dead ground, bsg, kara/helo, pg13 - fic

[krickets]

Title: dead ground
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Characters/Pairings: Kara/Helo
Rating: pg13
A/N: Prompts by dayln03 (kara/helo, burn, wrist, tunnel) & Author's Choice at un_love_you.
Summary: Missing scene, Valley of Darkness. On the run in Delphi, Helo remembers his past with Kara.


He remembers the day he met Starbuck, like a measure of what he was, and what he certainly was not. Her words burn with cold truth, and she doesn't care about his reputation - ladies man, plays by the rules but doesn't kiss ass, none of that matters. To her, he's just another ECO.

Stationed together on Triton, it's different. (They've already seen so much.) They stick together, because here, they're the new kids, and somewhere along the way they've come to understand one another. One night after a run, they find themselves in the workout room, her wrists pinned under his hands. This is before Zak, and Kara's never been a shy girl anyway. They fuck in his rack, not caring about the sniggers and whispers behind the curtain.

"Life on a battlestar," she whispers as she comes.

It only happens once.

Now they're underground in Delphi, dank air of the tunnel cooling his skin. Today, his heart belongs to a cylon, and the memories of Kara reverberate against the walls like they happened to somebody else - like he is no longer Karl Agathon and she is no longer Kara Thrace, merely shadows of the past. He grabs her hand and kisses her; she's warm and inviting and alive, unlike everything else on this lonely, dead ground.

"What the frak was that for?" she asks, her palm at the back of his neck.

"Just," he says, "...in case." And she knows what he means.

fin.


PS! Check out Dayl's kickass Sharon vid!!

Comments

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

Yay!
I love this so very, very much!
You did the prompts beautifully!
It makes this pairing, and their background, and their relationship, just like a gazillion times more believable!
I really love this part especially

Today, his heart belongs to a cylon, and the memories of Kara reverberate against the walls like they happened to somebody else - like he is no longer Karl Agathon and she is no longer Kara Thrace, merely shadows of the past

*sigh*
Wonderful!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

You are my muse and I love you. ♥

[savepureness.livejournal.com]

Exxellent piece of work, thank you very much for sharing. I'm a huge shipper of Sharon/Helo, but I've always liked the idea of past! Kara/Helo, and this piece of fiction fits my needs, lol.

Can't wait to read more of your writing :)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Kara/Helo is so one of my favorite atlerna-pairings. Though, I pretty much ship Kara with just about everyone. Haha. She's could have chemistry with a paper bag.

I may write more Delphi missing-scene fic later. I really want to do Delphi!Apartment fic. Haha. I mean, the way he looks at her, the music, the honesty, gah. You KNOW there's a missing scene fic in there somewhere!

[rjsteamboat76.livejournal.com]

oh.. i liked this. really good. one possible past out of so many. great. really great. i really need to get past my writer's block and get back to writing these two..

again, really great piece.

[savepureness.livejournal.com]

I'm a Kara/Lee, Sharon/Helo, Gaeta/Racetrack, and, um, lemme think, some other twisted combinations between these characters and perhaps some others entwined, lol. But I agree with Kara/Helo as being a great alternative, I thought writing fiction about this many times, too.

Ah, the apartment scene. The cigar, the wall paintings, fuck I love her ap! Actually, I love her, although I've watched the series up to #4 of season 3 so far, and I'm not too happy with long-hair, weird-acting Starbuck. But hopefully she comes back to her senses quite soon :p

Also, I'm quite interested in friending you. What do you think?

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I kind of like weird-acting Starbuck but only because it makes sense in relation to the story. *bites lip about the rest of the season*

Oh yeah, definitely. I'll friend you back. :D

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yes, please do! Hahaha. Writer's block is no good! Oh, Kara/Helo. They just make me sigh with the possibilities.

Thanks very much!

[savepureness.livejournal.com]

Woot! Thanks. Friending you right away. Always gleeful when finding new BSG-freaks, lol.

Thanks for avoiding the spoilers :) I'll soon reach that part of the season when I'll begin to understand her attitude as well, I'm quite sure. And by the way, she's not a Cylon. Lee is >:D

[rjsteamboat76.livejournal.com]

well without trying to be annoying, lol i've written them quite avidly for the last year or so and am 7 chapters into a story that takes place a few years after s3. i'd be interested in what you think. all my K/K stuff is in onemorelastkiss so, yeah feel free. =D anyway enough of my self pimpage. but i honestly enjoyed this little piece of their past. =)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out sometime over the next couple of days, For sure. ;)

[kmousie.livejournal.com]

Yay for passing your bio exam! That's my smart girl. *kisses*

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks honey! It was touch and go there for a while. Maybe if I spent more time studying and less time on lj...

[kmousie.livejournal.com]

There maybe something to that. *g*

[cynthia-arrow.livejournal.com]

This was lovely. I like the link between that moment back then and the moment in Delphi, the way the past resonates in their current situation. And I like how in a short fic like this, the image of him grabbing her hands is so vivid.

[mamaboolj.livejournal.com]

Yeah! New K/K fic - and a great peek at their possibly history too. Great job.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

♥! Aw, well thanks for the lovely comment.! I'm so pleased you liked it. This is a pairing I've been wanting to write for a while. Just needed the right push. (So thank Dayln for that haha.)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

:D Love your icon! Thanks for commenting!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I dunno about that. If you're right that's crazy!

[savepureness.livejournal.com]

Well, you're certainly aware of all those theories flying around the internet, like, all right, Leoben lied when he claimed that "Adama is a Cylon" and all. But my own theory is way more simple: you've noticed they tend to hook up a human and a Cylon, and Kara was already hooked up with Anders, who is a Cylon, which proves Kara isn't, and Lee might very well be. Ha :p

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, no I never thought of it like that.

[savepureness.livejournal.com]

Eh. It's just a theory. I guess season 4 will have all the answers for us, right? :-)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Eee! I can't wait.

[rjsteamboat76.livejournal.com]

hope you don't mind if i friend you. =)

[kindreds-fanfic.livejournal.com]

Love this, so gorgeous.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you! :D

[pumahmistress.livejournal.com]

FDSJKL RUIWEURWEKJLFSDKL.

I LOVED IT <333 KARA/HELO FTW!

like he is no longer Karl Agathon and she is no longer Kara Thrace, merely shadows of the past. He grabs her hand and kisses her; she's warm and inviting and alive, unlike everything else on this lonely, dead ground.

Frak that is beautiful. My favorite part.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Hee! Love that reaction.

I'm glad you liked! Kara/Helo! I love the idea of them as a pairing. They are so stinkin' cute together.

You want me to say I'm a frakking idiot? Okay, I'm a frakking idiot! Hee.

[akzseinga.livejournal.com]

It was frakking amazing! Love your Helo. And Starbuck. Definitely adding to memories <3

[lunatics-word.livejournal.com]

*_____*

This was just great, also, YAY for Kara/Helo fics \o/

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I love their relationship. I think they really understand each other and Helo is the only person Kara lets get really close to her.

Oh, them.

[lunatics-word.livejournal.com]

Hee, I quite understand your love. I wrote six or seven fics about them, but this may be only akzseinga`s fault.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I am familiar. Hehe.