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chasing ghosts {ellen/sam}

[slybrunette]

It works like this: Kara’s been gone coming up on three months now, Saul’s been detained just as long. And they hear things about them, or she hears things (whispers in her ear as Cavil thrusts inside of her and she tries not to gag when he comes) and Sam…he hopes. But he doesn’t lie to himself.

They’re all prepared to lose each other with no warning. It was always a risk, and it gets easier eventually. She’s hit that point; he’s still waiting maybe, she thinks.

There’s still this ache, somewhere far too deep to reach, and it might be loneliness, even still it might be loss, and she feels it more at night (she feels everything at night, the wind and the rare scream vibrating in her head and the sound metal-on-metal makes). Sam doesn’t sleep at night. Always some late-night meeting.

Sometimes he’ll knock on her door. Quiz her on things, things Saul would know, things he hopes she knows, and usually she doesn’t have the answers he wants (at least she doesn’t give them; she doesn’t trust anyone, he could never give her enough reasons to change that). He’s patient even so, sits there and pulls teeth to get to what he wants, and he never does, and he never leaves, just sits in the chair or the edge of the bed like he can’t physically bring himself to leave.

At some point she starts using him as a way to dull the ache and fill the void.

And you know, Kara, Saul, they might be dead. There’s a good chance they are. In a twisted way that makes this just fine. That makes this excusable. She can wrap her legs around his waist and pull him inside of her and just tell herself they’re only chasing away the ghosts.

Re: chasing ghosts {ellen/sam}

[gigglemonster]

Oooh I love this!
Such an interesting pairing and you totally made it work.
It's so dark and so fits that period in the show.
Loved it :)

Re: chasing ghosts {ellen/sam}

[slybrunette]

It is a very interesting pairing, which is what made it fairly easy for me to wrap my head around it. It is also a pairing that seems to rely on the angst, so I had no choice but to make it dark.

I'm really glad you liked this (it's my first time and all)! Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!

Re: chasing ghosts {ellen/sam}

[crickets]

First things first! Holy mac & cheese! You wrote BSG! *squeals with delight!*

Now, onto the next! It's so good! You! Now that your cherry is broken you gotta wrote more! I love the time frame (New Caprica was actually my first prompt but I changed it when I decided to go with the halloweenie theme!) And I can so see this scenario, Sam in there, asking her questions, not leaving when he's done. Yay! I'm so glad I prompted you with this! I wish you could put comments in your memories so I could put this in my BSG folder!

Re: chasing ghosts {ellen/sam}

[slybrunette]

Only for you, dear, only for you.

I like the prompt, and I don't think New Caprica would have given me the exact same ideas, so I'm glad you changed it.

I'm so very relieved that you liked this! Thanks for reading and reviewing!