AIN: It has been so much fun to write this story! Only the epilogue left after this chapter.
Chapter 6: Melting
I step down from our transport and start walking along a long corridor. I don't really know this ship but I assume someone has to meet me at some point and point me to the right direction. I turn the corner and see an open hatch. Lords, I feel so tired I can hardly move my feet. I walk towards the hatch but when I hear nothing I almost pass it thinking there must be no one there. And then I turn and I see him and all I can do is smile. Smile to the sight of his beautiful face and to my own stupidity. How could I have ever thought I could forget this man who holds my heart and determines my existence? My life would've been less than half-life without him in it. No matter how much he resents me for leaving or how frakked up our relationship is at the moment, he is the reason I can get through another day of fighting.
I hadn't expected him to be here to welcome me home. I am more than happy that he is. I see him smile and the next moment I am in his arms and I am truly home. Oh Lords please, let this last forever! At lest he seems to be happy to see me so I think he can't be too angry with me. I feel like something inside me is melting. His next move, I so didn't see that coming. This is Lee Adama, call-sign Apollo, the Lord of Control and Proper Conduct and he's kissing me! And of course the practical me that has been momentarily suppressed by the feeling of Lee's hands around me have to choose this moment to break free and spoil the perfectly beautiful moment by reminding me that there might actually be other people in the room too and that there is more people coming after me.
The display of emotions and affection becomes a bit too public for me and I panic, at the same time wondering why Lee hasn't already started panicking because he obviously knows about the other people in the room. I make a bit more me-like comment and the man knows me so well and his mind works in so many ways in tune with mine that he knows we really need to lighten the situation somehow. Too much and too public for both of our liking. Then I see him getting very confused like he doesn't really know what he just did and especially why he did it but still he doesn't take his hands off my waist. It's like his body and subconscious are telling him something his mind hasn't figured out yet. I can see his mind is trying to work this out but still he does what feels right without completely giving in to reason. And for finally letting himself just act on the feeling I love him even more.
Now I know where the melting feeling came from. It was the rest of my confusions melting away from my mind. In this time and place, I know who I belong to.
TBC…