No Takebacks

**raises hand with questions**

Is this the last one or will there be other cards tomorrow or Sunday? If it's the last one, does it end at 3 am ET or go the whole weekend?

When you say no AU, you literally mean just no our Earth/alternate universe right? Can it invalidate canon? Because those could be different... (i.e. If I want Zak to break up with Kara and live and end up with Cally, while she and Lee have their happy ever after...that's okay right?)

Edited Date: 2011-07-22 02:51 pm (UTC)

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Chance Encounter, PG
He doesn’t want to see her. He doesn’t. Or that’s what Lee tells himself. He flies into Caprica City instead of Delphi, shrugs Zak off with an explanation about only having time to visit Carolanne.
He’s picking up wine for his mother at the liquor store when suddenly there she is: Kara Thrace, in the flesh, eyes wide and lips parted, staring at him as if she’s just as terrified and attracted by his presence as he is by hers. They stand transfixed, remembering that night and all their fantasies since.
“Oh!” Zak suddenly appears. “Great, let’s head to mom’s!”

Carolanne, PG
Zak vaults up the steps to find Carolanne while Kara and Lee hang back, getting out the wine and food they’ve brought.
“What’s she like?” Kara asks suddenly.
Lee glances at her, realizes that not all of Kara’s nervousness is about him. “She’s...had a hard life.” He sees Kara flinch, wonders whether she’s used the phrase herself. “And she wasn’t always the world’s greatest mom. She’ll be polite to you, though. She likes it when we bring girls home.”
Kara nods once, casts a wary glance toward the house.
“Don’t worry,” Lee say impulsively. “I’ll look out for you.”

Transfer, PG
“So are you going to transfer to Raptors or not?” Carolanne asks Zak imperiously halfway through dinner.
Lee raises his eyebrows at Kara and she shrugs.
“That’s gonna be up to Kara, Mom,” Zak grins. “But you know what Dad would--”
Carolanne bursts into a harangue about Bill Adama and Zak rushes to calm her.
Meanwhile, Kara’s bare ankle brushes Lee’s under the table and they both freeze, eyes locked. Their focus narrows down to these two points of contact.
Until dinner ends, neither pulls away. It’s a constant reminder that they have a secret together, and a simmering connection.

Law School, PG-13
“So for the record you’re still in the Fleet,” Kara teases as they put dishes away.
Lee shrugs. “Thinking about law school, though.”
She smirks. “You as a lawyer? You’d have to learn a few things about breaking rules, Lee.”
He puts a pot down, gazes at her intently. “Anything you could teach me?”
Her mouth is suddenly dry. “Yeah.” She glances toward the living room; they can hear Zak and Carolanne. She steps close to Lee, rests her hands on his chest. “This.” She kisses him, presses into him as he wraps his arms around her. Gods, it’s perfect.

FTL, NC-17
“I’m gonna show Kara that FTL I built,” Lee mutters as they pass the livingroom.
“He was such a nerd!” Zak proclaims, but he’s ignored.
In Lee’s old room he pulls Kara close, kisses her hard. Their lips are eager, bruising; they’ve been imagining this for months.
“Quickly,” Kara gasps, stripping down.
Lee strips, too, pauses to stare until Kara reaches for him. They fall onto the narrow bed, and Lee slides into her body, slick and tight and hot. Kara bites his shoulder and Lee stifles a groan. He kisses her, silencing their cries as they fly toward ecstasy.

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onlyariana.livejournal.com

OH! Those were so so awesome. I loved that you kept it one story but each bit fit so well into the prompt.

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Thanks! It's fun to do them this way sometimes--and I also have trouble cramming all the set-up and action of an NC-17 story in otherwise :)

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rayruz.livejournal.com

OMG ACAD!PILOTS DRABBLES ARE YES.

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scifishipper.livejournal.com

No AU means you can't put K/L on modern day earth or as cave people pre-mini. Altering events, such as keeping the technology on new!earth or making Zak an estranged malcontent is fine. :) So...sort of AU, as much of fic is, but not outside the canon universe of Twelve Worlds, cylon wars, etc.

And yes, More bingo cards this weekend. And blackouts can happen on old cards, too.

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Denial, memorial wall, PG
For a week, Lee manages to avoid it putting it up. He makes all his routes on the ship to make a clear berth of the hall as much as possible. But, one day he’s walking the halls, discussing pilot rotations when he looks up to see the memorial wall to his right. It’s been seven days since his wife died in surgery. Seven days since Kara was reunited with her husband. Seven days since he sent his wife out on a rescue mission only to be shot along the way. He’s not ready to put her picture up yet.

