Kara/Lee fic recs: the mini
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no_takebacksAfter watching the mini Monday night for the shipper re-watch, I got the urge to go back and reread (for the millionth time, yes—your point? ;) ) some of the first great Kara/Lee fics I devoured found in the BSG fandom, and especially those set before or during the mini. Just to connect again with that rush of excitement I felt upon discovering this series and its fic. Since I figure many of you might be eager to do the same, I put together a few recs set either pre-mini or during the mini itself. (Yes, I did include Academy fic because, well, we only really found out it was AU in the final months of the show and because so many of them are just so good that you want them to be canon, so.)
I had such fun putting these together that I'm thinking I'll try (try!) to put a similar list together each week, though obviously some eps spurred more fic than others (has anyone ever even written K/L set during "Water," for instance? Idek.). Would anyone besides me be interested in something as specific as this in terms of recs? Do let me know what you think!
Also, feel free to add more recs to this list in the comments. There are so many amazing stories out there (old and new to the fandom) I'd never be able to list them all here, so I'd love to hear what some of your favorite pre-mini and miniseries fics are.
(Note: Cross-posted to my journal)
"We have to start having babies."
Something Pretty
By Kate Andrews
Rated: NC-17
"It's the end of the world.... I thought I should confess my sins."
Decline and Fall
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elzed
Rated: NC-17
"This seems familiar."
Stupid Thing Last Night
Bystars_like_dust
Rated: PG
"Everyone has a skill."
Detour
Bybrynnmck
Rated: PG-13
"Zak was my brother."
"What was he to me, nothing?"
A Brief History of Starbuck and Apollo, Part 1
Bydaphnaea
Rated: PG-13
...and now for a little crack (because I love it so):
"You are beyond insane!"
The Caprica High series.
Byrawles and hobviously (now sainfoin_fields)
Rated: Various
I had such fun putting these together that I'm thinking I'll try (try!) to put a similar list together each week, though obviously some eps spurred more fic than others (has anyone ever even written K/L set during "Water," for instance? Idek.). Would anyone besides me be interested in something as specific as this in terms of recs? Do let me know what you think!
Also, feel free to add more recs to this list in the comments. There are so many amazing stories out there (old and new to the fandom) I'd never be able to list them all here, so I'd love to hear what some of your favorite pre-mini and miniseries fics are.
(Note: Cross-posted to my journal)
"We have to start having babies."
Something Pretty
By Kate Andrews
Rated: NC-17
"It's the end of the world.... I thought I should confess my sins."
Decline and Fall
By
elzedRated: NC-17
"This seems familiar."
Stupid Thing Last Night
By
stars_like_dustRated: PG
"Everyone has a skill."
Detour
By
brynnmckRated: PG-13
"Zak was my brother."
"What was he to me, nothing?"
A Brief History of Starbuck and Apollo, Part 1
By
daphnaeaRated: PG-13
...and now for a little crack (because I love it so):
"You are beyond insane!"
The Caprica High series.
By
rawles and hobviously (now sainfoin_fields)Rated: Various
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Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-09 01:52 am (UTC)Daphnaea’s writing style just kicks my ass. This is so beautiful. The scene in the middle of this one where Kara confesses a secret to Lee just guts me every time.
Circumstance by elly724 (http://elly427.livejournal.com/157828.html)
A wonderful rewrite of elzed’s Decline and Fall from Zak’s POV.
One Taste of the Apple by brynnmck (http://brynnmck.livejournal.com/32749.html)
Kara and Lee take a road trip to get Lee a date. Somehow he ends up going home with Kara.
All Feelings but This One by Claira and Pen (http://stars-like-dust.livejournal.com/166026.html#cutid1)
These two are such good writers and together they’re even better.
Between by DianeLD (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2567029/1/Between)
More angsty goodness. The rooftop and pancakes bits stay with me from this one. And the last paragraph!
And From Your Face I Will Be Hidden by meyerlemon (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2254632/1/and_from_Your_face_I_will_be_hidden)
Lee meets Kara. “He thinks about her in ways he shouldn’t.&rdquo
Secrets and Lies by bsg_rp_apollo (http://bsg-rp-apollo.livejournal.com/11537.html)
A little (ok a lot) infidelicious. They have one weekend to burn it out of their system. Very steamy and bittersweet.
