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liminalliz *snuggles*
This was going to be a part of a 'Five things' story about how the reunion on the Astral Queen might have gone but there are only three bits here. Ah well. Spoilers for Home pt 1.
Unflocked.
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1.
Lee presses in quick and in the brief moment she can taste something like nerves and something like fear and something else, something undefinable under it all. And then he pulls away, much too quickly and not soon enough and looks at her and something inside just goes click just slides into place and her hand is at her waist and her gun is in her hand and against his temple before he manages to take a breath.
Something passes across his face, and whether it is guilt or fear or satisfaction, Kara doesn't know, just knows it isn't human and knows that whatever this reunion is feigning as, it's supposed to be setting something in motion.
She tightens her grip on her pistol. She hears someone - Helo, maybe - clear their throat but she ignores it, presses the gun more tightly to this skin and hisses "I know," the words spitting out from between her teeth.
"What do you know, Kara?" The thing in front of her keeps his voice low, but it's pitched to carry and out of the corner of her eye she sees someone slowly raise his gun in her direction.
"What do you know, Kara?" it prods again and for just a second she sees how they were all fooled so easily. He sounds so human and his body is warm and hard against hers and she wishes she could let her hand slip but she can't because she knows.
"Don't frak with me." It comes out from between clenched teeth and she steadies herself on her feet. He just keeps looking at her and doesn't make any move to try to disarm her. It doesn't matter she thinks. There are a thousand others ready to replace him. The thought makes her throat close up and her hand wavers for just a second and that's when she sees it, sees the cold hard calculating mind behind his eyes and Kara knows she's right.
"Kara-" he starts, same low, calm voice, but she cuts him off.
"You're a cylon," she says and it sounds so melodramtic as she says it, and she thinks she hears the president gasp or maybe choke back a sob or a laugh, she can't tell over the roaring in her ears. Besides, she's too busy watching him for a reaction.
Nothing changes in his face or his body and she would be able to tell, pressed this tightly against him and an inch from his nose and she is right, she knows she is.
"Helo," she says, pitches her voice a little louder. "Get everyone out of here. Something's going down."
She hears Helo take a step towards her. "Starbuck-"
"Karl, do it now, so help me-" she shifts the gun, settles it more comfortably against the thing in front of her's skin and she thinks she hears Helo exhale.
"Okay, okay. Just calm down. I'll get everyone out if you move the gun away from the Captain's head."
She shakes her head, licks her lips, keeps watching Lee, who she doesn't think has blinked yet. "You get moving, and then we'll see."
"We'll go, lieutenant." Kara sees the president step forward. "Just-"
"Get moving." Lee's eyes flicker, see something behind her and his eyes are warm and approving and she doesn't think, just moves, dives to floor and barely misses the shot Sharon fires.
And then she hears the Centurions and the room is full of fire and sparks and screaming and she thinks I knew.
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2.
Lee leans in and kisses her swiftly, pulls away with a little pop and she's so shocked she doesn't know what to do, can't think of anything to say, just stares at him.
"Kara-"" he breathes and she bites her lip, wishes she could stop herself from swaying towards him just a little and tightening her hands in his jacket at the sound of her name finally coming from him with something other than anger or exhaustion or brotherly affection.
Lee doesn't miss it, her sudden weakness and then he's smiling just for a second and then he's kissing her again, lips suddenly an insistent pressure on hers, kissing her and tilting his head and threading one hand into her hair and pulling her head back just far enough that her head tilts back and left and her mouth opens just enough to let him in, his tongue just touching hers before pulling away.
Lee pulls back this time, pulls back just far enough that she can feel his breath on her wet lips. Her eyes are open and she watches him, eyes closed, as he tilts his head and rests his forehead against her and for just a second she lets herself close her eyes and after what seems like so long, lets herslf relax, lets her shoulders loose some of their tension and just takes a moment.
And then, and then "Kara?" quiet and hesistant like she's never heard that voice before and her eyes spring open and she nearly recoils from Lee but catches herself in time because she knows in that moment he'll be hurt enough as it is.
"Sorry, yeah." Lee's hands don't quite drop from her hair and her side, but they loosen their grip and slide from under cloth and off of skin. It's enough that she thinks maybe now she can step away from him so she does, but his hand stays on her side, even as she turns to face the other man.
"This is-" she looks at Lee and he's still looking at her the same way he has since she walked into the room, happy and hopeful and something else they don't have time to deal with right now.
Sam walks forward, stations himself in front of Kara and barely turns his body so that he can stick his hand out. "Anders."
Kara watches Lee eye Sam, watches Lee's eyes sweep up and down as he shakes his hand, sees the moment Lee discards him as a threat. Kara wants to shake her head, especially when Sam does the same, drops Lee's hand and looks at her and raises an eyebrow.
