DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, but Kenzi. (She's my OC and Starbuck's half-sister.)
Lee didn't understand it. He knew Kenzi was on board, he saw her every day at briefings. He arranged the schedule so they would have to have contact, but she hadn't said anything beyond the usual requirements.
Lee was confused. She had haunted his thoughts since they had parted 18 months ago.
He hated how things had ended. He had allowed her to override all his senses. He thought about her whenever he allowed his subconscious mind to take over. Unfortunately, since they were both on Galactica, it was all the time.
He had never told her how he felt. That he was in love with her. He'd tried finding it with many nameless woman; all running together until they blurred away.
His fledging relationship with Dee was another matter that had him up, walking around the nearly deserted hallways. He hadn't known Starbuck was Kenzi's sister until a few days ago when Starbuck mentioned having lunch with her sister.
"Sister? I thought all your family died in the initial attack by the Cylons," he asked her.
"I did too, but apparently, my sister was doing fighter training. It saved her life," Kara said.
"So when do I get to meet this wonderful sister of yours," Lee had asked.
"Actually, she's a pilot, too," Kara said.
"I didn't think there was another Thrace on the ship," he said.
"It's not Thrace. She and I have different fathers. She has always used his last name," Kara said.
"Aahh, so that explains it. Who is she," Lee asked.
"She goes by 'Daphne,'" Kara said. "That's funny. You're Apollo and she's Daphne, Apollo's true and unrequited love. Wonder how she got that," Kara said.
Lee later met up with Dee and they had a tense dinner.
Lee kissed Dee and said good night, not believing what he had heard. Not only was Daphne aboard his ship as his pilot, but she was Kara's sister. 'How do you tell the woman who's been your best friend for years, that you've been in love with her sister since the first time you saw her? That you know how she got the name, Daphne?'
Lee shook his head as he walked back to his quarters. He was frakked and he knew it.
Lee hadn't spoken with Daphne or Kenzi as he remembered her, since she had come on board the Galactica. Well, he'd spoken to her during briefings, but she and Starbuck managed to keep Lee from getting too close. He didn't know if Kenzi had told Starbuck about their prior relationship, but he didn't think she had. He knew Starbuck would take him on in the boxing ring when she realized what had happened between him and her sister.
He stepped into the showers and closed his eyes as the hot water assaulted him. He was weary, but not from flying or fighting. This thing with Kenzi had him up in knots.
He soaped up his hair and started rinsing it when he heard the shower room door clang shut. Figuring it was just another shipmate, he went about his business.
***Apollo in the shower. Yummy!***