BSG fic: Gotta Jump (PG-13)

[sabaceanbabe]

Title: Gotta Jump
Author: sabaceanbabe
Rating: pg-13
Word count: 3,439
Characters/Pairings: Kara Thrace/Sam Anders, Bill Adama, Karl Agathon
Spoilers: the missing year and Unfinished Business (including deleted scenes)
Original story: Wings (or at least that’s what she’s calling it after the fact :P)
Original author: prolix_allie
Author’s notes: Written for the bsg_hiatusthon

Comments

[frolicndetour]

*keysmash*

... I couldn't have asked for a better remix! You've fleshed out all these throwaway lines and added so much to the story. Whee!

She had to make a frakking decision. Have to stop screwing around, have to grow the frak up.

haha - That rings so true and I totally believe that Kara thought she was doing the grown-up thing in marrying Sam like that, 'cause she's crazy. But I think she really did want to reinvent herself and start anew - and this echoes in her scene with Adama too.

As she says the words, the heavy weight of every mistake she’s ever made, every fight she’s ever started just so she could feel like she was really there, like people really saw her, seems to fall away. Sam Anders - her husband - sees things in her that no one else does, and she kinda likes that.

<3 I don't think I really understood why Kara married Sam until we got that deleted scene in Collaborators where they spelled out how much she wanted to become a different person with him on New Caprica.

Her shout of laughter draws attention, particularly from Sam, who looks over his shoulder at them. Seeing that she’s with Helo, he visibly relaxes

Aww, poor Sam. :/

Kara thinks of Karl Agathon as he has been in the weeks since his daughter was born and died, the months since he’d returned from the dead with a pregnant Cylon in tow. Compared to the easy-going, easy-laughing man he’d been before the end of the worlds, she wants to tell him that maybe she’s spending time with him instead of Sam right now because he needs her more. But listening to the steady thump of his heart, feeling the heat of him through his shirts, she looks up at him and realizes that maybe he doesn’t need her anymore, after all.

I love this part - cause this is such a trying time for Helo and I think he and Adama are two of the things that make Galactica home for Kara.

Kara’s attention slides from Sam’s face to his arms. He has nice arms. Very nice.

Hee! Yes he does. Love the moment of inspiration here.

I'm so lucky! This is just terrific!

[frolicndetour]

Also, I think you should post this to pyramidofdreams and starbuck_anders.

[sabaceanbabe]

*blushes*

Wow. Thank you so much, Allie! *hugs you tight* I'm so glad you liked it. I love remixing other peoples' fics, but I'm always on pins and needles until I find out if they liked it or hated it.