She feels Lee tense beside her and she grits her teeth and shakes her head, unfamilar bangs getting in her eyes. "We don't have time for this right now," she says and shoots them both a glare she knows they're familar with.
"Kara-" Sam says and Lee's hand tightens on her hip and the President steps forward and says "Lieutenant Thrace," and for that alone Kara would go back to Caprica on this woman's orders.
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3.
Lee pulls back and looks at her, really looks at her, and it hits Kara how much she missed him in three short weeks, how much longer she missed him before.
He doesn't exactly pull away, but he puts enough distance between them that she can only barely feel his breath on her face. He tightens the hand at her waist and takes a little breath and exhales.
"I missed you," he says with a nervous glance at her face and she smiles, just a little, wants to laugh but can't figure out how to loosen the voice that seems like it's stuck in her throat.
But she's more comfortable with actions than with words, so she slides a hand up his shoulder, his neck, into slightly unruly hair and pulls him back towards her, meets him in the middle and kisses him, kisses him and opens her mouth, licks into his mouth and slides her tongue along his teeth and then his tongue until he starts to kiss her back, just until she knows he's getting the point and he slides the hand at her waist just under the edge of her tanks and runs a finger along the edge of skin and collar at her neck.
She pulls back and the hand at her neck slides up and into her hair and she feels her pony tail loosen as he keeps her close, so close and she has to concentrate so she doesn't lean forward again, because they've both had their chance and there are people watching them, strangely silent.
"Just so we're clear," she says with a hint of a smile and can't stiffle the impulse to lick her lips and watch him as her tongue darts out and across and in and he shifts just a fraction of an inch closer. "I missed you too."
He smiles and when he nods he rubs his nose against hers lightly and she smiles too, wide and bright and gods, and then someone clears his throat and Lee's smile drops and he pulls away, looks over her shoulder and sets his jaw and the little crease he gets between his eyebrows when he's stressed is back and she tracks his eyes until Tom Zarek is standing next to them, a strange smirk on his face.
"Lieutenant Thrace," he says, and she sees Lee flinch out of the corner of her eye. "We should talk."
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liminalliz *snuggles*This was going to be a part of a 'Five things' story about how the reunion on the Astral Queen might have gone but there are only three bits here. Ah well. Spoilers for Home pt 1.
Unflocked.
[][][]
1.
Lee presses in quick and in the brief moment she can taste something like nerves and something like fear and something else, something undefinable under it all. And then he pulls away, much too quickly and not soon enough and looks at her and something inside just goes click just slides into place and her hand is at her waist and her gun is in her hand and against his temple before he manages to take a breath.
Something passes across his face, and whether it is guilt or fear or satisfaction, Kara doesn't know, just knows it isn't human and knows that whatever this reunion is feigning as, it's supposed to be setting something in motion.
She tightens her grip on her pistol. She hears someone - Helo, maybe - clear their throat but she ignores it, presses the gun more tightly to this skin and hisses "I know," the words spitting out from between her teeth.
"What do you know, Kara?" The thing in front of her keeps his voice low, but it's pitched to carry and out of the corner of her eye she sees someone slowly raise his gun in her direction.
"What do you know, Kara?" it prods again and for just a second she sees how they were all fooled so easily. He sounds so human and his body is warm and hard against hers and she wishes she could let her hand slip but she can't because she knows.
"Don't frak with me." It comes out from between clenched teeth and she steadies herself on her feet. He just keeps looking at her and doesn't make any move to try to disarm her. It doesn't matter she thinks. There are a thousand others ready to replace him. The thought makes her throat close up and her hand wavers for just a second and that's when she sees it, sees the cold hard calculating mind behind his eyes and Kara knows she's right.
"Kara-" he starts, same low, calm voice, but she cuts him off.
"You're a cylon," she says and it sounds so melodramtic as she says it, and she thinks she hears the president gasp or maybe choke back a sob or a laugh, she can't tell over the roaring in her ears. Besides, she's too busy watching him for a reaction.
Nothing changes in his face or his body and she would be able to tell, pressed this tightly against him and an inch from his nose and she is right, she knows she is.
"Helo," she says, pitches her voice a little louder. "Get everyone out of here. Something's going down."
She hears Helo take a step towards her. "Starbuck-"
"Karl, do it now, so help me-" she shifts the gun, settles it more comfortably against the thing in front of her's skin and she thinks she hears Helo exhale.
"Okay, okay. Just calm down. I'll get everyone out if you move the gun away from the Captain's head."
She shakes her head, licks her lips, keeps watching Lee, who she doesn't think has blinked yet. "You get moving, and then we'll see."
"We'll go, lieutenant." Kara sees the president step forward. "Just-"
"Get moving." Lee's eyes flicker, see something behind her and his eyes are warm and approving and she doesn't think, just moves, dives to floor and barely misses the shot Sharon fires.
