Count: 100
Author’s Note: Written for the 25th ar_drabbles challenge. Prompt: Silver
Disclaimer: I’m just playing in Universal’s sandbox.
( In its pure form, silver is actually dull. )

adama/roslin, drabble challenge, ar_drabbles, drabbles, drabble, bsg

Comments 16

wernotalone September 7 2010, 02:48:00 UTC

BURN!

I love it. It's painful. The last line is killer.

kastari September 12 2010, 05:42:23 UTC

Oh. yeah. These two are totally on fire. Hopeless. Painful. Raw. Sometimes reality can be brutal. The last line needed to be the real scorcher. Thanks for burning with me.

redrockcan September 7 2010, 02:51:44 UTC

Love this!! "Bill Adama was no tailor". What a perfect line for Bill. Always trying to put everything and everyone back together and can't. Enough to drive one to drink, eh? Wonderful angsty drabble!! Great work!!

kastari September 12 2010, 05:45:21 UTC

I LOVE the line you picked out! Yes, Bill always wants to fix the situation. Maybe part of why he drinks is because he can't...

frakcancer September 7 2010, 05:34:59 UTC

Ouch!

This is where a "Laura Roslin is not in the mood to indulge your bullshit" icon would be appropriate.

Then again, so would a "Bill Adama is not in the mood to indulge your bullshit" icon, because he spent far too much time putting up with everyone's whiny-ass BS, including Laura's "I'm dying, so I'm special, even though I'll make it further than about 75% of the other characters" attitude.

kastari September 12 2010, 05:47:59 UTC

Adama & Roslin are quite the pair, aren't they? They certainly feed & play off of each other.

Neither can bullshit a bullshitter.

sln1 September 7 2010, 13:59:50 UTC

This is a painfully accurate assessment of the situation. However hard he tries, Bill cannot hold everything together, all the things he loves, all his certainties ripped away from him until he too starts to fall apart.

He's had enough, Laura's had enough and they are brutally blunt but somehow they are still clinging to each other, however tenuously. She can't abandon him to the drinking any more than he can abandon her to the cancer.

Beautifully done. The short sentences really punch the grim points home. Thank you.

kastari September 12 2010, 06:05:33 UTC

Do you have any idea how insightful & amazing your feedback is? I'm like...duh, what can I possible say in reply?

I totally appreciate the effort you put into your comments & I always look forward to reading your reaction.

Thank you for always taking the time & for your thoughtful opinions. I look forward to reading what you have to say about my work.

sczep84 September 7 2010, 19:26:18 UTC

Wow. I'm beginning to sound like a broken record I'm sure but WOW u have a way with words. KILLER last line and a drabble that totally feels in character for them as dark as it is. Brilliant!

kastari September 12 2010, 05:52:46 UTC

I ♥ your record. : )

I believe that both Bill & Laura had 'dark' sides. Doesn't everyone?

And Laura's last line is truly the knockdown, isn't it? Might have been enough to sober Bill up at that point.