crack_van | Picture Perfect by kappamaki33 (PG-13)

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (NEW)
Pairing: Gaeta/Hoshi
Length: 30,000
Author on LJ:

kappamaki33
Author Website: LJ fic sticky
Why this must be read:

Everyone's got that fic that you read and it just gets to you and sticks with you for a long time. This was that fic for me.

This is a season 4.5 AU, where Hoshi and Cottle have cottoned on to what Felix is up to and stop him. The dust has long since settled, the Fleet is still looking for a planet, and Gaeta and Hoshi are a settled married couple looking to start a family. But at the same time, Hoshi had a family before, back on Sagittaron, which we're told in canon is a very repressive Colony.

This is a very character-driven story, focusing heavily on Hoshi and his life before the attacks, as well as how he moves on to his life now. And why should you care about Hoshi, who is pretty much a name and a few lines of dialogue on the show? Because this version of him is warm and compelling, trying too desperately to hold on to what he loves and very, very human. This is also very much a story about being a gay parent in a repressive society and the expectations that Hoshi has for himself.

Picture Perfect on LiveJournal

(Disclaimer: I did do the art for this, but only because the story was so amazing.)