Anger, i will hit a cripple, PG
“What the frak is your problem?” She’s pissed because he keeps chewing her out during the pilot briefings.
“You are.” He hates her. He hates her for getting herself shot down, when she’s supposed to be an amazing pilot. Hates her husband for making him choose between their wives. Hates that Sam gets his wife back while he gets the guilt of killing his own.
“You need to get a grip.” She shoves her face in his.
“I will hit a cripple.” He shoves her out of his way. He hates that he’s still careful to avoid her bandaged hands.

Bargaining, frak space, R
“Stop avoiding me.”
“I’m not.”
Actually, he has been, but she’s finally managed to corner him and now he’s pushing his hand between her legs. She moves to unfasten his pants but he pulls her hands together and holds them above her head. She tries to kiss his lips but he moves his face into her neck.
“Frak! Let me do something.”
“No,” he whispers.
It’s then she realizes that he’s been punishing himself. He’s seeking absolution but the one person he wants it from, he can’t get it. It makes her want to cry a little when she comes.

Depression, i could do this all day, PG
Everyone had noticed Lee’s depression, but didn’t know what to do. Kara’s solution was to talk incessantly about his attributes.
“Stop it.”
“No.”
“Please leave me alone.”
Taking a deep breath, Kara finally mentioned Dee. “She said you were a good husband, a good man. That you put everyone else’s needs before yours.”
Long silence. “She said all that with a bullet wound in her stomach?”
“Morpha makes you chatty. I told her you wouldn’t cheat. Too honorable or some crap. She laughed.”
“Are you ever going to run out of things to say?”
“I could do this all day.”

Acceptance, i’m done here, PG
Kara found Lee at the last place she expected, standing at the memorial wall. She approached him slowly to see him staring at Dee’s photo.
“You put it up?”
He turned to look at her and gives her a small smile, “Yeah. It was about time.”
“It’s a good picture.”
“She looks happy. I think she was happy.”
“Yeah.” Unsure where she fit in at this moment, she asked, “You want me to leave you alone here for a bit?”
He grabbed hold of her hand and with a small shake of his head, he said, “No, I’m done here.”

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Dad, PG

They lay beneath the stars they'd given up, just watching, remembering the path that led them to this place.

"Remember when you kissed me," she asked, "after I came back from Caprica?"

He smiled wistfully at the memory. "Yeah."

"And when you said you loved me?"

He chuckled recalling her reaction, "Yup, that too. Still do."

"And when you said you'd thought about having a wife and kids and a porch swing?"

Leaning to press his head to hers, he whispered, "I remember everything."

"How about when I told you that you were gonna be a daddy?" she whispered back, her voice shy.

All he saw was stars.

***

Sky, PG-13

He caught her looking to the sky sometimes. Still, after all these years. She missed the stars. Her real home was among them, flying free. He knew it, but she'd stayed for him. Because he needed her.

Like so many other nights, he found her looking up. He gently reached for her waist.

"I'm sorry I took you from there."

Turning serenely, she just smiled. "You didn't take me from anywhere, Lee. I choose to stay. If I was up there, I'd be looking down here and wishing."

"Besides," she grinned, pushing him down. "There are other ways to fly."

***

Hiking, NC-17

They were supposed to be taking a hiking expedition into the mountains to map the terrain and find some much-needed water reserves. They were supposed to be engaged in a very important settlement recon mission.

But instead they were frakking. Repeatedly. A lot.

And currently she had his head locked between her thighs in the throes of a particularly violent orgasm.

Collapsing into the soft grass, she gasped. "Gods Lee, if we don't find some water soon, I'm not gonna survive another one of those."

Wiping his mouth, he leaned back onto his heels. "Well," he drawled sexily, "if your thirsty..."

***

Childbirth, PG-13

Without the luxury of birth control, Lee had Kara good and knocked up within 3 months on Earth. She was not an easy patient. But even her constant vitriol about his decision to forgo technology and medicine couldn't diminish his joy at her condition. Besides, Cottle was still close enough to deliver her. Until he wasn't. She was two weeks early and he was off tending to some other the other dozen pregnant women. So they did it together. Alone.

She was not pleased.

"I frakking hate you, Lee Adama!" She cursed through the pain.

He still couldn't stop smiling.

***

Exploration, PG-13

He explored the slopes and ridges of the new terrain with vigor. He'd always been an explorer. And now that he had the time and freedom, he reveled in each discovery.

This day, he slipped into a lush dewy valley in awe of its beauty in the morning sun.

"Lee!" She reprimanded, groggily. "Stop that! It tickles!"

"Stow it, you!" He grinned. "I'm exploring here."

As she stretched away the last vestiges of sleep, he found even more to learn, new angles, exciting curves.

"Well, explore somewhere else." She begged, giggling as his fingertips roamed her sensitive skin. "That terrain is still asleep."

