Summary: 'Can't say I blame them. I mean what are you going to do?' … let me tell you: It didn't stop there. AU - New Caprica / Unfinished Business - The A/R Way. A few reaction shots regarding the beginning of Laura's and Bill's 'relationship'.
Author's Note: So this is pretty much AU: 1) the Kara/Lee/Anders/Dee 'triangle of love' didn't happen and 2) virtual Six is with Gaius on New Caprica ... other than that it's canon ... what? this is not how it happened in 'Unfinished Business'? Well this is the 'Director's Cut' ... and come on, we all know that 'something' happened on New Caprica ;)
Author's Note #2: Unfortunately this hasn't been betaed yet 'caues my beta is pretty busy at the moment.
Saul Tigh
'Oh Saul.' Ellen purred into his ear and Saul tightened his grip around her waist. He ignored her skilled hand that traveled down the front of his uniform while she walked beside him. He sighted and tried to concentrate on the ground in front of his feet.
'I want you Saul.' She sighted as her fingers skimmed the waistband of his pants. They had almost completed the walk to their tent. He grabbed her hand before she started anything that they wouldn't be able to finish standing between tents in the makeshift city. Instead he grabbed her chin and pulled her in for a passionate kiss that was only interrupted when she pinched his butt. He growled and pulled away while she grinned.
He continued to walk towards their tent, dragging her with him. Ellen followed him, her hand resting securely on his waist again.
Suddenly he could hear her take in a sharp breath that made him look down at her. 'Won't you look at that.' Her gaze was fixed to the side of one of the tents and he squinted to see what had gotten her attention. She pointed at something that Saul could slowly make out as a couple of people. 'Barely a week out of office and she's got her hands all over him.'
Saul frowned as his intoxicated mind tried to comprehend what she was trying to say. Ellen looked up at him and the look on her face was incredulous. 'Look closely Saul.' She urged and pointed again. 'It's Bill and our dearLaura Roslin.' She spat the word out that made clear that Laura Roslin was anything but dear to her.
Raising his eyebrows he tried to take a closer look at the couple lying on the ground. Ellen was right, it was his best friend and their Former President. But Laura Roslin was hardly 'all over him', though they looked cozy and comfortable as they lay gazing at the stars.
'You're exaggerating Ellen. She's not all over him.' He felt obliged to point out. Laura Roslin was after all their former president. A woman for which he would have rigged an election. He still wished that Gaeta had kept his mouth shut. Would have saved them all a lot of trouble. He could feel the nightmare coming.
Ellen's voice beside him brought him back to the present. 'You just wait and see.' Her voice was low and dangerous and he could almost hear the wheels turning in her head. How could she play this to her advantage? Who would be the first person she was going to report this to?
While she was muttering some unintelligible words under her breath Saul grabbed her chin again and turned her head so she was looking at him again. 'Leave them alone Ellen.' He looked into her eyes intently, silently ordering her to do as he told her.
If anyone deserved some happiness it was the Old Man. And if it was with Laura Roslin who was he to complain. She was a beautiful woman and had he been Bill he would have made a move on her some time ago. But Bill did these things differently and had told him so when they'd had a talk on 'military protocol' and that you couldn't just go ahead an 'frak your Commander in Chief' as Saul had so delicately put it.
Ellen fought his grip on her chin but he wouldn't let go, instead he drew her in for a kiss again. Anger and passion were only divided by a delicate line. She fiercely returned his kiss and at least for the moment she seemed to have forgotten the two stargazing people.
He pulled away and took her hand, pulling her along as he began to walk again. Behind him he could hear Ellen giggle like a schoolgirl.
Laura Roslin
She felt him move beside her and heard him take another drag of his cigarette.
'Is this really it Bill?' She waited for a couple of seconds but he didn't answer. 'Is this how we're gonna spend all the rest of our days?' She felt him turn his head to look at her but still no answer passed his lips. 'Mmh?' She threw a sideways glance at him.
His lack of a response bothered her. They were lying on some linen sacks, gazing at the stars and he was remaining silent. It was frustrating.
She could have sworn that they had flirted earlier and she had felt elated at that. Because there was one good thing coming from the fact that Gaius Baltar had become President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. It was the fact that she wasn't anymore.
If she couldn't have the presidency then there were other things she could now indulge in, that had been impossible before. One of them was a romantic relationship with the man lying next to her. If he wanted it.
There had been sparks between them before but none of them had ever acknowledged it. After all they were the leaders of the remainder of humanity. He was Admiral, she was his Commander in Chief, the President. Now they were supposed to be Bill and Laura. If he wanted it.
She had tried to drop a few hints. Told him that she wanted to build a cabin, which she really wanted. But she had kind of hoped that he would rise to the challenge and offer his help to fulfill her dream. She would be delighted to spend more time with him and grow even closer to him. If he wanted it.
Deciding that she wasn't going to get an answer to the prominent question on her mind with subtlety she shifted on the linen sack to spoon herself against his side. If he didn't want it he would tell her.
If he raised an eyebrow she couldn't see it as her face was now nestled against his shoulder. For a moment she was anxious that she had stepped over some invisible boundary but then she could feel his hand sneaking around her waist and securely holding her in place by his side.
'Maybe we should just enjoy this.' She suggested, referring to their ability to finally be Bill and Laura in the long run. Another shot at subtlety.
She felt a slight movement of his head and then his grip around her waist tightened. 'I am.' His voice was rough and she could hear the rumbling in his chest.
She smiled. 'No, no. I mean enjoy being here on this planet as long as it lasts. I mean maybe –' She took a breath to be able to voice her ever present fear. '- the Cylons come back maybe they don't, but for now, right now we got a break.' She closed her eyes and involuntarily snuggled closer to him. He didn't seem to mind.
'I've got people that wanna get off the ship. Move down here.' She placed her hand on his chest in a comforting gesture. She suspected that this was going to be especially hard on him. Galactica had been his home for such a long time and now it's crew was 'abandoning' it.
She readjusted her position on his shoulder. 'Can't say I blame them. I mean what are you going to do?'
End Chapter Two
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