Swear Not by the Moon by brynnmck (http://brynnmck.livejournal.com/15183.html#cutid1)
Kara and Lee, graduation night, a prank.
Laws of Gravity by brynnmck (http://brynnmck.livejournal.com/17681.html)
brynnmck might be the pre-mini queen. This is lovely backstory.
Highway by Mystic83 (aka hackaddict aka Emily) (http://hackaddict.livejournal.com/77699.html#cutid1)
Another road trip fic! (Many great ones in fanon.) This one ends with a funny exchange between Kara and Lee to Zak at the end, which is kind of the cherry on top.
Double Dates are the Best, Right? by anni_erie (http://anni-erie.livejournal.com/7518.html#cutid1)So funny. Love a lot of things, but mostly the fact that she can call him at 4 am. Gianne actually appears quite briefly in S2, but nobody really knows anything about her so this isn’t actually spoilery.
Asterism by Widget (http://widget285.livejournal.com/250116.html)
Another great backstory for our pilots.
Almost by latteaddict (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3734334/1/Almost)
Beach fic. Yay! Starts out fluffy, ends up sexy and sad.
Off the Beaten Path by elly724 (http://elly427.livejournal.com/160327.html)
Usually I’m not a threesome fan, but this is just enough that it works and I love the end.
Stupid Thing Last Night, the Sequel by stars_like_dust (aka claira)and Elzed (http://stars-like-dust.livejournal.com/211449.html)
The first installment (http://stars-like-dust.livejournal.com/155274.html) (which you don't need to have read first) is fun too, but actually “seeing” the tape makes this one a don’t-miss.
Bunk Mates (aka One Up) by alissabobissa (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4009811/1/One_Up)
This is part one of four, but I really love the setup in this and kara’s line about frakking others but cuddling with Lee.
Heard this One Before? by Lint (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3946233/1/Heard_This_One_Before)
The middle section about Zak is why I’m reccing this. Secret-keeping Lee and Kara and knowing Zak make me squee.
Re: Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-09 03:47 am (UTC)Re: Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-09 04:07 am (UTC)Re: Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-09 04:08 am (UTC)Re: Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-10 02:01 am (UTC)The "Stupid Thing Last Night" sequels bring up an interesting question in terms of how we categorize things. I had only rec'd the first one b/c parts 2 and 3 go back and forth between pre-mini and post-YCGHA. Will we just rec fics like that multiple times? Couldn't hurt. Stuff that spans whole seasons and arcs might need more consideration, though. Hmmm.
Re: Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-10 02:24 am (UTC)Hmm.
Re: Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-11 03:49 am (UTC)Re: Some favorite pre-mini fics
Date: 2009-07-10 07:30 am (UTC)Will we just rec fics like that multiple times? Couldn't hurt.
I was wonderig just the same... But I think that, since this is a rewatch after all, it doesn't matter, really... Myself, I've recced "Angle of Descent", which only contains a pre-mini bit --the rest of it is definitely S2--, but as it deals with the Zak/guilt topic in such a beautiful way... I couldn't help myself ;))
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Date: 2009-07-11 03:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-09 12:11 pm (UTC)OK, so Decline and Fall is one of my all time fav fics. i must have read that story about 4 times. Wonderful job elzed!
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Date: 2009-07-09 10:17 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-07-10 02:05 am (UTC)Yeah, I LOVE "Decline and Fall." Guh.
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Date: 2009-07-10 07:12 pm (UTC)*blows kisses all round*
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Date: 2009-07-11 03:56 am (UTC)But rambling aside: Aww, we just love your work, girl!
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Date: 2009-07-09 10:12 pm (UTC)All the ones recced by you and Tara are wonderful, and here there are some more I love:
How Apollo Took On Dionysus, And Lost (or the futility of denying the obvious) by elzed (http://elzed.livejournal.com/93274.html)
“Decline and Fall” is definitely one of my favorite pre-mini fics, but this one is great too: Academy!Pilots, drunk Lee and actual plot with porn. Delicious, funny and very, very hot :)
Angle of Descent by Daphnaea (http://daphnaea.livejournal.com/3287.html)
"Because he’s inevitable. Because he’s Lee."
I ADORE all Daphnaea stuff and this story is definitely one of my favourites. It captures in a beautiful and believable way PILOTS: their attraction, Zak, the guilt, the UST, the banter, the cuteness, the self-destructiveness, the desire to work it out… and then the ending, just perfect.
