Lee figured now that Kara was onboard Pegasus he had about two days before the Fleet figured out it was the Commander's wife who was in charge of the ship.

Lee figured now that Kara was onboard Pegasus he had about two days before the Fleet figured out it was the Commander's wife who was in charge of the ship.

Then again, it might take his people a few days to even realize the Commander had a wife.

It had taken Lee and his father using up all the favors they had to go through the back channels and get this marriage validated. The ceremony was small, only the Admiral, President Roslin, and Helo. The priestess had been an old friend of Doc Cottle's. She was someone they could trust to not talk about the marriage that broke regulations or the fact that the President of the Twelve Colonies was present to endorse it.

Lee knew all the struggle was worth it when he saw Kara smile at him before leaning in for their first kiss as man and wife. She had gone through so much in her life so when she told him that she needed them to take this step, he had believed her. He was willing to fight any person that stood in his way, even the rational ones like Tory Foster who pointed out that the fraternization regulations would be eliminated in only a few months. Kara said she couldn't wait, and Lee knew better than to doubt her.

The transfer to the Pegasus was easy to obtain. A lot of personnel were still being shifted between the two battlestars as he and his father fought to figure out what was best. Anyone from Galactica was incredibly willing to point out to the original Pegasus crew that Apollo worked better when he had Starbuck under a close watch.

Lee slid his jacket off and tossed it on the chair in his office. He kept walking until he was inside his bedroom and took a seat on his bed. Kara had been here a short while before. He could still smell her in the air. It was nice.

He took a second to assure himself that he was intend alone before letting the massive smile he had been fighting finally come to his face. He had caught Kara unknowingly rubbing her stomach when he ducked into the back row of the pilot briefing that afternoon. He wondered if she was even aware she was doing that more and more often these days.

They had talked it over and decided to not tell anyone the real reason behind Kara's need to be married. His father and the President had just assumed it had something to do with the legend of Starbuck and Apollo, the two pilots who were madly in love but could never get their timing right.

Lee loved his wife and would do anything to protect her. A few months wasn't that long of a time to wait, but it was too long. Lee felt his smile widen because in a few months, his wife, the love of his life, his Kara, would be showing with the first signs of the life they had created together.

And when that happened, no one would deny that Starbuck had not only the Pegasus but the whole fraking Fleet wrapped around her pretty, little finger.