Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own them, but playing with then this way seems to be somewhat in the intent of the people that do.
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Pairing: Lee/Kara
Spoilers: None known
Rating: T
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She was going to kill him, unless he was already dead of course, then she would just have the pleasure of spacing him. If she kept up her anger she could ignore the somersaults of fear that her stomach was doing as she ran to where the deck crew was already extracting him from the mangled Viper. It looked like he was alive and relatively unscathed, but the Viper, not so good. Ok so the Chief was going to get the pleasure of killing him.
He'd insisted on being the last to land, even though they'd known his Viper was damaged, being CAG and all. More like being an idiot she thought angrily. Instead of a reasonably controlled combat landing the damaged strut on his landing skid had collapsed sending his Viper skidding. It had narrowly avoided taking out three others, but then crashed rather dramatically against the rear bulkhead of the landing pod before bouncing off just enough to avoid keeping the pod from being fully retracted so they could complete the jump.
"What the frak was that Apollo? Are you trying to kill yourself? Let me take care of it for you!"
"I'm sure you can make it painless" he managed to gasp out. It was only then that she noticed the beads of sweat on his forehead, the grimace on his face, and his hand splayed across his ribs. The somersaults started again.
The med tech, who was working on Apollo, looked from the CAG to the senior pilot and decided that the trouble he would be in from revealing the CAG's private medical information was less than the danger he would be in from denying Starbuck anything at that moment. "Two broken ribs sir, he should be fine. We do have to get him to Life Station to be sure though. She nodded and, realizing she now had the wing, reluctantly went to find the Chief for post-mission evaluation.
It was about 45 minutes before she reached Life Station. She found him in a bed propped up at a 45 degree angle to make his breathing easier. She was going to lay into him again when he held up his hand for her to stop and nodded to the table that stretched across his bed. There was a small music player on it. "Listen" he croaked out.
The music asked her to come, and take his hand it told her that their hearts were joined together in love that there was no more two,
there was only one.
It told her they walked unafraid of what was ahead that the road was not sure, but together they knew it was paved in the love sowed in their hearts that they were standing hand in hand.
It told her that their lifes together would be a sign of love for the world to see.
As she stood there stunned she noticed his hand slide into the single pocket on his hospital gown. He slowly pulled it out and she saw a fist. He slowly turned the fist over and opened it. In the palm of his hand rested a silver band.
"Lee?", her voice was soft, the wonder almost tinged with fear.
"Kara?", his voice was soft too, but long withheld desire was definitely there.
She looked him full in the eyes and whispered "Yes".
Lee blinked. 'Yes, she'd said yes? No, wait a minute, she'd said yes?' He was stunned into silence. All of the arguments he had ready to use to convince her were on the tip of his tongue and now all of a sudden he had no where to go, nothing to say. 'What now?' he was finally able to think to himself.
Kara stood watching him for a few seconds before she realized what was happening. He hadn't expected her immediate agreement. If he wasn't in that hospital bed she might have made him pay for that lapse, but she figured she'd already shocked him once today so why not keep up the game. She carefully removed the ring from his palm and set it down on the table. Then she grabbed both of his hands in hers and pushing them up high on his chest to keep her weight off his broken ribs, leaned in and captured his lips with hers.
Lee's capacity to think, not that he'd been doing that well for the last few minutes, totally evaporated.
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There were purple and pink dresses and multicolored orchids strewn all about the room. Kara looked around at the utter chaos and thought, 'Isn't it supposed to look like this after the ceremony? If it's already like this now...' She was getting ready to panic when her matron of honor took everything in hand. Four women and two children were suddenly dressed. Flowers made it into hair, baskets, and a long-stemmed bouquet. The pillow was ready. Kara looked at herself in the mirror. At the last minute she had been uncertain about this dress, but Lee would be bowled over. That thrilled her in so many ways.
In the groom's room Lee had panicked causing William Adama to pinch his nose and shake his head. He walked up to his son and grasped his shoulders firmly, "Lee, you can do this." The younger Adama took a deep breath and calmly began dressing as his father handed him his dress grey uniform piece by piece. When Lee finished dressing he turned to see that Galen Tyrol and Karl Agathon were ready. Helo gave Lee a wink before the four men left the room. Tyrol and the two Adamas moved toward the front of the hanger deck while Helo moved in the other direction.
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Major Lee Adama looked back over his shoulder toward the archway at the back of the hanger deck as the song he had used to propose to Kara now became the procession music. The first to come through the arch was Hera Agathon. The six year old was adorned in a full length dress of fuchsia velvet, her long hair was mostly loose, with a small bit gathered at the back. She carried a white basket filled with pink, purple, and turquoise orchid petals which she gleefully threw into the air as she walked. Lee couldn't help laughing as he watched her antics. As she reached the front Laura Roslin guided her to her seat.
Next to come through the arch was four year old Nicholas Tyrol. The little boy was dressed in a tuxedo the same color as the groom's dress uniform. He carried a dark purple pillow on which was tied two silver bands. The second band had been Kara's gift to Lee. Nicky looked all over the hanger as he came forward. Lee, having barely recovered from laughing at Hera, struggled to avoid shaking his head or covering his eyes to keep back the tears. He covered by glancing to the side at the boy's father and saw that the Chief hadn't managed to keep from shaking his head. Laura corralled Nicky also.
Next to emerge was Margaret Edmundson. She was dressed in a gown of dark rose purple. Her long hair was loose on one side and fastened under a pink orchid on the other. When her eyes met Lee's she gave him a pleasant smile and he returned it. Cally Tyrol emerged next. She was dressed similar to Marge except that her orchid was on the other side of her face. When her eyes met Lee's her smile lit up the room. Lee's smile back to her was happy, ending with a small laugh. It was Sharon Agathon's turn next. Her dress was of dusty rose and her two orchids were purple. As she came through the arch she immediately sought Lee's eyes. When they made eye contact she gave him a small nod. Lee's return nod was only just perceptible.
Lee next saw a bit of grey as Karl Agathon started to enter the archway, and then she was there, Lee's bride. She was dressed in an off the shoulder gown, which wrapped tightly around her bosom and dropped to a closely fitted waist. From there though the skirt flared out around her. On her head was a conical white headpiece from which floated a short veil. When she first emerged she had pulled down her head and shoulders. He could tell there was a smile on her face though and it occurred to him she almost looked like a little girl. Then she looked up at him and he was lost. His eyes widened, his mouth dropped open. He barely felt his father's hand touch his arm as William said "You probably want to close your mouth son." Lee at least managed that, but when Helo and Kara reached him, Helo had to grasp Lee's arm and bring it forward in order to put Kara's hand in Lee's. The bride and groom managed to turn to the priestess on their own while Helo joined the other men at Lee's side.
The priestess looked at the two of them and then at the gathered guests to ask the traditional question that sought any objections to a joining. "Uncle Lee?" Lee pulled back slightly from Kara and glanced over his shoulder toward Hera.
"Yes Hera"
"You're not supposed to marry Aunt Kara, you're supposed to marry me"
Barely hearing Karl admonish his daughter by sharply calling her full name, Lee glanced at Kara, shrugged his shoulders, dropped Kara's hand, and turned to walk to Hera. As he started walking the urge to laugh started building again. 'What else is going to happen today?' he wondered.
TBC