The Delicious Notes by spamdilemma (http://community.livejournal.com/bsg2003fics/270331.html)
This is so very very nice. Kara/Zak/Lee dynamics from Carolanne –-Caroline here-- Adama’s POV (I am a sucker for Kara and Lee stories from an external point of view). Caroline is not the alcoholic abusive mother of canon, but an intuitive observant and compassionate one. The scene with the pillow is… gah. So good.
Artemis Rising by stars_like_dust (http://stars-like-dust.livejournal.com/225866.html)
I am a great fan of Claira’s fic, and this one is wonderful: lovely, and sweet, and cute, and hot... And Kara is the one who falls first for Lee! This story always reminds me of how much I love and adore pilots, and why.
Our Pataphysical Divigation by fahye (http://mercurial-wit.livejournal.com/34490.html#cutid1)
She grins and squeezes his hand under the table, and Lee feels a truer and more complex story start to write itself in the warmth of her fingers, in the ambiguous edge to her smile, in the secrets yet to be told and those that they’ve already kept.
Fahye is such a brilliant writer. I love how this story portrays Kara and Lee’s starts of their friendship, their developing identities and abilities, and how they become that complex and ever-evolving story we all love.
Every Time My Heart Beats by janeaus10 (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4049523/1/Every_Time_My_Heart_Beats)
I love this story very much --even though it is a very long fic and I don’t usually read stories that long. The story begins on the eve of Galactica’s decommisioning and then flashbacks to Lee and Kara’s meeting at the Academy. It is a really long story but fast paced, interesting, very well written and totally captivating. I just adore how the author weaves canon with imagination -adding nice twists and takes- and how everything comes full circle at the end.
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Date: 2009-07-10 02:09 am (UTC)Maybe because they portray younger -–and relatively angst-free—- versions of pilots with everything I love about them: the banter, the UST, the cuteness, the fun, the flying, the chemistry... Besides, I’m always been fascinated by all the different perspectives of the Zak + K/L attraction/guilt issue...
YES. THIS. :D
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Date: 2009-07-10 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-10 07:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-10 07:15 pm (UTC)Great to have so many lovely fics recced here - even though I have read most of them,. I am getting a total kick out of rereading them.
Oh, PILOOOOOOOOOTS!
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Date: 2009-07-11 11:31 am (UTC)And I've read most of the fics recced here too, but now I'm rereading a bunch and... gah. So goooood...
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Date: 2009-07-10 03:41 pm (UTC)The fine art of making friends by suffolkgirl
http://suffolkgirl.livejournal.com/45188.html
Lee and Helo are roommates at the Academy and Kara meets Lee for the first time.
All feelings but this one by stars_like_dust
http://stars-like-dust.livejournal.com/166026.html
Lee/Kara/Zak pre-mini jealousy and angst! Mmmmmmmm.
Waiting to fade by voleuse
http://moodfic.livejournal.com/62145.html
Did they or didn't they L/K Academy fic
Kitchen duty by Taragel (you know I had to rec this!)
http://taragel.livejournal.com/62227.html
L/K banter veers into something a little more dangerous.
You and a promise by foxrayne
http://foxrayne.livejournal.com/5063.html
Speaking of dangerous, this one does more than veer. L/K/Z angst and hotness.
The hard fall by literarylemming
http://literarylemming.livejournal.com/260850.html
Well, if L/K are going to get it on the very first time they meet, this is better than the table. And it's pretty damn hot.
Deviation by hackaddict
http://hackaddict.livejournal.com/33443.html
This is one of my favorite hackaddict stories - and I love so many of them. It starts well past-mini, but over 14 chapters gives us the entire backstory of how L/K met and what happened with Zak...it's TOTALLY AU though, including no cylon holocaust.
Halcyon days by plumunited
http://plumunited.livejournal.com/5231.html
Lee was there first but didn't stand and fight.
I could keep going and going but will stop there so I don't reveal my OCD for baaby!pilots too badly. Pre-mini fic, yay!
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Date: 2009-07-11 03:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-10 07:10 pm (UTC)*grins foolishly*
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Date: 2009-07-11 04:00 am (UTC)We are indeed lucky to have such an awesome, talented fandom.
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Date: 2009-07-10 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-11 04:03 am (UTC)