Holiday Blues
Title: Holiday Blues
Author: rayruz
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~750
Characters/Pairing: Kara/Lee
Prompt: I hate the holidays, not you
Summary: Kara seems down in the dumps, Lee tries to cheer her up.
Author's Note: AU, established relationship.
“What did you do that for?”
…was not the response Lee had been hoping for. Hell, Kara was talking to him, that was an improvement. Kara had been so quiet and snappish lately, not her typical self. It had worried Lee, so he did some bargaining with the Old Man and was able to get them some R&R. He hadn’t even announced the private room on Cloud 9, but he was willing to use it as a bargaining chip if he had to.
Lee watched Kara as she shook her head and went back to working on her lesson plans for the nuggets. So she called them-the maneuvers she had lined up looked more like several hours of torture.
“I thought it would be nice to do something. I mean, it’s almost Solstice and-”
Kara visibly stiffened at the word. It struck Lee as odd. He knew Kara was religious and had assumed that she would want to do at least something to celebrate. Then again, religion had always been a private thing for her and maybe this was pushing it. But it was just Solstice. Everyone celebrated it, religious or not. Lee had been with Kara since the end of the worlds, and he wasn’t sure he was ever going to figure her out.
A surge of fear rose in him. Maybe this change in attitude was a sign that this relationship was going to be ending sometime soon.
It almost startled Lee when she spoke again. “What the frak does it even matter? The worlds are gone, there is no place for it to actually be a solstice on. It’s so frakking stupid.”
Kara didn’t even look up when she spoke, and he wondered if she was just muttering to herself. “The President thinks it’s a good idea,” he said, hoping to foster some kind of dialogue for once. “Keep up morale, make people feel like they haven’t lost everything.”
“Frak the President,” Kara snapped, slamming her pencil down on the desk. “The cylons aren’t going to stop coming after us just because it’s Solstice. We can’t afford a break. If you wanna frakking go, Lee, than just go. I’m not gonna stop you.”
The room suddenly felt colder to Lee. He was no stranger to fights with Kara-sometimes it felt like the slightest thing could set her off-but this just didn’t feel right. Maybe he wasn’t wrong. He had to know. Had to know if her attitude lately meant that she was done with him. “Is that what you want?”
“What?”
“Do you want me to go?”
Kara paled, her face twisting and stricken. “Why the frak do you think I want you to go?” she asked, voice tight and quiet.
“What am I supposed to think?” he asked. “I thought everything was fine and then I can’t get two words out of you. You’re always rushing out whenever I show up, and now it’s like you can’t stand the idea of being with me for the holidays.”
Kara picked up her pencil again, staring down at the papers in front of her. Frak. She couldn’t even stand to look at him. He turned and was in the middle of wondering if he should cut his losses and go, when she spoke again. “I hate the holidays. Not you.”
Lee looked back to find her with her hands folded on the desk, absently stroking the knuckles of her left hand. Something about her looked so small and childlike that his heart ached for her. Quietly, he walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulders.
Maybe Lee hadn’t figured out everything there was to know about Kara Thrace, but there were a few things he did know. Like that pushing her into talking about her past was the easiest way to get himself in the doghouse. “Alright, so you hate the holidays.” His voice dropped lower, another thing he was sure she liked. “But do you hate 24 hours in a private room on Cloud 9?”
Kara grinned as she stood, the implications of his words finally starting to sink in. She threaded her arms around his neck and kissed him swift and hard and Lee began to wonder what he had been worried about in the first place.
Kara Thrace might not be a fan of the holidays, but Lee was going to do his damnedest to make sure this was one she would never forget.
Author: rayruz
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~750
Characters/Pairing: Kara/Lee
Prompt: I hate the holidays, not you
Summary: Kara seems down in the dumps, Lee tries to cheer her up.
Author's Note: AU, established relationship.
“What did you do that for?”
…was not the response Lee had been hoping for. Hell, Kara was talking to him, that was an improvement. Kara had been so quiet and snappish lately, not her typical self. It had worried Lee, so he did some bargaining with the Old Man and was able to get them some R&R. He hadn’t even announced the private room on Cloud 9, but he was willing to use it as a bargaining chip if he had to.
Lee watched Kara as she shook her head and went back to working on her lesson plans for the nuggets. So she called them-the maneuvers she had lined up looked more like several hours of torture.
“I thought it would be nice to do something. I mean, it’s almost Solstice and-”
Kara visibly stiffened at the word. It struck Lee as odd. He knew Kara was religious and had assumed that she would want to do at least something to celebrate. Then again, religion had always been a private thing for her and maybe this was pushing it. But it was just Solstice. Everyone celebrated it, religious or not. Lee had been with Kara since the end of the worlds, and he wasn’t sure he was ever going to figure her out.
A surge of fear rose in him. Maybe this change in attitude was a sign that this relationship was going to be ending sometime soon.
It almost startled Lee when she spoke again. “What the frak does it even matter? The worlds are gone, there is no place for it to actually be a solstice on. It’s so frakking stupid.”
Kara didn’t even look up when she spoke, and he wondered if she was just muttering to herself. “The President thinks it’s a good idea,” he said, hoping to foster some kind of dialogue for once. “Keep up morale, make people feel like they haven’t lost everything.”
“Frak the President,” Kara snapped, slamming her pencil down on the desk. “The cylons aren’t going to stop coming after us just because it’s Solstice. We can’t afford a break. If you wanna frakking go, Lee, than just go. I’m not gonna stop you.”
The room suddenly felt colder to Lee. He was no stranger to fights with Kara-sometimes it felt like the slightest thing could set her off-but this just didn’t feel right. Maybe he wasn’t wrong. He had to know. Had to know if her attitude lately meant that she was done with him. “Is that what you want?”
“What?”
“Do you want me to go?”
Kara paled, her face twisting and stricken. “Why the frak do you think I want you to go?” she asked, voice tight and quiet.
“What am I supposed to think?” he asked. “I thought everything was fine and then I can’t get two words out of you. You’re always rushing out whenever I show up, and now it’s like you can’t stand the idea of being with me for the holidays.”
Kara picked up her pencil again, staring down at the papers in front of her. Frak. She couldn’t even stand to look at him. He turned and was in the middle of wondering if he should cut his losses and go, when she spoke again. “I hate the holidays. Not you.”
Lee looked back to find her with her hands folded on the desk, absently stroking the knuckles of her left hand. Something about her looked so small and childlike that his heart ached for her. Quietly, he walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulders.
Maybe Lee hadn’t figured out everything there was to know about Kara Thrace, but there were a few things he did know. Like that pushing her into talking about her past was the easiest way to get himself in the doghouse. “Alright, so you hate the holidays.” His voice dropped lower, another thing he was sure she liked. “But do you hate 24 hours in a private room on Cloud 9?”
Kara grinned as she stood, the implications of his words finally starting to sink in. She threaded her arms around his neck and kissed him swift and hard and Lee began to wonder what he had been worried about in the first place.
Kara Thrace might not be a fan of the holidays, but Lee was going to do his damnedest to make sure this was one she would never forget.