And then she hears the Centurions and the room is full of fire and sparks and screaming and she thinks I knew.
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2.
Lee leans in and kisses her swiftly, pulls away with a little pop and she's so shocked she doesn't know what to do, can't think of anything to say, just stares at him.
"Kara-"" he breathes and she bites her lip, wishes she could stop herself from swaying towards him just a little and tightening her hands in his jacket at the sound of her name finally coming from him with something other than anger or exhaustion or brotherly affection.
Lee doesn't miss it, her sudden weakness and then he's smiling just for a second and then he's kissing her again, lips suddenly an insistent pressure on hers, kissing her and tilting his head and threading one hand into her hair and pulling her head back just far enough that her head tilts back and left and her mouth opens just enough to let him in, his tongue just touching hers before pulling away.
Lee pulls back this time, pulls back just far enough that she can feel his breath on her wet lips. Her eyes are open and she watches him, eyes closed, as he tilts his head and rests his forehead against her and for just a second she lets herself close her eyes and after what seems like so long, lets herslf relax, lets her shoulders loose some of their tension and just takes a moment.
And then, and then "Kara?" quiet and hesistant like she's never heard that voice before and her eyes spring open and she nearly recoils from Lee but catches herself in time because she knows in that moment he'll be hurt enough as it is.
"Sorry, yeah." Lee's hands don't quite drop from her hair and her side, but they loosen their grip and slide from under cloth and off of skin. It's enough that she thinks maybe now she can step away from him so she does, but his hand stays on her side, even as she turns to face the other man.
"This is-" she looks at Lee and he's still looking at her the same way he has since she walked into the room, happy and hopeful and something else they don't have time to deal with right now.
Sam walks forward, stations himself in front of Kara and barely turns his body so that he can stick his hand out. "Anders."
Kara watches Lee eye Sam, watches Lee's eyes sweep up and down as he shakes his hand, sees the moment Lee discards him as a threat. Kara wants to shake her head, especially when Sam does the same, drops Lee's hand and looks at her and raises an eyebrow.
She feels Lee tense beside her and she grits her teeth and shakes her head, unfamilar bangs getting in her eyes. "We don't have time for this right now," she says and shoots them both a glare she knows they're familar with.
"Kara-" Sam says and Lee's hand tightens on her hip and the President steps forward and says "Lieutenant Thrace," and for that alone Kara would go back to Caprica on this woman's orders.
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3.
Lee pulls back and looks at her, really looks at her, and it hits Kara how much she missed him in three short weeks, how much longer she missed him before.
He doesn't exactly pull away, but he puts enough distance between them that she can only barely feel his breath on her face. He tightens the hand at her waist and takes a little breath and exhales.
"I missed you," he says with a nervous glance at her face and she smiles, just a little, wants to laugh but can't figure out how to loosen the voice that seems like it's stuck in her throat.
But she's more comfortable with actions than with words, so she slides a hand up his shoulder, his neck, into slightly unruly hair and pulls him back towards her, meets him in the middle and kisses him, kisses him and opens her mouth, licks into his mouth and slides her tongue along his teeth and then his tongue until he starts to kiss her back, just until she knows he's getting the point and he slides the hand at her waist just under the edge of her tanks and runs a finger along the edge of skin and collar at her neck.
She pulls back and the hand at her neck slides up and into her hair and she feels her pony tail loosen as he keeps her close, so close and she has to concentrate so she doesn't lean forward again, because they've both had their chance and there are people watching them, strangely silent.
"Just so we're clear," she says with a hint of a smile and can't stiffle the impulse to lick her lips and watch him as her tongue darts out and across and in and he shifts just a fraction of an inch closer. "I missed you too."
He smiles and when he nods he rubs his nose against hers lightly and she smiles too, wide and bright and gods, and then someone clears his throat and Lee's smile drops and he pulls away, looks over her shoulder and sets his jaw and the little crease he gets between his eyebrows when he's stressed is back and she tracks his eyes until Tom Zarek is standing next to them, a strange smirk on his face.
"Lieutenant Thrace," he says, and she sees Lee flinch out of the corner of her eye. "We should talk."
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But she's more comfortable with actions than with words, so she slides a hand up his shoulder, his neck, into slightly unruly hair and pulls him back towards her, meets him in the middle and kisses him, kisses him and opens her mouth, licks into his mouth and slides her tongue along his teeth and then his tongue until he starts to kiss her back, just until she knows he's getting the point and he slides the hand at her waist just under the edge of her tanks and runs a finger along the edge of skin and collar at her neck.
GUH. You have an incredible way with words.
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Hey, did you get the fic I sent you for a read-through? I sent it last week some time - no pressure, I just wanted to make sure you got it.
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Man! I hate yahoo.
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Let me know if it arrives?