Title: Burning

Author: GEM

Pairing: A/R

Rating K

Genre: Drama/Angst

Author's note: Spoilers for the New Caprica story arc

Category: Drabble Challenge #52 fireplace

Bill sat behind his desk mired in thought. He put pen to paper and began writing. Images of Laura filled his mind, and the pain in his heart grew, with every stroke the pen. They had accepted their feeling for one another and then they were torn apart.

The letters were risk but it was all they had. Laura held onto every word Bill wrote to her as if it was the last. She committed to memory.

Laura lit the makeshift fireplace, picked up the letter, threw it into the fire, and watched as Bill's words disappeared in the flames.