Category: het

edges of intimacy, by theviolonist – Battlestar Galactica (2003) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

Lee thinks about arguing with her, trying to persuade her that they’re going to make it alive. Instead he says, “Bright, shiny futures are overrated anyway.”

She’s silent for a moment, her elbows resting on her knees, her face half obscured by the shadows. He looks at her from the corner of his eye. He knows she doesn’t want to be protected, but he wants to, he can’t help it.

“And now we can’t even play frakking triad,” she mumbles after a few minutes.

There’s nothing else to do, so he bursts out laughing. Her head whips towards him, surprise flashing briefly on her face, then she joins in. By the time the laughter stops she’s leaning heavily on him, and they’re too close for comfort and he can feel her breath on his lips and really, damn him for not being able to think when she’s looking at him like that, her mouth quirked in a grin and her face framed by messy bangs.

Something sizzles between them, elastic electricity stretching between their bodies. Lee feels her chest heaving; her breasts graze against his arm and they both startle almost guiltily. They don’t stop looking at each other, though; maybe the end of the worlds really is all it takes to bring Lee Adama and Kara Thrace together. It would figure.

Source: edges of intimacy, by theviolonist – Battlestar Galactica (2003) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org

I’m a sucker for fics that make the promise Kara & Lee showed from the start of the show come true.

the likes of me and the likes of you, by monsterbate – Selfie (TV) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

Eliza Dooley, being influential and awesome, knows the following three very important things:

  1. The power of a well-timed subtweet
  2. How to apply lip liner in the back of a Lyft
  3. Dawn is the best selfie light

And, of course, though it doesn’t make the list, she also knows all about wanting: about what it feels like to stand at the edge of the world and look in on all the possibilities and discover over and over that she isn’t—she isn’t—enough.

Source: the likes of me and the likes of you, by monsterbate – Selfie (TV) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

I wanted to scream when the show was canceled before they got together. This fic fixes everything.

A World we Lost – Chapter 1, by thefrenchmistake – Chronicles of Narnia – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

Her older siblings did not laugh anymore, and each smile seemed to be wrenched from them and tear them apart. She asked Susan, one night, to sing her a Narnian song and was met with snapping and anger. Peter gripped the raven haired girl by her wrist and led her away with fire in his eye and anger on his lips, and when Lucy passed the door to his room, she heard shouting and smashing. Her hand hovered above the doorknob for a while before a loud insult broke into a sob and she decided to walk away.

Lucy did not understand.

Edmund looked at them with something akin to pity in his eye, and when she asked him about it, he smiled sadly and gripped her hand tighter, telling her she would understand later.

Lucy did not understand.

Source: A World we Lost – Chapter 1, by thefrenchmistake – Chronicles of Narnia – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

A heartrendingly perceptive look at the Pevensies after the children’s second return from Narnia, all the way to the end… includes P/S incest and fixing of the Susan problem. <3

Calliope & Oneiros | Lovely – YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/

Did I just rec a vid for the same pairing with the same title? Yes, yes I did. But this one’s just incredible in a completely different way, focusing on the parallels between two beings connected by their shared trauma as much as their history.

Morpheus & Calliope | Lovely – YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/

So I thought I’d made it through the show without picking up a ship for a change – and then they dropped the surprise episode 11, and in the second half we met Calliope… As this vid shows so beautifully, their relationship is full of history and emotion, and I can only pray for more!

 

Angels Would Fall, by lls_mutant – Battlestar Galactica (2003) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

Kara interrupts him with a sharp laugh and a rolled up jacket tossed lightly at his face. “Do you realize that’s the third time you’ve quoted Lee in the past hour?” she asks. “When did the two of you become such frakking best buddies?”

Frakking best buddies. Sam stops still, because he never thought of it that way. But before he can analyze it, Kara sees the truth and says, “So what, did you two have some sort of mutual comfort society going while I was gone?”

He’s never been the type to hide his feelings from Kara- hell, he’s never thought he should hide his feelings from Kara. And so he stands there, everything written across his face.

Source: Angels Would Fall, by lls_mutant – Battlestar Galactica (2003) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

I must admit, I’ve got kind of a thing for Sam/Lee during Kara’s “death”…

Prologue – Chapter 1, by embolalia – Battlestar Galactica (2003) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

“Don’t worry.” Zak leans up to kiss Kara’s cheek, then stands. “He’ll love you, too.” He heads toward the door. “Come on or we’ll be late.”

In spite of his warning, Kara slips down into his seat and stares into space for a minute. Her mind is blank except for that one word: too.

Source: Prologue – Chapter 1, by embolalia – Battlestar Galactica (2003) [Archive of Our Own] | https://archiveofourown.org/

As much as I dislike cheating in real life, the chemistry between Kara and Lee right from the start can’t be denied, and this fic shows a plausible (and still mostly canon-compliant) way it might have gone.