[Couples_therapy: 33.2]
OOC: This is an AU!Verse. Kara is Burnandrave and Leoben is Cylon_prophet.
2. Discuss an uncomfortable situation you were put in by your partner.
I could say it's having to share my wife with her lover, but you know what, that's not really as uncomfortable as everyone probably thinks it is.
I won't lie, there's tension--me and Leoben don't exactly get along all the time, and there are other issues. Like me being a Cylon, and Leoben being a pardoned war criminal. And Kara...well. She's Kara. If you've met her, you know what I mean. And she and Leoben have a history that's fairly--let's say, complicated. So things can be weird, sure.
But you know, it's actually working out pretty well. Once you get used to the weird way he talks and the fact he has the driest sense of humor on the planet, Leoben isn't so bad. We've gotten used to things that other people might find strange, that's for sure. And Kara and I, we're getting along better than ever. We don't fight as much, and we talk more. The sex is pretty great, I won't lie. We still have our issues, and Leoben can still drive me frakking crazy and piss me off, (ditto with Kara, for that matter), but for three people in a situation everyone thinks is demented...we're not really doing that bad a job of making it work. At least, I don't think so.
[locked from Kara and Leoben]
You want to know what's really making me uncomfortable? Those two. But not because of why you might think. I can tell Kara's still freaked out by him half the time, and Leoben doesn't really help; he says things that sound crazy and then stares at her without blinking. (Trust me, he does this to me and it's frakking weird.) When they're in the same room and too close to each other for anything other than sex? The vibe is tense, man. Kara doesn't touch him, either, and half the time she barely looks at him--I've watched her go out of her way to avoid him when they're in the same room. Yet she swears she's in love with him, that she can't be with me without him, too. I don't get it, and I feel like it's not my place to interfere, but I kind of think I might have to. Because I've seen them look at each other, when they stop being strange, and...yeah. There's something so strong between them, it's like you could reach out and touch it. And just when I think it's going to be okay, or that she'll stop pulling away and he'll stop letting her, they just frak it all up again.
Leoben is obviously trying not to freak her out, and Kara would rather die than admit she's still scared of him because of New Frakking Caprica, because Kara hates to admit she's afraid of anything. But something needs to be done, because if this going to work, they need to figure it out and get it resolved. It's really obvious that she's skittish around him and more comfortable around me, and how long before that ends up in a really, really bad situation?
How the frak do you mention this to someone? I have no idea. I'm open for suggestions, because I'm totally out of my element. And I want this to work. I do.
As crazy as that probably makes me.
2. Discuss an uncomfortable situation you were put in by your partner.
I could say it's having to share my wife with her lover, but you know what, that's not really as uncomfortable as everyone probably thinks it is.
I won't lie, there's tension--me and Leoben don't exactly get along all the time, and there are other issues. Like me being a Cylon, and Leoben being a pardoned war criminal. And Kara...well. She's Kara. If you've met her, you know what I mean. And she and Leoben have a history that's fairly--let's say, complicated. So things can be weird, sure.
But you know, it's actually working out pretty well. Once you get used to the weird way he talks and the fact he has the driest sense of humor on the planet, Leoben isn't so bad. We've gotten used to things that other people might find strange, that's for sure. And Kara and I, we're getting along better than ever. We don't fight as much, and we talk more. The sex is pretty great, I won't lie. We still have our issues, and Leoben can still drive me frakking crazy and piss me off, (ditto with Kara, for that matter), but for three people in a situation everyone thinks is demented...we're not really doing that bad a job of making it work. At least, I don't think so.
[locked from Kara and Leoben]
You want to know what's really making me uncomfortable? Those two. But not because of why you might think. I can tell Kara's still freaked out by him half the time, and Leoben doesn't really help; he says things that sound crazy and then stares at her without blinking. (Trust me, he does this to me and it's frakking weird.) When they're in the same room and too close to each other for anything other than sex? The vibe is tense, man. Kara doesn't touch him, either, and half the time she barely looks at him--I've watched her go out of her way to avoid him when they're in the same room. Yet she swears she's in love with him, that she can't be with me without him, too. I don't get it, and I feel like it's not my place to interfere, but I kind of think I might have to. Because I've seen them look at each other, when they stop being strange, and...yeah. There's something so strong between them, it's like you could reach out and touch it. And just when I think it's going to be okay, or that she'll stop pulling away and he'll stop letting her, they just frak it all up again.
Leoben is obviously trying not to freak her out, and Kara would rather die than admit she's still scared of him because of New Frakking Caprica, because Kara hates to admit she's afraid of anything. But something needs to be done, because if this going to work, they need to figure it out and get it resolved. It's really obvious that she's skittish around him and more comfortable around me, and how long before that ends up in a really, really bad situation?
How the frak do you mention this to someone? I have no idea. I'm open for suggestions, because I'm totally out of my element. And I want this to work. I do.
As crazy as that probably makes me.