BSG Fic: Hold - Epsilon Sentence Ficlet, L/K, AU, M (12 Days of Fic Marathon)
Title: Hold - Epsilon Sentence Ficlet
Author: Monti
Date: December 13, 2008
Rating: PG
Word Count: 445
Category: L/K AU
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None past anything aired
Disclaimers: Don't own these people. Just borrowing them for a little while. I promise to put them back when I'm finished.
Author's note: Day seven of the 12 Days of Fic. My beta extraordinaire is ez_as_pi!
Summary: Being on the Demetrius is not a picnic…Kara's tired and takes a rare moment for herself.
15 - The hold they had on each other wasn't healthy but they couldn't break it; it was as deep a part of them as flying.
HOLD
Kara took a break from the insanity that was plots and charts, not to mention the swirling mass of images in her head. Her fingers absently toyed with the Aurora figure and her mind immediately filled with Lee. She was losing a hard fought battle by letting her thoughts drift to him. But she was tired so she caved and sought comfort for a while, even if she'd only allow herself a few moments to ponder the connection she shared with him. The hold they had on each other wasn't healthy but they couldn't break it; it was as deep a part of them as flying.
Except neither of them were doing that at the moment.
Lee was making his mark on the fleet and she was commanding this cesspool of a ship with a crew that neither trusted her nor even liked her much right now. They didn't get it…and she didn't have time to educate them. Didn't want to anyway.
She didn't understand it all herself…how could she explain the impossible?
She was all too aware of the sidelong looks and whispered conversations going on behind her back. It had been bad enough on Galactica but it was worse here. People she used to trust…and who used to trust her…were going out of their way to show how little they believed in this mission.
How little they believed in her.
Hell, even the old man didn't have faith. He wanted to…but not enough to bank the future of the fleet on it. She could deal with it though…because one person did believe.
Lee.
It was unlike him to go on blind faith and not question anything, but that's what he was doing. She didn't doubt for a moment that he was completely behind her. That he would champion her mission without fail or that he would stand for and beside her no matter what happened.
And if she finally fragmented into a million pieces, like it felt she would, from the weight and strain of this burden, he'd be the one to put her back together. She didn't trust in much right now, but she did believe in that.
Lee wouldn't let her down.
She rested her head on the desk, thinking it would only be for a few minutes. The Aurora figure was still clutched in her hand as holding it somehow soothed the pounding in her temples, quieting the noise that never managed to completely stop. It was a symbol she couldn't seem to escape, kind of like the bond she shared with Lee.
As Kara slowly drifted toward some much needed sleep, she thought maybe the hold she and Lee had on each other wasn't so unhealthy after all.
FIN