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In Good Faith by k_julia (PG)
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 2003
Pairing: Lee/Laura
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k_julia
Author Website: Entenpotential
Why this must be read: Politics can be a dirty business and it's the ambiguity of this political moment that makes this story so compelling. An enigmatic Laura Roslin holds the triumphal focus of not only the audience and Lee Adama, but also the reader.
Zarek never has a chance. She's listening attentively to a ludicrous claim of his, about her office and personal favours and supplies, the low point of a long row of ill-advised contentions.
Zarek is faltering. Five minutes ago he slouched down in his chair as if he were watching a Pyramid game, catching himself just barely. He's losing, has been losing for weeks and he's tired of it.
"My staff has been working tirelessly to ensure the survival of this fleet," she says, as a fact, not a boast. "Not one of them has scrambled for power and position, and I stand by them as they've stood by me."
Lee knows it's for show; a good show, because Billy is well-liked and respected and Captain Apollo's loyalty has quickly become the subject of public myth, and she's warmer, more accessible when she speaks of the people closest to her. He knows, and still it lifts him, and right then she gives him a look that says she means it, that is for him: You put me here. Lee knew that too, but for a moment the room is empty of Zarek and the audience and the microphones, of everything except her up on the podium, brilliant and elated, six months of faith confirmed.
And Zarek moves on because he can't win there. He can't win with the next one either, his old grievances over new ways and new times. Not when they love her for how much she has kept safe for them, how much she salvaged from the ruins.
She doesn't say it: this is not the man you want to lead you to Earth; his people aren't the ones you want leading you. She doesn't have to. She hints, gracefully, at what she's done for them in the past, and she talks about the future, and every once in a while she mentions Earth. Zarek has no story about Earth he can tell except how he played a part in helping her, and it got him as far as this podium but it will get him no further.
"I know you like to think of the Cylon attack as a chance for starting over, Mr Zarek," she says, and Lee's not even that interested in her argument as much as he likes seeing her win, likes seeing what it has all been for. Just once at the end of so many struggles, she'll have it easy.
In Good Faith
Pairing: Lee/Laura
Author on LJ:
k_juliaAuthor Website: Entenpotential
Why this must be read: Politics can be a dirty business and it's the ambiguity of this political moment that makes this story so compelling. An enigmatic Laura Roslin holds the triumphal focus of not only the audience and Lee Adama, but also the reader.
Zarek never has a chance. She's listening attentively to a ludicrous claim of his, about her office and personal favours and supplies, the low point of a long row of ill-advised contentions.
Zarek is faltering. Five minutes ago he slouched down in his chair as if he were watching a Pyramid game, catching himself just barely. He's losing, has been losing for weeks and he's tired of it.
"My staff has been working tirelessly to ensure the survival of this fleet," she says, as a fact, not a boast. "Not one of them has scrambled for power and position, and I stand by them as they've stood by me."
Lee knows it's for show; a good show, because Billy is well-liked and respected and Captain Apollo's loyalty has quickly become the subject of public myth, and she's warmer, more accessible when she speaks of the people closest to her. He knows, and still it lifts him, and right then she gives him a look that says she means it, that is for him: You put me here. Lee knew that too, but for a moment the room is empty of Zarek and the audience and the microphones, of everything except her up on the podium, brilliant and elated, six months of faith confirmed.
And Zarek moves on because he can't win there. He can't win with the next one either, his old grievances over new ways and new times. Not when they love her for how much she has kept safe for them, how much she salvaged from the ruins.
She doesn't say it: this is not the man you want to lead you to Earth; his people aren't the ones you want leading you. She doesn't have to. She hints, gracefully, at what she's done for them in the past, and she talks about the future, and every once in a while she mentions Earth. Zarek has no story about Earth he can tell except how he played a part in helping her, and it got him as far as this podium but it will get him no further.
"I know you like to think of the Cylon attack as a chance for starting over, Mr Zarek," she says, and Lee's not even that interested in her argument as much as he likes seeing her win, likes seeing what it has all been for. Just once at the end of so many struggles, she'll have it easy.
In Good Faith