It only took one word for Kara to know this wasn't just some thoughtless frak as they came down off the adrenaline high: Stay


Kara collapsed against Lee's chest, letting herself come down from the high. It wasn't what she wanted, but it was what had to happen. They had been dancing around this attraction for years, and she just got tired of fighting it. They were hopped up from the Cylon dogfight at the end of their CAP, and the adrenaline wasn't going away any time soon. She was trying to be resourceful and kill two problems at once. She would get rid of the high and get this whole Lee thing out of her system.

Lee's look of understanding when she slipped through his bunk curtain told her she wasn't alone.

His throat cleared, making Kara extremely aware of the discomfort in the moments after. She had always had a problem slipping away from men. They never wanted to let the situation be what it was, a one time thing, one she couldn't repeat because she was Kara Thrace. She couldn't be tied down.

Kara stretched her back to work out a kink and suddenly realized that Lee was still inside her. She was so completely content that she forgot to disengage. "Sorry," she muttered, pulling herself off of him.

She settled at the end of the bunk and felt around for her tanks and shorts. She could feel Lee's eyes on her body. She felt an ache start down in her belly as she remembered what that intense stare forced her to do only an hour earlier. She was still trying to catch her breath, and yet she wanted him again.

Her clothes were pulled on as quickly as she could managed, and she was halfway out the curtain when she felt his hand wrapping around her wrist. She let him pull her back into the bunk. It only took one word for Kara to know this wasn't just some thoughtless frak as they came down off the adrenaline high: Stay.

She had had many men ask her to stay, but she had never given in. She wasn't the type of girl who stayed after the frak. That was the thought running through Kara's head as she felt Lee pull her tanks over her head again. His rough fingers skimmed the skin of her stomach before looping in the waist of her shorts. Kara lifted her body up to let him slide the material down.

When she was completely naked again, that intense stare of his started up again. After a moment, Lee lifted the corner of the blankets and pulled her down against him. His voice cut through the silence. "I have to know one thing." Kara felt him take a deep breath. He was nervous. "Is this what you want?"

Kara knew this was his way of giving her an out. He knew her style. He knew she didn't do this kind of thing. He was right in a lot of ways, but there was one thing he forgot. She only left because the man wasn't important enough to make her stay. "I'm here, aren't I?"

"Yeah. Yeah, you are."

Kara felt a gentle pressure on the top of her head as he leaned in to kiss her. Her arms tightened around his waist. She should have stayed with Lee a lot sooner.