Remember the Time . . .
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I have completely loved the DPP this week - you shippers are gloriously creative and fun and enthusiastic. Thank you so much for the squeeeee!
Today, we're going to push ourselves out into the future - Kara and Lee's future, that is. Remember that scenario from Monday? Well that's still in play: there was no poof and the technology had been saved. You shippers wrote lots of lovely K/L fic, made some amazing crack and gave us some though-provoking meta on how the technology might be preserved and integrated with cylon tech. To re-familiarize yourself go here.
Imagine Kara and Lee on Earth - FIVE, TEN OR FIFTEEN YEARS LATER. Write or show a snippet from their lives. Anything could have happened to them, to the society, to Earth itself. Show me their lives at one or each of these milestones.
SHIPPER NATION LOVES KARA AND LEE AND WE DON'T FRAKKING CARE WHO KNOWS!
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nothin' but the rain
Date: 2010-11-14 01:40 pm (UTC)He hadn't been surprised when she said she needed to go off for a while. She did that sometimes. He never worried about her, she was Kara Thrace, after all, more capable of taking care of herself than any person he'd ever met. They'd spent plenty of time exploring together and had lived in the wild for a few weeks the year before last.
When she saw him, she grinned, seeming tired but happy. He understood her need to go out on her own. She said the daily grind really got to her, that as much as she loved him, she needed to be her own person - couldn't spend every single day of her life in the same boring routine, as hard and grueling as it could be living off the land.
She'd gone this year before the colder months came, knowing that the hard work of the harvest was behind them and Lee and Helo and a few of the others could finish the food processing and storage. They'd made love the night before she left and part of Lee really wanted her to stay, nestled in his arms forever. But she was right, he supposed, because he saw the signs of her restlessness, her temper flaring, arguing with everyone and no matter how many times she took a run or cut down a swath of trees, it was never enough. So, she'd leave, live on her own and clear her head.
He had no idea what she did out there, besides the simple tasks of staying alive, but she always came back to him, just as promised and she'd be younger, brighter, and they'd hole up together for days, touching and tasting and playing like they used to. And for as much as he missed her, ached for her when she was gone, he loved her even more when she came back.
As she stepped up the final bit of hill towards the cabin, she dumped her pack and walked over to him with that familiar Starbuck saunter, hands on hips, smirking and ready for action. He smiled at her and spoke the refrain that his dad had said so many times before.
"What do you hear, Starbuck?"
Re: nothin' but the rain
Date: 2010-11-14 07:15 pm (UTC)And I adore that Lee took over the Adama refrain for Kara. ♥
Re: nothin' but the rain
Date: 2010-11-14 07:31 pm (UTC)*squishes you*
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Date: 2010-11-14 07:37 pm (UTC)Re: nothin' but the rain
Date: 2010-11-14 08:47 pm (UTC)Re: nothin' but the rain
Date: 2010-11-15 02:01 am (UTC)Re: nothin' but the rain
Date: 2010-11-15 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-15 02:12 am (UTC)She actually wore a dress, her long hair brushed into a soft braid hat hung off her shoulder and he'd managed to shave.
They got their rings tattooed on their fingers (Kara hadn't suggested re-using Lee's first ring that he actually still had and Lee hadn't commented about how she already had a marriage tattoo) and the priest had blessed them in their new home, in front of everyone that lived among them.
Sharon hugged them both while Karl made a comment about it being frakking time.
They had all stayed up late into the night, a large bonfire lighting the festivities and the newly ready bottles of wine were passed around, no one noticed that the bride and groom had disappeared.
***
"Do remember the first time we saw these stars?"
Kara continued to ran her fingers along the arm that Lee had wrapped across her shoulders. They were both staring up at the night sky, feeling the light breeze as it played across the grass all around them.
"On Kobol," she answered his question, "Once I figured it out before all the rest of you."
"We would have gotten it eventually, Kara," he argued halfheartedly.
"Dream on, Apollo. Face it, you'd be lost without me," she said so smugly that he laughed, the sound sounding crystalline around them.
"Yeah, I would," he agreed with her.
They were quiet for a little while longer.
"Thank you," Lee said then. He voice was so loaded with emotion that she leaned up on her elbow, turning to peer at his face in the dark.
"What for?" she asked, genuinely puzzled. If anything, she should be thanking him for stubbornly sticking with her for all these years. And how had she actually thanked him? By saddling him with her for the rest of their lives. Poor guy.
She could see his eyes clearly in the starlight, the blue in them seeming more intense than they had in a long time. "For staying."
Her breath caught in her throat. She couldn't believe just how much she loved this man, didn't want to think about how much she had done nothing to deserve him because the gods would figure it out soon enough.
She kissed him deeply, trying to hold him as closely to her as she possibly could. The gods couldn't take one of them if they couldn't tell them apart.
But the gods weren't looking to punish Kara Thrace or Lee Adama. They let them be, allowing them to live out the rest of their lives always together.
***END***
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Date: 2010-11-15 02:27 am (UTC)The gods couldn't take one of them if they couldn't tell them apart.
So beautiful.
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Date: 2010-11-15 04:44 pm (UTC)Salt isn't just for tears
Date: 2010-11-15 03:38 am (UTC)They could smell the change in the air before they arrived, and when they cleared past the brush, the whole group stopped by the end and stared.
Three years they'd been on Earth, and this was the first time they'd seen the ocean.
The sparkling water glared against Helo's eyes in the afternoon sun, but the crashing of the waves and the sand beneath his feet made the whole tiring journey seem worth it. He looked beside him, down at his daughter. This was the first time she ever saw the sea, and her eyes were wide as she took in the sight, the imposing power of the sea making her take a small step behind him as she evaluated this new environment.
Suddenly, there was a whoop and he looked to see Lee running towards the water, a surprised and laughing Kara tossed over his shoulder. They were out waist deep in the water when Lee unceremoniously threw her into the water. He was laughing when she surfaced, her clothes clinging to her and her hair matted on her face as she grabbed his arm and pulled him down as the waves crashed and they both went under. A moment later, they came up again, laughing and splashing each other in the salty water, their laughter carrying over the waves, reaching their group. Sharon had already taken off her shoes and rolled up her pants, jogging through the sand over to the water. Others were doing the same as Lee was running after a whopping Kara in shallower waters, kicking up water all around them.
Hera grabbed his arm then and he saw that she was watching as Lee caught Kara in his arms and spun her around, kissing her firmly as the water lapped around their ankles.
"Why does it make them so happy, Daddy?" she asked, looking up at him expectantly.
"The sea's a nice place, honey. They haven't seen it in a long time. Now that it's here, they're happy to have it back," he explained.
Hera frowned a bit and looked back at the pair just a ways off. "It really makes them happy." She smiled.
Then she bent down, carefully removing her shoes and placing them beside her on the sand as she wandered off to join her mother in the water.
***END***
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Date: 2010-11-15 03:41 am (UTC)Re: Salt isn't just for tears
Date: 2010-11-15 03:53 am (UTC)Re: Salt isn't just for tears
Date: 2010-11-15 03:54 am (UTC)<3
Re: Salt isn't just for tears
Date: 2010-11-15 03:57 am (UTC)But I am determined!!!!
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Date: 2010-11-15 04:09 am (UTC)Re: Salt isn't just for tears
Date: 2010-11-15 04:46 pm (UTC)