what some call insanity

A few mini-ficlets written for bsg_epics over the past couple of weeks.

( Trope: Laura - back from the dead/not really dead. )

( Prompts: A character being driven insane (not in a hilarious way); characters in love never saying 'I love you' to each other; characters hiding their relationship )

( Prompts: Water, as a mirror or clear seeing; a memory, someone thinking back to an important event; the 'shadow' of something hanging over a person. )

Title: Our Empty Rooms

Author: averita

Summary: They don’t talk much, these days, looking to books and the slide of skin to say what needs to be said.

A/N: You guys, I actually wrote fic! What is this? (400 words totally counts. It's been over a year and I'm very much in poetry mode at the moment.) This was written for adama_roslin's MOL, prompt "lonely". Spoilers for 4.5, set sometime after ADFMS.

Disclaimer: Not mine. Title comes from T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, because I am creative.

( It's okay if you blame me. )

I posted this on Tumblr a couple of weeks ago and meant to post here, but never got around to it. So, here it is!

Disclaimer: I’ve had to limit myself to using each character only once, though, because otherwise this would pretty much be Laura Roslin-Laura Roslin-Laura Roslin-Nina Myers-Hermione Granger-Laura Roslin-Patty Hewes.

( 30 Days of Female Characters (in one day!) )

I'd like to begin by blaming this on zinke and her fabulous Space Cowboys Picspam, in which she stated "these guys have all but ruined me for anyone else". I realized long ago that my chances of being happy with anyone normal are slim to none - I'm forever going to be on the lookout for some forbidden, angsty, intergalactic soulmate.

So I started thinking about my favorite characters and what traits they might have in common so I'll have an idea of what to look for in reality! Here's what I came up with.

( I need a soulmate who... )

Now, I'm not picky. I can probably make do with 7/10 of these traits. If anyone knows someone who might fit this bill, you guys know how to reach me.

I prompted mmegiry with "Richard Adar" and somehow wound up writing that one myself.

( She never mourned Richard Adar. )

And mmegiry prompted me with "picnic".

( Laura used to love planning field trips. )

Title: Out of Gas and Riding on Air

Author: averita

Summary: For weeks, she’s been desperate to get this trial over with, to send Gaius Baltar through an airlock and move on with the rest of the fleet. She still is, but now there’s a new battle to fight, and part of her is ready to lay down her arms.

AN: Written for duathkaimler for the adama_roslin Secret Santa exchange. Her request was "an Adama/Roslin fic that occurs within season 3 or season 4. I suppose I just wish for something happy (that could include fluff, smut, both, or anything else!), that involves a stolen moment between the two of them on Galactica (outside of Bill's quarters). If it involves Saul somehow, that would be awesome, but not a requirement."

The last fic I wrote was for last year's exchange, so I'm a bit rusty. Between my constant nitpicking and catching a miserable cold a couple of days ago, it's taken me awhile to finish - I'm sorry I'm just now posting it!

I tried to make it happy, I really did, and I think I succeeded on some counts! It's angsty fluff, if you will. I hope you enjoy nonetheless. Happy Holidays :)

Disclaimer: Not mine. Title taken from "One Big Love" by Patty Griffin.

( It had been too much to hope for. )

This week's rememberlaura theme and specifically today's drabble post reminded me of a very short drabble-like fic I wrote right after He That Believeth In Me airs. I posted it then but had totally forgotten about it and considering most of you weren't on my friends list then and I never posted it anywhere else, I thought I'd repost it. (Really, I just want to use my fanfiction tag again, because I don't think I've posted anything new in a YEAR. Wow, I fail.)

( Diplomacy )



Also, thanks to those who commented/messaged me in response to yesterday's post - being nervous (even about stupid things) isn't so bad when there's a great support system!

Here's the final product! For those of you at mary_mcawesome, you've most of these drabbles, but I finally finished the little project. In honor of Mary's birthday I wrote 100 words for 11 of my favorite characters of hers, like I did a couple of years ago for Sarah Clarke. Mary's played a lot of incredible women so I didn't get to touch on them all, but hopefully you'll enjoy those that I did. A big thank you to those that have commented already! Title is taken from "Be Careful", by Patty Griffin.



( All The Girls That You'll Never See )

Title: Innocent Faces
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Through Exodus 2
Summary: 'It’s almost disconcerting, she wrote in one letter to Bill, both the normality and the wrongness of it.'
A/N: Fic for redoren over at adama_roslin's Christmas in July exchange. She requested a Roslin fic set on New Caprica.

( Laura missed a lot of things, those long months in space. )