4. our distance and that person
Billy notices Dee watching Captain Adama from almost the beginning of their relationship.
He hadn't minded, not really. Lee was a noticeable guy. One of the heroes of the fleet who put everything on the line, time after time, to keep them safe. It was understandable for her to turn her head in the middle of a conversation or wave at him in the hall. Billy did it too sometimes.
He doesn't know when he realized what it meant.
Despite being rather inexperienced with women - even with three sisters and a rather forthright mother, he'd missed most lessons on decoding the female mind - Billy isn't stupid. He can tell that the glances Dee shoots the Captain are pure female appreciation. It isn't a comfortable realization, but he tries not to let it bother him.
Captain Adama is an attractive man. Moreover, he's a hero.
Billy knows he's not a hero. Billy knows exactly what he is. He is someone who organizes and builds the world heroes create. He's the guy with the file and the coffee and the day's meeting notes. Billy can't fly a Viper or shoot a gun, but that's okay. Dee likes him anyway.
So yes, it's awkward and weird to walk into the gym with Captain Adama on top of Dee. Billy doesn't say anything because they were working out. It's not his business, really. If Dee wanted something different, if she wanted Captain Adama, she could have him. She could have everything because she's just that amazing.
But she isn't kissing Captain Adama. She isn't talking to Captain Adama over the comm for more than the allotted twenty minutes. She's not laughing at Captain Adama's jokes or mocking his ties. No, Dee's doing all of that with Billy.
Billy reminds himself of this often. Moreso than he's really comfortable with, to tell the truth. But Dee is her own person. Billy knows he doesn't have contact with all aspects of her life, and that's fine. She gives him more than he ever dreamed of.
That doesn't stop him from wishing she'd watch him... instead of Captain Adama.
