UB - The a/r Way [Weed & Moonshine]
UB - The a/r Way [Weed & Moonshine] (1/5)
Summary: "Cant say I blame them. I mean what are you going to do?" let me tell you: It didn’t stop there. AU - Unfinished Business / New Caprica - The a/r Way. A few reaction shots regarding the beginning of Laura's and Bill's relationship.
Word Count: about 790
Disclaimer: BSG and its characters belong to the Lords of Kobol.
Author's Note: So this is pretty much AU: 1) the Kara/Lee/Anders/Dee 'triangle of love' didn't happen and 2) head!six is with Baltar on New Caprica and 3) it's only a few days after Roslin lost he election ... what? this is not how it happened in 'Unfinished Businee'? Well, this is the 'Director's Cut' ... and come on! We all know something happened on New Caprica. ;)
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Felix Gatea
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'…Excuse me for just a moment, the finance minister just came by and I should really…’ Felix pointed in the general direction of the gathered crowd and was relieved when the Admiral and Laura Roslin nodded. Hurriedly walking away from them he let out a breath he hadn't realized he had been holding. In a beeline he made his way over to one of the makeshift bars and ordered a drink. He took the first sip and leaned against the bar as the liquid burned it's way down his throat.
Something had been off. He couldn't put his finger on it, but he knew that something was going on.
The second he had stopped to talk to the Admiral and Laura Roslin he had felt as though he was an intruder. As though he was interrupting a secret meeting or as though he was a child sitting at the grown ups table without permission. But by then it had been too late, he had already started a conversation and there was no polite way to leave so soon after starting it.
The looks they gave each other made it seem as though they were having a conversation without words. A conversation that he wasn't supposed to be a part of, but that he had interrupted by stopping to talk to them.
And to top it all off there had been a smell in the air that had been oddly familiar though he was sure he had never smelled it before. Not for the first time he wondered what that had been.
He looked at them now, still standing where he had left them and did a double take. What were they smoking?
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Bill Adama
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’Oh my Gods. I didn’t think he’d ever leave.’ Her words brought a smile to his face.
‘He’s a good kid.’ He defended his officer though he knew that her words weren’t meant as an offense. And he was inclined to agree with her. The conversation that they’d been having was rather boring and had for the most part been kept alive by Felix Gaeta. Laura and he had generally only agreed to his statements and nodded. Couldn’t Mr. Gatea understand that at least for today they weren’t Former President Laura Roslin and Admiral Adama.
Her voice broke his train of though. ‘Mmmh, indeed.’ She agreed and they retrieved the cigarettes they had been hiding from behind their backs, taking a drag simultaneously.
He couldn't believe it. Had anyone told him that there would be a moment in his life when he would be smoking stimulating drugs with none other than Laura Roslin, teacher, ex-minister of education and ex-president of the twelve colonies he would just have laughed out loud.
Now he felt quite different about that.
He was actually smoking weed with her.
And drinking.
And flirting if he interpreted the look in her eyes correctly.
And there wasn't a place he'd rather be at the moment. Not even Galactica he had to admit. Their conversation just felt so natural that he was sure that it wasn't just the drugs and the booze. This was them.
Returning to his earlier musings he looked at her. This was them.
Her without having the weight of the presidency on her shoulders. Him without the hull of Galactica around him. Today, on New Caprica, they were just Laura and Bill. Even if he was still wearing the uniform.
Returning to the present he turned to look at her. 'You say this stuff grows around here?' He brought his glass to his slips, taking a sip while he waited for her answer.
‘Mmmh.’ The question brought a smile to her face and she motioned towards the distance. 'In the mountains north of here there’s this stream that comes down into this lake.’ She got a dreamy look in her eyes and he found it hard to drag his eyes away from her. 'The water is so clear it’s like looking through glass.' Her voice was raspy and the look in her eyes told him that she was seeing the place she was so vividly describing. 'I'm thinking of building a cabin.' She looked him right in the eyes then and he saw a sparkle there as she took another sip of her drink.
Was he imagining it or was she looking at him expectantly? Her eyes seemed to hold a challenge but he didn't know for sure.
He threw the remainder of his cigarette away, averting his eyes to look towards the horizon. ‘It’s good.’ He said and wasn’t sure what he was referring to. The cigarette, the drinks, the company, her plan.
‘It is good.’ She agreed the smile on her face spreading.
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End Part One
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[Part Two]
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