Title: Madame Butterfly & Her Sailor
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3300
Characters: Laura Roslin, Billy Keikeya, Bill Adama, Kara Thrace, Lee Adama, Hera Agathon
Relationships: Bill/Laura, Kara/Lee
Summary: Most people think Admiral Adama and Laura Roslin met on Galactica. Hera knows different. It sounded like a fairy tale but it had to be the truth... ( Read more... )

I've signed up for Round Six of hc-bingo and this is my card. You can request your own card here. The cool thing about this multi-fandom challenge is that it's not due until January 2016, so you have lots of time to perfect your bingo ( Read more... )

Title: A Doctor & A Gentleman
Word Count: 2200
Rating: Teen
Characters: Dr. Morales, Rusty Beck, Sharon Raydor, Andy Flynn
Relationships: Hints of Shandy
Summary: Set just after Rusty comes out to the squad in 3x05. He visits the morgue to try one more time to surprise someone with his coming out. Dr. Morales finds himself thinking on the many ( Read more... )

Title: The Birthday Gift
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1150
Characters: Laura Roslin, Tom Zarek
Relationship: Roslin/Zarek
Summary: Laura's having a rough day and Tom knows why. He presents her with an extra special gift to make her feel better.
A/N: Written in response to plaid-slytherin's Inspiration Day prompt 'Finding/being given a book she never thought she'd see ( Read more... )

Title: Private Citizen
Rating: M
Word Count: 3750
Characters: Laura Roslin, Sam Anders
Relationship: Laura/Sam
Summary: She knew there had to be some perks to being a private citizen on New Caprica. She just didn't expect Sam Anders to be one of them. (Set on New Caprica before the occupation, with some plot that's pretty much there to facilitate ( Read more... )

As part of the ongoing talking meme some of us are doing, today I'm tackling astreamofstars question: Talk to me about Sharon Raydor as a character. What's your take on her? What do you love about her? If you've watched her in The Closer as well as Major Crimes, how do you feel about the differences in portrayal from a feminist perspective?

( Long, thinky answer below the cut )

Back with the answers to two more personal, non-fandom questions, both asked by the fabulous lanalucy.

Let's look at mentoring from a different perspective. How do you (or how do you plan to) pay it forward, so to speak, to mentor other girls/women/people in their lives and careers?

( Answer Here )

I'm a bit late, as usual, but here are the answers to the first round of non-fandom, more personal talking meme questions. I'll try to get Part II up tomorrow and keep working on the fandom questions for later in the week.

How about talking to us about how you got involved in the work you do? (asked by astreamofstars)

( Answer below the cut )

Title: Nail Biter
Rating: M-ish (nothing explicit but the sexy times are definitely there!)
Word Count: 1585
Characters: Laura Roslin, Kara Thrace
Relationship: Kara/Laura
Summary: Kara hadn't bitten her nails since she met Laura but worry drives her back to old habits. What she calls "punishment" Laura considers celebration.
A/N: So lanalucy challenged me ( Read more... )

Copied from plaid-slytherin and astreamofstars.

Give me a topic and a date, and I'll ramble on. It can be anything from fandom-related (specific characters, actors, storylines, episodes, etc.) to life-related (within reason) to whatever you want ( Read more... )