Slip Through Your Fingers by kerlin (PG-13)

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Fandom: Battlestar Galactica 2003
Pairing: Adama/Roslin
Author on LJ: kerlin
Author Website: Midnight Graffiti
Why this must be read: One of the opening details of the new BSG universe is that Laura Roslin, the surprise successor to the presidency of the Twelve Colonies, is dying of cancer and kerlin follows that to a logical conclusion. This short story delicately draws a scene several years in the future when Roslin's battle is coming to an end and Adama comes to make his goodbyes. Truly bittersweet.


There were any number of things he hated, but he couldn't find the words to articulate any of them as his throat constricted painfully at the sight of her. Nothing but the echoes remained of the vibrancy, steel, and resolve, and the lines of pain were etched deeply on her face. Her body made barely a bump in the blanket tucked up under her armpits, and the tendons of her neck stood out against slack skin.

"Madame President, all due respect…" He lost the words again, and instead found himself crowded by all the ones he'd never uttered over the years.

Slip Through Your Fingers