New Fic: BSG
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grav_ityAN: Um...yeah. Apparently now it's a series.
Spoilers: Up to current.
Rating: Kid friendly.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: Right after the world ended, he told a lie. (Adama)
And The Earth With Its Starkness
Right after the world ended, he told a lie.
He lied for the sake of hope, for the babies they didn’t have. He lied for his son, and for all the daughters and sons he pretended to have to avoid the lives he had made a mess of. He lied because between death and dishonesty there is always the possibility that conditions will improve.
No one was more surprised than he to learn that his lie had been the truth.
It didn’t happen the way he wanted. Vague mysticism is an ill cartographer, and not his choice of guide. But he jumped anyway, everyway they wanted him to. He almost lost them once, refusing to take the leap of faith, and after that he swore it would never happen again.
When they finally stopped to lay their burdens down, he’d almost forgotten what direction felt like.
The war never ends. The soldier in him knows that, however hard the father denies it. It’s why he loves the Fleet so hard, why there’s always a Raptor hovering in the nebula. Just in case. When they strike out again, the road is no more sure than before, but everyone is back at home and he feels more secure.
He tells himself that they aren’t running away this time.
It is close enough now that he can smell it through space, hear it in the metal groans of his ship, feel it in the stale air. Every jump brings them to it, justifying all he did when he decided to run and condemn them all to living. Soon it will be over. His part will be done, and he will listen to the rain.
The stark truth is that Earth is a lie.
fin
Gravity_Not_Included, February 27, 2009.
And The Sea With Its Deepness (Laura)
And The Rocks With Their Steepness (Caprica Six)
And The Lightning With Its Rapid Wrath (Six: Caprica, Gina, Natalie and Chip)
And The Sun With Its Brightness (Lee)
And The Fire With All The Strength It Hath (Kara)
Spoilers: Up to current.
Rating: Kid friendly.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: Right after the world ended, he told a lie. (Adama)
And The Earth With Its Starkness
Right after the world ended, he told a lie.
He lied for the sake of hope, for the babies they didn’t have. He lied for his son, and for all the daughters and sons he pretended to have to avoid the lives he had made a mess of. He lied because between death and dishonesty there is always the possibility that conditions will improve.
No one was more surprised than he to learn that his lie had been the truth.
It didn’t happen the way he wanted. Vague mysticism is an ill cartographer, and not his choice of guide. But he jumped anyway, everyway they wanted him to. He almost lost them once, refusing to take the leap of faith, and after that he swore it would never happen again.
When they finally stopped to lay their burdens down, he’d almost forgotten what direction felt like.
The war never ends. The soldier in him knows that, however hard the father denies it. It’s why he loves the Fleet so hard, why there’s always a Raptor hovering in the nebula. Just in case. When they strike out again, the road is no more sure than before, but everyone is back at home and he feels more secure.
He tells himself that they aren’t running away this time.
It is close enough now that he can smell it through space, hear it in the metal groans of his ship, feel it in the stale air. Every jump brings them to it, justifying all he did when he decided to run and condemn them all to living. Soon it will be over. His part will be done, and he will listen to the rain.
The stark truth is that Earth is a lie.
fin
Gravity_Not_Included, February 27, 2009.
And The Sea With Its Deepness (Laura)
And The Rocks With Their Steepness (Caprica Six)
And The Lightning With Its Rapid Wrath (Six: Caprica, Gina, Natalie and Chip)
And The Sun With Its Brightness (Lee)
And The Fire With All The Strength It Hath (Kara)
