Comments | trovia: Holiday Ficlet #14: "Couldn't Ask For More" [BSG]

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Holiday Ficlet #14: "Couldn't Ask For More" [BSG]

Dec 14, 2011 14:50

Title: Couldn't Ask For More
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica 2003 - How to live and love 'verse
Characters: Dee, Helo, Gaeta
Wordcount: ~280 words
Summary: "Mind telling me why you call in sick for Hot Dog now?"
AN: For lls-mutant.

( Couldn't Ask For More )

genre: dark/angst, recoveryfic, helo, genre: romance, dee, bsg fic

Comments 8

lorrainemarker December 14 2011, 14:27:25 UTC

What a wonderful outtake. Very real to the situation and of course, they're all alive which makes me smile.

trovia December 14 2011, 19:11:49 UTC

I was so pleased that I was able to set this in the HTLAL 'verse. Your two prompts from it are amongst the ones I'm gonna have to postpone until I'm not sick anymore, so at least I could offer this. It's great that you enjoyed it. Thanks. :)

prophetkristy December 16 2011, 18:47:38 UTC

<3 <3

trovia December 18 2011, 20:37:03 UTC

lls_mutant December 18 2011, 22:25:08 UTC

I meant to comment on this earlier, but it has been CRAZY here. I am so sorry! But this was wonderful and lovely, and I love this story so much that I'm delighted to see an outtake from it. (Any time you write outtakes from this, it makes me so happy :) )

Thanks a million!

trovia December 19 2011, 00:56:35 UTC

Hey, take all the time you need! I'm happy that you liked it. Thank you. :)

millari December 29 2011, 02:15:38 UTC

I think what I love about this most is how practical Dee is in it. It's so in character for her, to approach Felix crying in the head like it's a logistical problem - focusing on getting the best man for the job at hand and on making it possible for Brendan to get the time off to help Felix.

There's something sad and touching and totally right about the way Dee refuses to talk about Felix's business, even though they both know very well what's going on. And the last line is just full of guh, and so true to them all at this point. They don't feel they have to right to expect anything more. :(

ETA: LOL, wrong Dee icon!

trovia January 2 2012, 16:27:54 UTC

Oh no! Wrong Dee! :D

This is one of the vague notions I've always had about the backstory of HTLAL - that Dee would have taken care of it when Brendan was too busy with Felix to show up for duty. Because he would have forgotten, and she never would. They're two sides of a coin in that way. So Dee had no idea what to do with Felix when she found him crying, but she still went and did the thing that she could do. Kind of my answer to the supposition that is often made in the Gaeta fandom that there are all these people - Dee, Helo - who should have helped Felix. Except they all have their own problems and other people in their lives who they're closer too, and in Dee's case, she's not the type on top of it.

Thanks for the lovely comment. :)