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Title: Sleepless Nights

Author: GEM

Date: 6-10-07

Rating: K+

Category: Challenge BSGShipper Challenge 2

Genre: Drama/Romance

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Author's Note: A trip back to seasons one and two but a little AU and a trip into "A day in the Life", during season 3—some of the lines in the final chapter are taken directly from that episode.

Chapter 1:

When Laura Roslin first met William Adama she thought he was insufferable. He didn't see the big picture. He wouldn't accept defeat. He was a warrior and he wanted to fight. She found his sentiment admirable but not realistic. William Adama appeared shocked to say the least when she mentioned the need to 'start having babies.' In all honesty, Laura still isn't certain what made him change his mind but there is no doubt in hers that they are all alive today because of William Adama.

Their relationship, if you could call it that, had a rocky beginning and it still remains cautious but they are learning to get along. Laura is becoming more comfortable in her role and William Adama is becoming more accustomed to having her in that role. They have become allies; one day perhaps they will learn to trust each other. Laura still isn't sure what to make of William Adama, the man or the commander.

Two weeks into their journey Laura is dealing with her own problems. She needed to address her health but is too concerned with the fleet and it's lack of water. William Adama's quick thinking and gesture to her pleasantly surprised her, but she was still having a difficult time understanding the man. They were able to come together when it came to protecting the fleet from the cylon threat but anything else usually turned into a twelve round boxing match. In the end they would both be annoyed and fed up with one another.

Laura found it even more diffucult to read him when he gave her Dark Day but she is grateful. Thanks to his generosity she is able to sit back now and allow the wait of the day drift away as she enters a world of mystery. Even a world of mystery isn't enough to help Laura forget about her own fate. She has so little time left. She feels as though Lee Adama has taken the rug out from under her promising Zarek elections. Lee means well but she couldn't possibly explain the truth to him or his father they would use it against her. Lee she likes him, she feels she can trust him. He stands up to his father; he stands up for what is right as he so willingly showed them today. She felt safe when telling him the truth. The burden was no longer hers alone but was it fair to tell him before telling William Adama. She understands the need to forge a friendship with him. There is even a part of her that wants more out of life before it's over but she isn't sure a relationship of that nature is possible.

William Adama is not her kind of person… or is he? She is lying, thinking about the possibility even after she has poured her soul out to Lee there is a part of her that wishes she could have poured her soul out to William Adama instead. She holds and reads the book he given her thinking about the sound of his voice and the feel of his touch but she is stopped in her musing by one thought. Can she trust him? Does she even know him? The only answer she can come up with is no but she would like to and they certainly have a long way to go to get to that point.