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Awwwwwwww! (and I mean that in a 'awwwww you're in trouble and i'm telling' kind of way, not a 'isn't that so cute' one) Lol. For real I love this whole thing and want more. So sinful! I'm a big proponent of sinful.

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Man! Another nice one that all flows into one compelling arc! Yay! It's not so easy to make me sad about Dee dying, but you did it.

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Hehe. There will be more! I made a rule for myself that for every 5 pages of reading for grad school that I do, I get to write a drabble. There may even be more soon ;)

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well I am all aflutter in anticipation! ;)

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Oh, these are lovely. I love how Kara's primary strategy is badgering and never giving up on him, and of course with them it works :)

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Sky made me happy and Exploration made me laugh. And Hiking! Raunchy!Lee doesn't come out to play often enough :)

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What an interesting little continuity. Nice work.

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Sky is lovely. :) And Dad really made me smile.

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Flight Instructor, PG-13
It’s been weeks since one of their late-night, ambrosia-fueled, gloriously hot fraks and Lee hasn’t heard a word from Kara. He tries not to care, to accept that she’s his brother’s girlfriend and he has no claim on her.
Then Zak announces, heart-broken, that Kara’s dumped him and resigned as a flight instructor. Lee knows at once that something’s wrong.
He pounds on her door, shouting, for nearly an hour, but Kara doesn’t answer. Eventually he sinks to the floor, waits in silence.
Some time near midnight, she opens the door, looks at him tearfully and speaks. “Lee, I’m pregnant.”

War College, PG
“What’s your plan?” Lee asks delicately, watching as Kara pours a glass of ambrosia and another of water.
“I’m transferring to War College,” she says, passing him the ambrosia. “It’s the birth control implant that failed, not me, so the Fleet can’t really penalize me.” She crosses her arms. “And my Commander seems to think that I’d be a good strategist with the right training.” Through all of this she doesn’t meet his eyes.
“You’re keeping it?” Lee asks.
Kara finally looks up, looks terrified. “Abortion is a sin, Lee.”
He waits.
“And I couldn’t do that to our child.”

FRAK SPACE, NC-17
Kara’s fear and knowing she’s having his baby drive Lee to the same response: he pulls her tightly against him, stroking her hair, kissing her temple.
Her tension eases, and Kara meets his eyes, smiles.
Lee kisses her tenderly, but their passion rapidly escalates until Kara is on the table, her legs around Lee’s hips as he aligns them.
“This is what got us in trouble,” she murmurs, then whimpers as he plunges into her.
“Yeah, but it’s too late for more, right?” he teases.
A key clicks in the lock and they turn, Lee clutching Kara close.
It’s Zak.

Finals, PG-13
Zak stares at them as Lee and Kara separate, fumble back into their clothes.
“I wanted to tell you I passed my final flight test,” Zak finally says flatly. “I thought maybe you’d want to celebrate, want to...” His gaze flickers over both of them as if he doesn’t quite understand.
“Zak,” Kara finally says, her voice aching with apology.
“No.” He shakes his head sharply. “No.” He leaves, slamming the door.
Lee hesitates, then hugs Kara close. She’s trembling with emotions: guilt, shame, regret over Zak’s pain. Lee’s ashamed but elated that at least for now, she’s chosen him.

Call Sign, PG
Lee wakes alone. He finds Kara on the balcony, looking at the stars.
“Hey, Starbuck.” He settles beside her.
She turns toward him slowly. “I’m not Starbuck anymore. I’m not a pilot.”
He’s caught by her profound sadness. “You can fly again once the baby comes,” he reminds her.
Kara shakes her head. “What if I crashed? She’d be alone.” She looks away, whispers, “I hope I don’t resent her for it.”
Lee takes her hand. “Well, you won’t crash. And besides, I told you. I’m resigning.” He sees the sudden hope in her eyes. “We’ll do this together, Kara.”

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I love that these tell a whole story. A delicious, naughty little story. ;)

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sammy567.livejournal.com

Guh. Finals. Heart feeling ripped apart. Must scream but in public. Argh!! Nice work.

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Ohhh BLACKOUTS ON OLD CARDS, YOU SAY? Sweet.

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Ha! We had the same idea, I'm trying to tell one story with my miniseries prompts too, although mine will be set post-finale. ;)

I love this little story. So much heat and tension between them. Transfer is especially delicious with that point of contact and then action in the kitchen and heading upstairs! Whoo!

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Aw, what a great little story. :D

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I ADORE THIS ENTIRE SERIES SO FRAKKING MUCH!! <3

Dad is so sweet and Sky is perfect and Hiking is hilarious and Childbirth is textbook pilots and Exploration is adorable!!

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I love that you love it! And those two words pretty much describe pilots :)

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