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a mite whimsical in the brainpan ([info]tigerkat24) wrote,
@ 2009-09-27 19:57:00


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Current music:Enough To Go By--Vienna Teng
Entry tags:battlestar galactica, fanfiction, roslin/adama

Fic: What You Don't Say
Title: What You Don't Say
Summary: The phone call from Colonial One to Galactica: Laura Roslin is not pleased, and William Adama is not talking.
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica.
Spoilers: Up to Pegasus and like the first five minutes of Resurrection Ship I.
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Beta'd by the ever-lovely and ever-wonderful Priscellie.


"Sir, a call from Colonial One."

Adama winced, but said, "Put it through." Better to take his lumps now than in front of Cain. Laura might pull her punches there, or at least disguise them better, but the already-present embarrassment would be the greater for the hostile audience. He picked up the handset, said, "Adama."

"Bill, what the frak were you thinking?" Laura's voice scaled up on 'frak' and didn't come down.

He sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose. "She was going to kill my men, Madame President." Best to put the conversation back on a professional footing. Best not to pull Laura between him and Cain. She had enough to worry about now that... his heart caught and stumbled and he barely managed to continue his sentence. "I had no choice but to go and get them."

"That's not what I meant." She sounded tense, more so than usual. "Billy told me what happened--all of it--and I completely support your decision. I mean, why did you send the frakking Vipers? Why not go over her head?"

Over her... oh, no. Oh, Laura. She was not offering what he thought she was--she couldn't be. He wouldn't let her. "There is no one above her."

"The hell there isn't. I'm the President, Bill. That makes me Commander in Chief, remember? Just because I let you--"

"No one," he said, interrupting her as gently as he could, "that she'll listen to."

Laura was unmoved. "She'll listen to me," she said, grimly, and Bill had no doubt that she meant it.

He abandoned all hope of keeping this on a professional level and lowered his voice. "Laura, you cannot get in the middle of this." You're too sick, he didn't say. She's too ruthless.

"Is it too military for me?" she asked, in that deceptively sweet tone that meant she was about to hurt someone. He'd last heard her use it on Ellen Tigh. Which probably meant that she'd heard what he didn't say but always thought, and resented it deeply.

He sighed. "No. If the military is hit with infighting and the President gets involved, what is the rest of the fleet supposed to think? You need to be their guidance."

"Frak guidance."

"Laura..." He stopped. She'd chosen her side, and there was no talking her out of it.

He had been uncertain. She'd been so happy when they first found the Pegasus, so thrilled to see them that he, struggling already with the knowledge that Cain would take command, had almost snapped at her. He'd almost thought she wanted him gone. He should have known--Laura knew so little about the military that she hadn't even thought of the chain of command; she'd only been grateful for the two thousand more lives they had now.

He remembered her face, when he'd told her that Cain would take command. No, she hadn't wanted that.

And now she was going to make her feelings clear. Frak.

"Yes?" Her voice, barely patient, broke through his musings.

"Cain wants to meet on neutral ground," he said. Dualla was waving; the Raptor was ready. "She chose Colonial One."

A snort. "Neutral ground, hmm? Well, it's for the good. I can tell you both what an abysmally idiotic little scrap that was out there. Perhaps we can solve this to everyone's satisfaction."

If anyone could manage a solution, Laura could, but Bill was not remotely certain that it could be done at all. He did not say so. "I have a Raptor waiting. I'll be there in five minutes."

"Stay after she leaves." Laura was already becoming President Roslin, the anger draining from her voice, her tone drifting into distant calm. "I have some things I need to discuss with you, Commander."

"Of course, Madame President," he said, and hesitated, but then hung up. He had already tried to keep her out of it. There was nothing more he could do. Laura did not take kindly to being kept out of things, and she liked even less being protected, no matter how much he felt it necessary, these days. No matter how fragile he was sure she was, she would jump in, fists swinging, and fight for those she'd chosen to protect.

He did not say don't get in the middle of this. He did not say stay out of it.

Or Cain will kill you,
he did not say. But he was sure of it.



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(Anonymous)
2009-09-28 05:13 am UTC (link)
This was a great read! These episodes are some of my very favorites of the series, and I like how you've added to them. I'll look forward to reading more of your fics. :)

(seirina on livejournal)

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:35 am UTC (link)
Awesome. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the compliments.

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(Anonymous)
2009-09-28 05:45 am UTC (link)
Congrats on de-lurking & posting your first fic. Welcome.

I didn't want this to end. I definitely wanted to keep reading. KEEP WRITING!

"Bill, what the frak were you thinking?" Laura's voice scaled up on 'frak' and didn't come down.

(Very good line above.)

He sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose. "She was going to kill my men, Madam President." Best to put the conversation back on a professional footing. Best not to pull Laura between him and Cain. She had enough to worry about now that... his heart caught and stumbled and he barely managed to continue his sentence. "I had no choice but to go and get them."

(Strong paragraph above.)

Over her... oh, no. Oh, Laura. She was not offering what he thought she was--she couldn't be. He wouldn't let her. "There is no one above her."

"The hell there isn't. I'm the President, Bill. That makes me Commander in Chief, remember? Just because I let you--"

"No one," he said, interrupting her as gently as he could, "that she'll listen to."

Laura was unmoved. "She'll listen to me," she said, grimly, and Bill had no doubt that she meant it.

(Love the above--wish we would have actually seen it in the show...)

He abandoned all hope of keeping this on a professional level and lowered his voice. "Laura, you cannot get in the middle of this." You're too sick, he didn't say. She's too ruthless.

"Is it too military for me?" she asked, in that deceptively sweet tone that meant she was about to hurt someone. He'd last heard her use it on Ellen Tigh. Which probably meant that she'd heard what he didn't say but always thought, and resented it deeply.

(Fabulous above. What he didn't say--wonderful.)

He did not say don't get in the middle of this. He did not say stay out of it.

Or Cain will kill you, he did not say. But he was sure of it.

(2 lines above--EXCELLENT.)

Be proud of your first BSG fic. You did good.

Bravo.

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:40 am UTC (link)
Whoa. Awesome comment, if I may so; it's the kind of feedback I dream about getting. So, in order:

1) Thank you for your welcome! :D I'm proud of myself for delurking, even if it did take me a ridiculous number of days.

2) "Bill, what the frak were you thinking?" Laura's voice scaled up on 'frak' and didn't come down. I'm glad you liked this line. It's one of my own personal favorites, and I was thinking about using it for the summary. Except then I thought of something better.

3) I'm not going to c/p the rest of it, except to note that you picked out most of my favorite parts of the fic, and one that I was very uncertain about, the last two lines. I'm so glad they worked for you, and that they didn't feel too abrupt, which was my worry.

Again, thank you so much for your awesome comment! It really made me feel appreciated and welcome. For it, you get one of my very favorite icons ever. :D

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(Anonymous)
2009-09-28 06:35 am UTC (link)
Welcome. The story was good but needs a sequel. (leeannlewis on LJ)

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:41 am UTC (link)
Not sure what I'd do with a sequel, really, but I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the welcome and your compliment!

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(Anonymous)
2009-09-28 01:47 pm UTC (link)
I really enjoyed this; it's well written and a great addition to some of my favorite bits of canon.

Yay for delurking!

(LJ longlivelaura)

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:42 am UTC (link)
Thank you very much for your compliments! And yes, yay for delurking at long last. :D

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(Anonymous)
2009-09-28 02:40 pm UTC (link)
I really liked this. I could definitely see it as a missing scene.

(LJ user: mammothluv)

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:43 am UTC (link)
Oh, thank you so much for the compliment! It feels good to know it feels like the show. Glad you enjoyed it!

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(Anonymous)
2009-09-28 04:28 pm UTC (link)
It was a delight to read this -- wonderful scene!
And it's great to see a strong new voice writing for Bill and Laura. Let's see more soon!

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:43 am UTC (link)
Why, thank you! And yes, I ship Adama/Roslin really really really badly, so I think we can take it as read that there will be more fic from me. I'm glad that you enjoyed my work!

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(Anonymous)
2009-09-28 05:14 pm UTC (link)
Very much enjoyed this! Loved where it was set, and I thought you were very true to the characters. Keep writing -- I'd love to read more :)

(larsfarm77 on LJ)

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:46 am UTC (link)
Pardon me while I indulge in a fit of squeeful glee that you liked my work, and add that I adored Dirty Hands and pretty much everything else you've written.

Okay. Now I'm done.

I got this scene stuck in my head about the time I saw Resurrection Ship with a friend and went, "Wow, Roslin's gonna kick all their asses." And then it refused to go away, and eventually I had to delurk. I also expect that I will continue writing fic, if only because I ship Adama/Roslin really bad and love Billy even worse. Thank you so much for your compliments!

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(Anonymous)
2009-09-29 12:05 am UTC (link)
I really liked this. You have everyone very much in character at an extremely interesting time in their journey. I hope you write more!

(somadanne at LJ)

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[info]tigerkat24
2009-10-02 03:47 am UTC (link)
Thank you very much for your compliments! As I mentioned earlir, I definitely plan on writing more fic, both for BSG in general and Adama/Roslin specifically. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

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