"The child is alive"
"The child is alive"
Laura stared in the empty space somewhere behind Bill as if he didn't exist.
He was furious. He was sooooo furious. She lied him. Again. She sneaked. She hid the truth. She deceived. She took a baby from its mother. She stole a child from its parents. And all she said was 'The child is alive"???? That was too much. Just too much. Not only for the Admiral, but also for the father and the friend Bill Adama.
She finally made an eye contact with him.
"I have nothing to say to you, Admiral"
Imperturbable. Unremorseful. Daring.
Blinded by fury, he raised his hand…
5 hours later, CIC
Saul Tigh was getting nervous. It was 3 hours after the end of his shift and Bill was still missing. His last destination was Colonial One and after that he just… vanished.
"Where the hell are you, Bill…"
As if materialized by his friends' thoughts, the Admiral of the fleet entered CIV with heavy step and looking in the floor.
Saul had seen burned vipers in better shape than him….
"Hey, what's up, Bill? I've been looking for you for 5 hours… Where have you been? "
Bill raised his blue eyes to his old friend, allowing him to see the mess which was William Adama.
"Have you ever hit Ellen?"
5 hours earlier, Colonial One
She followed his raising hand with eyes and her heart sank.
The President didn't even move.
The person Laura Roslin was deeply and utterly insulted.
The friend was surprised.
The woman's eyes were filling with unwanted but uncontrollable angry tears.
She closed the traitorous eyes and waited for the slap.
5 hours later, CIC
His friend's lost look alarmed Saul. He had never seen Bill so shaken by a simple losing of temper. It was not his style to feel so guilty only because she had been harsh with that annoying President.
Unless….
5 hours earlier
She closed her traitorous eyes and waited for the slap.
But it never came.
A moment of silence after which Laura felt his warm hand on her cheek, where he had intended to hit her a second before…. Caressing her silky skin, tracing her jaw with a finger.
Laura opened her eyes just in time to see The Admiral of the fleet leaving the room.
5 hours later, CIC
Unless….
Saul was hit by a sudden realization. And the fact that The President of the colonies entered CIC just confirmed his theory…
Saul smirked.
"Yes, Bill. I have hit Ellen. And she hit me back. Many times. We liked exchanging hits. But I am more than sure that you and The President will exchange something different. Something like kisses maybe…"
Bill raised his head and followed Saul's look, turning around just in time to receive one redhead president in his arms.
Seconds. Minutes. Hours.
They stood in the centre of CIC in an intimate embrace, unwilling to break it.
"I'm so sorry… I'm so sorry…."
Bill's power was enough only for that muttered and weak whisper in her hair.
"I know you would never hurt me, Bill. I know you."
Laura smiled in his neck,
The President, The Admiral
The person
The friend
The woman and the man
in love.
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